The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Pay vour taxes today.
There will be a meeting of the BOARD
Of Health tomorrow afternoon.
Mystic Lodge No. ? K. of P. will
meet in K. Of P. hail at 7:3O this
evening.
Court Canoes No. sic, A. O. F.. viii
meet in san Antonio hall at 1880 this
evening.
Ten per cent penalty on all taxes not
paid on the 18th inst.
Excelsior Lodge No. 1, I. o. o. F.,
VIII meet in Odd Fellows hall at 1870
this evening.
Work on the Alewa Heights road
began yesterday. with an augmented
force of laborers.
Chung wah Lodge No 4. K. of P.
VIII meet in its hall, Vineyard street,
/ at 7:S0 this evening.
Acting British Consul Forster made
an official call on Acting Governor
Mott-Smith yesterday.
There will be a meeting of the Buck
eye Club at the residence of C. H.
Dlckey on Friday al 1880 p. m.
Today is the last day of the Christ
mas art sale of the Kilohana Art
League. The sale closes at o'clock.
Mrs. Emma Nawahi will leave on the
kinau today for a months vacation
with her sister, Mrs. Akana, in HiIo
Last day to pay your taxes, Friday
the 18th irst.
The Ahahui Iolani viii hold a regu-
lar meeting at 8 O'Clock this afternoon
at the Sunday school-room of St. An
drew's cathedral.
Analyst Duncan of the Board of
Health has completed the analysis of
the contents of the stomach of Mrs.
Tcmo Murotake. who died of poisoning
in Wailuku last week
A fireproof vault ten by ten feet
square and fifteen feet h gh has just
been completed at the immigrant sta
ton. The number of documents need |
ing safe repository is constantly in
creasing.
Former Governor Carter and James |
A. Wilder win take a party of tbur<I
lists for a hunting trip to Molbkai |
Among their guests will be Mr.. Chase |
and Mr.. Gushing of Southern Califor- |
MIA, and William Kent of Chicago
DR. Arthur G. Hodgins yesterday |
morning declared his intention to be- |
come an American citizen. This dec /
laration was made in the United States
District Court He is a Canadian by /
birth, and has been in Hawaii since /
1899.
The U. s. collier Justin sails for
San Francisco this afternoon. She I
expects to make the trip in seven and |
a half days and should therefore get
mail to San Francisco ahead of any
thing else. She will probably carry /
mail.
caretaker Green of the Capitol lyex- |
perimenting with an acid soluaSh for |
cleaning the exterior of the Capitol. I
Where it has been applied it seems
effective, but time will be allowed to
determine whether the effects are per-
manent or not.
w. NJ. Minton called on Acting Gov
ernor Mott-Smith yesterday morning
to urge upon him the need of an i'm
proved water service at Kaimuki. He
said that the reservoirs now in service
were leakx and therefore wasteful. and
that they were at too low level to
supply the district properly.
1t now appears that Friday, Novem
Der Is, is not a legal holiday. 1t is
merely Arbor Day. Accordingly it will
be the last day for paying taxes with
out the addition of the delinquent pen
atty The tax office will be kept open
until 8 o'clock in the evening for the
accommodation of taxpayers.
The regular meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce will be held tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock. A report is
expected from the committee which
has had under consideration the mat
ter of sending someone to Washington
to assist Delegate Kalanianaole in the
Pearl Harbor and other matters be-
fore Congress. A. L. c.. Atkinson has
been spoken of as a possible represen-
tative.
Dr. Walter Brinckerhoff and F. NJ.
Pease go to Molokai today to look over
the grounds decided to the United
States by the Territory for the Iepro-
sarium authorized by Congress. Mr..
Pease is the architect and constructor
sent here by the Treasury Department
to carry on the work of construction.
He says he does not anticipate any de-
Law after the material is landed on the
ground