The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-14
Dog QUARANTINE
NEVER SHOULD Be
RAISED in HAWAII
Warning Is Given To Promotion
Committee In Connection With
Women Tourists =
HILL INTERESTS WILL - =
RUN PERMANENT LINER
This Is Belief Expressed BY Mr..
Thurston, Who Tells Of Main
land Publicity


the Islands, rubbed shoulders with adj.
ditional data on the coming of the
Great Northern, and l.. A. Thurston s
trip to the mainland, at the last reg,I.
lar meeting of the promotion commit
tee. Sc.
Dr.. Victor Norgaard, head of the d.
vision of animal industry, bureau of
agriculture, who had been asked to adj
dress the committee on the question of
abandoning the quarantine of dogs be-
fore admitting them to the Islands, de-
clared that such step would be " moth
ing short of calamity The animal
expert declared that no precautions
against the introduction of rabies into
Hawaii could be too great, provided
they were successful. He told the com
, mitteemen that the 120-day quarantine
now insisted upon for, all dogs from the
! mainland is a matter of simple justice
to the humans and dogs of Hawaii.
III rabies once ereeps into the Ter
ritory it win result in the practical ex-
! tinction of the dog life of the Islands.
| Many of our dogs will die of the disease
and the rest will have to be killed Of
to prevent the spread of the disease
among humans" e."
Lap Dog No Exception
| Referring to the statement of a
| wealthy woman, who wished to come
here, but who refused to come unless
her lap dog, "a tiny, dear little fellow
who cannot possibly do any one any
HARM" Doctor NOrgaard said that
"size of the dog cuts no figure. A lap
dog can spread rabies just as well as a
giant boar hound or st. Bernard
He told of another wealthy woman,
who, when told that the introduction
of her lap dog within quarantine might
mean the loss of a human life, said:
"Well, suppose it does. The Washing
! ton bureau say that a human life is
worth $1,000. III put up bond for
ten of them if you II let my dog in. q"
| l.. A. ThurstOn talked TO the commit
tee on his trip to San Francisco in con.
nection with the effort to induce the
management of the Great Northern
Pacific Steamship Company to continue
the. trips Of the Great Northern to the
Islands. He declared that his observa-
! lions while in the Coast city led him
I TO believe that ultimately the company
will be forced to consider the Hawaiian
end of the line 3 business the big end.
The business to these Islands, he added,
can be developed, but il is becoming
more doubtful whether the -eoastwise
run between San Francisco and Port.
land can he made to pay>from the pass
enger traffic point of view.
Coast Run Not Satisfactory
1t was true, he said, that the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific had
been built for that run, and the com
pany Is determined to give them q
thorough try out, but the support of
the travelling public so far has not
n been satisfactory.
The Volcano, added the speaker, has
proved the biggest kind of an attrac,
ton on the mainland, and has done
more to bring persons here than any
other one thing. Mr.. ThurstOn sahi
last part of the route of the steamer
so Ms to let her leave Hilo in the morn
ing and make the run along the wind
ward side of Maui and MOlokai, giving
the passengers chance to see the
wonderful scenery on that side OF
those islands, and reaching Honolulu
in the late afternoon. Mr.. Stone ha'
thoroughly approved of the idea, and
it is more than probable that tbs
change will be made when the Great
Northern resumes her trips. 1t il
likely that she will be scheduled tC
leave Honolulu in the afternoon in
stead Of at night, so that the festivi
ties of "steamer day" so typical Of
Hawaii may be enjoyed by the tourists
and be their last recollection Of theil
visit here.
D Promotion In Mainland
Mr. ThurstOn also spoke of the wOrI
that is being done in the mainland by
j. Walter Scott and +. J. HaltOn, tn
representatives of the promotion com
mittee in California, and told of thei
plans for extending the publicity worl
that is being done. These men, be said
, have already won splendid results, an'
are going after a bigger field. HaltoI
has been authorized to 90 East, visit
ing Chicago, New York and other BIZ
cities. and getting in touch with al
of the tourist agencies.
, The committee, after hearing wha
Mr.. Thurston had done, rendered hin
a vote of thanks for his work.
The committee also definitely set tn
= date for the coming trip to Kauai 70
4 4 Tuesday. Tourists will be invited I,
make the journey with the committee
| IA has bcen done in the mast with goo,