The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1918-01-29
LIVE NEWS Of
LOCAL INTEREST
S. r. Carr of Honolulu is in town.

(. visitor this week.
] L. b. Boreiko, of Kilauea, was in LII
hue for a short visit, this week.
The next meeting of the local Cham
ber of Commerce will be held on the
.1st of February.
William Silva, an old kamaaina, and
one of the oldest residents of Maui,
died at Waikapu on the 18th.
Word has been received of the death
of John Neil, at Detroit, Mich. He
was formerly store keeper at kealia.
Another puzzle Try to think of
something which the big Lihue depart
ment store does not carry i'll stock.
County Engineer j. II. Moragne,
returned from business visit to
Honolulu last Friday.
Cuy Haddock, the chemist at Grove
Farm, has bought a Dodge roadster.
Strangely enough, the seat is just vide
enough for two
Those Interested in taking Short
hand and Typewriting lessons, please
call on Mabel Thompson, Kauai High
School for particulars.-Advt.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Wilcox returned
to their home in Honolulu Friday
afternoon after a short visit with rsla-
tives and friends in Lihue.
The arrivals at the Lihue Hotel this
week included S. T. Carr, V. b. Doty,
Samuel c. Byrne, f. w. Vaille, and +.
c. Pohlmann, all of Honolulu
Mr.. c. II. Wilcox made hurried
business trip to town last week; going
over one day and coming back the
next.
Major Frank l.. Putnam has been
elected a member of the Honorary
staff of the Queens Hospital.
big Ben" Vickers, representing
Theo. II. Davies & Co., has been tour
ing the island in the interest of that
firm.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Maser returned this
morning from d months vacation
at the volcano. Mr. Maser is greatly
improved in health.
The fact that G. N. Wilcox, stock
holder of the Inter-lsland company, is
heartily in favor of the proposed new
steamer schedule, ought to have con-
siderable weight with the company.
r. c. Mcdonald, formerly Of Lihue,
who is now resident of Honolulu, has
been arond the islands this week in
the interests of the Canadian Coal Co.,
for the sale of whose bonds he is the
agent.
Honesty is still very good and prof
liable policy. A valuable fountain pen
was left on the writing desk of the
post office one day this week. 1t was
found by an employe of the office, and
returned to the owner.
The cocoanut is of slow growth.
Our early residents were all too care
less in the planting of cocoanut
groves, and the care of those which
already existed But hogs? Why we
can raise more hogs than any OF the
other islands of the sea.
DR. Seymour, Optician, has not been
on Kauai for nearly three years. His
coming visit will be limited as to
time, but if you will drop him line
in advance, he will arrange to meet
you before he returns to Honolulu.
Advertisement.
The lot surrounding the wireless
plant has for 10, these many years
been overgrOwn with weeds and grass.
For the past week or so men have
been at work grubbing out the weeds
and cleaning up the lot 1t has i'm
proved the appearance of the property
greatly.
Charles f. Loomis, the Y. NJ. c. A.
secretary for Kauai, returned this
week from an extended trip to the
mainland Besides visiting the head
quarters of the association in New
York, Mr.. Loomis visited most OF the
army training camps throughout the
eastern states.
1t is reported that the National Guard
on Kauai will soon be drilling again.
This Is mighty good news. Now that
Sergeant c. Byrne has arrived to take
active hold of the drilling, it is to be
hoped that the Guard will again re.
gain some of its old-time enthusiasm.
Geraldine Farrar, the heroine of the
play Joan the Woman, recently shown
at the local theater, was born and
reared in Melrose, suburb OF Boston,
the city of baked beans, art. science
and literature. She has grand opera
voice, and up to last winter was a
member of grand opera company
playing the circuits of the larger cities
of the East,
Little Mary Pickford, the sweet
heart of the films, con, she's married;
but everybody loves her, just the
same) viii be seen in Lihue on the
screen in The Pride of the Clan" at
the Tip Top theater on Friday, the
first of February KGpaa will see her
first, on the 31st of January She will
appear at Waimea on Saturday the
2nd, at Makaweh on the 4th, at Eleele