The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-25

There were various interesting do
ings on the windward side of Oahu
Saturday night the main event be-
ing the celebration at the model Nor
mon settlement at Laie of the sixty
third anniversary Of the arrival of the
pioneers in Utah.
What procession went from town,
went chiefly by way of the pail in
automobiles and other rigs, or afoot
or horseback, swelling the Laie COM
munity until there was as big a crowd
as could be ordinarily found at a poll
teal meeting. The chief personages
who travelled to Laie by way of the
railroad and Kahuku were three news
papermen, one representing each of
the three great local English dailies,
aud they stuck together as the united
press through thick and thin, thick
mosquitoes and thin grub.
The speedy and luxurious o. R. &
L. train carried the press, Jack Doyle
and Fred Smith and George Denison
of the railway management having
gotten the limited off on time. Genial
Captain Winters personally conduct
ed the train and, in his invariably
considerate and attentive manner,
made the pressmen feel very much at
home, allowing them two seats each
and permitting them to remove their
coats in the smoking car. He regret
ted that there was no dining or sleep
ing car attached, but would have eX-
planned, had he thought of it, that
the railway management had not been
appraised of the press intending to
honor the line with its united pres
ence. Tickets were punched, apollo
gies accepted and the scribes empha-
tically declared the o. R. e L. the
greatest line on the island.
The trip was delightful. Scenery
runs all around the island and there
is an abundance of fresh air, the view
of the ocean being unobstructed most
of the way.
Wireless Wizard "A. Balch met
the press at Haleiwa depot and is
sued a cordial invitation for an ms
pection of the Kahuku wireless plant
But the lure of Kahuku and the great
er lure of Laie fastened the report
ers onward Agent Frank zerbe
greeted the newspaper delegation at
the grand central depot at Kahuku
and pointed out the immediate points
of interest the mill, the engine house,
the mosquito hatchery, the railway s
elegant clubhouse on the hill, the
wireless pole and Chings restaurant
do we connect with the Mormon
special?" was asked.
Great was the disappointment when
it was learned that the CastleKoolau-
Kaneohe and Kahana r. R, did not
connect with o. R. & L. trains in the
evening.
The Kahuku hack being disabled,
the writer's held a consultation of war
in the twilight and determined to Dor
row a hand-car and pump their way
into the presence of Berger's band,
the vanguard Of the Republican
scouts, the Mormons and whatever
other interesting people might be at
| the Laie celebration.
After much diplomacy a gentleman
getting wages at Kahuku located a
handcar and led it up to Ching's res
J taurant, or thereabouts, for which
service he was munifcently recon-
pensed. But, alas, while the news
paper men dined sumptuously in
Ching's grill on steak la plantation
cucumber au vinegar, cafe nui, and
mango au natural, the restaurant pro-
prietor thought he saw a chance to
hold up the moulders of public opinion
and recorders of civic truth. He pom
pously assumed an air of proprietor
ship over said han6car and demanded
to be paid rent therefor. For which
!
pie and honestly spoken delineation
of his characteristics. Meanwhile
some dozen camp accessories, grooms
mulesters and the like, stole the hand
car, and 10, the poor press, moulding
more public opinion aloud, hiked over
the moonllt Fern-Quinn roadway tc
Laie, narrowly escaping being assas
sinated by a hasty auto whose driver
had shifted, like jobs warhorse, the
luau from afar.
Berger's band was in full force a
Laie. The members were seated or
front lanai, Illuminated by lanterns
and Berger stood on soap-bOx ii
the yard, waving a stick. The pres.
shook him by the other hand, he miss