The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-01-07
WEATHER IS JUST
RIGHT FOR CANE
(staf Correspondence


HALEIwA HOTEL, January A.
The storing of water behind the great
Wahiawa dam has resulted in the
green cane fringe of the Waialua plan
tation creeping back up the Halemano
gulch for a good half mile and the
new cane growing on the upper lands
of the plantation, made available by
the new and certain water supply, is
looking exceptionally well. Just how
many acres of new cane there is was
one of the state secrets of the planta-
ton that 1 was not able to learn, but
there are nearly two thousand of acres
iof it, the whole area made irrigable
being nearly five thousand acres.
Everything at Waialua is going
smoothly and the grinding at the mill
is well under way. The labor situation
appears to be in a very satisfactory
state although l found very woeful
bunch OF japanese in front of the Of
fee yesterday afternoon. Each one
was gazing sorrowfully at q little pink
slip handed him from the pay window
with his money certifying that his poll
tax for the year 1908 was paid. AS
further evidence of the fact the
amount of money handed him was five
dollars short of what his time checks
called for. What aggravated the sit
uation was that the Waialua Japs
needed the money just now. on New
Years day the confiding Waialua |
Japanese had backed their horses
against three ringers brought over from |
Waipahu by the Portuguese and the |
celebration fizzled out right after the |
races, the invading Portuguese hitting |
off for home with the Japanese cash |
in their pockets.
There has not been much rain of late
and this has ripened the cane splendid
ly, assuring a good yield of juice and
diyidend prospects.
The Spanish laborers at Waialua are
settling down into a state of content
ment and many of them have worked
hard in making homes out of the cot
tages furnished them. Flowers have
been planted, vegetable patches put
in and gradually the look of baroness
so common to plantation houses has
The management of the
plantation profess to be very well sat
sfied with the new comers, who are
fast adapting themselves to circum-
stances and turning out to be steady
and faithful laborers.
GOLF EXPERT TIED RECORD.
A. McLaren, the golf expert, was
iown here for New Years, and made
good with the local frequenters of the
inks. He played three rounds, max
ng them in 50, SO and 81. Thirty-five
s the course record, made three years
igo by Downing, another profession
H. after some practise on the links.
Judge Archie Mahaulu and St. Clair
3idgood followed him around the links {
1ut refuse to divulge their records
The judge remarks that he plays a
purely amateur game, modelled on the
'lay of Prince Cupid and refuses to F.;
,ndanger his standing by going up
lgainst any professional.
VIEW YEARS DAY AT HALEIWA.
The Haleiwa Hotel was the gather {
ng point for the district on New 1
year's day. For lunch the hotel had
evenly guests and sixty, including
ig and merry party from Honolulu, t
Iad their holiday dinner here. The {
honolulu party included Mr.. and MIS-. t
:. P. Wilder, Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ I
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Smith, Mr.. '
nd Mrs. r. NJ. Atkinson, W. F. Dill a
ngham, j. S. Walker, Sam G. Will C
er and Clifford Kimball. These came :
own by train on New Years eve and
emained all the following day, well
oming the New Year with music and
ong.
Just now Mr.. and Mrs. Tenney, Mrs.
Iiffard and Mrs. Watson are here,
aving come on the first and expect
lg to stay until Sunday, when they
ill return to town by auto. Mr.. Ten
ey has spent today in going over the II
IN thousand acres of cane on the NJ
lantation and he tells me that never p
, far as he can remember has the a,
lne ever looked better. r
Tonight Manager Bidgood expects
1other automobile party from Homo u,
lu, including Senator and Mrs. w. h,
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Bald NJ
in, Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Cooke and
iss Grace Cooke, who will return to of
onolulu tomorrow afternoon. K
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