Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-05-28
JUDGE KEpO|KA|
GIVES BIG FEAST
To a Large Number Of
Friends at His
Fishery.
SOME DOINGS OF MAUI
PEOPLE DURING WEEK
Schooner Alice Kimball's Position
Captain Clarke Makes lnveSti-
gations---Board Of Survey
Visits Vessel.

Waikiki, May 24.-The luau given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Manuel Dutro last Tues
day afternoon at their home In Kalua,
Waikiki, in honor of the first anniver.
sary Of the birth Of their son. was a
very pleasant affair and was very
largely attended by the numerous
friends Of the young people. The luau
lasted for two hours, and toasts to the
health OF the child as well as the host
and hostess, were offered. Mrs. Dutro
is daughter of J. NJ. G. Sheldon of
Honolulu.
Judge A. n. Kepoikai Of the Court Of
Claims, gave house warming party at
his fishery in Kahului last Thursday
afternoon. A large number Of the
friends Of the genial host were present
and all did justice to the most tempting
viands prepared and spr cad on the fes-
tive board. Mesdames w. J. Lowrie
and Coffee of Spreckelsville, were
among those present.
Mr.. Kepoikai has about 5000 worth Of
nets on his fishing grounds at Kahulu!
and expects two large fishing boats
from the Coast in the near future. The
fishing industry here Is very lucra-
tice business especially when carried
on in such an extensive way as Mr..
kepoikai is proposing to do. kahului
bay abounds with fish of all descrip-
tions and, whenever the fishermen
make big hauls Of either akule or ka-
wakawa. a ready market is always
found at Waikiki. Spreckelsville, Ha-
makuapoko and Makawao.
The only drawback Is that the fisher
men do not haul in enough to supply
the market, so the demand remains
unsatisiied and the price anything but
reasonable. But this stringency In
the market may be remedied In the
future when Mr.. Kepoikai's fishery Is
complete. The quarters for Mr.. Ke-
poikai and his fishermen at Kahului
are very neat, and when completed, will
cost about 5000.
Captain Clarke, superintendent Of the
Wilder S. S. Co., came by the steamer
Claudine this morning to see what
could be done with the wreck OF the
schooner Alice Kimball as she now lies
one one-half foot Of water on the beach
at Makawela, Kahului bay. A sue
cession Of waves, aided by the higf
tides and strong northeasterly winds
have succeeded in bringing the Ill
fated schooner to her present position
being carried bodily over the cora
reef to the sand beach inside.
Any one looking at the Alice Kim
ball now as she lies on her beam ends
on the beach with her keel almost
visible at low tide, cannot imagine how
vessel of her size could be thrown
| across the coral reef, as II launched
there. and sustaining very little dam
age in the performance. Only tho
false KEEP is carried away while the
rudder and rudder post remain intact
There Is no hole in the bottom, so II
the vessel can be successfully foated
again into weep water, she can b'
towed to Honolulu in safety. The
place where the Alice Kimball lie'
Is all sand and scattered small peb
bles. and 1t is owing to this character
OF the beach that she has not gone t.
pieces during the five days she hal
been lying there defying the elements.
A board OF survey consisting OF Capt
Rogt. English, pilot. and two captains
from the merchant vessels In Kahului
surveyed the Alice Kimball today al
the request OF Captain Clarke, and the
board declared her total wreck. The
Kimball has not been abandoned yet
for the captain and men still remain
by the vessel with tents. pitched or
the beach. They keep constant vigil
to prevent others from boarding the
vessel and claiming her. However
Capt. Clarke will wire from Honolulu
tomorrow to Sheriff Baldwin, letting
him know whether the Wilder S. S. Co
has decided to abandon the vessel
Several of Maui's engineers have al
ready made plans for floating the KIM
ball. and to hear them talk, one would
seem to think that to float a hundred
ton schooner were as easy as fioatins
canoe.