Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-08

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| "deplorabIe" state!
WILLIAM L. ROSA: Some little
joker recently circulated report that
was married and now he has got me
engaged. AS to the later allegation
I'm not saying a word.
! r. RUDLAND BODE, organist and
choirmaster ST Andrews cathedral:
You don't know where we can get
more men for our choir, do you? We
have plenty in the congregation, but
we need more in the choir stalls.
A. NJ. HAMRICK, meteorologist
United States weather bureau: We
came out so beautifully with our fore
casts during Carnival week that I'm
almost afraid to make any predictions
new for fear I'll spoil our reputation.
DIR. R. G. AVER, ] shall certainly
back. the baby welfare educational
campaign that is to be held in order
to prepare for Baby Welfare Week.
1t is a splendid movement and de-
serves much consideration by the peo-
lie of Honolulu.
r. B. BOOTH. treasurer Fred L.
Waldron. Ltd: am glad that the
Great NORTHERN. is coming in Monday
this time instead OF Sunday. We
won't have to keen, open. Sunday
wouldn't be much of dav OF rest il
she were to arrive then.
LIEUT.. II. L. NOGGLE, COM
handing Field Company A. Signal
CorDs. National Guard Of Hawaii: My
company got its uniforms Monday
night, all except the hats. Wen get
them later. The boys are getting
worked into shape rapidIy.
j. A. BAECH. manager radio de-
partment, Mutual Telephone Com
pany: All the big radio stations on
Oahu are not more than Is miles
apart. We have to be careful about
wave lengths so as not to get in the
way Of each others messages.
+ WILLIAM. w. WYATT. assistant
observer, United States weather
bureau We often. see two rainbows
at once in different valleys from our
observation tower We have the
finest view of the city and Pearl Har-
Dor obtainable from any downtown
location. rs &..s $50 IL " -
HORACE w. VAUGHAN: When
/ told Jack Gordon and Tom CorkilI
that / suspected they Sahad been re-
eruited for the British army, they de-
MED that they ir1tended,tO leave Homo
lulu. Now they have gone. i guess
their going was prompted more by
loyalty than anything else. T. i,
Marshal j. j. SMIDDY; One
corner of my office looks like a gam.
bling den. There is pile of ap.
paratus for loading" dice so that they
will turn up a natural every time
and for manufacturing opium cans that
look like the real thing from Hong
kong. They were taken In one of Nc.
Duties raids. Is - H. =
III. E. WESCOTT, city purchasing
agent: Many men buy city supplies
without a purchase order from this
department because they believe it
detracts from their dignity as de,
partment head to come to me. They
want to swagger In q store and say
"Send this up, sand that up"-and
pay double the price I could get for
them.
GEORGE M. COLLINS, city en-
gineer: ] have my troubles just now,
for l am being blamed by the public
more or less for the poor condition of
the roads and the fact that almost no
work is being done on them. There
In no money In the city treasury to
work with and there win not be until
after July /, so / have to grin and bear
the criticism. January's storm caused
the greatest part of the overdraft Of
my department. Roads had to be re.
paired, money or no money, and the
work was done The books were
months behind when I came into Of.
fee and it is only lately that have
had any adequate idea of the finan.
cial condition Of the road department.
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