Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-25

5'1h9s TT'eollcy @as absent, being
avay - The island of fia@aii How
eTef this did not in the least mar the
occasion The gathering ~.as sue
cess and the Mormon iaiety We'd with
each other in their proffered hospi-
tally.
To those vino visited the settlement
In their own conveyances the congrat-
ulations of united press" is Of
fered.
Three wise men" from the "east
side" essayed the trip by train on Sat
urday afternoon and arrived at the
windward metropolis of Kahuku at
shutdown. Heretofore Kahuku has
generally occupied place on the is
land map as the home Of sugar mill,
Augustine ]. Coombs. wireless Oper-
ator Maddams and seventeen million
mosquitoes.
The Associated and Amalgamated
order of Scribes soon brought to light
another industry and 1t proved no
puny infant. There is transporta-
tion trust and II fell to the lot of the
newspapermen to break lance with
Just very plain ordinary and un-
vanished Chinese chop house pro-
prietor. Chew Hop not only operates
the only grill that grace or disgraces,
as the case may be, the Oahu railroad
terminus but he apparently holds an
Electric welded and copper riveted
monopoly on the Fast, Furious and
Very Urgent Hand Car Line that und-
er ordinary stress Of circumstances
affords means of transportation be-
tween Kahuku and Laie when the
Jim Castle" palatial coaches are
quietly reposing at Kahana and not
due to resume business for twelve
hours.
Three scribes wanted hand car.
They didn't exactly want It bad but
they needed ii in their business. Ne
gotiations were opened and gentlemen
who ut one time might have been a
trust buster in San Juan, Porto Rico,
acted as mediator. lie soon developed
tendency to provide transportation
when Celestial cupldlty stepped in
and commenced to mix matters. By
actual count fifty-seven assorted and
unsayory specimens of plantation lab
orer were on hand to share the four
by-nine coach engaged by the pur-
veyors OF publicity Negotiations were
brought to standstill and other and
far more effective means of transport
was finally provided. Suffice to say
that Quinn's stock as road builder
has gone up several points as re-
suit Of the expedition to Laie.
Cap" Winters is veteran and In
the employ OF the Oahu Railway &
Land Company. Winters puts In con-
siderable spare time collecting reve-
nue. for the bioated corporation. lie
also acts rs host for those strang-
ers who find Themselves seeking quiet
and soiace and freal0m ffem turmoil
by a visit to Kahuku Winters aud
several OF his colleagues possess
habitation that may never again she,-
ter as interesting and apprecativc
company as II did on a recent .Satur-
day evening. As life saver Cap"
Winters is certainly entitled to the
stove lid medallion.
A little but uRterrified band of pro-
hibitionists also called in upon Laie
late Saturday afternoon. Several
speakers attempted to throw a few
oratorical fits but the people gathered
there were not pining for dry political
enlightenment, It was a day OF mer-
rymaking and the Prohibition band
wagon soon took up the trail for the
leeward side of the island without
having created ripple in the present
agitation against tae full gin bottle.