The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-06
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WILL FIGHT.
Story of a Possible
Break Comes From
hiIo.


Iature at the coming session. From
Honolulu comes the rumOr that the
opposition to the governor is growing
so strong that it will be the aim OF
the members to defeat any bill pre-
sented through the influence of the
executive, and further, that in event
of his vetoing any measure that the
legislative bodies will pass the bill
over his head. 1t is rumored, also
that the governor will, in a quiet way
fight and veto any county bill that
NAV be presented, and the members OF
both houses, in the event of such &C
ton on the part of the governor, will
pass the bill over his head. One of the
Hilo representatives was told by the
the intention of some of the members
in districts away from this to block
any legislation originating with him
and that the measures would after
ward be passed when introduced by
someone else. In order to avoid any
such contingency it is now understood
that the bills originating in this dis
trict will be presented by either Lewis
OR Fernandez. This is rather a bad
state of affairs but if the members
from the First Representative district
will stand together they may prevent
any blocking of legislation that may
be attempted by the opponents"
DILLINGHAM; ON PROSPERITY.
81 am here said Mr.. Dillingham;,
''for the purpose of ascertaining the
outlook for the plantations. 1 have
been away for a long time and have
only the reports to go by The in
dustry of the Territory has been hard
hit during the past few years and I
am anxious to learn the true condi-
tions. The leaf hopper has done more
harm 70 the cane throughout the group
than the people thought it was doing
but that pest is diminishing and l do
not expect a recurrence. There were
plantations harder hit than Olaa
and it viii take them longer to get
from under. Our stocks have not had
very much consideration from in
vestors for the reason that but scant
returns have been made to the in
vestors. During the past three years
the sixty million dollars of capital in
vested in sugar in this Territory have
not netted the owners more than one
per cent a year. Bad isn't it? But
now you see the change is taking place
and the price of sugar is such that the
returns will be so increased this year
and for several years to come, that
there is bound to be a demand for our
island securities. Sugar at one hun
dred and four and a half in New York
means a good thing and with the con-
ditions of the crop in various parts
Of the world it seems to me that the
price is going to stay up"
SAVES SISTER FROM DEATH.
J. w Alma, popularity known as
Nelson, the ranger in the local land
office, While on his rounds in Puma a
short time ago, had an experience
which he does not wish to repeat very
soon. On his arrival at Kapoho after
4 hard days horseback ride, intending
to stop with his sister residing there,
he was shocked to learn that she was
drowning a the bottom of a cliff where
no one could get to her. He ran nearly
4 mile to the spot on the beach where it
was stated his sister was in the water.
The woman, supporting herself on a
log which had been thrown to her,
was being buffeted by the breaking
seas. Two stalwart natives after
fruitless attempts to let down a short
rope over the cliff to the woman, when
they saw Alma, threw the line into
the water in their excitement and all
hope of rescuing his sister in that way
was abandoned. Quickly divesting him
self of his clothing, he carefully climb
ed down the precipitous bluff which
was about fourteen feet high, got hold
Of the rope, passed one end back to the
frightened men on the bank, and pro-
ceeded to attach the other end to his
sisters wrists. The rope was too short
to be tied about her waist, and in or
der to reach her hands resort was
made to a bamboo splice. Carefully
the half drowned woman was brought
to the top of the cliff, exhausted and
and with scarcely a vestige of cloth
ing. She had remained in the water
three hours and dusk was rapidly
falling when her brother arrived and
rescued her from a watery grave She
suffered only a few bruises and Ahf-
ma cut his hands and limbs consider
ably in his seIf-sacrificing rescue of
his sister. Tt is a custom of the Ha-
waiian women to search along the
beach and rocks for opihi. a species of
shell fish, and it appears that Mr..
Ahina's sister had slipped from the
rocks and was rapidly being dashed to
death when discovered and subse-
quently rescued by her brother.
HILO NOTES.
The Hawaii Jockey Club formally or
ganized last Tuesday night at Fire
mans Hall, electing officers for the
ensuing year and levying an assess
ment of twenty-five per cent of the
subscribed stock, which viii be called
for to be paid in at once. The officers
are: President, J. T. Moir; vice presi-
dent. w. H. c. Campbell; secretary, J.
D. Easton; treasurer. c. z. Wright.
The above officers with Julian Monsar-
rat, F. Brughelli and w. C. Walker to
form an executive committee. The
meeting was fairly we'll attended.
J. A Osorio came up from Honolu-
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