The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-25
GARDEN
ISLAND
News Notes From
Across the
Channel.
A RARE TREE
NEAR LlHUE TOWN
A Galician Drowned-Goed Work
at McBryde Plantation.
Back From War.

LIHUE (Kauai), December 22.-
The new bugs imporeted for destroy
ing lantanas would be of considerable
value here, owing to the fact that our
pastures are decreasing as the rapid
growing of this shrub covers large
acres of land.
Mr.. H. A. Jaeger's horse. Racine
Murphy is making a name for himself
is a Kauai horse his future record will
be watched with interest by number
OF people here.
We are glad to note that the Nc
Bryde Sugar Co. is planting trees on
their lands, partly on the windward
side of their fields as a protection
from wind and partly in rich hollows
with view to future fuel. We
commend the wisdom of this course.
A. P Musser and A. Smedley, the
Mormon missionaries are making the
tour of the island, holding the services
at different places. They claim that
the number of new converts during the
past month reached 35. The total
number of the Mormons in this island
is now above 600,
MI. a. jaeger Has UlONtu Ills
store from the Government road ma
uka at Wahiawa down to his new Ku-
kuila landing. Also part of his quar-
tiers for his laborers. These buildings
together with the McBryde Sugar Co.
camp near there make a nice little
village there, and a good deal of ac-
tivity.
The miserable rain which poured
down over the locality of Lihue has
destroyed the roads which were in a
better shape by the efforts of Mr..
Palmer of the Road Board. 1t was
only within twenty-four hours after he
completed the grading that the roads
were in their old shape. Isn't there a
better economy?
Mr.. Sedgwick of the Federal expert
mental station OF Honolulu has been
visiting points of interest on Kauai.
During the last week he made visit
to Hon. Rice's starch factory at HUI
laia. He intends to start farmers
institute here. The bulletin on the
disease of water Talo and chicken pre-
pared by him will shortly be out.
There have been a large number of
alterations in Eleele lately; a number
of the old landmarks having been
moved out to the new mill, which is a
more central location. There has been
an abundance of rain here this fail,
and the plantation is in a very lros-
porous condition The mill common
ced grinding on the Sth inst, and a
busy season is anticipated.
Hans Schmidt a former timekeeper
at Makaweli Plantation has returned.
He left in July, 1900 for China to enlist
in the German army then stationed
there. He has held the rank of Lieu
tenant before coming to this country
and when the trouble broke out in
China his war spirit arose and he left
his position at Makaweli. His many
friends all hail him welcome and
hopes his stay will be long.
Maxim Pondeck, Gallician working
at Hanamaulu was drowned in Kapaia
river below the Catholic Church on Sth
inst. when the bridge on the govern
ment road was also destroyed by the
flood. It is reported that he was swept
away with his horse by swift current
that came down so suddenly. His body
was found in Chinese rice patch on
the following morning. He leaves
wife with two children. The youngest
one is only 9 months old.
Mr.. l.. C. Mann, Civil Engineer at
Eleele, has invented a. very simple and
efficient electric irrigation meter which
is now at work on the McBryde plan
tation. 1t is placed in the main ditch
and. keeps a continuous register OF the
water supplied to the fields. One oil
it's principal advantages is its mex
| pensiveness. 1t is being adopted by
the McBryde plantation for all their
main bitches and will doubtless COM
mend itself to other plantations.
A vast deal of work is being done
| by the McBryde Sugar Co. at Laval in
! the extension of their railway across
the Laval valley and to Kukuiula
| This involves two large tunnels and
several bridges. The work is well IN
der way and will be finished in about
3 months. This section Of the railway
will not be needed until June l, 1904
In conjunction with this work a spur
is being built to the pump in the bot
| tom of the valley to serve the double
purpose of conveying coal to the pump
and protecting the pump by means o.
the dyke from heavy freshets.
"The Garden Island is formulating
a meeting of all prominent japanese
in this island to meet shortly at Lihu'
or Koloa to discuss many important
questions, among which that of our la
| Dor problem VIII be also brought up
Seeing that our interest is always iden
teal with that of the sugar industry
We feel it as our duty to work for tbs
welfare of what is the mainstay of th'
island. We hope the result of the pro
posed meeting will be the establish
ment of a japanese league whose opin
ion gives a greater weight upon hom
government than that of merely per
sonaL
The attention OF the public is calle'
to a very unique specimen of a ire
that is rare in these islands. 1t ma.
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