Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-27
SEC. FISHER
NOW ON
MAUI
To Arrive Home
On Mauna Kea
tomorrow
SECRETARY GETS VIEW OF
MANY ISLAND CONDITIONS
Honokaa Meeting Interrupted
by Dogfight-The Louis
son Incident
SECRETARY GETS VIEW OF
MANY ISLAND CONDITIONS
BY r. e. MATSoN.
(Staff Correspondence)


. KAHIILUI, Maui, Sent. 26.-Secre.
tary Fisher, yesterday and today, got
a full taste CT good red, Hawaiian
dust. and realized forcibly the poor
condition Of The highways along the
Hamakua coast OF the island of Ha.
wall.
Riding by auto from Honokaa Wed
nesday morning to Kamuela, the head.
quarters of the Sam Parker Ranch,
the Secretary and his party spent the
remainder Of the day recuperating
and getting the dust out of their
lungs. Taking up the Journey again
this morning. they rode on to Kohaia
where. after partaking of lunch as
guests Of the Kohala Club, the Secre-
tary conducted a brief hearing, cut
ting II short al O'Clock, jumping in
to an auto and riding hard TO Mahu
kona, where the Kilauea took him ana
his party aboard, landing them at
this town this evening.
Hearing az kahuiui Today.
Present plans are to journey up the
big mountain here tonight, remaining
at the top all night to- see the sun
rise tomorrow morning; then return
ing to Kahului and holding hearing
tomorrow afternoon and arriving in
Honolulu Saturday morning on the
Mauna Kea. a."
Secretary Fisher seems we'll salts
fled with his tour of investigation
thus far, and certain that it has been
well worth the time given to it. From
his line of inquiry it is apparent he
las obtained good general and prac.i
tical idea of conditions it also
has seemed to indicate that Governor
Frear has been proven responsible
for very little, if any, of the undesir-
able conditions found as regards the
relations of the big sugar interests,
public lands and homesteading.
in many instances he found him
self called upon as the arbiter of
petty differences. In such instances
he sought out the basic causes and
suggested solutions, several times in
timating that less heat and some
calm, horse sense" reasoning be-
tween the parties should have set
tied their troubles long ago
Honokaa Meeting in Point.
The meeting at the courthouse at
Honokaa Tuesday afternoon illus
trated this point to certain extent,
at the same time proving one of the
most interesting sessions the Secre-
tary has conducted in the Territory.
To begin with, the affair was enliv-
ened by the citizens themselves inl
ways unexpected. The meeting open
ed with dog fight, and ended with
Abe Louisson, the Coffee King of the
Islands, who, the people say. made
the shortest speech of his career.
The weather was warm and all
doors were wide open. All the peoI
pie for miles around were present.
and most Of their dogs. How the
dog fight started, no one knows. Att
any rate a hubbub soon arose just
outside the courtroom that made talk
ing inside impossible Attorney Ashsl
ford, in the middle OF a question, was
forced to pause. The uproar grew in |
volume; none in the audience volun-
teered to go out and attempt to stopl
it, and as the crowd sat and listened |
the sound shifted half way around
the building, from the rear to the 4
front. A yelping mongrel pup hurtled |
through the door, dashed down the
aisle and sat on his launches, direct
ly in front of Attorney Ashford |
where he gaZed accusingly at that as
Ionlshed individual and continued toI
shrek for several seconds that
seemed like an hour.
Louisson to Bat.
The closing feature came when