Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-04-06
TRAIL and TRAVEL
CLUB LAUNCHED
Influential Citizens Sign
As Charter
Members

The first meeting of the Hawaiian
Trail and Travel Club was held yes
terday afternoon at the Chamber OF
Commerce and launched into the
world In fitting manner. W. X.
Castle moved that l.. A. Thurston
be appointed temporary chairman.
which was unanimously carried.
The chairman's first duty was to
read the constitution OF the new
club, which he stated had been
adapted from the rules and regula-
lions governing the Sierra and Out
rigger clubs. In few appropriate
words. Mr.. Thurston introduced E.
T. Parsons. the leading director and
live wire OF the Sierra Club Of Cal
ifornia, who addressed the meeting.
Mr.. Parsons prefaced his address
by stating that there are three
Club the healthiest in the country,
and which 1t would be well for the
Trail and Travel Club of Hawaii to
follow. First, that there should be
no taxation without Representations;
second, that the club must divorce
itself from promotion or advertising
work; and, third, that there must
be no possibility of anyone being
biased by hotel or corporation.
The Sierra Club of California
was instituted in 1892; the Mazama
Club was founded on the top Of Mt.
Hood In 1894, and the Mountain
GERS Club OF the Sierras was organ
lied In 1906. While this is largely
a local Club, you must give every
member a chance to vote. Above
everything, you must not animate
your club with any advertising
scheme or promotion work. 1t must
be purely social club.
THE Sierra Club has a member
ship OF lawyers, doctors, ministers,
and other professions, and 1t Is made
available through giving accurate
information. Recently party OF
$50, including twenty-five newspa-
per and magazine writer's. accompa-
MED the Sierra Club on one OF It's
outings. with the result that aDso'
lutely accurate information was
given to the public about the won
ders and grandeur Of the Sierras
which has benefited California
greatly.
Make your valleys available b,
honest photographs instead of b,
garbled fables. II you do that yot
will give the world chance to- en-
Joy what they ought to have
chance to enjoy. Switzerland draw
an annual income OF something lik'
$2OO, 900, 900 from her tourist trade
yet little more than hundred
years ago her Alpine heights AM
glaciers were unexplored and un
known"
G. II. Hitchcock OF the Appalach
ian Club exhibited a guide, date'
1883, to the grand and sublime seen
cry OF the Sierra Nevadas in tn,
region about Mt. whitney. Mr.
Hitchcock made few interesting re
marks about the constitution, AM
incidentally stated: whatever con
stitution you may adopt now yo'
will change It later"
Paul Super, secretary OF the Y
NJ. C. A., stated that he thought tina
awards should be conferred upol
persons accomplishing arduous feat
of climbing or walking which mer
tied recognition. Il should like I
, see this entered in the constitution,
said Mr.. Super. Chairman Thurstol
stated that bars, similar to thos
worn by sharpshooters in the army
. bearing the mystic names kaala
: Konahuanui or Haleakala be In
scribed and awarded to successful
climbers OF these mountain fast
nesses.
A. Hume Ford asked that rec
ord committee be appointed, who's
duty 1t would be to enter all clint
ing or walking records In q hoo
kept for that purpose. Chairma