The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-30
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Our agent at Seattle Mrs Headlee,
writes under date Of September Il as
follows in regard to excursion from
Puget Sound and other matters;
. Ere this time Won viii have received
my letters Of later date concerning the
excursion The steamer is in every way
except size-all We could desire. Mr.
King, manager Of the excursion. IS a
splendid worker, ana from the system
attic and busineSslike way IN which he
has taken mp the matter | feel assured
that everything viii be wei managed.
He has furnished me with three Ian
tern slides Of the steamer, which | am
using in MY lectures,
MI King reports that Il committee
of Honolulu excursion boosters viii he
aboard the trade excursion arranged by
the c. Of {. for touring the State. leaV-
ing here on the Goth and visiting the
eastern part Of the State They VIII
personally call upon the different com
mercial organizations visited and talk
up the excursion They VIII have lit
erature on hand for distribution. Nj,
King requests also that any inquiries
received ~ youT office that NAY look
favorab bic for excursion business be sent
here
THE time set for the excursion Is
TO leave Seattle February (afternoon),
arrive in Hilo February II (morning),
spend the 18th, 18th and 18th at Hiio
and the crater; arrive in Honolulu the
morning Of the l4th. and leave Homo
lulu on the I'D. Whatever entertain
ment YOU NAV plan for the party can
be used here t. increase the number of
passengers 81 il YOU can give same
general outline OF entertainment III Your
next along this line | can use Il to ad-
vantage ANY change you may suggest
in this schedule will be gladly received.
The chamber VIII make formal an
nouncement through the press after this
tour Of the State i over, | think II
would have been better to announce
II first. hut Mr.. Yandell thought not.
II VIII not he able 10 write again
until ny return from Vancouver and
Everett. but trust each trip may be
fruitful. Vancouver week Is full with
lectures scheduled for the 10Th, Goth,
21st. I'D and 2Sd--one having been
added since | last wrote YOU.
.'Reuuests for lectures are now com
ing in very fast and October i almost
entirely filed On the 2Sth of this
month | am 10 speak in Trinity Palt>h
here in Seattle-the rector i a Doctor
Gowen who formerly lived in Homo
lulu. On the Goth | am 10 speak before
the Metropolitan CIub-one of the larg
est aud most influential social and bust
ness clubs of the city. The Arctic Cluh
has decided TO give me the evening of
its annual reception TO returning Alas
kans-date not vet arranged, Portland
Y. NJ. {. \. have NE scheduled for
November and correspondence with
spokane. Wala Walla. Wenatchce and
Yakima are favorable for lectures
there. 50 feel that the work is beng
prosecuted successfully. although some
of the audiences are appointing in
numbers and possible results. This can
not be avoided think in new field,
National Editorial Association.
On September ! wrote to the secre-
tarv of the National Editorial A>socia-
ton at Waterloo. Iowa. asking a> ia
the status of the proposed excursion to
Hawaii and making certain suggestions
Mr.. Parrot replies as follows, under
date of September 10:
Your very kind favor of Septem-
Der came to hand yesterday. We will
be very glad to follow your suggestions
and viii write Mr. Hill. also Mr.. Stitt
and when in Chicago will visit Mr.
Lynch.
My letter of the 22d covers the
situation about as it stands today. We
all are very DESTROYS of taking the trli
and hope arrangements can he made
that will enable Us to do so. The
propositions received up to date do not
look as favorable as they might, We
have no other program other than Ho
nolulu and will thrash il out to finish
and only give it up when It is proven
conclusivelv that it is beyond ou'
reach.
The cruise of the Cleveland still con
tinues to be heard from One of the
passengers. Walter Y. -Arhuckle OF
Paris, Illinois, writes as follows;
Il am writing a book of my tout
of the world in 1909 and 1910. and from
the impression that | got of Oahu al
the time, | wish TO. in a way. to give
the Hawaiian people boost.
d" Now, what | want is about one-hali
dozen nhoto-engravinUS or half.tont