Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06
CIVIC CONVENTION WORKS FOR GOOD OF ALL HAWAII

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v hich Kauai has 10 offer. and coucIud.i
ed by extending cordial invitation
to the assembled delegates To hold
their convention on the Garden Island
next year, ......... . ..-.=
Rev j. c. Cowaa Of the Kohala Civic
League, who spoke on Kohala, re-
ferred to that district as the original
Garden Of Eden We haven't the
four rivers of Eden.' he said. "but we
have three irrigation bitches and a
railroad. There is more paradise to
the square foot In Kohala than In any
other place ] have ever seen. cali
| it the island Of Kohaia because ii
is bounded hy the Keeaumoku road
and Mud line. If You don't think Ko-
hala is an ideal island, just try driving
over these roads in am automobile"
The topic of Maui was assigned
to Rev. A. G. Bowdish of the Maui
Chamber of Commerce, and the breezy
manner in which he described the
beauties of the Valley Island and
pointed cut the many interesting
places worthy Of visit by the tourist.
made many Of the delegates wish the
convention was to last three weeks
instead Of three days. I'VE must have
the tourists leave here knowing some.
thing OF the history Of the islands"
he said in conclusion. We must
make them know that that savage
| freedom of the natives has been wiped
out" ~ ~....@ ~.
The evening session. which was d
public enc and attended by about 300
! persons, came to a conclusion with a
| lecture by Prof T. A. Jaggar. Jr.. di-
rector of the Hawaiian Volcanic Re-
search Association, on THE Eruption
| OF Sakurajima. The lecture was IL
Illustrated with stereeptieon views.
| Relieving adjournment the floor was
cleared and dancing INDUCED in until
a late hour, the music being furnished
by the Hawaiian band, led by Kapell-
meister Henri Berger s......-s
Closing Session Yesterday.
! The last session of the convention.
! held YESTERDAY morning and afternoon.
was largely a business one. although
/ there We're no definite actions taken
until late in the day.
| Rev.sJ. M Lydgate of the Kauai
Chamber of Commerce spoke on the
| subject Cooperation" handling his
topic from several angles in order to
point out that the islands Of She group
must work in harmony If they would
secure the best results from promotion.
He pictured cooperation es canoe.
not ship, he said, wherein sits man
who can tarn his back to the bow
4 and not look where he is going, but a
canoe in which man sits with his
/ face to the bow, who knows where he
is going because he can see the way.
| In the canoe, Mr.. Lydgate placed Oahu
in the stern with the steering paddle,
/ Hawaii in the bow, Kauai and Maui In
/ the center. In closing he urged a
Tightening of the bonds of friendship
between the islands, in order that ali
i might work together in uniform man
ner. because" he said, IF one island
i fails to keep up its end, it may mean
a downfall of the work of all the
tothers.
i H Gooding Field delivered an ad.
dress on Game Fishing In Hawaii"
and told something OF the Hawaii Tuna
Club, the territory's newest fishing or.
i ganization The address was the same
which Mr.. Field recently delivered be-
/ fore the Promotion Committee and
which was published in full in the
i Star Bulletin, with the excertion that
he dWelt more at length on the FRO
motion asset Of game fishing. The
] convention PISSED resolution indars-
ling Mr.. Fields work in promoting
i game fishing
Alexander Hume Ford told some.
thing of the history of the Hands
Around the Pacific Club and what it is
/ doing in the way of promotion.
i Promotion Well Handled.
The all-important matter of promo
tion was exceedingly we'll handled
through papers read by w. o. Aiken
i of the Maui Chamber of Commerce
and Ed Towse of the Hawaii Promo.
tien Committee.
Following the reading Of these pa
pers, the resolution committee present,
ed more resolutions having to do with
promotion, better roads, etc, all oil
which were unanimously adopted.
Kauai was chosen ais the site of the
1915 gathering and, after votes OF
thanks had been extended to the resi-
dents of Maui by the visitors for their
warm hospitality and enthusiastic en-,
tertainment, the convention adjourn
4 ed she die until. next year.
Thus ended the third annual civic
Icenyention bigger and better and
with more work accomplished than its