The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-14
INQUIRIES ABOUT HAWAII
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await, We SuppllSu al VI inc lS'Nlh5
papers Of Rochester n. Y, with a full
/ line Of our folders; also with copies
OF Governor Frear's last report as
well as the Chamber of Commerce
! 1910 Annual, informing the parties to
whom the matter was sent that their
/ city was about to be invaded by a
party Of Shriners from Hawaii and
stating that We thought they might
wish for their library the latest relia-
HE information concerning Uncle
Sans mid-Pacifc Territory.
BY the last mail we received copies
/ Of one of the leading Rochester papers,
/ which contains a column editorial on
AN Ocean Paradise in which an in
teresting review is given of the data
sen,, in which occurs the following
/ lines:
80 optimistic indeed are the citi
/ zens of Hawaii that they have entered
on campaign of publicity which, in
its breadth and thoroughness, would
do credit in the most progressive city
on the American continent
I'm this work, the Hawaii Promo
ton Committee takes the lead, and
the information it publishes and sends
out will open the eyes of the people
in this country to the attractions and
advantages of our mid-PaCific Para
disc"
Some time since, you will remem-
her, we were called upon by the Com
mercial Club of Hannibal, Mo-, to help
them in their plan to secure an appro-
priation from their state legislature
for a statue of Mark Twain for their
city. In answer to a letter of inquiry
as to the success of the movement, we
are in receipt of the following letter
under date of June %:
yours of the 18th inst received
The last Missouri legislature, in this
closing days of the session, passed q
bill approEria:inS $4,000 for a statue
of Mark Twain to be erected in one Il
the parks at Hannibal, and a thou
sand dO!ld;s for narEcr to be ere, =
ed at MS birthplace At Florida. in
Monroe County. Missouri, which is a
the forks of Salt river.
THE commissioners, five in number
provided for in the bill, have not yet
been appointed by the 6, vernon, but
VIII be in a few days.
1--WE hope to nave the sta.ue ready
for dedication early in August or Sep
TENDER, 1912, when we expect to invite
all eX-Hannibalians to come home for
a short stay as the guest 0f the Hanni
bal Commercial Club. We expect tt
have at that time a convention Of hu
morists of the United States, and per
laps of the world, as our guests. We
will also have all the members of the
Missouri Legislature that passed the
bill. The governor of Missouri Hon
Herbert S. Hadley, will, of course, pre-
sent the statue to the city of Hanni
bal. We hope to have President Taft
Also for that occasion we shall eXpec
Mark Twain's only daughter, Mrs
Gabrilowitch, to be our guest. AnC
last but not least by any means, We
want Just as many of his admirer.
from the Hawaiian Islands as can pos
sibly come, because the marked papers
sent from Honolulu to the members o
the Missouri legislature advocating the
passage of the bill carrying the appro
priation made a marked impression OF
the members and was the subject o
comment in all legislative circles.
1--WE should have written you befor,
this thanking you for the service rem
dered us.
There is a question here where tn,
monument should be put, whether il
Riverview Park, rising all the wa
from 125 to $50 feet above the rive
and from which one of the grandes
pastoral views of America can be OF
tanned, or on Lovers Leap, a higl
promontory jutting out in the southern
part of the city and rising $50 fee
r above the Mississippi river, or in Cen
trail Park, small square in the bus
ness section of the city All of thes
locations have their advocates. Pei
sonally ! favor the Central Park, be
cause there it would be the monumen
OF Mark Twain for all the people al
, the year around. The little boys AM
girls in the alleys and back district
who cannot ride through the outlyin
? parks in automobiles, or climb distan
/ heights to view the statute of Ham
balls most illustrious citizen, but VIII
1 can, if it is in Central Park, in tn
t early morning and at noon time, AM