The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-09-10
P|NEAPPLEs AND
GRAPES ON MAUI

MAKAWAO, Maui, September T.
The Haiku Fruit and Packing Co. has
increased its output nearly hundred
per cent. Last year its record was
1900 cases Of canned pineapples. This
year $4,000 cases is the estimate with
winter crop of 10000 cases addition
al. This seems to warrant a new and
larger mandatory.
Another domestic industry that is
doing well Is that of grape growing
and wine-making at Kaupakalua- Last
year the winery pressed out 1900 gall
Ions of Burgundy, this year 14,GO0 GAL
. Ions is anticipated in spite of the fact
that bad weather has injured the
grapes. The yield of grapes in the
Kaupakalua section this year was evil
IDENTIFY hundred per cent. greater
/ than last year. OF the seventy-two
stockholders of the local wine COM
pany all with three or four exceptions
grow grapes and if the wine company
proves successful will increase the
area of their vineyards. At present
they are receiving thirty cents per
gallon for wine made of their grapes.
The wine company has about $4,000
gallons of wine in storage.
A reception will be given Rev. and
Mrs. Turner on Friday evening, the
18th.
Maunaolu Seminary, Paia, will open
on Wednesday, the 18th, Miss Heusner,
the principal, states that full school
is expected and that all pupils should
be prompt in entering.
Last Saturday, August 31st, Miss
Elizabeth Mattison, the new music
teacher to succeed Miss Ormerod, ar
rived on Maui. Miss Mattison is a
graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory
of Music.
Plover are returning TO the Maka-
wac pastures and pleasant shooting
will begin on the 10th. This recalls
the new hunting regulation that no
one is allowed to hunt Garry a gum
without paying an annual license fee
of five dollars. This rather severe
law was passed in order to protect the
game. 1t has been the custom in the
past for irresponsible people in certain
localities to slaughter birds indiscrim-
inately, not caring whether the birds
have broods of young or not.
Theodore Richards of Honolulu made
a brief business visit to Makawao last
week staying only one night.
Rev. and Mrs. A. S. Baker of Kona
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Nicoll
of Hamakuapoko. Mr.. Baker has been
quit i'll, but is better.
- n IN
Fleming of Grove Ranch departed for
the Coast for vacation of several
months.
| Father Edward has recently come to
Paia. He has charge of Catholic
churches at Paia, Puunene and other
places.
Geo. W. Wilbur and family will
locate at Los Angeles. His father has
already started a soda water manu-
factory there.
F. E. Atwater Of Haiku has just re-
turned from the National Teachers
Association meeting held at Los An
geles, Cal.
Arthur Collins has succeeded Harry
Foss at Hamakuapoko' as surveyor for
the Maui Agricultural Co.
| Sam Baldwin has returned to the
Coast after vacation spent with his
parents. He is a senior at Yale.
Hon. Levi Joseph and a number of
Hawaiians met the Longworth party
while on their recent trip at the pail,
just outside of Kipahulu, decorated
them with leis, and escorted them to
Manager All Pings for lunch.
At Wailua- on the other side of XII
pahulu on their way to Hama, Geo. O.
Cooper met the party with carriage
gayly adorned with bunting and pro-
vided them with iced drinks.
! August has been the most rainy
month of the year, and kamaainas
state the wettest August in twenty
seven years.