The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-01-24
WEALTH Of HUI
GIVES TROUBLE
Lihue. January II.

After many years of poverty 50 ex-
treme that it was often a problem
how their taxes were TO be paid. the
wainiha Hui, owing to the installa-
ton OF the Kauai Electric Co, finds
Itself in a fiourishing condition, with
a full treasury and under the neces-
sity of paying dividends. At the an
nual meeting in September last they
declared a dividend OF S14 a share. And
ever since the treasurer. manager and
the board OF directors have been
wrestling with the problem OF paying
this dividend, for 1t is not as simple
/ a proposition as might be supposed
Originally there were seventy-one
shares, but these original shares have
changed hands and been split up 50
finely and so variously that they ars
very elusive and hard to mango. One
company controls shares and fractions
| of shares so heterogeneous that only
after long and profound study can they
be added on the basis of a common
denominator OF 10.Oso. That makes the
treasurer scratch his head and want
to go fishing. A premium is given to
those fortunate people who own sim
pie. whole shares; they are easy. so
they get their dividend promptly: the
rest with large denominator interests
must wait until the wainiha officers
have gone to school a while longer
Garden Island.
SUCCESSFUL RAID.
Deputy Sheriff Ellis. with four reg
ular and three special officers. raided
a Chinese game at Kapaa on Sunday
of last week. The place was barred
and guarded, but the raiders got in by
ripping off board. They captured
forty-nine gamesters, OF whom forty
six put up bail of S. each. Three were
aged and dependent men. OF whom no
exaction was made. BAN being for
feited on Monday. the county Is in
$3.50 by the raid.
STOLE A CHECK.
Koakano Opeka is in jug again He
has been there before. but Jail and
Jail life are apparently congeniaf
things to him. He came into the Ii
hue store the other day with a check
drawn by Chas. Makee as trustee for
the Wainiha Hui in favor of Kuai He
lemoku. Kuai hadn't endorsed the
paper, but the clerk to whom he ap-
piled to get 1t exchanged for coin was
in hurry and did not notice this fact.
At night when the clerks turned In
the cash for the day it was discovered.
however, that the seven dollars had
been obtained in a rather irregular
manner. Sheriff Rice Immediately sur
missed who the author Of the deal was.
and one OF the clerks had seen Opeka
in the coffee shop treating a number
of lady friends, although he was
known not to have done any work for
few months. District Magistrate
Dole. on the case coming before him.
sentenced Opeka to one years impris-
onment.
WAIMEA NOTES.
C. II. Kluegel, the engineer OF the
Public Works Department. paid Wal
mea visit. inspecting the new en-
bankments and their effect on the cur
rent in the river.
Judge Hofgaard is under the wealth
er, but hopes to pull through He
isn't alone in his misery. as mos. OF
the residents. Mr.. Aaaser OF course
excepted, are feeling bad and speak
ing worse. They deny that the holi-
toNS nave any Nuiis 10 10 Win llt
case
Some of the Fayes and Knudsens
took trip up to the summer attitudes
this week, but didn't remain long
With the thermometer in the ffties in
the lowlands. the climate has very few
at four thousand feet ele-
Miss Aileen Aldrich went to Homo.
lulu by the Tuesday boat with the
purpose of undergoing an operation
FOR appendicitis.
PERSONAL ITEMS.
c. K. Haze has been appointed jail
,r at Kapaa instead OF J. A. KealCha,
who suddenly resigned.
Chas Girvin, formerly OF Makaweli.
s spending weeks vacation with his
sister, Mrs. w. II. Rice Jr
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Myers OF KiIau-
"a returned from their trip to the
orient this week. Japan is very nice.
1ut 1 want to have a good look at
Kauai again." Mrs Myers said as soon
Is the worst shock OF the travel be-
ween Honolulu and NawiIlwiH was
,ver.
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