The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-06-16

Have you encountered the kOhala
| Knock? If not you must have been
asleep since the last Mauna Loa ar
rived. The Kohala Knock is the sound
| that is heard when you mention Kohala
to those who went to the ditch opening
1t is sometimes a series of blanks, as
/ when you talk to a distinguished oahu
supervisor, at other times it is an ex-
preston of panied surprise, such as
seems to have spread over the faces of
the Honolulu contingent when they
found what they We're up against in
Kohala. You see, they expected that
preparations had been made to receive
them, and perhaps even that u fatted
calf, or wee bit of chicken had died
that they might live. And they found
well l decline to tell.
l don't understand how it was that
Honolulu had such hard luck at Ko-
hala. In the words of Tennyson some
one had blundered." Certainly Kohala
contains as fine a lot of men as any
other district and they were full of
welcomes and hospitality. But who
had forgotten that the way to a mans
heart is through his stomach? AS l
say, l don't understand it. The Ko-
hala club, or hotel, missed a fine chance
to give itself a reputation that would
have attracted many from here, for if
there is special beauty spot about
the islands it is in this vicinity and if
there are nicer, fresher, cooler breezes
that those which stir the palms of this
region, the place that owns them must
be the lost Garden wherein a fatal APP
pie led to all our woes. As it is, in
stead of encomiums upon the charms
of Kohala, the men who returned from
the ditch opening are making Homo
lulu resound with the Kohala Knock
@ @ Q Q
The newspaper men who went to ko-
hala are calling Palmer Woods the
IMAM who does things" 1t appears that
there was a blunder somewhere about
the arrangements for them, for the
vehicle that was to have taken them to
the ditch opening ceremonies came not.
With Land Commissioner Pratt and
other important personages who should
have been present they sat and waited
while the m nutes went by. The joking
began to die out as the time grew too
short to reach the ditch. There was
anger or gloom upon a number of faces,
when Palmer Woods came i'm like a
breeze of energy. \ newspaper man
tackled him on the rig proposition. Was
it possible that the district of Kohala
had one rig left? The Senator said
something like Sure kela" and at once
began TO hustle. 1t was the style of
his hustling that gave him the name of
Man who does things. In a few minu-
ties he had fine team and surrey at
hand and from that time on the news
paper writer's got about the district in
a whirlwind of activity. l am told that
Land Commissioner Pratt got to the
ditch opening finally, too late. He
came in what was politely called
"buss." But if it wasn't a Japanese
stage the Honolulu visitors don't know
one when they see it.
G 6 G @
The railway from Mahukona looks a
bit scary at places, where the train
races over trestles. 1t must be safe,
for last Sunday a big trainload went
over it, carrying the Kohala ditch eX-
cursionists. But some of them thought
it wasn't A friend of mine sat close
to George A. Davis who was q very at
tentive observer of the bridges as they
came and went Davis was observed
to be talking, as if to himself and my
friend caught a few words: Downing,
operating, conducting and maintaining
railway in the said district" The
distinguished attorney was framing a
complaint. But the bridges held.
@ @ @ @
The price of frogs has gone up. As
soon as Diamond Head Charlie report
ed an unknown French man-of-war in
the offing the frog dealers and raisers
began to speculate over the increased
demand for the white meated fellows.
The Frenchmen are famous for their
love for frog legs and | expect to
hear of there being a shortage of frogs
in the market by the first of the week
after the French crew get shore leave.
Q @ G @
When the Molokans Went to Kauai
! and got out in the canefields for the
first time, they discovered that there
We're centipedes in the fields and that
the cane grew short but copious whs
kers, known as fuzz which is de-
cided irritant If it gets under the cloth
a3SS-S%-S%sss-S-:"" "":.-st'.S 49, =