The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-08
LOCAL. BREVITIES

Court Canoes, No. s1l0, A. o. f, will
meet in San An.onio hail at 7:30 this
evening.
The Hawaiian band will probably
play at the departure of the liner Man
ehurla this morning at ten 0 'eEaek.
Governor Fraar signed FIVE forest re-
serve proelamati0ns yesterday morning,
thus adding 103 Hi acres to the present
reserves in the Territory.
The Palace Cafe will go out of bust
ness so far as liquor-selling is concern
ed on July /, as no application for a
renewal of license has been made.
Excelsior Lodge, No. l, I. o. 0. F.,
will meet IN Odd Fellows hall at 1870
this evening. Members of Harmony
Lodge and sojourning brothers are in
vited to attend.
| Application has been made to Gov
ernor FreaI for a. territorial deposit of
$4,000 of government funds in the Ma
Itional Bank of Waikiki.
| The annual dinner of the Kameha-
,meha Alumni Association Will be given
at the Manual school tonight. Governor
,Frear, Delegate kuhio, and trustees of
1.-THE school are among the invited guests.
| the iunket Of the Congressional party
/ to Hawaii has been postponed to Au-
| gust "a. owing to the fact that the
tariff debate will prevent the adjourn
| ment of Congress ON the date first ex-
pected.
a number of unpleasant duck farms
near the Roe mansion on Kalakaua
avenue are being vacated and the build
| ings removed, as the Federal govern
ment has taken possession of this strip
of land.
! Colonel Schuyler of the Fifth Cav
airy spoke before the Social Science
Club at the home of Judge Ballou last
evening, taking for his subject the
story Of his experiences with Kuropat-
kin IN Manchuria.
Hugo Fisher, the watercolor artist,
father of Harrison Fisher, the cele-
brated illustrator, now painting in the
Canadian Rockies, has sold one of his
recent pictures to the president of the
Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
Governor Frear leaves on the Mauna
Kea today for a ten-days' trip to Ha-
wall. Questions affecting government
lands is the reason for the Governor Is
trip. Among the subjects that will re
ceive the attention of the Chief Execu-
tive is the Paapa4a fences, which have
been before government for some time
To stTaighten out their affairs at the
Settlement, all those persons who were
recently declared to be free from
leprosy viii leave for Molokai this
! evening. Several of them own consider
able property at the Settlement. Eight
Of the eleven have petitioned the Board
of Health, through DR.. Wayson, to be
allowed to return permanently to Mo
lokai.
A sale of government lands yesterday
brought good figures above the upset
prices For lots at Kaneohe, the first
was sold to Henry Cobb Adams for
Il $3.50, the upset price being $317.50. The
| second went to Mrs. J. w. Grote for
$3.50, upset price being 1895. The third
to j. l. White for $3.50, the upset
/ price being 1895. The fourth to John
E, Pahia for $500, upset price 500.
Fifth to Isaac Adams, $410, upset price
$337.50. A lot at Waikalua was sold
to H. L. Kerr for $685.
A highly enjoyable supper was given
by u. S. Naval Inspector Fenelon E,
LOWING at ftuo udNdl ueduQudIt6TS
Pearl Harbor, on Wednesday last, in
honor Of Princess Kawananakoa, Mrs
j. W Timmons, of Indianapolis, Ind
and Mr. and Mrs. Leeds of Richmond
Ind. Among the others present were
Mr.. Jack Atkinson and Naval Inspec
tors Charles P. MeAvoy, Bruce Cart
wright, Jr., Richard Venhuizen, Mat
thew Benton and George Warren. The
party returned cityWard in autos by
moonlight.
Proclamations establishing forest re
serves as follows were signed by Gov
ernor Frear yesterday: For the Wal
! hou Spring reserve, in the Hamakua
poke district of Mali, 81 acres; for the
Makawao reserve on Maui, 1880 acres
for the Mauna Kea reserve, in tn.
Hamakua district of Hawaii, $4,000
, acres; for the Moloaa reserve, in the
district of Koolau, on the upper side OF
E the Anahola ridge, Kauai, 500 acres
for the Lihue Koloa reserve, in tn,
Puma and Kona districts of Kauai
29,260 acres.