The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-20
TICKS KILL
MAUI RATS
The Island Getting
Rid of It's Bad
Rodents.
OTHER NEWS OF
THE VALLEY ISLE
Manager Lowrie investigates Ha.
waiian Commercial and
Kihei.

MAUI, Jan. 1S.-It is reported that
ticks are killing the Maui rats quite
rapidly. Thus again retribution fol-
lows the mongoose. When he began
destroying the lizard who killed the
tick, he played cannibal to his best
friend. For since the decrease of the
lizard family the ticks have rapidly in
creased: so rapidly, IN fact, that they
have not only been killing the mon
goose himself. but are now preying
upon his chief food supply. the rat.
The insidious "modus operandf' of the
tick Is to take Judgement in the ear of
his victim and to slowly eat his way to
the brain or throat, thus causing
death.
Castle Hall, the new knights of
Pythias building now being construct
ed at Waikiki. adjoining Malulani
Hospital, is making brave showing.
The second story which is to be used
as the lodge room of the order, is al
ready boarded in. The lower story is
to be divided up into stores.
Upon the completion of the structure
SOME elaborate social function is to be
given as a house-warming.
<AiOiSf %OuSS has 1SSCNliy
Supreme Chancellor Fethers, who is
now in Honolulu, to make Maui a visit.
an invitation which Mr.. Fethers was
compelled TO decline
Puunene Mill-the greatest sugar
mandatory on earth-will begin
grinding for the first time in its history
on February 3, 1902.
BY the Claudine of the 18th. S. t.
Alexander, of Oakland, arrived on
Maui. In company with Manager w.
j. Lowrie he made q tour of Hawaiian
Kihei
By the same steamer Messrs. H. p.
Baldwin and II. a. Baldwin returned
from Honolulu.
John G. Anderson Jr., of Salt Lake
City, is at Makawao, settling ups the
| affairs of his uncle, the late James
| Anderson. Mrs. j. G. Anderson, who is
| in Honolulu visiting Mrs. Charles Gro
zier will probably come to Makawao
later on.
| This afternoon Cthe 1Sth), at Kahu-
| lui, a match game of polo will take
place between four, members of the
Maui Athletic Association. Wailuku,
and four of. the Makawao Polo Club.
A special train will run between Paia
and KahuIui and return.
| Hans Anderson, who recently has had
J charge of plantation affairs at Nahi-
| u,
Vile, taking the position made vacant
by Andrew Adams. the new manager
of Kahuku.
| During the evening of The 10TH in
the Paia church parlors he Makawao
| Debating Society discussed THE Pro
hibition of the Propagation of Anarch-
! istic Doctrines" AT their next meet
! ing they will debate upon the advisa-
bility of making Molokai a national
| leper station.
| During the evening of the 18th, the
great mill at Camp No 8, Puunene,
presented most brilliant spectacle.
visible to all residents of Central Maui.
The electric lights were turned on for
\ the first time.
| During the afternoon of the 18th the
| Makawao Ladies' Reading Club met
at the residence of Mrs. +. f. Baldwin,
Of Paia. Twenty-Five ladies were pres
ent.
On the evening of the 22d, the church
and ecclesiastical societies of the Paia
Foreign Church will hold their annual
meetings in the church parlors at Paia.
| During the afternoon of the 21st the
stockholders of the Maui Telephone
Company will hold their annual meet
ing at the Paia plantation office. at 2:3O
o'clock.
| weather-Cool and dry.