The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-14

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should be fit for using as a boat land
ing until sufficient appropriations can
be secured to complete the project.
The committee appointed to inves-
tigate the Wailuku-Kahului water
works reported that the intake pipe
was very readily subject to contami-
about a mile and a quarter of six-inch
pipe be laid further up lao Valley in
order that the possibility of contami-
nation by residents and picnickers be
reduced to a minimum. The report of
the committee was adopted, and the
secretary was authorized to communi-
cate with the proper officials, asking
that the pipe be laid at once. The
cost is estimated at about $4,000.
Maui Items.
The members of the dramatic club,
which have been cast for the Private
Tutor, have been rehearsing for some
time, and Saturday evening, October
81, is the night set for the first pub
lie performance. The cast of chara-
acters is made up of Wren Wescoatt,
Frank Lufkin, D. H. Case, Miss Mer-
riman, ]. ]. Walsh, Leslie West and
Mrs. Wells.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cameron, who man.
age the Fred Baldwin Memorial Home
at Paia, now have six old gentlemen
in their charge.
Maunaolu Seminary has it's full
quota Of pupils this term. Miss Lay
is acting principal during Miss Heus-
ner's absence on the coast. Miss APP
plegarth of Santa Clara is one of the
new teachers at the school.
Messrs. VIM. Miner, Edgar Morton
and Guy Goodness of Makawao have
recently formed a dairy company and
are supplying Puunene, Kahului and
Waikiki with milk. This dairy takes
the place of Pukalani ranch recently
sold to Central Mill Co., for 81, 900.
A new Roman Catholic church is in
course of construction at Makawao
near the site of the old one. 1t is be-
ing built of concrete and will cost
upwards of $4,000.
The Makawao branch pipeline is
laid almost to Makawao postoffice.
T. Apoliilii of Makawao, who has
recently purchased the Awana rice
plantation at Keanae for $500, will
plant taro there.
On the afternoon of the 9Th the La
dies Reading Club of Makawao met
at Mrs. w. o. Aiken's, Puuomalei.
The next meeting will take place at
the home of Mrs. Collins, Hamakua-
poke, the afternoon of the 18th.
Valuable Horse Destroyed.
Monday night, the 9th, stable at
Grove ranch, Paia, containing a valua-
BILE bay stallion, was destroyed by fire.
The horse had acquired the habit of
unlocking his stable door, so the door
had recently been fastened by pad
lock, which on the night of the fire
barred the outlet so securely as to
prevent the animals escape from
death. The cause of the disaster is
unknown. The stallion is valued at
$780,
Kohaa Midget Items.
There was a big slide at Kaawilii
gulch last Sunday. Avalanches of soil
and rock swept away part of the road,
carrying with it the large six-inch pipe
which supplies Ookala with water, and
burying underneath it a Hawaiian
farmers taro patch. Three days were
spent in removing the debris, during
which time vehicle traffic was de-
layed.
Miss Amoe, the daughter of Mr..
Kim Fook of Honokaa, was united in
matrimony to All Kin last Saturday
evening at the Chinese church. The
wedding reception took place at the
home of the brides parents. Many of
the prominent residents of Honokaa
and Kukuihaele were invited to the
occasion.
Miss Annie Naleilehua, the niece Of
Noah Naleilehua, assistant postmaster
of Kukuihaele, died early Monday
morning of typhoid fever. The fun
eral services were impressively con-
Quoted by Hon. R. II. Makekau.
A slight earthquake shock was felt
in Hamakua last Saturday night.
The Kau police are hunting for
blind pigs" in the plantation camps,
but seem to be great deal binder
than the pigs, Every one in the vi
cinity knows who and where they are
except the guardians of the law.
High price for sugar with no labor
to harvest it is the combination that
seems to exist in Kau now.
1t seems rather early for the DoIitt-