The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-07-01

and markers: that every district on the
island had comfortable hotels where
clean ro2ms AMI good board could be
obtained, making IDEAL vacation places
for the summer, and If the fact gould
he presented jim q clean way to the peo-
pie OF, Honolulu she believed the result
would be a number, of travellers and
summer cacatlonists which would he
surprise tp everyone. e.
An Example in Point.
q, S. Carlsmith supported the adver.
Using propositions In an enthusiastic
talk. giving some up-to-tlate statistics
on travel to the Yellowstone, the Grand
Canyon OF the Colorado, and the Glacier
National Park. He stated that the last
named park had only been set aside
by congress in 1911, during which year
only 400 tourists entered the park
That the railropd companies interested
thercnpon proceeded TO advertise eXten.
sivoly,. using chiefly pictures of seen
rcry, resulting IN over 1000 tourists visit
ing the park in 1912.
q. II. Wears, manager of the Empo
rum, also strongly supported the prop
ositiop, saying that he was believer
in advertising, and believed that tour
list travel could be made of great value
to the island ii IL was gone after in
the right way, and that pictorial adver-
Using was the best.
| q. ~ Wright, manager Of the Volcano
Stables 4 Transportation Company;
Christian Castendyck, manager of
Haekfeld & Company, and H. A. Pat.
ten, manager and cashier of the First
Rank of Hilo,s each expressed their
strong appreciation of Hawaii cncour-
aging travel to the island as business
proposition on the lines proposed
President II. b. Elliott finally put the
following motion before the meeting,
which was unanimously adopted:
fr Resolution Adopted.
" Resolved, that it is the sense of this
meeting that the policy of promOt.
ing travel to the Island Of Hawaii, I'M
der the auspices of the Hilo Board of
| Trade, on the general lines submitted
to this, meeting this day is sound in
principle and sheuld be carried into eff
feet rs soon as practicable:
| That the president of the board be,
and hereby is,, requested to appoint an
executive committee of three, which
shall, subject to the general control of
the board, devise ways, means and
methods of Calculating said policy and
carry the same into effect.
That the president be also request
cd to, from time to time, appoint such
other committees as he may deem best,
for further carrying said policy into
effect:
| " That the president. shall, eX-Oflici0,
be n member of all committees appoint.
ed hereunder
Financing Proposition.
1t was unanimously agreed that the
best method of financing the 'roposi-
ti0n was to draw mp n Est Of all OF
the firms and individuals in business on
the Island of Hawaii with suggested
schedule of contributions to he made
by each. The executive committee was
directed to make up such schedule in
consultation with leading members of
the business community.
Persons Present.
The following named persons were
present at the meeting:
II. b. Elliott @. y. Wright, l.. A.
Thurston, a. III. Wears, c. s. Carlsmith,
Charles Castendyclk,i H. ID. Corbett, n.
@. Willfong, VI. A. Pattsn, c. G. Ken
nedy, John Scott, George Cool, G.. ".
Day, Father Louis, Adam Lindsay. John
Romans, g. NJ. Lindsay Watson, NJ. Ca
brinhn, w 4. Wise, Leon Cook, j. W.
Bains, Marques, ~ B. MeSwanson aud
II. w Kinney.
NAPLES, Italy, June 29,-(By As.
ISOLATED Press cable) -yespyius broke
out into QetIye eruption last night The