Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-14

that counts most in promotion and
the people of the big cities Of the
northwest are realizing this and are
| beginning to centraliZe their work
on the development of Puget Sound
resorts. the building Of hotels in the
great mountain reservations, such as
Rainier park and the development OF
the great country attractions.
In Tacoma, the Commercial club,
the Chamber of Commerce and the AID
club all have their headquarters, ban
quets and lunches in one building. and
work together in unison and we have
arranged through Mr.. T. H. Martin.
secretary of the Chamber of Commerce
and the Commercial club in Tacoma,
to have the Chamber of Commerce
hold the annual Hands-Around
the-Pacific" banquet Mr. Martin
is an enthusiastic worker in
the bringing about of the North
west Tourist bureau that will
develop the outdoor country for
the tourist -.
In Portland Oregon, the Chamber OF
Commerce and the Commercial club
will cooperate with the AID club in
having a rousing annual Hands
Around-the-Pacific banquet in Port
land. Mr.. Giltner Is secretary OF the
Chamber of Commerce and assured
the backing of his organization in the
movement to get all countries of the
Pacific to work together to create
Pacific patriotism and Mr.. c. C. Chap
man, the live wire" of the CONNER
cial club, WHICH is in the same build
ing, at once took the matter UP of
having his organization cooperate Mr..
Chapman is the great outdoor worker
for Oregon. He heads the promotion
and publicity work and never advertis-
es Notwithstanding is Oregon
and the settlement on the land. He
does not sit at his desk and write
asking conventions to meet in Port
land, he goes cut to the furthermore
ends of the country and gets them.
If Portland or any part of Oregon
thinks that it will be benefited by
having new industry established, Mr..
Chapman is the man who goes out to
the capitalists of America to interest
them. It takes him just a second to
see If thing is good for Oregon, and
after that one second of insight he
deVotes his energies in accomplishing
this thing that he knows will advance
his state. He is the head worker in
the movement to create the Northwest
Official Tourist Bureau and Publicity
Organization. the Commercial club of
Portland having this line of work in
hand, while the Chamber of Commerce
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and looks after shipping and freight
rates, etc, and backs the promotion
work of its sister club. =
Mr.. w. B. d. Dodson was called in
to confer with US, as he has had for
some time the work in hand Of bring.
ing about regular fortnightly steam
ship service between Portland and
Hawaii. This came recently within
an ace Of accomplishment and the
plan is by no means abandoned. |
believe it will come about, and I shall
return to Hawaii to interest certain
industrial leaders who can assure sue
cess to this new service to the north
west H.. Ii.
We are now on the train headed for
San Francisco! HOORAY And az
ter a few days there we shall start
back for home and Honolulu, and we
don't care if we do arrive on the 18th.
In ten months hard work we have
secured the promises of cooperation
on the part of every state and coun-
try bordering on the Pacific. with the
exception of California, and the next
Few days work in San Francisco will
make known whether the directors of
the great exposition are willing to
accept the cooperation that all of the
countries of the Pacific offer, that
must bring to the Pacific coast of
America an increasing flow of popula.
ton that will be so needed to devel-
op commercial activities Of the great
new Pacific life that begins with the
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