The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-20
CONGRESSIONAL
PARTY On MAUI
Given a Splendid but Strenuous
Time by District Execu-
tive Committees.


: Mexican, the Congressional party mum
8 bering forty-seven, accompanied b,
} seven National Guardsmen under com
: mand of Lieutenant Nicely, arrived a
Kahului without mishap and up to tn,
present moment their visit to Maui ha!
; been grand success. The weather
has been propitious and the committee.
in charge of arrangements have done
everything possible in the way of en-
tertainment and hospitality The Con
gressmen are most complimentary as
to Maui's virtues.
With the Washington party were
Acting Governor A. L. c. Atkinson, l.
A. Thurston, F. NJ. Hatch, Senator c.
F. Chillingworth, Secretary Mcclellan
and several other Honolulu residents
and newspaper men.
Wednesday, on arrival at Kahului
the visitors were taken in charge by
the executive committee. N. S. Will
liams, F. F. Baldwin, c. B. Wells, W.
J. Coelho, Philip Pail, D. c. Lindsay,
c. D. Lufkin and w. A. McKay-and
| the following events filed out the
days program: A visit to the fine new
mill of the Wailuku Sugar Co., an in
/ spectiOn of the beautiful Wailuku
school building, where a patriotic pro-
gram was rendered by the pupils and
a trip up charming lao Valley. A
dainty luau in place of a lunch was
served in the valley at the picturesque
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Field, after
which a leisurely return to town was
made. The night was spent at the
homes of Waikiki, Kahului and Pun
meme citizens.
Thursday morning was devoted to a
visit to the great Puunene sugar mill
and to a review of the vast canefieIds
of the plantation. A train also con-
veyed the guests of the day to Kihef
where most of the party descended the
deep shaft at the pumping station. At
ter return to Puunene, where lunch
was eaten, the afternoon train of the
Kahului r. r. Co. was taken to Paia.
At Paia the Makawao reception COM
mittee consisting of H. A Baldwin l..
Won Tempsky, w. F. Pogue, Edgar
Morton and A. F. Tavares took the
guidance of affairs, and a procession
of thirteen carriages and three auto
mobiles with the American colors
showing here and there conveyed the
strangers seven miles up Haleakala's
slope to Brewers" Makawao, where
two score or more mounts awaited
riders
The eight guardsmen earlier in the
day had journeyed to Olinda where
they pitched two tents. Also a party
of ten under the direction of A. L. C.
Atkinson went up the mountain during
l.
night on the crater's edge.
The large delegation leaving BREW
er's" about o'clock p. m. reached
Olinda, four miles farther up the slope,
in the vicinity of o'clock. Here the |
night was spent in the three mountain
resorts-the greater part of the visitors |
tall the ladies and some of the mem |
at H A. Baldwin's Olinda House, a |
party of eight. at w. o. Aiken's idle |
wild" and party of six at 'Ukulele,"
belonging to Haleakala Ranch.
At l or 2 o'clock this morning boots |
and saddles" sounded and the ride to |
the top (thirteen miles), was success
fully made, the weather still being fav-
orable, not a cloud being visible on the
summit. The visitors were divided into |
three parties-H. A Baldwin having |
charge of those from Olinda House, L.
Won Tempsky guiding those from
''Ukulele'' and DIR. G.. S. Aiken, direct
ing the party from "Idlewild." Hale
akala Ranch cowboys did the saddling
Of the animals.
In spite of fine weather the ladies
and gentlemen of the party were thin
y clad for the cool atmosphere of Ha-
10, $50 feet above sea level, and
as the ladies were not provided with
riding costumes and were unaccustom-
I'd TO riding astride, the story Of the
of SO large a cavalcade of
'malihinis," many of them new to
riding, would be interesting
out will never be fully reported.
On return about noontime today to
0linda, an elaborate lunch will be serv
ID to the whole party and afterward
he ride to Makawao will be made,
where the night will be spent at va
'ious residences.
on Saturday morning the Atkinson
party of ten, including five Congress
men interested in irrigation, will make
he trip from Makawao to Keanae,
where, under the guidance of w. F.
oogue they will view some of the
arge bitches and waterheads. In the
.vening the steamer will stop at Kea-
|
On Saturday about noon a grand
Hawaiian Iuau will be served to the
-isitors at THE Fisheries in Kahului,
IS a farewell courtesy. Then a ride to
landing at Maalaea, where 1
he party embark for Hawaii, will ter
innate the Maui trip.
TEN INNINGS PLAYDE.
At Wells Park, Wailuku, on the 18th,
ten-inning game of baseball was
layed between the Stars of Wailuku 7
nd the Waikapus, the final score
landing 6 to 3 in favor of the Stars.
he fact that it required an additional
ming to decide the contest tells the
hole story.
The other game scheduled between
he Lahainas and Kahuluis was forfeited
Y the latter club. A big steamer fhe
-evadan) was in port, and five of the
-ahului nine were compelled to devote
lemseIves to business duties. The
ahaina men did not come to Wailuku
NOTES.
The steamer Nevadan arrived in Ka-
ului on Sunday and cleared the GUS