The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-17
MIDDLE ISLE IN LINE FOR TAFT
GOPIOUS NEWS BUDGET FROM MAUI

WAILUKU, February 16.-At the
Republican county committee meeting
this week plans were drawn for the
campaign work A TAFT delegation to
the national convention was strongly
favored The chief matter of discus
sion was the selection of a suitable
chairman for the Board of Supervi5-
ors who should receive the Republi-
can nomination at the coming cleo
ton. Several men were discussed,
among whom were w. f. Pogue, D. c.
Lindsay, Captain w. +. Bal, Hon S
NJ. Keliinoi and Charles Wilcox, the
county auditor.
The Maui Library
The library committee of the Maui
Library Association met last Monday
at the library rooms. There were
present Rev. B. Dodge, chairman;
Mesdames F. E. BALDWIN, H. Z. Pan
hallow, VIM. Searby. Considerable
routine business was attended to, and
then The discussion of the new books
to be added to the library was brought
up. A considerable list of the most
popular books of 1911-1912 was made
up, and it was voted 10 purchase the
majority of them. Circular letters,
signed by the library committee, will
be sent quite generally over Maui, out
lining the plans along which the work
of the library will be carried on.
The following trustees and commit
tees who were elected at the first an
nual meeting of the Maui Library AS
ISOLATION have accepted their positions
and have signified their willingness to
serve for the coming library year:
Trustees for one year-Judge Sci
den b. Kingsbury Captain w. E. Bal
E. J. Walker, c. E. Copeland and Rev
R. b. Dodge.
Trustees for two years-Messrs
Chas. Wilcox, VIM. searby C. D. Luf
kin, Rev. William S Short, DR. John
Weddick.
Trustees for three years-D. II
Case. H. B. Penhallow, F. F. Baldwin
D. c. Lindsay, J. N. S. Williams.
President of the Board of Trustees
Hon. Selden B. Kingsbury; vice
president, d. H. Case; secretary, Rev
r. B. Dodge; treasurer, ID. c. Lind
say The committees are as follows.
Administration C. Lindsay, chair
man; d. H. Case William Searby
auditing-Charles E. Copeland, chair
man; E. J. Walker, Charles Wilcox;
library-Rov R. B. Dodge, chairman;
Mesdames William Searby, H. B. Pen
hallow, F. Z. Baldwin, w. s. Nichol
Strikers Given New Jobs.
The longshoremen who struck al
Kahului harbor after the Columbian
had loaded on her last trip to Maui
have now returned to work at Kahu
lui for the railroad but not on the
waterfront. Their places in loading
the vessels had been filed, but Super
lintendent j. N. S. Williams founy
other work for the men. He has
! treated them exactly as if nothins
had happened. inasmuch as the!
promised to abide by the rules of tn,
company.
Good Work for Kula.
DR., J. II. Raymond and his attor
ney, James L. Coke, apparently di'
some good work for Kula at the meet
ing of the loan commission held las
Saturday morning. These gentlemen
appeared before that body and point
ed out very conclusively that the il
, tention of the Legislature in buildin
, the Kula pipe line was to provid
l Kula with water; that during the r.
J cent drought, in which the whole G
that portion of Maui suffered, it wa
clearly evident that the Kula pip
+ line had not done what was expecte
t of it, and that it would be still NOR
e inefficient If water was diverted
paia II waa a1sO stated that tn