The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-06
Blind Plas Numeroue.

HlLO, OCTOBER Z.-heleIllllB w '"'
matter of the appointment OF Deputy
Sheriff Fetter as license inspector by
/ the liquor commission, Chairman
/ Lewis of the board of supervisors has
given an interview, in part as follows
Yes, the matter of the appoint
ment of Deputy Sheriff Fetter as IL
|cense inspector will be brought up at
/ the meeting of the board of supe'-
visors next week. AS a matter OF
fact, | am going to bring the matter
/ before the board myself
Il am not personally interested in
! the question as to whether Fetter IL
! the liquor inspector or not. | have
nothing whatever against him. How
ever, | have had a large number Of
people come to me from time to time
to complain over the appointment Of
the deputy sheriff of South Hilo as in
spector. These people point out that
this district is the most important one
on the island, and that it merits hay
ing the undivided attention of one
deputy sheriff.
81 think that there is a great deal
of Justice in the claim that neither
Fetter nor any other man can hold
both positions. l understand that in
Hamakua Mr.. MARCEL, who was both
school principal and judge, has been
Il Oh ho+ 10 q
TWO jobs, and l feel that the same
course should be taken in the case Of
Fetter. He should be deputy sheriff
or license inspector, but he SHOULD
not be both.
"On my recent trip around the is
land l was impressed more than ever
with the utter uselessness of the pres
ent course taken by the board of IL
cense commissioners, and with the
need for the appointment of an eff
cient inspector who can devote all his
time to the work. 1t is a well known
fact that blind pigs are exceedingly
numerous all over the island. They
makua district, where every planUa-
ton camp has one. Great quantities
of liquor are being shipped to these
blind pigs from Honolulu. | found
that one Japanese firm would supply
the illicit sellers great quantities, but
would ship in many lots to one and
the same man under different names.
Thus Smith might get one order ship
ped in four lots under the names of
Smith, Brown, Robinson and Jones,
but all the booze would go to Smiths
establishment"
Front Street improvement.
The widening of Front street and
the building of a continuous cement
sidewalk on both sides of the street
! from Waikiki to the Wailoa river
will be begun this month and will be
carried through in one job until the
whole thing has been finished.
The county authorities have be-
come tired of waiting for the dickers
and complications involved in the Sc
curing of the land needed for the
widening of the street. Now they in
tend to take the bull by the horns.
Where the owners do not come
through themselves, the county will
widen the street, build the sidewalks
and will settle the claims afterward.
/ Demand S2 a Day.
The HiIo Labor Union last Friday
evening held a meeting at which i'm
portant matters, such as the estab-
fishing of an eight-hour work day and
fixing the pay for work on the belt
road at so day were taken up.
Ewaliko, the leader, appears to have
done what he could to modify such
radical action but he was successful
J in the former case only. It has now
! been decided to enlist under the
union banner every available road la
borer in the district of Puma, North
| and South Hilo and Hamakua, in or
der to force belt road contractors to
come through with the 50 a day.
HiIo Auto Club Proposed.
The arrest and subsequent fine of
A. Ruddle last week is likely to lead
to the establishment of an automobile
club, the main purpose of which will
be to have the present auto ordinance