Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-02
CABLES news Of
BROTHER Death
AT Los ANGELES

d. w. Kirkland Of Los Angeles,
brother Of Mrs. ]. A. Kennedy OF thi
city, died last evening shortly ate
z O'Clock, according TO a cable re
ceiyed in Honolulu this morning from
Mrs Kennedy, who departed hurriedl.
for the mainland about a month az
on receiving word OF her brother
serious Illness
ID. w. kirkland, who had paid sey
eral visits 70 Hawaii. and had a wid'
circle Of friends here, was little NOR
than 60 years OF age, having beel
born June 4, 1856. Besides his sister
Mrs. Kennedy, the deceased is sur
vived by three brothers, ]. n. Kirk
land ofIsos Angeles, and A. w. Kirk
land and James Kirkland OF Oakland
California.
In all probability Mrs. Kennedy vii
return to Honolulu at an early date
in this section OF the world and max
ing the most or them according to in
diyidual ideas Of what spells opportu
nifty and success.
Back Up Tourist Work:
Fourth-Hawaii must back uI
these tourist enterprises with service
Service, courteous service, ought
to be branded in every businessman
soul from now on, IL 1t has not been
already.
That is what win absolutely guar
antee well:filled passenger lists the
year around.
give the tourist and the stranger
within our gates special lHaus If you
have the money, but always, inces
sanity and forever give them courte
GUS. prompt and uniformly consistent
service. Do that and there Is nothing
more to it.
Preach courtesy to the motor boat
men, the chauffeurs, the hotel clerks
the MOTEL boys. TO everyone in fart
People seldom complain Of prices
when travelling. IL they are given cour'
teous service. Thcv are willing to
pay for what they get but they yant
and they are entitled to have all they
pay for. The little courteous atten'
lions not only by the head Of the
house, but by the boys and men on
the job, all along the line. That's
what counts. We cannot make too
much of it. We cannot say it too
often
Southern California is living ser.
mon in service and courtesy. Travel
on the popular routes Of the main
land and it doesn't take you Is min
utes to learn why they are popular.
You get service, and through the
warp and wool of this service runs
the courteous attention of every en-
ploye you come IN contact with. The
day OF the half-baked hoodlum Is past.
And there are some growing young
men OF Hawaii who will do well 70
take this to heart. The courteous man
will run out the Smart Aleck in short
meter
Show Confidence In Hawaii.
Fifth am more deeply convinced
that the business leaders of Hawaii
ought to show more confidence in Ha-
wall. Invest their money in Hawaii.
Back the local enterprises and develop
new ones. While in San Francisco
| was told that well known Homo
lulu man was busy looking for good
place to put about a quarter, OF a
million dollars The biggest end OF
that quarter OF a million was. in my
opinion, made in Hawaii It is safe
bet that 1t will find its way into an
or enterprises far more
than, say, the effort of the
Great Northern or the Matson NayigR-
ton Company to build up our tourist
business, or even a distinctive hotel
built to fit the climate.
I'VE need more builders and fewer
brokers. Tsfs
II see a city planning commission
has been appointed. That's a fine
idea. But what's the matter with go
ing out once in while and actually
doing something II Is all right to
plan, but why not build a real road
No, not occasionally.
Why not give demonstration that as
a community we can actually accom-
plish .hig, progressive results, and
present tangible, practical, easily OBJ
served, seen, felt, handled results.
Do Our Mork--or Have II Done
for De.
Finally, l was never better salts
fed of the fact that If we do not prove
our competence to take advantage OF
our opportunities. and perform our
obvious civic duties, it will be done
by others.
Little children can wrangle and
squabble and call names and retard
the wheels of progress about so long.
Then the parental patience, finally ex.
hausted, takes things in hand vigor-
ously and runs things. If the people
Of Hawaii want to act like petty, lazy
children, they viii inevitably get the
treatment handed out to children.
Some one may say, What the
deuce does Harrington know about it,?
my response is that Harrington
doesn't know single thing more
about it than Smith or Jones, or any
other plain citizen. The handwriting
On the wall is SO plain that all Far
rington or any man with horse sense
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