The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-09
GOING TO
PORTO RICO
w. J.LOWrie to Run
a Plantation
There.
SALARY TWENTY
THOUSAND A YEAR
Other Maui People to Work Tor
hm-Judse Kalua's
Court.

MAUI. June Porto Rico Will soon
have a Maui colony placed within It's
borders. and for that reason Maui
folks VIII hereafter possess a much
keener interest In Porto Rican affairs
Three Maui families will In snort
time be settled there and IL Is reported
that other residents OF Spreckelsville
vxiu s.,on depart for the West Indian
isle The well-known millionaires.
Messrs. Havermeyer and Searie. py
combining several small plantations
are establishing a mammoth sugar es-
tate comprising 127. 900 acres. This prop
erty Is situated near Ponce and Is TO
be managed by w. j. Lowrie. who Is
TO receive a salary, so IL Is reported
of $4,000 a year. Mr.. Lowrie VIII De
a experimenting manager. position
somewhat superior TO the ordinary
manager. The roads OF Porto Rico are
so excellent that the Ponce plantation
can be traversed by an automobile
Three mills OF a larger combined ca
pacity than the one at Puunene are
soon to- be erected
By last Saturdays steamer. Walter
A. Lowrie CMr. w. ]. Lowrie's SOM
left Maui en- route for Porto Rico To
take the position Of sugar boiler. In
another week Mr.. and Mrs William
Coffee and family OF Puunene Will de-
mart for the West Indies. Mr.. Conee
has accepted an engineers position IL
IL ruTnored that other employees OF the
II. g & S. Co.'S plantation. who were
under Mr.. Lowrey while ne was man
ager of spreckelsviile. will soon re-
sign and depart for Ponce
JUNE TERM OF COURT.
on wednesday. the 4th. the June
term of the Second Circuit Court be-
gan at Waikiki. the court house being
crowded TO the doors with spectators
and those interested IN the different
eases about TO be tried. Hon. J. w
Kaiua presided and the following court
officials from Honolulu were present;
10. II. Case. deputy Attorney General
T.. Mcmahon. stenographer: w. j. Co
eiho. Hawaiian interpreter. and Attor-
neya ]. NJ. Raneakua. E:noch Johnson.
Watson. 4. -. COrTca and J. \. Ma
COON. A good part OF "Wednesday was
taken up IN the examination 90 the
long calendar. and since then the grand
and trial 5uries have been busy. There
was some talk % the grand jury VS.
lfins MOlokai per Lehua. for the pur-
pose Of investigating The death OF a
resident OF the settlement In the ka-
iaupapa Jail The project. however
was given up. The grand jury VIII
probably complete it, duties today. the
eth The petty jury has not as yet
finished one case. that ~ Hirhmoto rs.
Pioneer Miu Go. Ltd. The town Is fun
of people and the weather very warm
BASEBALL TEAM ARRIVES.
by the Einau this morning the HilC
baseball nine arrived at Maalaea bay
and were received and escorted 4
waiiuku ~ a reception committee oi
| Eve. Mes-Fs. Cornwen. Coke. Schrader
/ Cummings and jackson. appointed bS
the Maui Athletic Association The
| Rns bogs b~sugh; NO substitutes with
/ theT,t and vui not play any mater
games until Kameharaeha day.
A. Wells Park during the after
] noon OF the Ist the Puunenes easily
yanquishsd the Maui Alerts at base
baf by a score Of = Co Il. The Aierts
who made bTav. showing with th'
! Morning stars. would have played
much better game could they have ha'
tn. services OF their regular pitcher
DR. r. l. Boote. who was too III L
play. During the arsi inning the Pun
| n.nes piled up a record OF ten runs an'
| virtually won the contest Messrs l.
Il Crook and David kuikahi. who act
ed as pitchers FOR the Alerts. are ski
fui and veteran ball tossers. but wer'
out 81 practice.
STRAYS.
| Deer are becoming scarce on Moloka
owing TO the employment OF PROBES
sionai hunters TO sxterminate them.
The American Sugar Co.'S ranch oil
NeIoEaf. which j. situated mauka
Kaunakakai. is stocked with 2O.Ov
sheep and 4oeO or 5OCu cattle.
i r :. Armstrong - Paia now Va
charge Of the sugar boiling at Puuneh
At least he will take of the presen
crop. ". r. Engle is now sugar-boiler
ln-chief at Paia-
| Durine Monday. the End. the Govern
ment appraisers. Messrs. W. o. Alike
and John Kaiuna. were in kula fixin
| vaIue on lands az Pulehunui-
The wireless telegraph TO Maui ha
been in running order FOR two or thre
weeks past.
w. r. Beckwith of waiakoa. Kol'
has charge OF the sale OF 600 acres q
The RanonouIu ranch belonging
Gear. Lansing & Co. Bids on thes
lands may BE- filed until the 18th.
Mrs. p. A Potter returns 10 Homo
lulu today. after several weeks Wis
with Mrs. II. A. Baldwin OF Hama
kuapoko.
The opsTetia. The Barber OF Bath.
will be repeated by the hakawn
Literary Society al the residenC
Of J. ,. Hair. HamakuApoko. sofI
evening during the last part OF n
month.
The cane of the Maui Sugar Co. no
being ground. 10 not making a gee
showing IN regard 10 sacchsrin- ma
ter.
A brilliant asterglov was seea durin
. th. evening OF the End
weather-A strong Kone wind gu
ing Tuesday and wednesday. Vsf
war. and stu since nS-