Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-24
KEEP ALIVE PROMOTION soD9'

By al means keep alive the posi-
ton Of secretary 81 the Hawaii Pro
motion committee" declared Albert
P. Taylor, secretary Of the commit
tee who has rendered his resignation
to take effect in September, in an
interview with the Star-Bulletin to
day.
To do away with that position now.
declares Mr.. Taylor, would be virtual
~ the undofng Of q work that it has
taken years to build up; a work that
vas given its first real impetus by
the late H. P. Wood, who was secre-
tary of the committee for many years
prior to his death, and which has been
carried forward 70 the extent where
Hawaii Is now known In every large
city IN the United States.
1t has taken years." says Mr.. Tay'
lor, TO make people believe that the
Promotion committee Is not an or
ganization promoting some sort Of a
deal; that It Is bureau OF informa-
ton for the Hawaiian islands, and
purely an organization which works
to aid the tourist and the prospective
visitor to these islands
But this incorrect impression has
been gradually wiped out, he says,
and today the Hawaii Promotion COM
nittee is the first place looked to
Shen information regarding the ter
.itory is wanted.
Il think it would be a grave mis-
Jake to do away with the position OF
secretary Of the committee" Mr.. Tay-
IL in cd y n 4.
rect the great work Of publicity and
information dissemination that has
been built up
License Inspector Pop" Hutton is
walking and working illustration
of the statement that las the twig
is bent so it will grow" He had a
bent" for detective work and has be-
came a fair master of the profession,
in spite of the fact that his first &C.
cupation as a boy was that Of an
architects draughtsman.
The license inspector was reminded
of this the other day while gazing
ct a drawing OF future skyscrapper
for Honolulu. The architect had in
cluded an imposing chimney from
which smoke was pouring in great
volume. That's what l did the first
time l ever drew plans for a house"
the license inspector said. Natural
ly," he added, my smokestack and
its smoke didn't jibe with the rest
of the drawing and l got called into
in three syllable words" 1t wasn't
long afterward that he decided he
was cut out for a detective and not an
architect.
But l never forgot that lecture.
On my first visit to Honolulu l went
up Manca valley for a look around.
All the time was there something
seemed to be wrong with all the
houses. On my way back l saw one
lone house with chimney. Then l
knew it was the absence of chimneys
on the other houses which made them
appear strange to my maIihini eyes,
Pop says.
A simple matter that, but rather
good proof that the license inspector
does possess deductiVe powers.
Sheriff William Rice, who was in
town this week on registration work,
tells a story on Chris Holt, his clerk
at the Lihue office.
Rice was met the other day by a
fearful old Portuguese man who
walled that his young son was lost,
probably drowned in the treacherous
waters of a Lihue creek. The lad had
been climbing for mangoes in trees
that overhung the stream and had
failed to come home at the appointed
hour.
The sheriff Immediately summoned
Clerk Holt and told him Of the old
mans pilikia, and the two decided the
waters of that stream had better be
Holt went down to the
stream, disrobed himself and began
diving. Rice gave instructions from
the bank above.
After Holt had been-on his search
so long that he was beginning to feel
like a water-logged U-boat, a crack.
ling in the bushes was heard and
small Portuguese lad made his appear
ance with a string Of fish.
What y'doin' down there?" said the
lad.
I'm hunting for you said Holt,
and from the CLINT in the clerks eyes
the lad decided he'd better be getting
home.
They call Chris the diver" now at
Lihue.
The night blooming cereus hedge
running around the PunahOu campus
will be in bloom again within the
next two or three days. The buds
have reached a considerable size and
will be cut shortly.
That this is the largest night bloom
ing cereus hedge in the world, is the
boast that the school has made for
4 long time. 1t extends between
three and four hundred yards along
The wall on Punahou street and about
200 yards along Wilder avenue on
The south side of the camDus.