The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-12-05
GRINDING
NEW CROP

AlbA nv Htti So Whhthc MN
started on the 1905 crop Thursday
morning at a. m. The mill has re-.
ccived thorough ovcrhauling this year
and number Of improvements have
been made. Both mills have been con.
verted from nine 90 twelve rollers,
which will give much better extrac'
ton Six centrifugal machines have
been installed, so the mill is in better
shape to handle the crop than ever be.
fore. IL is expected there will be n
much larger crop this year than last.
The first shipment of ii. c. & $. Co. 8
new crop will go by the Nevadan on
Sunday or Monday.
The mill force is about the same as
last year with the exception of two
additional engineers in the boiling
house. Wren Westcoatt has taken Mr..
Douse IS place and II. |. Shoemaker be-
comes head chemist. An assistant
chemist is soon to arrive from the
Coast.
Geo. Keeney, head bookkeeper of the
II. C. & s. Co., is laid up with bad
knee. He will not be able to be out for
about a month.
FAITHFUL MAN DIES.
ing of Thursday of this week removes
one of the most prominent and upright
Hawaiians of Waikiki. For several
years past he had been road overseer of
Waikiki district and many permanent
improvements are standing monuments
to his skill in his chosen work. He had
been in the employ of the road board
about twenty-one years. Starting as Il
common laborer, he rose to the position
he held at the time of his death. lie
was temperate, Industrious and faith
full, and took an intense interest in his
work. During his whole time of service
in the road department he was never
absent from his post of duty a single
day from sickness or any other cause,
although for several years he had been
great sufferer from rheumatism. He
was one of the most active workers in
the Wailuku District Improvement AS
ISOLATION and many of the results ac-
complished by that organization were
due to his untiring zeal. A leader of
men himself he was accustomed to obey
the orders of his superior officers to the
letter as far as he was able to do So
A consistent, energetic republican his
loss will be keenly felt by the party
He died of pneumonia after short i'll
ness and at the time of his death was
forty years of age. He leaves q
wife, who has been an invalid for some
years, and host of friends of all ma
tionalities who sincerely lament his un
timely death.
ITEMS.
A very enjoyable progressive pedro
party was given by Mr.. and Mrs. G. d.
| Lufkin on Tuesday evening last, in
| honor of G. II. Anterior of Honolulu
I Besides Mr.. Atherton, there were pres
| ent Judge and Mrs. Mckay, Mr.. an6
Mrs. Wadsworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Cope
land, Mr.. and Mrs. Wells, Mr.. Case
Mrs. Raymond and Miss Makee. TIL,
first prize, an elegant little vase, was
won by Mr.. Wadsworth; the booby
prize, white elephant, by Judge Nc
Kay. Music and refreshments contrib
uted to the enjoyment of IA most sue
cessful evening.
The drought still continues and il
especially bad in Kula, where there il
scarcely enough water for stock. Ma
kawao has had considerable rain
enough to keep pasturage in fair condi
ton. 1t has been very dry at Puunen'
with no rain to speak of, although
bitches are running full.
F. P. .Rosecrans, for several months
acting assistant bookkeeper at Paia, ha
been relieved by the return of r. o
Hogg from California. Mr.. Rosecran
left Wednesday for few days in Homo
lulu.
The Puunene school house will be fin
| ished sometime next week inside anC
out. 1t is quite an addition to Puunene
G. Hansen returned to Puunene Sat
urday after a short vacation spent il
Honolulu.