The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-14

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will be afforded an absolute basis for
estimating the value of the treatment.
| Ii will be at the very least three
months before the experiment shall
have reached a point where the records
have weight.
There were only three petitions
brought before the board during its
visit. That bearing upon the removal
of the Kalawao settlement was the one
of real Importance, although there may
be fighting in the future over the con-
ditions revealed by the second. This
, was a petition signed by KahaIe and
Holopinai asking for license for the
sale of ava. The petition sets forth
that there is no licensed place for such
sale and the Hawaians are now en-
gagged in drinking swipes (when they
can get it), nasty mixture of sour
potatoes and hops, very low in alcohol,
and in the chewing OF such ava as is
found. The applicants believe if would
be in the interests of sobriety that
there be place for the sale of well
prepared goods and say the Hawaiians
regard ava as medicine. There is
feeling that there should be a local
beer license for Kalaupapa, owing to
the belief expressed by some that any
thing that would be instrumental in
doing away with the bad liquids drunk
would be for the health of the people.
Several inmates when asked about the
matter said that some were prepar-
ing to make such application.
Mos, of the swipes that is brought
into the settlement comes over the
Pali There are no guards there as
formerly and the patients go over the
pass and secure the swipes, bringing it
back at night. In this way the natives
escape detection, though generally their
absence is noted and they suffer later.
Another petition. signed by thirteen
residents. asks for the privilege of
bringing into the settlement new
horses The census shows that there
are 1890 animals there. OF this num-
Der 241 are milk COWS and 445 other bo-
vines. There are 3S2 horses and 161
burros and mules. OF this number a
little more than two-thirds belong to
the board. All of the petitions will be
here.
Despite the many charges and coun-
ter allegations against Judge Nathan
iel, Justice Perry said that he had
nothing 20 investigate, owing to thel
fact that nothing of this kind was Off |
ciaI. He gave his time to the exam |
ination of the applicants for license. f.. |
A. Mott-Smfth of the board assisting. /
There were six of these. one a woman. |
After some examination the Justice ad-
dressed the applicants. saying that he /
lid not think under the statute any of
he number should be permitted to
yet owing to the necessity for
,fficeFs Of the court to appear before ii
le would advise the judge to issue per-
nitS to four persons to make appear
Lnce for litigants. These are Ambrose
hutchinson, who was too i'll to appear
n court or to be seen by the visitors,
dessrs. Pierce, Kanekau and Makakoa
There were six persons cited for eX-
mination before the medical members
f the board. OF this number three,
wo children and one man. he q ko-
,ua whose wife died recently, were
ound clean and may so, though the
nan does not SO wish. The three who
must stay are woman whose hus-
and recently was expelled, and who
rants to join him, he having been
here as kokua to her; another an old
ative man, a kokua VINO had con-
racted the disease, and the last, lit
e child, who was listed as having the
isease.
The members of the board made an
special examination of the food sup
lies, owing to the charges of r. w.
otten. The salmon was tasted by esc
lember of the party and found to be
the very best quality. A iepar seen
tier and questioned about the charges
aid that there was seldom any COM
laint about the food, although some- .
mes the supplies became old and then
ne residents called the attention CT
lie authorities to it and the result al
ays was an immediate destruction of 7
lie articles. The same authority said {
lat during some fifteen years of resi- n
ence he had never before found :,
me when there was more genera, sat a
faction with conditions. .
Leper planters are being urged by |
lperintendent McVeigh 10 put in crops o
sweet potatoes and promised a ready I
arket at one cent a pound for the [
Ibers. There will be a fair area plant Z
to this food soon and the ration :,
i'll be varied by the serving of this !,
cd. There may be soon inaugurated a
fishing service. There was a week Fl
20 a school of fish caught off the set g
ament which netted 10 the fishermen +
me 10 600 pounds of fish. The board
ay put in boats and nets and keep q p
lmber OF men at work all the time, u
hing n
The Baldwin Home has now 123 in d
ates. and capacity for twenty-five :
ore; the Bishop Home has ninety-one -
"a could take 100 and the Bayview 4
nme for the helpless. forty, with q
oms for nearly twice as many. h
W. o. Smith. who has been fire. b