The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-05-12
THE WEEK
ON ISLE
OF MAUI
lao Valley Water
Case Before
Brown.
Especial to the Advertiser)

| MAUI, May 9.-The case concerning
the diversion Of lao water between the
Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Com
pany and the Waikiki Sugar Company
has been occupying the time of Com
missioner ]. F. Brown at the Maui
Hotel, Waikiki, during every day of
the past week.
1t is probable that all the testimony
expert and otherwise-will have been
given in before the sailing of the Claud-
inc for Honolulu this afternoon.
Attorneys Cecil Brown and A. N. Ke-
poikai arrived in town this morning,
having come by the steamer Mauna
Loa. w. o. Smith and w. A. Kinney
have been in attendance at the Com
missioner's Court for ten days past.
MAUI ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Monday evening, the 4th, the Maui
Athletic Association held a large and
enthusiastic meeting in the Waikiki
Court House. The following officers
were elected or reelected: L. NJ. Bald
win, president; G. r. Robertson, vice
president; j. Garcia, secretary; l.. r.
Crook, treasurer and manager; w. H.
Cornwell, Jr., William Bal, and Glenn
ent Crowell directors: George Cum
mings, captain of the ball team. The
Maui News will present silver cup
similar to the one given by the associ-
alton last year to the Morning Stars
to the baseball team winning the
League championship for 1903.
MAUI RACING ASSOCIATION.
Tuesday evening, the 9Th, the Maui
Racing Association held meeting in
the Wailuku Court House to decide
upon program for July 4. No changes
in the one recently published were
made, except in substituting cow
boy race for the mile race-the Compel
itors to change saddles and mounts at
every half mile.
The total amount appropriated for
purses was raised from 1880 to 81 400
to compare favorably with the induce
ments offered to sportsmen by the Hilo-
ties.
BASEBALL GAME.
At the baseball game on the after
noon of the 3rd at Wells Park. Wal
luku, the Morning Stars rather over
matched their opponents, the Lahainas,
the score standing Is to s in favor of
the former.
The Stars are the popular favorites.
club with D. L. Meyer as president.
J. Garcia, secretary. and George
Schrader, treasurer. Judging by the
large number of people in attendance
and the enthusiasm displayed at the
meeting, it seems as if-to quote the
language of the leading athlete of the
Island-"The whole town is behind the
Stars" OF course the Wailukus have
strong local backing. but with the
mass of the people the youngsters"
are general favorites.
MEETING OF TEACHERS.
Monday afternoon, the 4th, fifteen !
teachers held a meeting in the Maka-
wac school house to discuss pedagog-
ical matters.
Mrs. Sabey of the Spreckelsville |
school presided and Miss Agnes Flem- |
ing of the Kaupokalua school acted as |
secretary.
The program consisted of a forcible |
paper upon the question whether
Reading can Be Taught Without the
Use of Readers" by Inspector of |
Schools Charles e. King; IAN exposition
Of portion of McMurry's Special
Method in Geography" by w. c. Crook
and others, and lesson upon the use
ot pictures in the school room, by f. 70.
Atwater. The question whether or not |
It was advisable to hold elaborate clos
ng exercises at the end of the summer
term was also discussed, but no decis-
We action was taken.
A JAPANESE CRIMINAL.
1t has been recently ascertained that
Sayanaga, the robber of Kamaole corn
planters dwellings, has recently served
term of three months in the Wailuku
all for vagrancy. 1t is probable that
he four charges of vagrancy now
bending against him will be pushed, in
lsmuch as the government physician,
". F., McConkey, has decided that he
$ sane.
STRAY NOTES.
Tomorrow the morning Stars and
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