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What is Best for Maui
is Best for the News
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Advertise in the News
VOLUME XX
WAILUKU, MAUI, T. II., SATURDAY, SKPTKMBER 27, 1913.
NUMBER 33
HUGH HOWELL'S PAP
L. A. THURSTON'S ENERGY
REALLY STARTED THINGS
ILLIANT
)
ER
CIVIC CONVENTION WAS
MOST INSPIRING AFFAIR
WAS BR
EFFORT
Well Known Engineer Read Address On Road
Development That Aroused Much Interest
History of Work From Time of Chiefs.
It is hard to say when road
building first began in these Isl
ands, but it is certain that the
early natives were great travelers
and they were known to make long
journeys on foot at a rapid pace.
Some of the simplest forms of the
early roads can be seen today.
Over the rough lava flows can be
found round flat smooth stones,
spaced about the distance of a
man's stride, to protect the bare
feet of the natives from being cut
with the sharp lava. These stones
are called ala; hence the term,
alanui, a roadway, from "ala," a
mii," large. In the wind
ward districts over the steep
palis, zigzag trails were built, fol
lowing the line of least resistance,
usually running from the seashore
up over the highest points of ridges
and down to the sea again. These
trails were naturally very steep,
some of the ridges being ski and
seven hundred feet high. In places
I have measured grades as steep as
sixty per cent or six feet up in ten
feet horizontal; and for long dis
tances, thirty and forty per cent is
common. To avoid the excessive
wear of water, these trails were
often paved with stones, generally
round slippery cobbles from the
) beach, these being the most avail
able. Paia Tennis
Was Success
Home Club Won Honors From Other
Teams Puunene Second
Lahaina Third.
On Saturday last the Paia Tennis
Club which has recently rcconstruct-
1 j . .11 - P I 1
uu 11s courts at an ouwuy 01 aooui
$1000, celebrated the completion of
the work by an island tournament
(doubles.)
The thirty-two players who took
part the games were as follows:
Messrs McDonald, Wilson, Hay,
Gannon, Schoenberg and Smith of
Lahaina; J. Myers, Chillingworth,
. Short, Benedict, Penhallow, Ander
' son, Cowan and Watson of Wailuku;
F. F.'"Baldwin. McLaren. Loucher.
Taylor, Thompson, and Murray of
Puunene; Dr. Young, Engle, Dr.
(7 Aiken and Ed. Walsh of Kahului;
arrd Lindsay, Collins, Itice, Collis,
Kosecrans, Scott, and the Burns
brothers of Paia.
In accordanco with the plan of
dividing contestants into four classes
first, second, third, and fourth
and representative doubles of each
class and club playing one set with
each other, ("six-five" deciding
games,)the Kahului men wore divid
ing up between Lahaina and Puu
neno, thus giving Lahaina, Wailuku,
Puuneno, and Paia representatives
in each class eliminating Kahului.
Play was begun at one o'clock,
directly after a delicious luncheon
served upon tho grounds under a
big owning.
As twenty-four sets twelve on
each court were played, it was
nearly G p. in., before tho result
of the days sport was announced.
I Paia won the tournament; from
Puunene, its closest competitor, 10
seta to 8 or 66 poiuts to 59 Laha-1
Jith the importation of horses,
bill few changes were made in the
traVs except in places to widen
then slightly and lay the paving
stoiles closer together. Both man
and beast had to learn to negotiate
these steep, slippery zigzag paths,
or stay at home. Even in the
smoother country but little atten
tion was paid to grade in laying
out the trails. They almost always
ran in the most direct line, over
hills and across hollows. Then,
when the missionaries came, and
whisky, tobacco and other forms of
civilization were introduced, wheel
ed vehicles became necessary, these
being drawn at first mostly by cat
tle. Of course when the grade
was too steep or too rough, it was
easier and cheaper to hitch on two
or three dozen more yoke of oxen
than to build roads that horses and
mules could pull over, and very
often the same old trails that were
first picked out for foot trails, and
later used for horse trails, were
converted into wagon roads by
simply widening them, regardless
of grades except where they were
so frightfully steep that it was fair
ly impossible to get over them.
Where the original grade was very
much over thirty per cent, it was
(Continued on page 3)
ina won two sets making 39 points
and Wailulku, -1 sets with 35 points.
Some interesting scores among the
class one players were as follows:
Collins and Lindsay (Paia), 6,
McDonald and Wilson (Lahaina) ,
5, J. Myers and Chillingworth
(Wailuku), 6, Baldwin and Mc
Laren (Puunene), 1, Collins and
Lindsay (Paia), 6, Baldwin and
McLaren (Fuuneno), 3, Myers and
Chillingworth (Wailuku), 6, Mc
Donald and Wilson (Lahaina), 0,
Collins and Lindsay (Paia), 6, My
ers and Chillingworth (Wailku), 3,
McDonald and Wilson (Lahaina),
6, Baldwin and McLaren (Puunene),
4.
Though a one-set contest is not
very conclusive, still it gave every
player a chance' to take part in the
sport.
Quite a large number of spectators
were present who much enjoye'd
the day's outing.
Lively Time
On Steamer
County Engineer Southworth,
of Hilo, was the life of the party
returning on the Mauna Kea from
Honolulu last Wednesday. He
would insist on getting oil his
"delayed" speech about the beau
ties of Cocoauut Island. He, as
the sole delegate from that beauti
ful spot, felt that he had to get
something off his chest, at some
time or another, about the isle,
He certainly did so on the Mauna
Kea.
Ned Austin was another live
wire on the steamer and he was
well backed up by Bob Forrest,
who was in his glory. Clarence
Waterman and several other Ha
waii men did some fine stunts, and
their singing was much appreciat-
Delegates From All Islands Present Maui Men
LSarned Some Interesting Facts Big Men of
Territory Were in Attendance All the Time.
" M A U 1
Boost Muni to the skyl"
" M A U T
Wo will net Uilo by-and-byl"
" I AO, IAO,
Boost Maui Now I ' '
They say that old Maui 'aint got
any style,
She is style all the while, style all
the while,
They say that old Maui 'aint got
any style,
But she is style all the while, all
the while. "
Well Maui is on the map as re
gards conventions, and the samples
of yells and songs given above only
begin to tell the tale of enthusiasm
that was worked up during the four
days session of the Civic Convention
in Honolulu. There was great work
done on the "get together'' princi
ple and the whole was an eye
opener to the delegates from Maui.
From start to finish the whole
convention was an inspiring one
and the presence of men like L. A.
George f. Carter's Creed.
I BELIEVE in work, not weeping; in boosting, not
knocking; and in the pleasure to be found in every
kind of a job.
I BELIEVE that a man gets what he goes after, that
one deed done today is worth two deeds tomor
row, and that no man is down and out until he has
lost faith in himself.
I BELIEVE in today and the work that I have to do,
in tomorrow and the work that I hope to do and
in the sure reward which the future holds.
I BELIEVE the time to surrender is when I am beaten,
and that I am beaten when I admit it.
I BELIEVE in the future of these Islands and that the
people in them are certain to have the opportunity
of rendering some signal service to our common
country.
I BELIEVE cin ourtesy, in justice, in kindness, in gene
rosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honesty.
I BELIEVE there is something doing somewhere for
every man ready to do it, and I believe we in
Hawaii are ready, right now.
ed. Jinunie Dougherty, who also
made the trip, was right on the
spot with his songs.
The Maui delegation had prac
tised some songs and yells and the
manner in which Ralph Wads
worth, Worth Aiken, Bill Field,
"Pop" Henning, Jack Walsh and
the rest of the bunch whooped it
up as Lahaina was reached, spoke
well for the education in noises
that had been received in Hono
lulu. It was a glorious time and the
only regret was that the "big"
men of Maui were not present.
Hawaii and Honolulu did the thing
in style, and the biggest men in
the territory were at the conven
tion. Maui will know better next
time.
Thurston, Clarence Cooke, C. C.
Kennedy, John Scott, Governor
Carter, Frank Thompson, W. It.
Farrington, Fred. Waldron, John
Hackfeld, It. 0. Malliuson and sev
eral hundred other men who do
real things in this Hawaii of ours,
was something that impressed the
Maui delegates with thcitnhportance
of the convention.
Maui was not represented as she
should have been, and the regret of
all those who attended the conven
tion is that the whole of the Maui
Chamber of Commerce was not pre
sent, and that every prominent man
on Maui was not there to see what
was the first big movement ever
inado to get all the peoples of the
different islands together, and to
instill that feeling of respect and
admiration that always results in
general good to the whole commu
nity. MAUI UNPIJIlPAUnD.
' The Maui delegation went down
unprepared for what was coming in
the way of display and boosting
catch phrases. The Ililo men ar
rived in Honolulu dressed in white
suits, wearing prominent badges
and carrying fancy Japanese um
brellas. The Ililo contingent made
a fine showing and the Mauians
(Continued on page 6)
Watson Gets
ntence
E. A. Watson, formerly a chauf
feur on Maui and lately in the rent
servico in Honolulu, was brought
before Judge Kingsbury on Thurs
day morning on a charge of con
tempt of court. Watson had failed
to pay money for tho maintenance
of his two children and, upon that
ground", was given one year's im
prisonment and ordored to pay a
lino of S500.
Judge Kingsbury went fully into
curtain phases of tho matter and
romarked, while passing sentence
Big Se
Biggest Booster In Islands Did Much to Work Up
Ililo Excursion Big Police Raid Qn Gamblers
Young Man Brilliant "Toucher."
Speciat Correspondence.
HONOLULU, Sept. 25. Yis
henccward when an unprcj' 1
man takes his pen in hand iiul
writes the history of Hilo, its growth
and development, the name of
Lorrin Andrews Thurston will shino
as a beaconlight; for to him more
than anvonc can be traced the plac
ing of Ililo on the map. But for
him, with all credit to the Hono
lulu Ad Club, there would have
been no visit to Ililo. Thurston, de
tested and all as ho was by the
interests on Hawaii, has succeeded
in doing that for which others have
worked many years without success.
Maui folk may not realize the con
ditions on the big island. Since
the memory of man runneth not
to the contrary there was not an
attempt made to advance the small
business of the town that was not
confronted by an opposition that
was weighty; the great crushed the
small so the stand-still conditions
continued. There was a constant
wish on the part of the small men
anxious to make a living in their
business, that the agents of the
plantations would establish offices
in Hilo. Then the big fellows
would realize the needs of the town
and help secure them. Four differ
ent visits were made within as many
ycar3 by the representatives of Bis-1
upon Watson, that he thought the
o&tremo limit allowed by law would
only satisfy justice.
An appeal has been noted against
the sentence by Attorney Murphy,
who is. defending Watson. It ap
pears that, if tho sentence is sus
tained, the only way Watson can
avoid serving the jail sentence is for
him to pay up all the arrears and
get bondsmen in a large amount to
guarantee that the alimony in tho
future will be paid regularly.
Glee Club
Doing Well
Ad. Chislett has received a letter
from George Kaia who went to the
mainland with the Maui Glee Club.
Kaia states that the bunch is doing
well,, and that they secured an en
gagement as soon as they landed.
The terms were very satisfactory
and the boys are now living well.
On the way to the mainland, the
boys had the good luck to have as
fellow passengers, Mr. Harry Bald
win and wife. The Paia manager
got busy and soon arranged a con
cert that made a hit with the peo
ple on the Sonoma. The "shower"
of silver, after the concert, came to
a fair sum.
The Maui Glee Club is making a
hit in Sau Francisco and the boys
are all feeling happy. They think
they will find engagement after
engagement, and that they will
have a long streak of good paying
contracts.
Frank Souimerfkld sustained a broken
rib by being thrown from his horse dur
ing a cattle drive. He is about again,
however, and is beginning to teel better
already.
Treasurer Swain of the County of Ha
waii.was in Wailuku for a couple of days.
He stopped over on his way back from
the Civic Convention in Honolulu.
hop and Company, with a view to
starting a branch. Each one re
ported that it was not worth while.
Finally the'newest Honolulu bank
ing institution started and found it
did not pay because in the mean
time local capital had become in
terested and a hank started. It
was one of the things in which Ililo
had been backward to her own loss.
Since then Bishop ami Company,
have started a bank and a trust
company and, I believe, both are
doing well. But still the town was
almost at a standstill. The railroad
came along and conditions compell
ed the presence of Mr. Thurston in
the town. He was a new breed of
boosters. Others had come and
gone but their work was directed
more toward mollifying the local
interests, and endeavor to mix the
sheep with the goats so they work
toward one common end the ad
vancement of the town. Their
efforts were such crass failures that
they gave up. Thurston went to
Ililo with a proposition that seemed
destined to crush and institution in
which the interests had a "holt."
Immediately he became the damn
dest of the damned. He should
worry. He kept right at it deter
mined to have Hilo grow with the
Continued 011 page 5.
Bad Work
Beat Maui
Maui was defeated on tho Hono
lulu ball field during convention
week and more's tho pity. There
was something wrong somowhero,
and tho Maui fans who were in
Honolulu could not understand the
two defi-ats that the Honolulu
players inflicted on tho Valley Isl
anders.
Tho first game seemed to be
thrown away by not having Bal in
tho box, and tho second was far
worse. Seven runs in the first in
ning while Swan was pitching cook
ed tho gooso for Maui. Why on
earth tho manager did not pull
Swan out after tho first hit off him,
was tho wonder of tho crowd. To
leave him on tho mound when it
was seen that ho was olfering tho
softest of goods to tho batsmen, was
absolutely rotten. Bal, who went
in to pitch later, did good work,
but it was too Into for any hope of
recovery.
Tho game won by Mauiagainsttho
Japaneso was nlright.but the fact that
tho rubber went to Honolulu and
all through rotten management is
galling to tho Maui fans.
Correa's Big
Anniversary
On Sunday last Mr. and Mrs.
Frank G. Correa of Kula, who
arc famous for possessing oneof tho
largest families of children in tho
Territory, celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary. Thoro was a
largo attondanco of rolativos and
friends from different parts of the
island.

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