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

course would be pursued.
Commissioner Campbell moved that
the engineer be given full authority
to hire assistants where necessary
and also to purchase such office fur
niture and supplies'as he needed. Sec
onded by Lewis, and passed
Commissioner Jim Lewis said that
he had heard and seen so many bad
things about the roads that he now
hoped to see something done to make
them better
In response to a question from DR..
Elliot, Engineer Bishop gave a de-
tailed account of the financial meth
DDS used in New York State, saying
that under the present law the state
paid about sixty-fve per cent, of the
cost of highway construction, while
the remainder came from the county
through which the road passed.
Chairman Horner asked Marston
Campbell for information in regard to
the lots needed for the Union school
and for the addition to the Hilo wa
tershed. This precipitated trouble.
Campbell stated that it appeared as
though it would be necessary to con-
denim the Scott and Mason property.
He said that Mr.. Scott was willing to
exchange that lot for his lot under
lease at Reeds Bay, but that the gov
eminent could not see it that way.
Mr.. Scott protested that the Reeds
Bay house had been his home for
fourteen years and that he should be
allowed to retain it. Campbell replied
that the question of selling any wa
.terfront lands was one to be handled
slowly, as they should, where possible,
remain in the hands of the govern
ment. Mr.. Scott replied to this that
the government could always get the
property back by condemnation.
Kau Notes.
Good plover shooting at Kaalualu.
Parties returning almost daily with a
large number of toothsome birds.
A curlew was shot in the Kaunau-
att reservoir a few days ago by DR..
Thompson. 1t is the first one that has
been seen in the vicinity and is very
scarce anywhere in the Territory.
Mrs. Mccarthy is adding very much
to the attractiveness of her home by
improving both house and grounds.
All this expenditure of money is no
doubt due to what the homesteaders
put out on home industries. Fill the
country with such folks and there will
be no chance for hard times.
The school house at Waiohinu,
which is one of the finest on this is
land, is being put into first-class con-
dition by Mr.. Ernesto, who, up to a
short time ago, was plantation car
penter.
Sugar over one hundred dollars a
| ton and six hundred acres of good
cane land idle in Kau. This means
| that at least eighteen hundred 1S00C
tons of sugar will be lost to the crop
of 1912. One hundred and eighty thou
san dollars ($1SO,OOO) in gross re-
ceipts. 1t does seem strange that these
people do not get together and make
some equitable arrangement to save
this great waste. There are good SEN
sible business men on both sides who
must heartily disapprove of this loss
of money 1t is understood that the
homesteaders claim that they have
always been ready to enter into a
fair contract and will meet the hui on
any equitable basis.
1t looks as though decided steps will
now be taken to rid the district of
the Illicit sellers of booze in the Naa-
lehu camps. Mr.. Glib, head luna of
the plantation, has lodged complaint
with the sheriff requesting drastic
measures. The laborers, who are not
too many, are being demoralized by
the too free distribution of intoxicants.
If Mr.. Glib goes for them it is GER
tain he will get them"
Mrs. Wilmington will resign her
position as teacher at Waiohinu and
go to Kauai to reside, her husband
being employed on plantation there
Captain of Police George Kawaha
has paid a visit to gamblers at Pa
hala, some % in number. They re
turned the visit and paid into the
territorial treasury a sum of nearly
5000.
The Waiohinu band, after being for
some time dead, has been resurrected
and has entered on new lease of life
with Father Hubert as leader. There
is plenty of music in the village if il
can be squeezed out.
Maui Merchants Meet.
WAILUKU, October 13.-The Maui
Chamber of Commerce met Thursday
afternoon, and listened to the views OF
the Inter-Island captains as expressed