The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-03
SNAKE IN A
HAY BALE.
Live Serpent Discovered
At Olaa.
CAME FROM AINlAhO
Site of Sugar COmpany's Offices Is
Changed--New Of Island
of Hawaii.

says: O. a. Steven found Il live snake
in a bale of hay delivered at his place
in Olaa yesterday. The reptile meas
ured about three feet in length ana
about two and one-half inches in di-
ameter. The hay came from the Main
land.
Parties living out of town cannot be
too careful in opening bales of nay.
The experience of Mr.. Steven shows
how easily snakes may be introduced
into the Islands, the climate of which
is admirably suited to many varieties
All the children i'm the country are nat
urally fearless in walking through the
iungles knowing well that there Isl
nothing poisonous, but once snakes get
a foothold half the pleasures of life in
Hawaii are gone. There are enough
harmless pests in the country without
adding dangerous ones.
IMPROVEMENTS WANTED.
1t Is to be hoped that the Hawaiian
members of the Legislature from this
district will see the necessity for1
prompt action in the matter Of widen
ing Front street. AS has been said in
these columns, the present condition
of the street is a disgrace to the COM
munity. When il is considered that
i've different lines of street exist with
In three hundred feet il is time some
thing was done. Nowhere, more thani
on Front street, are sidewalks needed,
but they cannot be constructed untilI
n street line Is established and ar
rangements made for the removal of
the buildings on the makai side. All
this will take money and plenty Of II
and the responsibility rests upon the
Legislature to appropriate. The Her
aid does not consider the average Ha-
waiian sufficiently interested in public
improvements to take the necessary
step: there are citizens here of the
samd opinion. The HawaiianS who
hnvs been elected on the Home Rule or
ruin ticket have an opportunity to sur
prise them.
CANE IN OLAA.
The offices of the Olaa Sugar Co.
hAve been changed from nine miles to
rhe new building opposite Olaa station
- tAe Hilo railway. They comprise
fosr rooms are are especially arranged
Tor ne convenience of carrying on the
Wurh OF the company. Manager Nc
9tocker expects the mill TO be ready to
Erinl about 800 acres of Olaa cane
ana . portion Of the cane from Puma
Sugar Co. in August next. This will
be Q test for the mill. after which II
yin De put In thorough condition for
the crop to be ground early In 1902
which will consist of nearly $500 acres
Over O mile of the fiume trestle from
Kaumana TO the reservoir at eighteen
miles has been built and the boxes will
be placed In position as the work pro-
crosses.
HIAwATHA ON SATURDAY NIGHT
The pupils of the Hilo Boys Board
ing school will give an entertainment
at Spreckels hall on Saturday evening
next at which Longfellow's "Hiawa
tina" will be given en- costume. Char
acters will be taken by the pupils.
HILO DOGS.
When the policemen have nothing
else to do a few spare moments spen
In taking in the numberless stray dog
that infest the town would be bene
ficial. That these animals may b.
taken up only during certain times /
a mistake; they are as -much a nuts
ance in January as they are in Jul,
and the town can get along very wei
without them.
ROADS IN HlLO.
There are still numerous complaint
relative to the condition of the road
north of HiIo, particularly in the direc
ton Of Hamakua. AS the Independen
vote was strong out there perhaps tn
Legislature will look after them in
manner that will be satisfactory.
HAWAII BRIEFS.
w. Mckay. superintendent of tn
Wilder's Steamship Co. in Hilo, had til
mail from the Maui transferred to th
Kaiulani at Paauhau on Tuesday 6
that II arrived here day earlier tina
1t otherwise would
invitations have been issued bv NJ
and Mrs. j. A. Scott to a wedding r.
ception Of Miss Helen Willis and A
steele at Wainaku Lawns December
from to 10 p. m.
A u. Loebenstein will leave Hi
again in about two weeks
j. X. Wilson and wife are expecte
10 return to Hilo December 5th.
Engineer Cargyll expects TO retur
from New York about January 1Ot
next.
n zimmerman has begun the ere
t. ton of his residence in the new OLE
tract
c. @. Campbell of Kapoho spent Su,
day in Hilo.
Fathers Maxine and Ulrich return.
yesterday from visit to Honolulu.
George w. Lockington is on the ST,
list.
Steel rails for the Olaa Sugar Co. a
being taken mauka from Olaa static
w. III. G. Campbell, manager of Il
Puma Sugar Co, has gone to Honolulu
Robert Rycroft is building a SOC
water factory in Honolulu.
Mrs. ]. Nawahi came UP from H
nolulu yesterday to inspect her ne
house.
~ G. Willfong and Major w. .
Purdy returned on Monday from a tr
through Kona.
II is said that the Hawaiian carper
tiers and workingmen are going to OF
'sanize in order to compete with JaJ
anese.
c. r.. Richardson will probably go
kaumana today for a few days Wis
at the Vierra residence.
Rev q w Hill raturpad vastar5a