The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-01-22
NEWS
FROM MAUI
Telephone Co, Raises
Stock.
MANY CATTLE BRANDED
Huelc Land Case Settled Japanese
Murders His Wife at 0Iaa
Plantation.

WAILUKU, Maui, Jan. i9.-The COW.
boys at Kahikinui have been showing
that chutes are superior to lassos fol
the purpose of brandt ; cattle. Ninety
full-grown animals Weighing from 25C
to $50 pounds were branded in chutes
within ninety minutes, good RECORD
for the eight vaqueros engaged in the
work. The boys also branded twenty.
five young cattle too small for the
chutes within sixty-four minutes by
throwing them down with the lasso.
Monday and Tuesday the time was
spent in building the cattle chutes oil
races of lumber brought from Homo
lulu by a schooner. Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday driving in and brand
ing was the order of TIL, day.
I over 200 herd cattle were stamped
with the hot iron up to Friday night
today 300 more will be branded and on
Monday next seven or eight hundred.
Forty-one vaqueros have been kept
busy, including DIR. Raymond and Mr..
Wood of Honolulu. The cool, bracing
air and violent exercise induced hearty
appetltes. A glorious time is reported.
MAUI TELEPHONE co.
phone Co. was held at the Paia post
office on January Is. w. S. Nicoll was
elected secretary in place of c. Fl.
Dickey, resigned. and the following
officers were re-elected: H. p. Baldwin
president; d. c. Lindsay. vice presi
dent; r. p. Carley, treasurer, and w.
o. Aiken, assistant treasurer and aud
itor. 1t was voted to raise the capital
nf h1 tn
the limit. $25, 900, for the purpose of pay
ing off the old debt of about $4,000.
TO accomplish this 500 additional
shares will be issued, 400 of which will
be offered to stockholders at s15 $50
being par value). The $4,000 thus to be
realized will be used to pay off the
debt. The remaining 100 shares will be
held in the treasury to be sold only in
case of necessity After April /, 1901,
the regular monthly dividend will be
increased from / per cent to 1h per
cent per month, and probably an extra
dividend will also be paid at the end
of the year.
MAUI POLO CLUB.
Some of the members of the Maka-
wac Polo Club think favorably of the
suggestion of the Oahu Polo Club in re-
gard to the adoption of the rules of the
American Association which exclude
the off-sde regulation in use in British
clubs.
The Maui club will hold a meeting in
about two weeks to discuss the matter.
1t is a question whether or not the
game will not lose something of scien-
tific value by permitting off-side play.
At first consideration it seems as
though without the off-side rule polo
becomes nothing more than shiny on
horseback.
HUELO LAND MORTGAGE.
The proceedings as regards the fore
closure of the mortgage for $4,000 on
the Huelo lands now under lease to the
Maui Sugar Co. have been stopped by
the payment of the principal, $4,000, the
s1S5.S5. and the expenses of
foreclosure, $3.50, total of s2,9S5.S5.
This sum of money was paid in by the
members of the hui who purchased
the lands from Mr.. Watson through j.
x. Smythe. trustee. The shares in this |
hui or company, of which there are
seventy (par value $1,000. are now SELL
Ing for from 1926 to $3.50. The Hawaii
an Commercial and Sugar Co. control
the hui" by virtue of the ownership
Of thirtynine of the seventy shares.
The shareholders held meetings TO
ways and means of prevent
ng the foreclosure of the Watson mort |
gage on December 90, 1900, at Spreckels-
Vile store and on January II. 1901, at
Peahi store. Another meeting will be |
held at Peahi store Oh. c. e. S. Coz |
Feb. IA in order to levy an assessment |
pro rata of between $500 and 5000 which |
were lacking TO pay off the mortgage |
On the Huelo lands.
Some wonder was expressed as to the |
reason why the Maui Sugar Co. did not |
the mortgage If possible, but |
hose interested state that their lease
S for twenty years, with the privilege
If renewal of twenty years at very
small rental, so the company is not in
crested in the purchase of the lands.
LAND CASE SETTLED.
An interesting case tried in the Cir |
cult Court on Tuesday night was one |
IN which Robert Gillespie was plaintiff |
ana A. McBryde defendant. 1t seems |
that McBryde had entered into an |
agreement to transfer to him 100 acres |
Of olaa land at certain price. In |
order to bind the bargain the plaintiff |
paid to defendant $500, on receipt of |
which he signed the agreement. Some |
line afterward Mr.. Gillespie wanted to |
transfer his interest 10 Messrs. Hime /
ana Shipman. and agreed to do so for
I consideration. lie then destroyed |
MS agreement with defendant. ana
'alled upon him with request that
lie sign the new agreement In which
he names OF Shlpman and Hime APP
feared. He wanted time to think over
ne matter and when he arrived at n
conclusion he declined to sign the
agreement, Mr.. Gillespie then brought
nut to recover $4,000, the difference be-
ween the value of the land at the
line origin al agreement was made.
ina the value at the time suit was
'rought, The jury returned verdict
or plAlnlln In The sum OF 1900.