The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-19

levening call on S. R. Dowdle. whose
residence is situated Dearby, high upon
the side of the gulch. The narrow
path from the road leading up along
the precipitOus side of the little canon
lis a most dangerous one especially
after dark
1t is thought that while ascending
| this pathway Mr.. Wells. confused by
the darkness, slipped, fell and rolled
| down the rocky side to the bottom of
! the valley. The depth OF the gulch at
| this point is said to be from so TO 100
feet.
| The following afternoon Mr. Dowdle.
| becoming anxious because of several
| inquiries after Mr.. Wells, made a
search and finally found him in a
| semi-cOnscious condition on the floor
of the gulch. Summoning assistance
Mr.. DowGle had the injured man con-
veyed to the Kealahou school cottage
and on the following day to Paia plan
| tation hospital, where he has the at
| tention of DR.. w. F. McConkey and
skiifuI nursing.
| He suffered a compound fracture Of
one of his legs, a severe cut on the
head, another on the face and many
bruises. His condition is critical
though there was a slight improve
ment this morning.
NOTES.
The Board of Supervisors finished
their monthly meeting at Waikiki on
Friday and adjourned until Dec. 4.
A new pump is being Installed on
Puunene near the Spreckelsville school
house. 1t has a capacity of Il, 100000
gallons a day and will force this water
into Haiku ditch
The work Of placing large rocks re-
Enforcing the Kahului breakwater has
ceased. The plantation has other use
for it's cane cars.
Several new autos have arrived on
Central Maui recently. The chapter of
accidents as related by their owners is
a large one. One of the machines got
caught in the Quicksands at Kihei and
was extricated by passing hack.
The Kahului church will hold a ba-
Zaar at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. w. Filler of Kahului the evening of
the 18th. and the Paia Foreign church
will hold it's bazaar at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Carley, Paia, the
evening of the Both.
Considerable blank voting by Repub-
hcans was INDUCED in at last election
at Puunene, Wailuku and other places, |
when only two candidates are run
ming, this procedure means voting for
the Home Rule party. The advantage
gained thereby is hard to perceive, for |
the Republican ticket-man for man.
was the equal (to say the leasD in |
character and ability to that presented |
by the Home Rulers. Such voters prob |
ably did not thoroughly consider what |
their action really meant.
@. J. Austin of the territorial agri- /
cultural department will soon assume |
the managership of the American-Ha-l
waiian Rubber Co. at Nahiku.
Misses Lille Patty and Elsie Schaef-
er of Honolulu are the guests of Mrs.
Dora Won Tempsky, of Kula.
Miss Wren, who has been a resident |
of Kahului for a year past returned to
San Francisco by Wednesdays steamer.
Err. and Mrs. F. A. Alexander of Pa
ia are at Olinda House.
Mrs. Gray and son of Boston are at
"Idlewild," near Olinda.
Wednesday night a wireless was re-
ceived on Maui that the schooner XII
neo and all on board have arrived
safely at Philadelphia after a voyage
Of more than 200 days around the Horn
for Kahului.
A Japanese minus both hands-cut
off in the roller of a mill on Hawaii
has been soliciting money in Central
Maui to pay his expenses back toi
Japan.
Recently epizootic has been prevalent
among the horses of Waikiki and Ma
&awao districts.
Weather-Cool and dry. Light show
ers in localities.