Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-31

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lies that exceeds in matter and
scope those of Honolulu when
daily journalism was started here,
rs n permanent in-iituiion, sixteen
years ago. w II. Smi h, with an
ability which would be recognized
anywhere, is the editor of the Tri-
hume. His pen is bright and quick.
The paper has live and au able
manager in Arch. Il. Steel, who is
not oUly thorough printer, but
bas the instincts OF journalist.
j. T. Stacker, the versatile editor
of the Herald, has fine knack of
expre sion for either news or OPT
nion, and, as he proved on several
papers in Honolulu, is an adept in
creating features.
j. l.. Carter, the enterpri-ing
p .iUter some time from Honolulu,
has had great success lately in or
ganiziug a militia company. He
is applying for its admission to
the National Guard of Hawaii.
Captain Carter urges, as one rea
son for such local force, the
large bodies of laborerS on plan
tations in the district, mainly of
races speaking strange languages,
who, under different easily imagi-
nable circumstances might become
obstreperous to a degree that the
police could not subdue.
G. A. Heffernan of the Volcano
stables had the honor of being
Queen Liliuokalani's coachman on
her visit to Hilo.
wAYsIDE NOTES.
The Olaa coffee men seen along
the road appeared to be in good
cheer. Two of the newer places
will be enough to supply sample
facts here. The older ones have
been written up often. G. Supe
has 43 acres planted on farm Of
200 acres. The coffee is coming
up finely. More than half of the
planting will bear this year
and the berries are looking
we'll. Mr.. johnson of the Manson
company reports 45 acres planted
of their 95 acres. The plants are
young but coming on we'll, and a
small crop will ripen this season.,
A large curing house is upon
Mr.. Zimmerman's place.
The progress of Olsa has been
better advertised because 1t is on
the tourist route to the volcano.
Puma people say their district is
worth seeing too, and there are no
more solid men than the resident
and non. resident coffee planters
of Puma. .
Kona coffee was until lately the
only kind that was gathered for
market in the islands. Its repu-
tation was what started coffee
growing as one of the greater in
dustries of the islands. You have
to get off tourist routes on sea and
land to pluck a coffee berry in
North or South Kona, but from
far at sea you can read on the face
of the land grand chapter on the
coffee industry. For miles upon
miles along the mountain slopes,
few hundred feet above the old
coast villages, the coffee belt is
marked by the houses of settlers.
They form continuous village of
narrow width, sometimes only q
streak and again punching. At
night when the homes are lighted
the appearance of the mountain
side from sea is that of a great
city. The villages along the
beach also tell a good deal Of the
story of progress. Their large
stores and comfortable homes in.
dicate prosperity. Coffee is not
what does it all, however, for the
Kona districts have long been a
source of supply to Honolulu for
meat, dairy produce, fruits, etc.
In closing these records of the
Commissions visit to Maui and
Hawaii, the writer gratefully &C
knowledges kind courtesies re
ceived from President G. L.
Wight Of the Wilder Steamship
Company, Minister j. A. King,
Gerrit P. Wilder, the officers Of
the Claudlne and Kinau, the re-
ception committee of Maui iudivi-
dually and collectively, Senator
H. P. Baldwin, Col. Little and
Arch. 9. Steele of Hilo and Man.
auer Peter lee of the Volcano