The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-18
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News From the settl, ment.
ED. The INDEPENDENTS:


laborers for being made to work
longer hours from Z a. m to 4 p M,
| by the new incumbent Ot Acting
Superintendent at the tame rate OF
wages, the tsro farming Of the
| Board OF Health 10 abruptly brought
to stand still and the newly plant
ed growing taro will very soon be
over grown with weeds. II would
be interesting il QUE Of the business
men of the new members OF the
Board of Health will eit down and
| figure out what bundle OF paiai OF
Il pounds Let made from tsro cul-
tiyated by the Board cost and let
the rerult be made known, he will
be doing duty to the taxpayers.
It's about FIVE weeks now since
the resident physician OF the Leper
Settlement ia away from bis post Uf
duty when fever aud diarrEp, is
prevalent amongst the lepers. fh"
medicine dispenser at Kslsupapa
who receive the paltry SUN OF So 90
month Ia faithfully doing the
work Of the doctor whC receives $3.50
q month for his services for d ins
nothing. The Legislature will do
we'll to inquire into it, aud combine
the pay OF toe two physicians allow
ed for the Island Of Mnloksi fur one
physician to live on the other aide
OF this Island aud m axe monthly
visits to the Lrper Settlement. How
will that do for economy.
Reynolds had ouca hobby. H4
believed that by tapping the earth
at certain point in Waihanau Val
ley water will gush forth running
down to the village Of Kalaupapg,
trees would be growing on the banks
OF this running stream and the
lepers will come firth and ait by
the si1- OF this water under the
shades Of traes with their guitars
aud ukuleles dsnaing the hu,akui.
He so impresse this IDA intu he
mind of former President OF the
B )ard of Health that he was told
to 60 ahea |. A'ter spending much
time, labor aud money on thus we'll,
the water he expected to gush fovth
did not msterialize. There is no
account of the coat of digging his
we'll given in the report Of the Board
OF Health to the Legislature. A
COMMITTEES of the House and S,nate
onght to inquire into ii, for the tax
payers are anxious to kuow what it
cost to dig that we'll.
o. the 9Th inst, at the B Iard OF
Heait sfora two lepers ian English-
MA aud Hawaiian American) got
disputiug after some Kslae butter
which resulted in a fight. The
EnglishDau in true Tom S yer
style let off his left which tn. Ha-
waIi.n American lodged and let go
his right landing 1t on the long leg
ged Englishmau's abdomen which
made him rosr like bull. The
fight ended there without further
damage to the combatants.
The Cop, OF the settlement are
msking it rather unpleasant for the
swipe makers aud drinkers. Thsy
enter houses appropriatiug and de-
stroying whatever nt-usils they
come across supposed to have held
the beverage that make the lepsrs
lively, carrying away pitchers aud
in spite OF the protest OF the owners.
Query:-ln these raids what deuss
do the policemen commit
Lepers who are constantly on the
booze made things lively on the llth
Who says Kalaupaps and Kalswao
are not open towns3 Hurrsh, Wa
bring tbs jubilee, bal ha! hsl nui
lealea.
The Boss OF the Lepar Settlement
with IA lepers arrived per stesmer
Lehua early this morning. After
laudiDs her human aud other car
goes ,teamsd awsy for her other
ports of call.
The local Iiicial having notified
the lepers TO take their rations in
taro this week, soma OF the lepers