The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-28

FARMERS

HILo. February 24.-lThe Hilo Board
of Trade has under consideration and
In the hands OF committee the sub
ject of minor industries for this sec
ton of the island. on the committee
are men who have had some expert
ence with the soil and they are con-
sidering particularly the establishment
lof banana and pineapple culture by n
large corporation. 1t seems to be the
opinion OF at least one member OF the
committee that the only way for the
people to accomplish anything is by a
coordination of interests. What has re-
suited to the good of the grower in
other places should follow here The
suggestion that n cannery be establish
ed viii have full attention by the COM
mittee, and 1t may be proposed that
the organization, that is, the Board OF
Trade, father the scheme to the ex-
tent that it viii lend aid in the mat
ter of promotion. The growers have
nearly reached the conclusion that it
is necessary to have an agent for the
banana growers at the coast and an in
spector here who will go into the fields
and select the punches to be shipped
and at the proper time oversee the
weighing of the punches, for II is pro-
posed, in order to encourage growers to
ship only large punches. to ship only
by weight.
This plan was suggested by commits
sion man at the coast before bananas
We're grown here for export II sufficient
land is guaranteed for pineapples 1t is
possible that cannery would be start
ed by local capital with the idea that
the production would not be confined
TO canned pineapples and that chutney
and jellies would form part of the
output This report may be presented
at the regular monthly meeting of the
Board, which takes place on Friday
night.
MATCH ARRANGED.
| Doctor Jones has arranged a wrest-
ling match between a man by the
name of Parks, late of Scotland ana
the champion Japanese wrestler known
as the Honolulu Bull. The bout will
be for the championship of the Ha-
waiian Islands. Mr.. Parks has record
In Scotland for wrestling and he feels
confident that he can throw the Japan
ese In two out of three falls. The style
Will be pure Japanese. which means
that there will be no catching at the
breech clout. This was the proposal
of the bull and was acceded to by Mr..
Parks. The match will take place two
weeks from Saturday at either the park
or the armory.
HILO NOTES
Mrs. ID. Huntington and her daugh-
ter. Miss Gertrude Huntington. will be
the guests of Mrs. Henry Hayes dur
ing the remainder OF the month. Mrs.
Huntington Is the widow of DR.. ID.
Huntington of the u. s. Army, and she
and her daughter are old acquaintance
of Mrs. Hayes in Washington. ID. c.,
where DR.. Huntington was located.
| There was a slight suspicion of foul
play in the case of drowning of the Jap
anese woman at Waiakea last week.
but an investigation proved the oppo-
site to be the case.
The long continued drought has re-
duced the water supply of Olaa planta-
ton to an extent that the cane has to
be taken to the mill by train instead
of in the fiume.
Sheriff Seare went to Laupahoehoe
on Monday to look into the matter of
applicants for the position of deputy
sheriff there.
The race for the judgeship In the
First Circuit is between Matthewman
and Derby. with the latter's chances
rather the best.
Judge Lindsay gained pound of
flesh day during his stay at the Vol
cano House.
The Reinhardts are preparing to plant
about thirty acres of their Olaa land
| in bananas.
A. III. Jackson returned on Saturday
from n successful insurance business
trip along the HamalSua coast.
| There was a material reduction in the
number of punches of bapanas shipped
on the Enterprise last week.
| Trustee Richards of Mooheau Park
states that they have no money on
hand with which to improve the park.
A planters meeting was held last
Thursday in Hilo of the managers of
HlIo and North Hilo districts and 1t
was decided to send John T. Moir to
represent the two districts at the quar-
terly meeting of the Planters Assoca-
ton to be held in Honolulu March 6.