The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-07-26
kauai
HAPPENINGS
japanese Thug Shoots
Woman. Business
and Social.

LIHUE, Kauai, July 3.-The police
are looking for Muranaka, japanese
| who shot the wife of a countrymar
named Kodama in the thigh. He fired
at her through a window. A flesh
| wound was inflicted. Two weeks before
| the shooting Kodama surprised Mura
naka on visit to Kodama IS wife, and
after the intruder had disappeared
| through a window five dollars of the
husband IS money was missing. The
| scene of all these events was at Ma
kaweli Landing.
Judge Hardy affirmed sentence OF
Hanalei district court on Hoon Sing
being fine of 800 and costs for kick
ing Ishisaki on his failure to pay him
debt of So on demand upon the road
The kick felled the victim, rendered
| him unconscious and, according to the
Garden Island, manned him for life.
Waimea plantation can boast of the
finest field of cane grown in the Ter
ritory. At least, that is what all Wal
mea people claim and are willing to
stake dollars on.
a strong vault is being constructed
for the Lihue bank, in which a set of
safe deposit boxes will be installed
JAPANESE LABOR CLUB.
The japanese residents of Lihue and
Hanamaulu have formed Social Club
with view of making life a little
more pleasant to the laborers than is
generally their lot. The idea is to
meet once week, and entertain them
with five-minute talks on subjects of
general interest to them, give them ac-
cess to play different games, etc. The
aim of this club is to make it so pleas
ant for the laborers that they will stay
on the place. and cease rowing from one
intentions of the founders of the new
club is to have it take charge of the
entertainment of newcomers to the dis
trict By making them feel that they
are in the midst of countrymen who
aim at making it as homelike and pleas
ant as possible for them, it is argued
that majority of the men will stay
on the place and not be lured away
by the oily-tongued labor agent from
California.
AN ELECTRIC EVENT.
The formal opening of Kauai Elec-
tric Co. IS new plant has not been
definitely fixed, but will probably take
place Saturday, August 4. The steam
er Mauna Loa will take a number of
invited Honolulu people direct to Ha-
nalei ard from there to Wainiha. After
the opening ceremonies the steamer will
take the whole party round by Napali
to EIeele, where they will go ashore
and take the train for Laval. Here
a luau will be served after which the
guests will be escorted to koloa Land
ing, where the Mauna Loa will await
them for the final return trip.
A TAX MATTER.
At the meeting of the Supervisors
last week the failure of the Makee
Sugar Co. to pay taxes due on the
assessment compromised on was forci-
bly, brought home to all and many We're
the speculations INDUCED in by Won
dering public, as to the cause given
by the corporation for such action. No
body seemed to know positively.
1t now transpires that the sugar
company offered to pay half of the
taxes. or the part that IVES due at
the time of the first half yearly pay |
dav. The assessor informed them that |
there was still a matter of $500 due as /
penalty. This latter claim was con- /
sidered groundless by the corporation
and it was therefore decided not to pay |
at all until forced to it by |
the courts.-The Garden Island.
THE LAWS DELAYS.
The Garden Island says editorially:
..rrhis IS the third term that the
eoure is kept busy with Tai LAX and
1is alleged offenses against the laws
IF the Territory Each time 1T costs
he taxpayers a goodly sum of money.
It is not to be wondered at that the
mans own lawyers apply all the legal
.ricks that they can possibly think of
o save him, it is, however, to be re
yretted that the Attorney General
department. should join hands with the
.ouosel for the defense for the mulctlng
If the treasury. A Judge Parsons IS
,vidently needed in Honolulu as well
Is IN Hilo.''
SOCIAL NOTES.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. a. Kinney and Mr.
". d. McBryde spent Tuesday last
With Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Lydgate at
heir camp at Kamooloa. Mr.. and Mrs.
'urvis and family joined the party IN
he afternoon They all expressed
themselves as delighted with the re-
ZION.
Beth the Knudsen families have de
erted Waiawa for the Summer ana
aiken up their abode AT cool Hale