The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-03-28
MISSIONARY
MEMORIAL

wAILUKU, March 25.--A letter has
been received at Lahaina from Briga-
der General Alfred A. woodruff U.
s. A., who is in Princeton. N. J. He
writes as follows: ~
"In 1923 the party of the Rev. Charles
Stewart. the first American mission on
Maui, commenced work at Lahaina-
With them was very devoted colored
woman. of mixed blood, who opened
the first school for the common peo-
ple-probably the first of it's kind in
any of the Islands. 1t was the very
beginning of that general system of
education which has been so success
fully carried on in Hawaii. This wom-
an, Betty Stockton, was born in this
place (Princeton) and, after a long life
of usefulness as a teacher, died here
about forty years ago. It is the desire
of few surviving citizens, who held
her character In high esteem. to erect
on the spot a modest memorial in the
| form of a mural tablet"
| This matter has been referred to
Principal Mcdonald of the Lahaina-
luna school.
INDUSTRIAL NEWS.
| w. II. Field, the insurance man, paid
the Nahiku rubber men visit last
week. and Is just bouncing with Joy
Of the new industry. he being a stock
holder. Everything is elastic" Rub
Der foot thick and a yard wide, has
been manufactured from Hugh How-
ellis trees.
Mrs. Mossman's and w. Hardy's In
dependent plantations are in splendid
condition. Both have started a nur-
sery, which bids fair to keep up with
the new company.
The thing most needed In our appro-
priation from the loan fund is to CONS
plete the belt road. so that small farm
ers will be able to go into the fruit
business. principally bananas. Mr..
Hardy of Nahil1u has over one thou
sand punches In bearing of the Ha-
waiian variety known as the Kahikt
species. For cooking they cannot be
excelled. He will not be able to get
Il single bunch to market simply on
account of the miserable condition OF
the roads.
4. Rarckhausen, manager of Pioneer
Mill Co., viii leave shortly for an ex-
tended trip t. the coast and possibly
to the fatherlano. C L. Scrimger, the
chief engineer, will assure the reins
of management during Mr.. Barrkhau-
sens absence
Puunene mill has turned out about
$4,000 tons of sugar to date and at the
present rate of progress will be through
grinding early this year.
FATALLY BURNED.
Ivan Burrows, the six-year-old step
son of John Scoble, an employee of the
Wailuku Sugar Co., was fatally burn
ed last Wednesday by the upsetting
! of a candle in his room. 1t Is supposed
that the child was playing with a can
u die which had been left burning The
boys mother, who was out in the yard.
: heard the childs cry and ran to its as
sistance, and managed to extinguish
the blaze after the childs left side
had been burned. Every assistance was
rendered. but on Friday evening the
little boy passed away.
CRIMINAL MATTERS.
Sheriff Baldwin received telephone
message Sunday from Deputy witt
rock that two Porto Ricans had been
caught in Hononaunau with a demi-
john of okoehao. One of the men was
; who got away, Is now being looked
for and will probably be apprehended
, ina few days. lH
People In Keanae are very much ex-
cited over the grand jury Investigations
of the Keanae homestead scandals and
sincerely hope that the principal Gull
prit will be severely dealt with by the
government. This Is what the grand
jury has said about It: I'm the matter
of the application of the residents of
Keanae for homesteads, we are unable
;, to come to a final decision from lack
of evidence"
Miss A. Y. Hadley, teacher, of La
haina. has received the sad news of
the death of her father, Theodore ID.
Hadley. He passed away unexpected
ly at his home in Kennett Square, Pa,
, near Philadelphia, on February 2S
The road between Keanae and Kali
lua, built by Wilson & Duggan, is
nearing completion and bids fair to
rival the celebrated Alps for scenery.
The Kailua section to Peahi Will be
started about the first of the month.
A Hama correspondent of the News
: says: "The Hama district favors a
wide-open Sunday law. We are dead
Y enough as 1t is with six Sundays week
: days"
The dry spell on Central Maui was
: broken by a good downpour of rain
}. early Thursday morning.
: THE sENATE's READING CLERK.