The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-01-24

PAYS WELL

MAUI. January 21.--Tuesday after
noon the stockholders OF the Maui Tele-
phone Company held their annual
meeting at the Paia plantation office
and reelected all their officers except
four Of the directors. who held over.
The officers OF the company are II. p.
Baldwin, president ID. c. Lindsay. vice
president; w. S. Nicoll, secretary; +.
b. Carley, treasurer; Messrs. r. F.
Engle J. w. Fleming, r. A. Wads-
worth. H. A. Baldwin, c. d. Lufkin
and w. o. Aiken, directors.
At a meeting of the directors 1t was
decided to run a new line to the house
of the manager OF the Kailua section
of Paia plantation. to extend the line
along the Hamakua ditch and to con-
struct new line from Kailua (Huelo)
to Keanae. The poles for these i'm
provements have just arrived by the
Nebraskan.
The telephone company is in a most
prosperous condition under the man
agement of Superintendent z. b. Car
ley and will continue to pay the regular
1 per cent per month dividend.
ENTERTAINMENT.
Saturday evening Mrs. Dora Won
\ Tempsky gave a high tea at her resi-
dence at Puuomalei, Makawao. There
] was tennis playing before dark, then
i card playing (pedro) and a fine spread
! followed by dancing until IL or II
o'clock. The forty or fifty guests pres
ent hugely enjoyed themselves, the cool
weather making the exercise of dane
ing the more attractive
CHURCH MEETING.
Tuesday evening the annual society
meeting of the Paia Foreign Church
was held in the church parlors. DIR.
Beckwith's resignation as pastor was
accepted with much regret and a COM
mittee composed of II. p. Baldwin, D.
| C. Lindsay and w. S. Nicoll was ap-
pointed to procure minister to fill the
vacant position, both temporarily and
permanently.
Nothing definite has been done about
the matter as yet. All the officers of
| the society were reelected.
/ The barkentine Mary Winkelman did
not leave Kahului until Sunday for
i Grays Harbor, Wash. The delay was
4 caused by the dismissal of one sailor
} and the shipping of another.
:. With sugar at 800 or more a tor
prosperity should be the rule on Mau
and throughout the Territory. For ex.
ample, Puunene, the largest plantation
on the island, with a predicted yielt
!, of $4,000 tons of sugar, should show al
| income of $3,500,000 and deducting eX
penses, roughly estimated at $150,0O0 ;
I month Ga matter of $1,SO0,OO0 for tn
| Year,. should have a profit of s1,700,
p 000 No wonder II. C. & s. Co., Pho
t neer and other stocks are on the rise.
1t is reported that Sheriff l.. NJ. Bald
\ win of Maui has been offered the po
I sition of Sheriff of Hawaii, but pre-
[ fers to retain his present billet. l
would be difficult to find more homes
[ men than Sheriff Baldwin of Wailuk,
Y and Sheriff Andrews of Hilo.
g John c. Searle of Hilea, Hawaii. wht
r will soon succeed Sheriff Andrews, i
e the brother of r. c. Searle of Homo
U lua ranch, Lahaina.
o on Tuesday Kula rancher was fineC
3 so by the Makawao court for trans
crossing the wide tire act of 1898. II
= was stopped on the plains by a police
t man while conveying a load of prod
e uce to Kahului.
A crater party that visited Halea
s kala recently reports icicles hangin
! from the mouth of the cave near tn
S summit.
A fine large cottage is being built b
e the Maui Agricultural Company at Ka
ilua on Paia plantation for the us
y of G. w. Wilbur, who is managing tha
II section of the sugar estate. j. j. Hal
has succeeded to the management o
:, the Kaluanui section.
The committee appointed to selec
v and order the new books for the Ma
i kawao Book Club for 95 and 80 ar
'' Mrs. II. A. Baldwin, Mrs. w. S. Nicol
and Mrs. F. w. Hardy.
;, Rev. o. p. Emerson preached at Pal
: Foreign Church last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harding of Illinois hav
: been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. d.
;, Lindsay of Paia.
Roland T. Wilbur has given up tn
postoffice at Nahiku and removed I
Makawao.
!, Harry Hoffman of Honolulu Is Wis
"a iting S. Hooking of Hamakuapoko.
on Wednesday l.. Won Tempsky II
turned from Honolulu, where he acte
as presiding officer of the Live Stoc
Breeders Association.
The January meeting of the Makaws
\ Literary Society will take place at Nj
unaolu Seminary. Paia. Saturday ever
ing. the 2Sth.
NJ The steamer Nebraskan arrived
Kahului from Honolulu on Thursda
Miss MCGOWAN OF Kula returned fro
81 Honolulu by the steamer.
Or Nahiku is experiencing a drough
e, something most unusual for that SO
ton of country.
Weather-The phenomenal cold ter
perature continued. with exception
Sunday, when a heavy Kona wind BILE
de, all day.
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