The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1911-07-08
Was
Best Ever
Thousand Of Folks Visited the Town
Had Fine Time.


to celebrate the 4th of July just
passed. They came prepared for
and went away rejoicing the good
time they had had. Wailuku is be-
coming better known every year and
is fast beginning to he recognized as
one of the main centers of the is
lands. The folks of Honolulu show
ed that-they appreciated the town
when some two hundred and fifty
made the journey. Everyone of
them went back with nothing but
good words to say for the hospital
ity shown them and expressing the
intention of returning next year to
have another good time.
Automobiles were everywhere. 1t
seemed as though every car in Maui
was here and added to this there
were bunch of the big machines
from Honolulu. 1t was a busy time
for every one. The main street
which is usually in darkness was lit
up by the big lamp at the Maui
hotel and also the big arc light that
Edwin Fernandez had suspended in
front of the Orpheum theater, Be-
sides this we're the big headlights of
the autos and the town itself was
full of happy holiday-making peo-
pie. 1t was day that will long be
remembered in the history of the
town and will be red letter day
in the lives of some of the children
living in the country round about.
On Monday there was all the ex-
citement of what was going to hap
pen the next day and then in the
evening there was the big chowder
given to the visiting yacht boys from
Oahu. Late that night it looked as
though there might be rain on the
next day and the kids hearts sunk
low but when the sun rose the next
morning they gladdened up again
for it was a perfect day. AS soon
as breakfast was over the crowd
started to make their way towards
the race course and before the first
race was started over three thousand
had assembled. Every seat in the
grand stand and in the bleachers
was sold out and many hundreds
had to stand.
After the races were over the
crowd came back to the town again
and made their arrangements for
spending the rest of the evening
There were such lot of things going
on that it was hard to know where
to go to. A large number decided to
take advantage of the free trains run
by the railroad people and made
their way down to Kahului. For
an hour they watched the fireworks
go off and saw the big rockets soar
up into the air lighting up the
whole of the harbor as they went.
Others went down and watched the
basket ball game between the local
girls team and the visiting one from
Kalihi in Honolulu. Those that
were present saw the game of their
lives. In spite of the fact that they
had only just got off the boat that
morning the visiting team put up a
crackerjack game and when time
was called had scored fourteen
points, tieing the score made by the
local team.
In the overtime play the local
girls rushed the Honolulu girls off
their feet and quickly scored the
winning points.
All that night the fun was kept
up and everyone had a fine time.
During the early part of the evening
the Honolulu folks got away by the
excursion steamer and also by the
Claudine. This emptied the town
somewhat but at the same time
there were plenty of our local peo-
pie to keep things moving along.
1t was the biggest day that has
been seen in Maui and one that will
not be forgotten either by the visit
ors or our own people.