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 As 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-
yentions in the past, but after the
fifth convention, anyone who wishes
to beat the record of Hilo will have
to go some in order to do So ..
Mr.. Mckay then outlined the pro-
gram and it is the same as has ap-
peared 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 and
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 ap-
plause when he stood up and he at
once plunged into his subject.
Editor Allen Talks.
II want, first of all, to say that the
publicity your civic convention and
county fair has obtained during the
past eight months 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. H..
What strikes me as most import
ant is that the directors of this COM
ing convention are trying to achieve
tangible in the way OF bet
tering conditi ons in the territory,
and that they are endea'orlng 10
bring up subjects to be discussed
that will influence future legislation.
Roads, public health and other
questions are good subjects TO discuss
but they, in way, are taken care OF
by different departments of the ter
ritorial machinery. think that the
big subject at this convention is likely
to be development of tourist assets
and accommodation for tourist traftlc.
I am confident that there is coming a
period of tourist traffic to these ISL
ands that none of us ever dreamed OF
IN the past. And in this opinion l am
confirmed by experienced men from
the mainland who declare that tlae
of tourists will flow into Hawaii IN
the future that will make the past look
small. ..
Visit.
Il have enjoyed my stay in Hllo
and through the courtesy OF Mr. VIII
liam Mckay, l have been able TO see
much of the country that l could not
otherwise have done. made the
trip to Puma and / want to say rlght
mere that that one-day excursion
should be boosted to the limit. There
is nothing like it in the ISLANDS, ana
great stress should be laid upon the
fact that that beautiful section Of the
island of Hawaii can be seen and en-
loved in one day. Tourists who only
see the volcano miss a lot. we IN
Honolulu do not want to keep the
there all the time ana we
should be delighted to see them not
only visit the volcano but also stay
over in Hilo and take in the WONDER
and of Puma and other places. Flnal.
". / would say that big cro"o OIL
people will come to Hilo for the con-
yention and fair and l know that the
whole endeavor will be a success
Wears for "Pros and Cons"
G. H. Wears said that he thought
that when a paper on any subject was
,ead at the convention there should
De another paper opposing the propo-
,:tiCn as suggested in the first paper:
Wears was strong for pro and con
of papers to be read at
he convention.
AS one of the transportation COM
nittee Wears asked those people VINO
lad private automobiles to let him
know if they are willing to assist IN
conveying the delegates to the con-
gention around when they arrive.
aides Committee Reports.
Mrs. William Mckay, chairman OF
he ladies' committee which will take
are of the visiting ladies when they
arrive, told of the plans of her COM
nittee and said that there would be