The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-07-30
.LANTANA
DYING OFF
A Pest Destroys it
In Parts of
Maui.

I MAUI July 2I-Lantana, which Is
and has been a great detriment to the
prosperity of the agriculturist and cat
tle-raiser of Hawaii. has at last been
attacked by a mortal foe which within
decade or more, so it is proph"sied,
will completely eXtermnate it. lnis
foe Is blight similar to that which
ruined guava and coffee trees some
years. ago. l.. X. Crook, manager Of
J Ulupi!akua ranch, noticing that the
lantana bushes by the side of Wailuku
roads were dying out, and that other
plants growing near the lantana, We're
not affected. procured a branch of the
. Dlighted lantana about two feet long
/ and spread 1t among the bushes of Ulu-
paiakua. Within a short time, so he
reports, several hundred square feet of
lartana has been killed.
( GENERAL NOTES.
Everything is looking fine and green
at Nahiku, but the outlook is very dis
/ couraging to the small cane planter
They are uncertain whether to con-
/ tinue planting or to cease doing so,
4 inasmuch as they know not whether
the plantation is "to be or not to be-"
/ quite a large party spent the night
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init of Haleakala. The visitors to the
crater were Mrs. Knowlton, Misses
Huntington, Cameron and Charlotte
Dodge, DIR. w. d. Baldwin, Messrs. C.
II. Dickey and c. w. Dickey.
Awana, the well-known Chinese mer-
chant of Makawao, is building Chi
nese nat-bottom river boat, a regular
sampan, at Maliko gulch, Haiku. Ava
ma is in the rice business and as the
steamer Claudine refused to stop at
! Huelo he determined to build a junk
or sampan twenty-five or thirty feet
long so that he could convey his rice to
and fro without the assistance of the
steamer.
The Makawao Book Club has re-
Gently sent on to the Coast for twenty
eight new books to be circulated
among and to be read by the twenty
| eight subscribers to the club. The
committee upon the selection of the
books were Mesdames w. f. Neon
key, II. a. Baldwin. and w. r. Beck
with, DR.. Z. G. Beckwith and f. w.
Hardy
Miss Mutha and Lorrin Smith are at
the II. A. Baldwns', Hamakuapoko.
Hon. and Mrs. C. H. Dickey, Mrs
Grace Waterhouse and Mr. c. w. Dick
ey are at Oinda House. The last men
toned will depart for Honolulu today
At Castle Kopje, near Olinda, are
Mrs. J. b. Castle, Miss Mary Castle,
Miss Thompson and others,
Miss Cameron is at ErehwOn cattle
station, Kula.
Harry Copp, captain of police Of
Makawao, will soon go to Honolulu to
accept a position in the mounted pa
troll. He was induced to take the posi-
ton by Deputy High Sheriff Chilling
worth during his recent visit to Maui
During the 25th Miss Eva Smith of
Hamakuapoko gave a picnic to Hale
haiku guch in honor of her cousin
Miss Hall.
Misses Turner Malone and Knapp
are rusticating in the little red cottage
upon the premises of the old seminary
in Makawao.
Mrs. S. r. Damon is the guest of
Mrs II. p. Baldwin, Haiku.
Mesdames Anger. Otis and Knowl-
ton and Miss Huntington are at James
Lindsays, Haiku.
Weather-Very dry. though showers
on the sea are frequent.
Mr.. A. c. Lovekin's scheme TO incor-
porate a bank for Maui under Terri
torial laws with a capital of 5000, 600,
one-half to be paid up, seems to be
n good one and most of the reputable
men OF the districts of Lahaina, Wal
lullu and Makawao are becoming sub
scribers for stock in the new enter
prise.