Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-18
-GET-TOGETHER"
SPIRIT ASSURES
SUCCESS OF FAIR
Maui Citizens and 0rganiza-
tons Take Hold of Plans
With Live Enthusiasm
EVENT OF NOVEMBER so.
DECEMBER IL, PROMISING
Beautiful Site Chosen and Wal
Iuku Ready With Accommo-
dationS For Visitors
BY RILEY Il. ALLEN
Editor Of the star.eulIetin


I Maui County's first annual fair, to
be held at Wailuku on November 30,
December and 9. will be the great
est the territory has seen.
+ SO much advance plans and prom
Uses indicate, and Maui does not fall
down on plans or fail TO make good
on promises. The men and women OF
the Valley Isle have the habit or put
ting through to an unquestioned sue
cess whatever public undertaking they
are called upon to attempt.
The fair at HiIo. with which Ha-
I waii County began what may be o
yearly series, was good beginning
Pioneering the way, venturing into
new territory. so to speak, the Hawaii
people arranged two-day event, after.
wards heightened to three days, and
more than $1,000 people passed
through the gates. The fair was q
financial success and a success also
in its showing Of exhibits.
Maui Is planning a far larger event.
wider in scope. and with many Of the
traditional county fair" features
which Hilo was unable to arrange.
Maui has had two additional months
of preparation. and sent q delegation
to Hilo with the idea OF looking at the
Hawaii County Fair and profiting By
us exp5ffence g.
Site is Big Asset
The site chosen by the committee
in charge Is big asset IN favor OF
the Maui event The Wailuku base
ball field was selected as the most
suitable spot. IL provides abundant
room not only for the exhibits, COM
mereial and otherwise, but leaY }
plenty OF accommodation for amuse.
ment features and facilities for caring
for the crowds which are expected to
attend.
Certainly no county fair. ever had q
more magnificent scenic setting. In
this respect the WaIluku field rivals
the famous scenic polo fields OF Moa,
nalua and Kapiolani park, on Oahu.
The field is thanked on one side by q
wide highway, giving easy access for
vehicles and foot traffic, and on the
others by canefields. These fields
stretch away almost without interrupt
ton to the mountains of Western
Maui. beyond the town Of Waikiki,
and on the other side the rolling
slopes of Haleakala that finally merge
into the bulky crater-mountain that
lifts 10000 feet of looming hills into
the clouds.
Field viii Be Cool and Clean
The baseball field Is being especial
ly erased, given paths and arranged
for fair purposes. The crowds who
attend will not tramp through dusty
alleys and over dusty stretches OF
ground, but over soft turf.
A grandstand, bandstand and
dancing pavilion and other construc.
ton features augment that space allot-
ed for exhibits.
One disadvantage found by Mana
ger F. B. Cameron Is in the lack OF
tentage to house exhibits. In the be-
ginning it was believed that there
would De plenty of tents available for
any possible amount OF competing dis
plays and commercial exhibits which
might be secured. But so hearty was
the response to the efforts of himself
and his associates that he soon found
his available supply OF canvas on
Oahu was not large enough. He came
to Honolulu and spent several busy
days hunting for more tents and Sc
cured several, hut still had not enough
to cover the displays OF all the would
be exhibitors Still. this fact should
not discourage intending exhibitors. as
Manager Cameron is not the sort Of q
man to be daunted and he will see that
exhibits are somehow taken care OF.
Space for 200 Livestock
In this beautiful field, with noun
tains or plains on three sides and
splendid sea vista on the other, the
buildings and stalls for the livestock
and other classes of exhibits are going
up at a rapid rate. Stalls have been
put in for 200 livestock. Big tents
will be erected, and 1t will look like
real county fair when November 80
rolls around
"PulIing Together"
1T was a case Of everybody pull
together and We found the fair grow
ing beyond all expectations" COM
ments General Chairman Wadsworth.
By the way. he is one of the Maui men
who are strictly on the job, all the
time looking after the success OF the
fair On a recent visit to Maui heard
that he was i'll in bed and might not
be able to get out on the street that
day. went down to see him and met