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WAILUKU, MAUI, T. II., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1913.
NUMBER 40
VOLUMK XX
Kihei Wharf
Is Finished
Solons Do
Much Work
TARIFF NOT WORRYING
MAINLANDERS VERY MUCH
Swimmers Did Not Get Dig Reception Keilett's Case
Progressing Slowly New Manager For Bishop
Trust Co. Judge Cooper Still On Lid.
H. W. Rice Is
Will Invite
Elected Mgr
Nippon Nine
Difficult Contract Brought To
Successful End Now
Ready.
Hugh Howell, the contractor
and engineer, reports that the
Kihei wharf is finished and that
boats from the Inter-Island steamers
can call there whenever a change
in the schedule is announced. The
job of extending the wharf has
been a tough one, as the most un
expected difficulties were met with
when it came to driving the con
crete piles. Not only coral was
encountered when the driving was
in progress, but hard rock that
seemed for a time to defy the efforts
of the contractor, made the contract
a difficult one to complete within
the specified time even with an
extension allowed.
For years, the Kihei boat land
ing idea has been before the people
of Maui and, at last it took on the
aspect of a joke. That matter was
never mentioned except with a
tniitri. Then the nronosition was
. . - t
again revived seriously and, within
a few months, the bids were ad
vertised for and the contract was
awarded.
McGregor' Landing will pro
bably be abandoned at least dur
ing bad weather and the next
thing needed, in some people's
opinion, is a direct auto road from
Kihei landine to Puunene Avenue
thus enabling the passengers from
the steamers to reach Kahului and
other places in easy fashion.
All Maui
vs Picked
Baseball will slart up next Tues
day afternoon, wehn the selected
All Maui team, under the manager
Bhip of Harold Rice and the cap
taincy of George Cununings, will go
up against the "Noxt Beat" bunch
of ball tossers. Ileimo Meyer has
selected the following players to do
btatle against the AJ1 Maui boys:
Cockelt, A. Robinson, Ah Siu,
Kaleo, Joe Clcmons, Jno. Carrol,
A. Doreoo, Henry Long, Joe Olivc-
ira, II. Meyer, J. Enos, Collins and
Burns.
The All Maui team, as at present
constituted there may be changes
later on is as follows: L. Soares,
p.; V. Bal. lb and p; J. Kahaawi-
nui, lb; J. Garcia, 2b: Swan, 3b;
English, ss; Carreira, rf; Scholtz,
If: Maxwell, cf; and Cummings
captain.
Five cames will be played and
the dates are as follow : November
25. 30. December 7. 14, 21. The
All Maui team will get some good
practice and these games, in ad
ditimi to those that are to bo
arranged with the Honolulu Asahis,
should net the representative nine
into good condition.
Tho two little children who have
been left without a home through
the crimo of their lather, who was
sentenced to five years jail on Wed
nesdav last have been turned over
to M. B. Cabral, who has beon ap
pointed aB a probation ofiicor by
Judge Kingsbury.
W. S. Searby, who returned
from England and tho mainland
last week, traveled across tho At
tantic on the big, new steamer,
Imperator. Ho says that tho only
nlace whore vibration is felt, is in
tho swimming pool where tho move
ment of tho water in tho tank may
bo observed.
While the County Solons were
sitting for thoir regular monthly
meeting, they got through a largo
amount of work. Reports of all
kinds were received and bills were
passed, to be paid when money is
available.
The matter of a new road, which
it is proposed to build in the Pau
wela Homestead district, and which
will connect with that road just
completed by Contractor Foss, was
taken up. The new road is to join
the main government road, below
the Haiku cannery, at the railroad
crossing. The plans and specifica
tions were orderd to be sent to the
Commissioner of Public Lands.
A new rule was made regarding
the county automobile used by the
engineer. The machine is to be
stored in the county garage in
future, and all supplies may be ob
tained there for the car.
Dr. McConkey, government phy
sician at, Makawao, was informed
that there is no money at present
available for repairs to school build
ings. Some repairs to buildings
and improvements to grounds are
badly needed, but they will have to
wait till the county finances are
stronger than at present.
It having been reported to the
board that certain automobiles
which arc in the rent servico at
Hana, are in an unsafe condition,
it was decided to pay tho steamer
fare of the auto inspector, in order
that he may proceed to liana and
inspect the cars.
The county engineer was instruct
ed to draw up a plan for the pro
posed new morgue at the Malulani
Hospital. The morgue is declared
to be a necessity, and the board of
health calls for it. Tho building
will cost about 500, and tho county
encineer was authorized to do the
job either by day labor or by con
tract, as he may see fit.
Much Water
Is Needed
Wailuku will have for some time,
the same system of electric lighting
the streets as prevailed in October
Tho board of supervisors passed i
resolution to that effect at its last
meeting.
Tho board also dealt with another
electric light proposition, and it
was tho application of the Island
Electric Company to obtain permis
sion to extend its present pole and
wire system over an alleged high
way running east and north of tho
Vasconsalves homo at Kahului. It
was decided to defer action till it is
ascertained whether ihe land was
intended to bo opened as a public
highway or not.
Water was another thing that was
talked over by the board. Superin
tendent W. E. Bal, Jr., who was
present at tho meeting, stated that
the amount of water necessary to
supply the towns of Wailuku and
Kahului for tho fiscal year 1914,
will be not less than 100,000,000
gallons. Tho county clerk was in
structed to notify the Wailuku
Sugar Company that 100,000,000
gallons of water would bo needed
for the year 1914.
The board of supervisors adjourn
ed on Tuesday last and will meet
on December 1 to tako up financial
matters. It is hoped that money
will be available by that timo. The
board intends to make a trip around
the whole county early next month.
Special Correspondence
HONOLULU, Nov. 21 I spoke
to a gentleman on Monday night
after he had returned on tho Siberia
from the coast. Regarding tariff
troubles he said in San Francisco
there was little to show that the
fear of the tariff had affected busi
ness in any way over there; tho
streets and tho stores were crowded
and every one seemed prosperous,
but to attempt to get a loan from a
bank was out of the line of success.
The banks are loaning little or
nothing and that, of course, makes
business difficult for sonic of the
people whose trade is larger than
their capital, or who wish to in
crease business without sufficient to
go ahead with. Almost the same
condition exists here. The military
has done this year what sugar did
for so many years before. Sonic of
the agencies are seeing that the re
serve funds or surplus of their res
pective companies, grow. There
seems to be no nceu oi irrigation
now for, in many instances, tho
companies have been so watered
that they will not stand an increase.
1 heard a sugar man say tho other
day that Ewa is piling up a surplus,
by holding back dividends that
will be a surprise when the time
comes for cutting the melon, if one
is to ho cut. And the stock is sell
ing at $14. If wo ever have bso
lutcly free sugar, some of the plan
tations will go under because there
is a likelihood, under tariff eondi
tions to bring sugar below threo
cents, a figure at which few of them
can pay a dividend. I had a letter
from a coast friend the other day
asking what he should do with II
C. and S.; if the conditions here
warranted his holding on or letting
go. iew men couiu an vise unucr
1 1 "1
the circumstances lor at most it is a
speculation; will it or will it not bo
free sugar mahopc? There is Scotch
enough in me, by contact, to com
pel mo to say 1 hae me doots. Let
Inspt. Hare
Rack Again
Postal Inspector Hare has been
on Maui for a few days. He came
up principally to work up the
system of postal depositories which
the Washington people are instal
ling in many towns and cities of
the United States.
Inspector Hare was located in
Honolulu for some years but, one
year ago, was transferred to Cali
fornia where he had charge of a
large tract of country, lie was
constantly on the move and spent
most of his time in trams and auto
mobiles. Tiring of the mainland,
when his year was up, Mr. Hare
asked for a transfer back to Hawaii.
He is now a fully fledged member
of the Come Back Club and his
many friends all over the islands
are glad of the fact.
The postal depositories are caus
ing a lot of money to be put into
active circulation, and coins and
bills that have been buried in back
yards for a long time, are being
i dug up and deposited with Uncle
Sam who, in turn, places the money
in the local banks, where it soon
finds itself into general circulation.
the working classes of the United
States find out they have been fooled
by a president who boasts that he
has never been thwarted and never
backed down, and they will rise as
one union and swat the tarill root
and branch.
DOUUTS.
The democrats here feel so certain
of the confirmation of I'inkham
that they arc willing to hack their
belief with real money. If I were a
betting man I would be a short end
er in the racd for I do not yet be
lieve all I read in the nowspapcrs,
when they tell mo that Pink will
get there in good time. Back in
Washington, D. C, he is quoted as
saying ho does not want to be called
governor for fear ho will have to
take it back. I met a man who was
back cast and through California.
He reported that even Uncle Billy
Kent had lost hope of the confirm
ation. Now what aro we going to
do?
COOL RBCBPTION.
The reception planned for Duke
and the rest of the swimmers who
havo been keeping Hawaii on the
map was not what the public was
led to believe it would bo by the
newspapers. When the Siberia ar
rived the Ad Club failed to bo on
hand and that part of the program
was supposed to ho the best. There
wero a number of Hawaiian boys at
the wharf when the steamer docked
ami a launch and some singers
went to tho side of tho ship to make
sweet music. W. T. Rawlins was
the first man down and Duke was
tho last to leavo tho ship. Tho
Hawaiian boys had some autos and
rubberneck wagons on hand which
were used to take the crowd around
through the business streets and at
each corner there wa3 a pause to
allow the boys to shout off some of
their enthusiasm. If tho coldness
was so apparent, tho fault certainly
(Continued on page S.)
Probables
vs Possibles
Arrangements are being made to
have a ball game between the Pro
bable All Maui ball team and th
iMext uest bunch, inc game
is to be played while the military
bandsmen are here from Honolulu
i lie idea is to nave the hand give
a concert at the ball grounds while
the two best teams on Maui play
an exhibition game. Next Tucs
day was the first day mentioned
for the game, but the wet weather
has made it impossible for the
players to get any practise. The
baud is coming on ft visit and it is
to be hoped that the ball game be
played as a sort of benefit to the
organization.
Heime Meyer has been elected
to pick the next best team that
to play the All Maui outfit. That
a strong nine will be selected, goes
without saying, and a good game
of ball should be seen when the
rival teams meet.
Should the weather clear up for
a few days the two teams will be
able to get into shape for the
struggle. As it is, baseball seems
to be out of the question altogether
Maui Athletic
Association Selects
Known Men To
Act.
Two Well
There was a meeting of the Maui
Athletic Association last Friday
night, and at it some important
business was transacted. A man
ager for the All-Maui baseball team
and a captain of the same were
elected. Harold W. Rice, of Paia,
was elected manager and there
was no opposition to the proposal.
There was a small argument as to
whether Mr. Rice would accept the
position or not, but the telephone
being brought into use, the affair
was soon settled by Mr. Rice stat
ing that he would accept the posi
tion if offered him. The members
unanimously elected Mr. Rice as
soon as it was known that he would
take the job. The choice of Mr.
Rice was thought to be a happy
one, as he is a good sportsman
who stands high in the estimation
of all the people of Oahu, where
the Maui team is to battle it out
during February next.
The election of a captain result
ed in George Cunimings being
given the position. It was felt
that Cummings gets along better
with the players than anyone else
possibly could. He knows them
all and they look up to George as
the man who knows all about the
game. The election of Mr. Cum
mings was unanimous, and every
one felt that the best man possible
to obtain had been elected.
The question of uniforms, etc
for the Maui team was put up to
finance committee of three. This
committee will find out what is
needed in the way of an outfit, and
then will get busy and raise the
necessary money.
Moose Hod
Was Good
One of the most successful public
dances of the season, was that held
in the Lahaina Armory last Satur
day night when over two hundred
people attended tho Mooso Drill
hop. Forty masqueraders were in
costume, and most of the characters
wero well Kept up. iho music was
good, tho floor was in fine condition,
and the refreshments were of the
sort that pleased everybody.
There were prizes offered for tho
best costumes, and they were award
ed as follows: Best sustained
character, Georgo Freeland, who
was made up as a fur hunter. His
costume was excellent and he easily
gained tho hrst prize. 1 lie prize
for the most comical character was
awarded to Clem Crowcll and little
Miss Maria Tallant Crowcll. They
woro attired as plantation darkies
Clem as the wench and the littlo
girl as the man.
J. uarcia, who was roueu as a
Parisian liobulc skirt lauvi was a
scroam and he well deserved the
prizo that was awarded him. Many
Wailuku people wero prosent and
most of them came homo in the
early hours of tho morning.
The rain has interfered a lot
with tho Puunene tennis matches,
and there will bo much delay be
lore tho Uico cup tournament is
disposed of.
II. Glass, tho auditor for Brewer
it Co., is making his usual rounds,
and has beon busy on tho books of
tho Wailuku Sugar Company for
tho past week.
On Wednesday morning last
there was a meeting of the finance
committee of the Maui Athletic
Association and at it Harold Rice
presided. There were other mem
bers of the association present, and
a general discussion of the subject
of raising money to pay the way of
the All Maui ball team while in
Honolulu next February, was
carried on.
flic first suggestion was that
money be raised by popular sub
scription, but that was soon knock
ed on the head. The scheme then
suggested was that the Maui As
sociation invitethc famous Japanese
team, the Asahis, to visit Maui,
and play three games against All
Maui. The first game to be play
on Christmas Day, the second on
Sunday, December 28 and the
third game on New Years Day.
It is thought that a good sum of
money will, by these means, be
obtained and that the series of
games will also prove to be very
interesting.
The Asahi ball team is a fast
aggregation and should prove a
good drawing card when sent up
against the pick of Maui. The
Japanese of Paia, Puunene and
Wailuku will be sure to attend in
force and can be relied upon to get
up rooting squads for their side.
Committee
Is Selected
At the meeting of the Maui
Athletic Association that was held
last Friday evening, a suggestion
was made that a committee of five
ie appointed to handle other kinds
of sports outside of baseball.
Tenuis, bowling, basketball, golf,
swimming and football were nien-
oned and the s cheine is to have
Hhesesports worked up and matches
arranged from time to time.
President L. M. Baldwin was
asked to select a committee and. in
a letter to secretary, W.F. Crockett,
he named the following gentlemen:
II. W. Rice, V. L. Stevenson, W.
E. Bal, Sr. W. S. Mountcastle and
J. T. Fantoin.
The new committee is to work
up interest in other sports besides
baseball, and each member of the
committee will have some special
sport to look after.
Brutes Are
entenced
On Wednesday last the Grand
Jury met and investigated threo
cases. Truo bills wero returned in
each case and, as two men appeared
in court and plead guilty, they wero
sentenced at onco by Judge Kings
bury, to no les3 than five and no
more than ten years imprisonmont.
These were the men who were mixed
up in the Puuneno outrage on a
young girl. As the girl is said to
bo more than twelve years of age, a
more serious charge was dropped
by the County Attorney.
Tho other true bill was in con
nection with tho stabbing which
occurred at lao Valley, somo weeks
ago. Tho defendant waived jury
trial and vU appear in court next
Tuesday.
The trial jury will not be sum
moned again this torin, it is
thought, and the jurors can now
attend to thoir private occupations
without any further interruption
until next torm of court.
