Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23
BOOST AT HOME, SAYS HEISER,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Salem, Oregon, the state capital. and
i were welcomed by the Governor of
Oregon, the Mayer of Salem and the
various clubs representatives After
| very pleasant motor ride during
which time the beautiful electric foun-
tain was displayed we attended ban
! quet at the hotel. Being Sunday great
credit is due for such royal entertain
ment.
At Salem where cur train remained
overnight, a delegation OF the Royal
/ Rosarians of Portland met US. They
y presented to everyone on the train
an envelope in which We found a
fbadge with the word Guest" printed
On the ribbon. with space TO slip
ones card in above. and below a but.
ton upon which was printed Royal
Rosarians," card granting privileges
of the Portland Commercial Club. and
tickets to the theatre and ball game,
tigether with a little booklet showing
Just what We were to do each day of
the festival week. j..
One should remember that the
| Royal Rosarians were entertaining
about 200 people from Pasadena, and
others from Seattle, Spokane and Vic
toria, making in all about 1000 people
as their special guests. =..*>.......
! How Portland Does II. ~
| On the day of our arrival We were
guests On the Rose City tscorting Rex
Oregonus, the head of the festival, up
j the Willamette river The following
day an excursion up the Columbia
river. The foll790S. .RTAoINETAOl
4 river to Multnomah Falls was pro-
& vided with luncheon and vaudeville
/ on board Front seas in the grand
stands were ours, the guest badge be-
ing sufficient to gain admittance. No
tors were placed at our disposal by
the Rosarians, and during the entire
week the Rosarians placed themselves
in the position of hosts. A; grand ball
was given at the Multnomah hotel, at
4 which the various uniform ranks and
their friends were the guests.
I / missed the luncheon by the AID
Club OF Portland owing to misunder-
standing, but the Royal Oaks are GER
. ltainly very enthusiastic over their re-
ception by your fellow organization. :
The ladies of Portland provided
roses in the hotel every morning.
| bringing same in large clothes bas-
kets and every member of our party
was never without a rose. / could
speak for considerable time on the
roses of Portland, for they are beauti-
full beyond description. The system
/ of planting the roses between the
sidewalk and the curb appealed to
ne; they look beautiful when in
/ bloom, and the value of this scheme
from a publicity standpoint seems to
me of large measure.
The parades were beautiful, espe-
cially the electric parade at night.
Flat cars were decorated to resemble
gems and flowers and were covered
/ with thousands of electric lights,
making an unusual and handsome dis
| play.
The main party of Oakland people
returned after the rose festival but
some forty of the party went on an
extended tour.
We had learneod to know out hosts,
the Rosarians, very well, and when
the time came to say goodbye many
| of us were little broken up This
feeling was especially. pronounced
when we arrived at the North Bank
depot to take the train to Tacoma,
and found that the ladies of the Ro-
sarians had completely decorated our
sleepers with roses. The curtains
were hung with roses, the pillows
4 were covered, and they were placed
between the sheets. Is it strange thai
most of us were sorry to leave the
beautiful city of Portland with its
/ true hospitality?
] Tacoma and Seattle Busy.
| At Tacoma a motor ride was pro-
! the splendid Point Defiance Park,
with its fine vistas through the pines
to the Sound beyond.
Seattle was reache dby boat from
Tacoma. The Commercial Club and
the mayor met our party. and drive
around the famous Lake Washington
Boulevard was one of the features of
our stay. This was followed by a ban
quet at the Savoy Hotel.
The same spirit of hospitality pre-
vailed in Victoria and in Vancouver,
where the commercial organizations
entertained us with motor rides, both
IN the afternoon and evening. The
Sound country is beautiful and the
commercial development that is push
ing the cities CT this part of the coun-
try ahead is ever apparent.
; Small towns are also awake. to the
value of publicity through hospitality.
In Everett, Wash, our train stopped
for three hours. The Commercial Club
were cur: hosts at breakfast, and
later motor ride over their city.
Spokane Live Wires. ......-=.s +.
But it remained for the AID Club OF
Spokane, that <real live organization
of the great Inland Empire, to open
our eyes. Arriving in their city about
10 D.. m, during pouring rain. we
iwere allowed no time for discussion
but Immediately hustled into taXicabs
and taken tc our hotel, where rooms
had been reserved. While gathered
around the lobby of the hotel one OF
their number announced that we we're
expected to be ready within a few