Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-05-15
FOR The MAUI RACES

| 'o'pO ~ 1ouioiobh Wy ZIG ldst
Australia OF the departure Of his
brother, Geo. M. Boote, late man
ager OF Spreckelsville, for Cuba
last month. He went in the in
terest of sugar planting and will
devote his time in devising means
for irrigsting the cane fields
which have been devastated by the
Cuban insurgents.
The Maui Racing Association
held another meeting last Satur-
day evening for the purpose of
making preparatory arrangements
for the coming Fourth Of July
races. The meeting voted SLIGO
for prizes, including two prizes
for bicycle races by Maui's favor
lite sons. The Maui Bicy Gle club
will soon hold a meeting for the
purpose of putting up another
prize for bicycle events, as this
infant club has some money iu the
treasury. The track is being put
in condition, new layer of earth
being covered the entire length of
the track and the dangerous mauka
turn is being raised to avoid acct
dents. The association has voted
$3.50 for preparing the track.
j. Dow, formerly OF this town
but now head luna of the Kihei
plantation, occasionally makes
a visit to this place. He reports
his plantation making rapid pro-
gress and denounces the rumors
that the men are leaving the plan
tation on account of sore eyes
from Kihei dust as false fabrica-
tons and the truth is far from it.
He reports also a splendid flow of
water from the new wells, and he
seems to think that that water is
far superior to Wsiluku ditch
water. There are $50 men on the
pay roll now. @
| Several townsmen, Deputy
Sheriff Scott and Tailor Crowell,
are still on the sick list, and At
torney Coke is just convalescing
from an attack of grippe.
A daughter was born to the wife
of Chas. Bailey of Kahului on the
night of the 9Th inst. Mrs. Bal
ley was form erly Miss Nellie Lin
coin of Honolulu.
An attempt is being made by
a syndicate to buy out the water
rights of the natives of Pelekunu,
Molokai. Some natives have been
foolish enough to dispose theirs,
but others more sensible forsee
the danger OF parting with their
water rights, for that has been the
only means of their earning a
livelihood these long years and
supplying the leper settlement
near by with psiais. The latter
have declined to enter into any
proposition whatever by which
they will be dispossessed of their
ancient water rights, for to them
selling their water rights would
mean ultimately driving them away
from their beloved valley for their
taro patches will be dried up in
consequence. There are about
thirty natives of both sexes
in this beautiful valley and
almost all of them have grown up
in the valley caring very little to
set the outside world, excepting a
few who have been to Honolulu to
see the sights and returned home
to tell OF the wonders they have
seen 10 the Metropolis, just as
traveller proudly relates his
travels in Egypt, Palestine or In
dis. But Pelekunu is a very
healthy place and it's Inhabitants
are very industrious, just as much
as their brethren in Wailuku and
Halawa, and are more sure of
earning their daily bread than
most of the natives in Honolulu
where competition, even in the
lowest strata of the industrial
scale, is very great.
Senator Hooking, msnager of
the Nahiku plantation, goes to
Honolulu this afternoon per Clau-
dine.
There are 47,640 bags OF sugar
weighing 1923 tons shipped out of
Kahului hsrbor this week.
There was a reported strike at
Hamoa plantation last evening
among the Japanese hands and as
result OF the melee which ensued,
Mr.. Neill, one Of the sub lunas
shot a japanese in the Hesby part
of the leg. DR.. Michigan who at
tended the injured man reports