Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-21
Civic Convention and County
Fair Plans Reviewed BY
Active Workers
Especial star-Bulletin Correspondence.


week of September is very evident
and the amount of publicity that has
been secured regarding the Fifth Civic
| Convention and Second County Fair
! in the press of the territory was com
mented upon freely by President Will
liam Mckay of the Hilo Board OF
Trade, Chairman H. B. Elliot Of the
county fair, AMI Editor Riley H. Allen
of the Honolulu Star Bulletin at the
dinner that was given at the Hilo no.
tel last Wednesday evening. The gath
ering consisted of 45 ladies and men,
and all those present were connected
with the fair or convention in some
official capacity. William Mckay pre-
sided at the dinner and he, when the
time came, outlined the program OF
the convention and pointed out what
the object of the gathering was.
Have to Go Some"
Five weeks from today said Mr..
Mckay, the Fifth Civic Convention
and County Fair will be in full swing
and it behooves us all to get busy
and make the occasion a huge sue
cess. The advance publicity given
the two affairs has been the best ever
heard of in the territory and we now
have to make good on our promises.
There will be over two hundred dele
gates to the convention and they are
coming from every part of the group.
Hilo will make good, that is sure,
and we, the directors, now invite any
one present to make suggestions and
to discuss any of the features that
have been mentioned here or in the
press. There have been good con-
ventions in the past, but after the
fifth convention, anyone who WISHES
to beat the record of Hilo Will nave
to go some in order to do so.
Mr.. Mckay then outlined the pro-
gram and it is the same as has ap-
reared in all the island newspapers
several times already. He then SAID
that the Honolulu dailies had taken
up the matter of special editions re-
garding the civic convention ana
county fair and that as Editor Allen
of the Star-Bulletin was present he
would call upon him to say few
words.
Mr.. Allen was greeted with APP
plause when he stood up and he at
once plunged into his subject.
Editor Allen Talks.
Il want, first of all, to say that the
publicity your civic convention ana
county fair has obtained during the
mast eight, montns or so has been very
effective. Honolulu people are look
ing forward to these coming events
and the success of the affairs is as
Sured.
what strikes me as most import
ant is that the directors of this COM
ing convention are trying to achieve
something tangible in the way OF bet
tering conditions in the territory,
and that they are endea'oring TO
bring I'D subjects to be discussed
that will influence future legislation.
Roads, public health and otner
questions are good subjects TO discuss
but they, in a way, are taken care Oh
by different departments of the ter
ritorial machinery. | think that the
big subject at this convention is nKely
to be development of tourist assets
and accommodation for tourist tralllc'
7 am confident that there is coming
period of tourist traffic to these-lsl-
ands that none of us ever dreamed OF
in the past. And in this opinion am
confirmed by experienced men from
the mainland who declare that toe
of tourists will flow into Hawai- IN
the future that will make the past look
small.
Enjoyed Visit. 11;,o
u have enjoyed my stay in Hilo
and through the courtesy OF Mr.. VIII
liam Mckay, | have been able to see
much of the country that | could not
otherwise have done. made the
trim to Puma and | want to say rlght
here that that one-day excursion
should be boosted to the limit lhere
IS nothing like it in the Islands, ana
great stress should be laid upon Tue
fact that that beautiful section OF the
island of Hawaii can be seen ana en-
loved IN one day. Tourists VINO only
see the volcano miss lot. we III
Honolulu do not want 10 keep INC
there all the time ana we
should be delighted to see them no'
onIy visit the volcano but also stay
over in. HiIo and take in the Wonue['
land of Puma and other places. tlnai'
w. / would say that big cro"u vi
neople will come to Hilo for the con
yention and fair and know that the
whole endeavor will be success.
Wears for "Pros and Cons
G, H. Wears said that ne thoushI
that when paper on any subject was
read at the convention there shouiu
be another paper opposing the propo'
,lticn as suggested in the first paper;
icars was strong fora pro ana con
of papers to be read at
he convention.
As one of the transportation COM
n;ttee Wears asked those people VINO
had private automobiles to let MIN
know if they are willing to assist IN
the delegates to the con.
vention around when they arrive.
aides Committee Reports.
Mrs. William Mckay, chairman Oh
he ladies' committee which will take
care of the visiting ladies when they
arrive, told of the plans OF her COM
nittee and said that there would be
nOHE