Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-03-24


nights, except Saturdays. That seemed
to be an oli-nignL with him, and some
times he would come in with wet feet
and forget the name of the night One
time. | remember 1t well. he came In
with load about o'clock, and it was
so heavy he could not realize that he
had not been at work. He locked the
door the same as If 1t had been three
| a. m, which was about his regular
' hour. Well among the unfortunates in
that house was Doc. Wayson and Doc
had way OF attending lodge meetings
so 1t was pretty hard for anyone to
Keep line on him. II happened that
the night | speak OF the lady OF the
house lighted some sulphur candles
and set them In the kitchen for the
purpose of Kidding the place of reaches
Well when Doc came home he found
the front door locked and after making
a few remarks he started Tor the back
door. which. by the way. happened to
be the one into the kitchen. by that
time the candles were doing real well
and every step nearer the door made
Doc less agreeable. He knew nothing
of the roach exterminators and did not
know what he was up against until he
turned Che door knob and made break
for the inside and when he got his first
Whit he lost his breath and was
Knocked out for a moment; he thought
i was the worst case OF sewer gas he
ever attended and II II had been In the
days of hurry-up wagons he would have
sent in an alarm. AS It was he beefed
and he beefed SO long and so hard over
thnmH IA aF In H.,
locked the door that the fellow gave
up his job and went to Hilo to live and.
believe me, In three months he was a
Kicker himself"
"How's the pineapple business COM
ing on?" asked the Knocker.
| "Uncanny. uncanny," said the Cheer
full Liar" and sometimes | think there
Is no very strong desire on the part OF
the people here to pull on the rope. This
thing of having all exodus is getting
mighty serious and II there is not
change pretty soon we are going to
hear something drop and there Is a
likelihood of Its falling on somebody's
toes. Why do you know that in the
past few years twenty-seven firms and
individuals In this town have gone out
of business and there has been no ono
to take their place. II that sort OF
thing continues | can imagine | hear
the people shouting from the tops OF
the buildings in a short time where
are we at?' No. sir. the pineapplee bus
mess Is not altogether a working In
dustry In Hilo AT this time and do
not know when II viii be. though, as
an opportunity Tor investment, moth
ing better mas ever been offered to our
people
"A few years ago" said tho EARLY
Riser "eyery load of fnrni,uro comin,
IN from the wharf was dIreeted tn,
ward a priyate bonse, now n goes IN
Lockington. TO n certain extent that
is n good sign for ~ no aha moi coli no
would moi Inv hut al the sama 4, gives
n fellow a better feeling 10 SOC new
people treking his way and Iocating
we wani people 10 come here and seI-
lie on the lands and cultivate them
with the same assiduousness as they
have been cultivated by the cane men.
There are some things that will give as
good returns TO the planters on this
island as cane and believe the pine
apple is one OF them. In some direc-
l''N"o h"N'N bt VBpoSiiioh
cane men for the reason that every
acre OF land put In pines will be taken
from cane ana that is where II hurts. /
do not believe. however. that that feel
ing Is anything like general, but II Is
sufficiently strong to make me pause
and ask whether. In view Of the depart
use OF so many people from this place
for the reason that there Is no encour-
agement for them TO stay. an invest
ment In hearse would not bring bet
ter returns than anything else. or
course there is an element OF risk even
In that for II the town should pick up
and not die after all | would have the
hearse on my hands and | know of lots
better things to have than hearse
when there are no funerals. What We
ask for. and what we must have, Is
something different from the oxygen
treatment, II must be more substantial
and with a jingle"
81 think you are dead wrong in TAX