The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-05-05
NORTH H|LO
IN A HURRY
County Officers
Are Already
Picked.

NSio was neiu AT LdupanOenOo tnlB
week. Those present agreed that the
County commissioners for East Ha-
wall should be selected: one member
from Hamakua, one from North Hilo,
two from South Hilo and one from
Puma.
The Tribune says: The Laupahoe-
hoe meeting was unanimous In the be-
lief that w. G.. Walker OF Ookala
should be their first member of the
County Board.
The name of Il. w. Barnard was
! cheered Justify as winner for the
/ Treasurership and Geo. Kaihenui of
Hilo was mentioned as satisfactory
man for County Auditor. The conven-
ton spirit settled heavily upon the
meeting and expressions were numer-
GUS as to candidates for other County
offices.
W. II. Beers seemed to be the choice
for the office Of County Clerk and
Paul Jarret OF Puma was considered
an ideal man for the position now oc-
cupied by l.. A. Andrews. In discuss
ing the office of County Attorney,
Laupahoehoe sentiment crystallized
around the name of Carl s. Smith.
MAY USE SPRECKELS HALL.
At the meeting OF the Elks last
Monday 1t was decided to enter into
negotiations with representatives OF
the Spreckels whereby the Lodge will
make material alterations to Spreckels
Hall making it suitable for theatre
cal performances. If the proposition
Is accepted the Elks performance will
take place there.
HILOS FOURTH.
Plans for the celebration Of the
Fourth of July have crystallized 1t
will last two days and will begin on
the 3rd with u Cowboys Congress with
all the attendant features. On the
fourth the soil will be broken for the
Hilo-kohala railroad which will be ac-
companied by music and oratory, to be
followed by barbecue. There will
also be race meeting In the after
noon
METEOR WAS NOT A DREAM.
The Tribune says: Many Hlo peo-
pie were awakened at $3.50 Thursday
morning by a laundering roar, suppos-
ed generally to have been thunder
clap or the rumble OF an earthquake.
Those who were up early, however,
were privileged to see the brilliant
cause of the morning disturbance. 1t
was the fight of meteor, which came
81 close to earth that the blazing aerol-
tie left trail of fire hundreds Of feet
in length behind it. It's velocity and
the increasing density of the atmos-
phere as it neared the earth produce
cd such consuming heat that, when
scarcely a mile above the earth it ex-
ploded, leaving cloud of smoke
which hoated over the city. No por-
tions of the aerolite were seen to strike
the earth or sea. Mr.. Kuhns OF Kau-
mana saw the phenomenon. He says
1t was ball of fire two feet in dia-
meter describing an arc over the city
and falling toward the sea. When
apparently lower than ordinary clouds
it exploded leaving great cloud Of
smoke, which remained visible for
several minutes. 1t was about one
minute from the time that the smoke
appeared when long laundering de-
tonation was heard. Sound travels
1112 feet per second. therefore the
celestial visitor was not more than
four miles distant at most when fric-
tion heat caused it's extinction.
c. Il. Wright, manager OF the Vol
cano Stables, also witnessed the heav-
emily pyrotechnics and gives the same
description.
HENSHAw ON FLIES.
The gradual increase in the number
Of common house flies in Hilo is no
ticeable. There was time when the
house-ny was as scarce as snakes now
are But each year sees the dOmeS-
ticated fly in larger numbers and it is
but question of time when this pest
will be as great a nuisance as the
mosquito.
This at any rate Is the testimony
of Prof. Henshaw who keeps track OF
such things and who knows the cause
and effect Of thousand things in the
natural world, which are not noticed
by the ordinary observer.
"There will come time," said Prof
Henshaw the other day, when the
house fly and the mosquito will be sup
pressed by ordinance just as certain
other nuisances now are abated. Civil
ization marches slowly, and 1t may
be a long time, but it will come. The
house fly, like the mosquito, afflict5
humanity because people are careless.
The affliction does not end with the
fly however for it, like the mosquito,
is also a vehicle for the distribution
of disease germs. "-Tribune
THE VOLCANO HOUSE.
ST. Clair Bidgood, manager of the
Volcano House, has completed the
tennis court and made many improve
ments in the hotel since he assumed
it's management. One that will be ap-
preciated by the guests relates to the
vapor baths. There are now two clean
ly looking cabinets instead of one and
the surroundings have been so rem
ovated that one does not have the
creeps" during the process of sweat
ing.
A KAMAAINA GONE.
Walter holloway, for many years
proprietor of the Halfway House, Kau,
died In the hnSnital at Pahala ON Sum