The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-26

IN THE kONAS


are over 200 acres planted to pine
apples above the Kealakekua bluff by
the Captain Cook Coffee Company"
said Surveyor Thomas Cook the other
day.
"Castle, as you know, bought out
Burners interest and made change Of
management, L. +. Conant now having
charge. He is cultivating the red
Spanish variety of pines recently i'm
ported by Bruner, and it is found that
they thrive better in that locality than
the smooth leaf, while they ration all
the time. They grow almost wild and
have good flavor, and new lots of
! land are now being prepared for them
"The Kona Agricultural Company at
Kalahiki has some elegant pines, one
hundred acres of them, and new land
is being prepared for more. Both
these companies are doing as much as
possible to encourage the coffee in
dustry. They rent lands to the Japan
ment, or on shares. The Hawaiians, l
am glad to say, are also trying to Sc.
cure coffee lands and take to cultiva.
tion.
"Another mile of railroad has been
built by the West Hawaii Railroad
Company, and it extends along the old
, | ,Nlo ne hn
Company. When the wharf at Keala
, kekua bay is built, the railroad will
run right up to it, and big steamers viii
be able to haul alongside. Then the
lumber industry on the south side OF
, the island will be developed and olHa
ties turned out for sale on the main
: land where they can be quickly sold.
"The manager of the Kona De
velopment Company is w. M. Nc
l Quad. He is increasing the cane ares
S all the time, erecting new mill, ant
when I left there the cane was in goot
condition. In my opinion there is al
+. excellent future for Kona. It's products
> there is sure to be considerable in
crease of population in that district
; Sam Communicated the BUS.
2 There is no instance on record o.
: Sam johnson ever having been caugh
in predicament where he was no
l. equal to the occasion and had quicl
t remedy for an emergency. That is on
y of the causes of his successful career
1t was only on Saturday last that HI
j. was up against it. Starting from Pa
Q hoa in his Buick PAGER, to keep an i'm
d portant engagement in Hilo, he ha
y only journeyed three miles on the wa
r. when the flyer broke down. Sam wa
h in hurry, so left it there and starte
. to walk the remaining eighteen mile
!, to Waiakea, where a japanese blu
n would haul him for dime as far a
s. the shack known as the Federal post
q Office.
. But Sam s luck was with him, a
lie usual. He had only hoofed it a fey
e. hundred yards when he met japan
10 csc bus on the way to Pahoa.
l. stopped at cottage, and Sam tried
1t make trade to get the driver to tur
IN round Hiloward. He was obdurat
"a "There was only one thing to do,
\, said Sam, "and / did it-jumped @
IA to the bus, turned the horses roun
Id and started for town. 1t was up
NJ him to follow if he wanted to-"
a. The driver did follow; jumped in {
D. the back of the bus and climbed ov,
en- the front sea where he tried to get IL
gu reins. But this was different kind {
a a Russian from those that Banzai ha
he vanquished in the Orient, and Sa
IA drove safely to Waakea bridge regar
hd less of the swear words that we
va thrown at his head body and soul
RS. wholesale. A substantial peace offe
- ing at the end of the journey squar,
NO things, and Sam kept his appointmer
he Sample of Regular Thing.
err. AT the meeting of the Board OF Ira
ny on Tuesday last, the members had ocul
Oh and auricular demonstration Of a m;
az ter requiring reform, and at once to
or action with view to remedying
ng state of things
pa When business was under consider
W. ton, Fire Superintendent Todd enter
ZEN the hail. went into the telephone co
$50 partment and carried on a conversati
'od over the wires, his part in it being &c
'uy Quoted in such stentorian tones I'll
oh the impression produced was that
NO. . . Q 0
nal when the audience began to say mas
cry things, and said lie did not want
ter. have any trouble. Maxine said
1on agitation was not hot air, but it v
going to be kept up to success
1t issue.
ges AS an indication of the power
ide Shinpo and the Chronicle WELD in