The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-23
.HilO Has Our Sea
Monster Beaten
To a Thin FRAGILE
The Boys Up There Can Tell
Some Regular Yarns of Horri-
fic Bugs and Things - But
They Don't Have Prohibition


Honolulu 4 litt1c old sea monster that
chewcd holes in swimmer of Waikiki
Beach last Thursday fades into nsig-
nifcance alongside some Of the monsters
chat inhabit Hilo and the region there
abouts. What = n plain, ordinary sea
monster compared to Il rcntippdc three
feet long and as biz around as n man !
arms, such ~ is tn" subject Of discus
sion in Hilo EARNING rrrclcsl
But then, Honolulu : dry, while the
prohibition gave won hit Hilo until
the twentieth Of next month.
Here's the way the IIilo Tribune
tells the story:
For many years past the Kau dis
trict has been noted for producing
the tallest fish stories that were ever
spread throughout the group. When
Bill Fennell was AlNc and resident
of Punaluu he used to start some Of tho
strangest yarns over heard. Bob For
rest, who also at one time resided in
Kau, was equally M noted for fish and
bird stories. Then the genial Harry
Patten, who many years ago resided nj
Hilea, seemed to have caught the habit
the past. However. all those storics
rotated to fish, GELS or birds, and have
been told many times. Tho latest one
il n story about ,cntipcdcs and thcil
habits and is vOuch"d for by the prom
incnt banker.
Talk Veers From Fish
There were several one time residents
of Kau congrPgat"d in Ililo on Satur
day night and the talk vccrrd arOun,
from enormous Fish Hud the catches OF
former years to cCutip"dcS. Nobody
knows how the subject came up, but
Tom Cook had something to do with it
for il was he who mentioned the fac
hat he once saw a ccntipcd" that wal
at least twelve inches long and al
rhirk as broom handle, it's body color
ed blue and gold AMI its head carrying
horns rs large rs cow utmost. Ton
reckoncd that creature had been feed
ng on sugar cane.
Harry Pattcn took hitch and thcr
old Of the ccntipGdr that Gilbert, hi
,On, had found III the attic of Dicl
Richards house at Puuco the time tina
hole had to I've cut in the roof of the
lOusp in order to get a; beehive tina
'
before. The honey began to driI
through the ceiling and it was though
'hvisahIc to remove the sweet stuff an'
also the bees.
Gilbert, then small boy, was kCCI
tftcr honey and he, of course, manage,
creep into the attic. He there fOuno
tremendous amount Of honey, sixty
n seventy pounds. 1t was while study
ug the best way t. get the hone,
way from the bees that Gilbert saw
omething crawling along the jOists
The creature was las long as that, ,
md Patton senior in telling the stOr,
stretched his hands about three fec
part, and it was "aS thick as that
with another signal made by trying t.
'nrlosc his forearm with one hand. |
vas n c"ntip"dr, sure, and it took II
nuch killing AZ Il snake would have
declared the banker.
"That ccntrpcdc had been living OF
honey for some years, - added Mr. Pat
"m "and it certainly was n big one
"hrrr should have been two hundrc,
,ouuds of honey in that attic, but tn
.rntipodc had lived high. -
Help! Assistance!
ON bOh piNItl anu lhtH IcHd h''
hat sometimes in the Kau district cen
irrdrs were so plentiful that it wa
,ard to walk along the road withou
reading on the creatures.
why, yes, buttrd in Pattcn, "wh
remember once when there was mu"
ain up mauka, the water scared tn
rntip"drs and they came down in thou
nnIs from the woods to the fiat below
rhry were piled up six inches deep II
hey tried to escape the flood and yo
Guild hear them talking. It Soundr
H." a peace talk in the Rrichstag.'
The meeting then adjourned in s.
,urr, although Tom Cook was hear
nuttrring to himself as he walked II
he street.