The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-27


Der plantation is a paying concern, I
am informed
HILO NOTES
Company D. y. C. H. viii give a ball
in the armory next month. An admis-
sion fee viii be charged and the FUNDS
viii so toward the support of the COM
pany and furniture for the rooms.
Additional springs have b=el found
along the path OF the sewer and two
pumps. worked by power from the Hilo
Electric Light Co. are needed to keep
the ditch free from the water 80 as to
allow the men to work. The spring
water is fresh.
The Hilo Foreign Church Will have a
social at Spreckels's Han next month
in which number of ladies will take
part in character. Mrs. Elliot will be
Tabitha Primrose, a lady with decided
views along the suffrage lines. An
admission fee will be charged.
Frank de Camara has decided to en-
bark in the business of manufacturing
aerated waters on his own account and
has rented a portion of the store build
ing occupied by John Lycurgus on
Front street where he has install ed ma
chinery which arrived from the coast
last week 1t viii be several weeks
before he will be ready to sell any OF
his product owing to the fact that the
bottles ordered at the coast had to be
made.
Commenting on the recent disaster
among the japanese fishermen when
three of their number We're drowned at
sea, Sheriff Searle said: There should
be a law passed by the Legislature re-
quiring all fishermen to have their
boats and names of occupants register
ed. This ought to be an easy matter
and need not entail any expense on
the fishermen It would enable the au-
thorities to locate missing fishermen,
as in this instance
The timber in Piihonua caught fire
on Saturday and considerable dam g.
was done Brush was cut away for a
long distance to prevent the fire from
spreading.
The Cotillion Club dance on the 18th
inst. was a very delightful affair. The
hall decorations were Of a very high
order. About one hundred persons
We're present.
f. J. Lance and family will leave for
the coast on the Falls of Clyde on
Tuesday. Mr.. Lance expects to engage
in mining after locating his family in
San Francisco.
J. S. McCandless arrived on the XII
nau yesterday.
The midnight prowler is around
again and householders WHO keep chick
ems are warned to keep a strict watch
on their pet poultry. No losses have
been reported since the raid on John A.
SCOTS hen roost, carrying off nearly
thirty fowls. Several bags of chick
ems were found in a cane field near
Ponohawaii street last week, but were
identified by Portuguese owners in the
neighborhood. A Chinaman arrested
on suspicion was released, because of
the lack of evidence. Deputy Sheriff
Fetter asks that midnight thefts of
chickens or other property be report
ed promptly, so that the police with
the dogs may arrive on the scene be-
fore the locality has been disturbed or
the scent lost in a confusion of other
tracks.
w. F. Drake, Deputy Internal Rev
enue Collector, is making an official
visit to the Island of Hawaii.
J. V. Ray arrived on the Enterprise
last week with a. shipment of eighteen
mules and other live stock
J. f.. Daggart of San Francisco ar
rived on the ship Falls of Clyde last
week to look after his interests on this
island
A japanese employed on the Pepee-
keo plantation took his life last Fri |
day after a siege of illness and hard
luck The man stopped with some
other Japanese mauka of the mill and
was left there on Friday morning when
his companions went to work. On their
return in the evening the man was
found dead, having hung himself with
a rope attached to a joist in the room
Sheriff Searle went out on Saturday and
held an inquest A verdict was ZEN
dered in accordance with the facts.