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Il II Ait What is Best for Maui is Best for the News i it VOLUME XX WAILUKU, MAUI, T. H., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1914- 3 JvttJlSS. If you wish Prosperity W Advertise in the News m v f t $ 1 Aloha Nui To Maui Player On Wednesday afternoon Inst the .All Mnui baseball team left for Honolulu where tlicy will play in the series of games during the Car nival. All the people who could possibly manage it, wcro on hand at the Claudino wharf, Kahului, to wish the boys aloha nui nui. That Maui will show up well in the Inter Island scries is the opinion of every one on the Valley Island. Jimmio Williams, brother of the famous Johnnie, was on Maui last week. He ventured the opinion that Maui would just about win the honors of the scries. Punahou, in Williams' .estimation, is the best Oahu outfit. ''The;; ball players got a great send offlR'the cheers that went up. andMiej'yella also, must have been heard V long way off. Manager Harold Rice was looking happy and lie said, before the steamer sailed, that he hoped Maui would bring home the ''bacon." New Rifle Butts For Nat. Guards Things are booming in the N. G. II., and the local men and officers are feeling good. Major 'Bal, who got his promotion last week, is working hard for thinga that mean a lot for the Guards. Second Lieutenant W. P. Kaao is also on tho job, and he is trying to have a new rifle range constructed at Kalua Valley. The new butts would revive interest in rifle shoot ing, says Lieutenant Kaae, and civilian clubs would soon bo formed. Eight men and two non-commis sioned officers left on the Mauna Loa last Wednesday for Honolulu. The detachment will take part in the military tournament during Carnival Week. Word has been received from the Inspectoixlnstructor to the effect that Second Lieutenants W. F. Kaae, W. K. Kaluakini and Reg. Quartermaster G. B. Schrader have passed their examinations with the remark "Excellent" attached to their papers. Kniyhts Are To Celebrate Next Thursday evening the Knights of Phythias, Aloha Lodge, will celebrate the Golden Jubilee of tho order by giving a dance in Castle Hall, Wailuku. Tho affair promises to be a splendid one and a largo number of invitations havo been sent out. The Aloha Lodge has been in existence for twenty-five years on Maui, and some little time ago, an interesting story of tho first initia tion ceremonies of the Lodgo here, was published in tho newspapers of tho territory. Tho Golden Jubilee which commemorates the fifty years of lifo passed by tho Knights of Pythias lodges all over the world, is to be celebrated in duo form every where a lodgo exists. Tho Aloha Lodgo danco will bo a big feature of tho year, and it is expected that a record breaking crowd will bo present when tho music starts up for tho first danco. se Will MOO Entertain Visitors There will be great doings among tho local Moose next week when, if everything goes according to the present arrangemcstshreo distin guished members ofjfthj&fratcrn ity who are expected tonsitjMaui, will bo entertained by Lodgc875r' Brother Jas. J. Davis, past grand dictator of the Moose on tho main and, accompanied by Brothers Lentz and C. II. Brown arc the expected visitors, and the tentative program arranged for their reception and en tertainment is as follows: A committee consisting of Messrs. J. Garcia, John -Yasconccllos, H? McCubbin,.M. C. Paschoal and John Medeiros will meet the visitors at Lahaina on Tuesday evening at about G:30 p. m. o'clock. The visiting brothers will be decorated with lcis by the ladies, and then will board automobiles a nd bo con veyed to Wailuku. If the K. P. hall can bo obtained for tho occasion, tho party will be escorted there by the local members of the organization. The Paia band will head the procession. All the members will bo decorated with badges- The reception will begin at 8:30 p. in., ami a committee will attend to the decorations and the refreshments. Speeches will be in order and a cordial welcome will be extended to the visitors. On Wednesday morning the visi tors will bo taken on a sight-seeing trip around Iao, Waihco, Waikapu, Wailuku and Puunene. After lunch tho party will bo taken through tho mauka section of Maui, and then will be brought back in time to bo conveyed to McGregor's Landing in order to catch the steamer at G o'clock. A "send off'' committee has been organized to go along to McGregor's Landing and to wish the visitors bon voyage. Well Known Boy Dead Makawao, Feb. 12. The sudden death of Joo Alana, a Makawao boy attending school in Honolulu, was. a sad affair and a great shock to his family and friends. x Early Tuesday morning the 10th, a wireless message from Honolulu to his mother, Mrs. Rita Alana Kcola, of Makawao, simply stated that her son, Joe, had died the night before. Later in tho day tho "wireless notes" announced his sudden death after taking part in a running contest between the "Central Grammar," Punahou Preparatory and other schools. Joseph Alana, 1G years of age, was strong and sturdy and a youth of much promiso. Ho was born and bred in Makawao. He made a fine record in the Makawao school and left the 7th grado there last September to enter tho 8th grado of tho Central G rammar in Honolulu where ho also has done excellent work, intending to becomo a pupil of tho McKinley High-School next September. On Wednesday, his mother and his oldest sister Miss Mao Alana departed per Mauna Loa, for Hono lulu. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INVESTIGATION RESULT Committee Submits Very Fair Report Proves That Irregularities Exist But Say No Individual Graft Has Been Found Machinery, Autos and Beans. At tho meeting of tho Maui Chamber of Commerce that was held on Thursday last, the investigating committee of the body turned in its report on County conditions. The renort was read bv D. C. Lindsav. anuborc his signature and thoso of W. 0. Aiken and R. A. Wadswortli. Supervisors Ilcnning and Drtim mond were present at the meeting and both hail something to say about the rather serious contents of the report. Supervisor' Ilenning said that the irregularitics'coinplain cdof Avere4he resultof lckv of cqurago on the part of dhe Chairman of the board, who had 'gbno -ahead on his own responsibility ahdf when asked for explanations, had become frightened. "Kalama exceeded his authority," declared Ilenning. Supervisor Drummond had little to say, but declared that he was alright and that he favored economy. "But," he remarked, "what is tho good of trying to do anything. Wo wrote to the head of one depart ment and asked him in what way he could cut exuenses. He replied that thero was no way, and then asked that the salary of one of his men be raised 1" After the investigating commit tee's report was j-ead, President F. F. Baldwin stated that he thought tho report to be a very fair one, and that ho hoped tho county offi cials would accept it in good faith. "The report should be of assistance to the supervisors and lead to good result," concluded to president. With regard to that part of the report that compares tho expendi ture in Kauai County to that of the County of Maui, Senator II. A. Baldwin said that lie did not think tho comparison a fair one. County Attorney D. II. Case had a few words to say and, while admitting that the report was a fair one, and that he had the great est faith in tho gentlemen who compiled the report, ho still had to say that, as regarded tho county attorney's department, the members of the investigating committee had a lot to learn yet. Kauai only had two court terms a year and the work then done was very light. Maui had three court terms and many cases. Maui county consisted of several islands and isolated districts. Thero were a lot of things that could be said about the comparison be tween Kauai and Maui but thero was no use trying to do so in a few minutes. There was no long discussion about the report, and a motion that it bo accepted was made and carried. The report reads as follows : To tho Trustees of tho Maui Chamber of Commerce, Wailuku, Maui, T. II. Gentlemen: Your Coinmittco appointed by ho Chamber of Commerce to in vestigate tho alleged irregularities of the County of Maui, beg to report that we have gone into the matters that have been brought to our at tention, and that have occurred to us, as fully as possible, and in pre senting our repdrt wish it under stood that we havo not allowed any personalities to enter into our con clusions, hut have tried to present tho facts as wo havo found them, entirely for tho good of the County of Maui, and tho betterment of con ditions therein. While we regret having to bring to your notice several apparent irre gularities, wo aro glad to state that so far as wo have investigated, we have found no transaction from which any of the County officials have derived any personal pecuni ary gain. WIIITB AUTO. We find that tho order for a White Runabout was filed with the County Clerk at the time this auto was ordered. Tho Minutes of Jan uary 10th, 1913, show that the Sheriff was authorized to exchango two certain Brush and Rambler cars for a new runabout, subject to tho approval of tho Chairman of the Board. Evidently this has not been done, but a bill of tho Volcano Stables for $2,300 for a White Run about was presented on May 12th, and approved on May 17th, 1913. This bill had evidently been reduced from 3,000 to $2,300, and no ex planation of this reduction ia forth coming. This transaction was ap parently consummated as follows : Price of White auto $3,000 plus credit on Brush and Rambler cars.J There is an evident discrepancy of 8700 on this purchase price unac counted for. In the Inventory of July 1, 1912, there appears 1 Austin No. 3 Gyra tory Crusher, and 1 Union Gas En gine. In the Inventory of July 1, 1913, this machinery is missing, and no ollicial record of its sale or disposal is on file. We find on investigation that this rock crusher and engine was shipped to the Volcano Stables and Transportation Co., at the instiga tion of Chairman Kalama, Super visor Lake, and Road Overseer Bal, and no returns to the County ap pear in any of tho records on ac count of this transactions. KOCK CRUS1IBR FOR WAILUKU DIS TRICT. At the July 1913 meeting, tho Chairman was authorized to pur chase a second-hand portable rock crusher, or to advertise for a port able rock crusher (new) and engine complete. No further records appear in the Minutes, but wo aro advised that tho Chairman ordered a new Austin crusher, Gas Engine and accessories at a cost of $3,348, which has been delivered and accepted by the County. Tho bills for this machinery havo not yet been passed by tho Board, but are on file. NBW STEAM ROLLER. This wa3 ordered and passed in duo form, price $6,421.20, but the bills havo not yet been passed, or paid for. WIIITH TRUCK. The County is evidently paying tho driver's wages, and up-keep of this truck, although no record ap pears on tho Minutes of the meet ings authorizing the purchase, and no bills have so far been presented, and it was difficult to locate the actual owner. Supervisors interviewed claim that no orders were given for this truck, and we find that it was or dered by Supervisor Lake personal ly, and tho manipulation of tho samo seems to bo in his hands. Car Did High Dive Over Pali It would seem to have been a miracle that no one was killed in an auto accident that happened last Saturday night on the road to Ka hakuloa. The machine, a Ford, was smashed to atoms but the four oc cupants escaped without injury. The car went over the cliff and, after turning half a dozen summer saults, landed in pieces at the bot tom of the ravine. From what can be learned, it seems that Mr. MacLaren, of Puu nene, was driving with some friends, to Angus McPhee's house. All went well for most of the journey. It was a moonlight night and the road, although narrow, was in good order and condition. When a point about a quarter of a mile from McPhee's house was reached, a sharp turn in the road was encountered. MacLaren, who was driving, was deceived by the shadows and, turning a little too much to the left, hit the earth bank. The car cannoned off and then skidded and toppled over the cliff. Three of the passengers were thrown out, but MacLaren went with the car for some distance. He, finally, was thrown out, half way down the cliff and, strange to say, the steering wheel came adrift and remained in his hands, while the car went to the bottom of the gulch. The' party, after thanking their stars for their escape from death, walked to McPhee's house. On Sunday morning the full extent of the wreck was seen and everybody who saw the remains of the ma chine wonders how any of the autoists escaped death. . KIAWB UEANS. atS Your Committee has investigate! this question thoroughly, and find that no official record is on file authorizing any one to make pur chases of this feed. The County during tho months of July to Sept ember, 1913. purchased kiawe beans to the amount of $1,900, and paid at tho rate of 30 to 31ir per bag, the flat rate being $18.00 per ton. Wo are advised by outside parties that these beans were being freely purchased in the Wailuku district under samo conditions in retail lots at 25$ per bug, and thero seems to be no reason why tho County should have paid more than this figure. Wo aro advised that these bags were not weighed on delivery. We question the wisdom of purchasing this kind of feed in such large quan tities, as from an examination of tho balance left on hand at tho Wai luku Stablo wo aro of the opinion that a largo amount will bo useless before it can be used. We are also of opinion that had tenders been called for, for this amount of beans, they could have been purchased at considerably less even than 25fi per bag. In this connection it is advisable to noto in passing that a large amount of valuable machinery had to be moved out from tho sheds to mako room for the beans purchased, and this machinery still stands out in the yard exposed to tho weather. Wo aro of opinion that a decided change ought to bo made in tho sys tem of ordering goods or materials for the county. At present it seems to bo tho practice that any super visor, or in fact any official, can order for County K unlimited quan titics of goods, no records being kept, (Contiuued on page 6.) ig Ball Set For April 25 will be a red letter day in the annals of Maui, and on the evening of that day there will be the biggest fancy dress ball ever seen on this island. The Maui Racing Association is the concern which is making possible the gay time, and the way in which inter est is being worked up in the affair is unique. The energetic Louis von Temp sky got the idea first, and he and a couple of others have engaged the services and cooperation of a huge number of patronesses. These ladies are from every district on Maui and they are sure to work up so.much interest that the ball will be the greatest ever held here. The Maui Racing Association, in aid of which the ball is being giv en, should benefit largely from the sale of tickets. Gentlemen will have to pay one dollar, while ladies' tickets will cost fifty cents. The ball will not be a masked one simply fancy or evening dress. Many costumes are already being planned by the ladies, and some surprises are promised for the great evening. The idea of the committee in charge of the affair is to have the program divided into two parts. When the first half is finished the floor will be cleared, and some special dances will be danced by experts. Some of the newest feat ure dances are to be given, and the exhibition should prove very inter esting. The Maui Racing Association is determined to make an attempt to come out square at the July Fourth meeting, and the committee in charge of affairs will work hard to 'effect that desirable result. It is up to everyone to patronize the dance by buying at least one ticket. April 25 fj IP fit ? 1 i t