The Coconino sun., 1925-02-13


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meeting Of the Ad club, an organiza
ton much on the order Of Rotary, ana
there discovered the president of the
club is 0 Mr.. Leibrick, formerly Of
Phoenix, and that Mr.. Mullen, maaa-
ger Of the Alexander Young hotel
managed the Adams hotel at Phoenix
a few years ago.
It was a special New Year program
at the club and we were splcndidly en-
tertained for an hour. Visitors at this
club are required to stand up on their
chairs when introduced and the .esi-
dent of the club has to do all his talk
ing while standing III his chair. This
strikes us as a mighty good scheme
as it prevents his wandering away
from his subject; also he uually does
not insist OH doing too much talking
Had q pleasant chat with Governor
Harrington, who is special friend of
Col. w. w. Crosby, formerly superin-
tendent of the Grand Canyon national
park, now with the state highway de
partment of Pennsylvania.
We understand that Dwight 3
Heard Of Phoenix, who it will be re
rnembered, was exposed to the Cover
norship of Arizona last fall, heard Of
our expected arrival in Honolulu and
left couple days before we got t,therc.
Don't remember, but think it wa
Governor Harrington who suggested
the idea.
Our old auto driver, John Pimento
hunted us up Just te see us again and
apologized for having been enggg gged
for the day by the big parade of pas
sengers. John seemed to know tns
botanical name of every flower ana
tree on the island. Often wondered
how many of our young fellows in
Arizona know the names Of our trees,
flowers and grasses. We mention
John Just to show how friendly these
folks arc over here. They all seem
to have time to spare and take special
pains to see that visitors enjoy them
selves during their stay.
The very general verdict among the
passengers after their trips around
the island was the expressed wish tha.
they could put in all the rest Of thei1
time in Honolulu.
Our floating hotel was scheduled t
pull out Of the harbor at 5 o'clock
Long before that time the royal band
was at the dock, with hundreds of peo
pie, to cheer us on our way. The boat
side was covered with variegated
mass of colored paper and ribbons
The passengers lined the decks decfSed
out in leis. 1t was a beautiful sight,
a pleasing one ard a touching one--
the royal greeting when we arrived
and the parting cheers of good will
from a wonderfully kind people. There
is.no kindly act too arduous for them
to perform where friends and visitors
are concerned.
Two tugs took our line on the bow
and quietly turned our nose out t.
sea. AS we very imposingly moved
out the docks were lined with hnn-
dreds Of automobiles, each me hoax
ing us q. goodbye across the waters.
Soon the last black-headed little ma
tive human frog quit begging fof
dimes to dive for and scurried off 3
mile or SO to shore.
Honolulu is the. capital Of the ter
ritory of Hawaii, is located on the
island of Oahu, and has a population
Of over $4,000 people. It is 2l00
miles from San Francisco and 34O0
miles from Japan. 1t is a progressive
American city and despite the fact
that many people persist in thinking It
is foreign country, it is part OF
the United States and governed as q
territory very much like Arizona used
to be. Each of the larger inhabited
islands Is a country. The city limits
Of the county seat include the whole
island. Inc1uded in the city of Homo
lulu is an island 1900 miles away.
There are only a few Inhabitants on
this latter freckle on the map, and It
is usually governed in thc~village con
stable style. This rather reminds one
Of the city limits Of Los Angeles. AT
least it has similar features.
The main exports from Oahu are
sugar. first; with pineapples poof
second and koua coffee third.
The Japs rank first in population
Chinese second and Portuguese third
among the races. There are oak
about 10000 native Hawaiians left
and many of them are intermarried.
The old missionary families WHIT
came out here from Massachusetts
shortly after Captain Cock steamed
in and stewed the plsce. ard Saeir de.
scendants, now own most Of the work
and are doing very we'll financially.
One could write and write indefi-
nitely about these islands, the people
and customs, but the captain says VIC
are on our way to Japan and eypeci
to arrive there next Sunday.