The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-18
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Hilo may get a chance to see the
| Cooley company.
Owner Of auto No. 1893 call at Ad-
vertiser business Office.
Kilohana Art League-box plan now
| open AT Wall, Nichols Co.
| G. H. Olson has applied for member
! ship in the Hawaiian Bar Association
/ Mystic Lodge No. ?. K. of P, will
meet in K. of P. hall at 7:30 this even
ling.
As February p is a legal holiday all
Territorial Offices will be closed that
day.
Two Portuguese families have taken
steerage passage in the Alameda for
the Coast.
Excelsior Lodge No. 1, I. o. 0. F.,
viii meet at 1880 this evening in Odd
Fellows hall.
Ladies' Auxiliary A 0. H, Division
No. l, viii meet at 8 o'clock this even
ing in c. B. L. hall.
There viii be a special meeting of
Oceanic Lodge No. 81, F. & A NJ, at
Masonic Temple this evening. Work
in the first degree.
Five cases of tuberculosis ended ia
tally in the fifteen days ending Feb.
Is. There were no other deaths from
contagious disease.
Who said the Eagles were dead? If
You think so and you are a member
just come up to the meeting on Feb.
26th and see the wings put on twenty
new birds.
Mrs. Puahi and her celebrated dan
GERS viii give Hawaiian dances at the
Puahi place. Kapiolani park, on the
night of the 22nd. Tickets may be
bought at the gate.
H. z. Cobb, formerly mayor of New
ton, Mass, died Feb 8, aged So Mr.
Cobb had visited in Hawaii, had prop
erty here and was always a staunch
friend of the islands.
There Is an artist in the Arabian
Nights" Mr.. Arnold, of Punahou, who
simply viii bring down the house when
his way OF securing models for his pie
lures comes LetOFe the audience.
On Wednesday last Messrs. Renton,
Hopper and Moragne, appraisers of the
Kappa lands, began their personal in
spection of the ground and appurte-
nant water resources. They are ac-
companied by Manager Fairchild of
Makee Sugar Co, Government survey
or Harvey and Stenographer Mcbride.
The fourth annual meeting of the
Civic Federation will be held in Y. NJ.
c. A. hall Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Notices are now being sent
out to members. The officers and COM
mittees viii give reports. The election
Of five members of the executive cCm-
mittee viii also be held.
among the passengers of the Hong
kong Maru, returning to the Orient,
were Sun SEE zee, Consul General of
China at San Francisco. who is to re-
main in China for year, and Engineer
Captain TeTugoro Fujii, of the Japa-
nese navy, who is returning from Lon
don on business connected with the Jap
anese Admiralty.
No indication of choice for the va
cant tax assessorship has yet been
shown by the Executive. The Gov
ernor stated yesterday that several
persons had been recommended by
their respective friends, both personal
" and by letter. The Republican
leaders" are said to have presented
the names OF Smithies and Hapai.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
central Union CnurCn conducted the
service at Leahi Home last Sunday.
Mr.. Geo. W. Patty led the meeting,
assisted by thirteen of the Endeavor-
ers, and Miss E. Wolf officiated at the
organ. At the end of the meeting fruit
and flowers were distributed. All voted
it a helpful and inspiring meeting.
John Emmeluth is building a bran
dy still for the Kona Vineyards Coz
which has a permit to make brandy
from pineapples, grapes, figs and ber-
ries. Application has been made to
Washington for a permit to include
other fruits Astounding in the district.
The still has capacity of sixty gallons
a day and VIII be shipped to kona next
week.
At the annual meeting of the Homo !
mu Sugar Co., held at the office of c.
Brewer & Co, yesterday, Manager !
Pullar'S report showed a crop of 5502
tons of sugar for 1907, being 200 tons
over his estimate of last year, not
withstanding that the juice was inju-
riously affected by the unusually wet
season. over an average yield was an
for this year, while the crop
for 1909 would be from the largest area
the company has yet cultivated.