The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-09-18
LOT Of H|LO
HAPPENINGS

Kau, came down to Hllo Thursday In
company with n son OF +. =. Dodge,
superintendent OF the Bishop estate.
Mr.. Baldwin returned TO Kau Sunday.
This region In which he In working has
never been surveyed or properly de-
scribed. and Mr.. Baldwin says his sur
vey Will change the maps OF that sec
tion. The lava flows are not correctly
represented on the maps; pals of
height and extent not heretofore known
have been discovered, and earthquake
cracks have been traced and mapped.
These cracks are parallel to each other.
extending from Kilauea to the sea.
That of the 1868 earthquake. the larg-
est. is so feet wide. The region Is full
of these crevices, making II difhcult
and dangerous travelling for horses.
One of his men lost horse whose leg
was broken by stepping into a small
crevice, and the horse of another back
ed into a wider but not deep crevice.
fortunately without injury to itself or
rider. The pals extend for 20 or 30
miles and in this region are 1900 feet
in height in places. They are supposed
to be tremendous geologic faults, and
over them later lava flows have pour
ed Mr.. Baldwin characterizes 1t as the
toughest country he was ever In, which
ia saying a good deal. The region Is
devoid of water, which, of course, has
to be carried from a distance, and 1t
was found that horses were not equal
to the work. making use of mules nee
essary. Horseshoeing outfits are car
ried along everywhere and daily shoe
ing was necessary, the cowboy help
being very expert at this job. A
number of kipukas, or patches OF good
land, were found amongst the lava
flow, one several hundyed acres in ex-
tent. A few weeks more will be re-
ouired to complete the survey Of this
locality, when he will move camp to
the uplands on Mauna Loa where the
country Is much less rough and where
several months of surveying work re-
main to be done.-Tribune.
TO WELCOME VISITORS.
Arrangements are being made by the
Hilo Board of Trade TO suitably enter
tain the California editors and news
paper representatives who visit Hilo
this week. committee, with the coun-
ty band, will meet the party at the
dock. The afternoon will be occupied
in driving about Hilo and to nearby
points of interest. In the evening they
will be treated TO a grand luau and ball
In the arn,ory to which large number
of guests will be invited. The execu-
tive committee of the Board of Trade,
at a meeting held Monday morning,
appointed as the committee OF arrange
ments: Mr.. E. N. Holmes, DR.. H.
Hays and Messrs. VIM. Mckay, c. T..
Wright, A. NJ. Burns and j. W. Marsh;
and on finance: Messrs c. Casten-
dyck, A. Lindsay and C. A. Stobie.-
Tribune.
HOME RULE CONVENTION.
The East Hawaii county convention
of the Home Rule party was held at
Firemen's hall I'm this city Monday,
Sept. 10. Chas. Motley. of Honolulu,
was elected chairman and d. X. He
wahewa, of Hilo, secretary. A partial
ticket only was nominated as follows:
For Senator-T. B. Ahleong.
For Representatives-Wm b. Nal
lima. Jr., OF Puma; and S. Kahana, of
Hilo.
Sheriff-w. NJ. Keolanui.
Treasurer-T. X. I.alakea.
Supervisor. Puma District. AHA.
Hilo District-Wm. Todd. Sr.
Eleven delegates We're present, the
remaining two being represented by
proxies. The West Hawaii convention
will be held at Waimea on Thursday,
Sept. 13.-Trlbune.
APPRAISED LANDS.
Sub-Land Agent williams and John
Bohnenberg were at Laupahoehoe last
week appraising government lots pre-
paratory to their being placed on the
market. The lots lie between Laupa-
hoehoe and Papaaloa on the uplands,
are forty in NUMBER and varying size
from II to 20 acres, averaging about 20
acres. The land is desirable for sugar,
tobacco or fruit. They also spent
day appraising IS lots at upper Maui
lua, likewise to be placed on the mar
ket This lutter is forest land. for
merly taken up by the Gere Settlement
Association. This land is also valuable
for agricultural purposes.-Tribune.
STAGE REALISM.
A drop curtain in Spreckels hall has
been transformed by the brush of the
artist, Miss Ewaliko The application
of some color Introduction of a num-
Der of figures and vehicles in the Wal
anuenue street scene depicted on the
curtain, has been magical. At the sug-
gsstion of the custodian of the prop
erty the reality has been reproduced
as nearly as possible and the view is
quite lfelike even to the form OF Mr..
Wright in front of the Volcano stables.
Tribune
ITEMS.
J. c. Mocine went to Kohala by the
Kinau Friday to advise about the con-
struction OF an ice storage plant for the
Kohala Club. The ice suoply will come
from the Hilo Electric Light Works and
be renewed by weekly shipments. Mr..
Mocine will return next Kinau.
Mr. Clark. expert ON diseases of the
sugar cane for the Colonial Sugar Re
finers Co. Fill Islands. Was in Hilo
several days last week visiting the
various plantations In this vicinity. He
was looking for treatment for par
ticular disease affecting the Fill Is
land cane but found the disease un-
known hereabout.
A. w. Minvielle. with his wife and
family, leaves by the Hilonian this
week on his return to Porto Rico. He {
came To this country five years ago !
with the Porto Rican laborers for the
and has had charge of the
Porto Rican store on the olaa planta-
ton
Senator Palmer p. Woods is not go
ng to Cuba. according to the state