The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-09-24

quest of the Maui Telephone Com
pany TO increase its rates, held before
the utilities board last Friday even
ing. There are seven Chinese dialects
and IL other languages, not to men
ton pidgin English.
Big Island Reeistration.-On the Is
land OF Hawaii registrations in the
first representative district are 2265
men and 917 ONE and in the sec
ond district 1874 men and $40. In all
there are 1926 voters enrolled, 3639
males and 1887 women.
Policeman indicted.-Charles A. l..
Wills, a policeman at Watertown, Ca
hu, has been indicted by the grand
jury on two charges of eXtOrtion.
Hungarian Prisoners Clad.-To a
call for aid for ia Hungarian prison
ers who were in Honolulu harbor a
board the transport Heffron, there was
a quick and ready response. The ap-
peal was made by the Red Cross and
bundles of clothing as well as checks
and currency poured in forthwith.
Fire in lWilei.-Fire destroyed the
warehouse and badly damaged the
lime making plant OF Waianae Lime
Company in Iwilei, Oahu, last Friday
night. Military police from Shafter,
Czecko- Slovak patrols from the trans
port Heffron and bluejackets who had
been at a dance on the L. S. S. New
Mexico, helped the fire department
fight the flames.
Treatment at kalaupapa.-Follow-
the successful experiments of arrest
ing leprosy at the Kalihi investigation
station, the Honolulu Board of Health
has decided to administer chaulmoo-
gra oil treatment in the Molokai set
Element, to start within hree weeks.
Passage Money For Teachers. -
Vaughan M~acCaughey, superintendent
of public instruction, announces that
his department is formulating plans to
pay the whole, or part, of the travel
ing expenses of teachers coming to
the Islands from the mainland. The
superintendent has asked the business
houses of Honolulu to suggest some
scheme to carry out the proposition.
New Mckinley High,-Preliminary
plans for the new Mckinley high
school are almost ready for submits
sion to the board of supervisors, it
was learned. All the land for the
site has been obtained, with the cX-
ception of a small additional parcel
which it is desired to acquire, and it
should be possible to advertise for
bids within the next three months.
Waimea Canyon Road.-The lower
section of Pun Ike Pele road in Wal
mea canyon, Kauai, has been laid out
by the engineer of that county. There
is a little over a mile of highway and
the new grade is claimed to be not
more than six per cent. b this
stretch the road will be graded but
not macadamized.
Mutual Passes Dividend.-Because
"of the uncertainties that exist as 10
what the net annual revenue for the
year will be" the regular quarterly
dividend to the stockholders OF the
Mutual Telephone Company, payable
the first of October, will be passed.
according to a letter sent to the stock
holders by L. FaXson Bishop, presi
dent of the company.
Cleanup Day Set.-Fire prevention
and cleanup day was fixed by Cover
nor Charles j.. Mccarthy and will be
observed in Honolulu and Throughout
the Territory on Thursday, October 9
A proclamation to this end will be
promulgated by the Governor shortly
The date comedies with the observa
ton of the day in mainland United
States, in accordance with a procalma
ton issued September Z by Presiden'
Wilson
Must Import Sugar-Although thi.
is a sugar country, Honolulu will, al
ter the end of this month, find it ne
cessary to import sugar from the coas
or go without. Honolulu plantation i
now cleaning up" and by Septembe
80 will not have any sugar. All stool
not sold prior to that time will havI
been shipped to the mainland.
New lilo Theater.-Hilo is to hav'
a new and up-to-date theater on Ka
mehameha avenue, according to tn
plans of X. Kato, of Papaikou. Plan
and specifications were submitted &
John Akau, building inspector, by MI
Kato, n the inspector medlat
conferred with County Attorney w.
Beers and Fire Marshal William A
Todd. A careful investigation of tn
proposed building site was made AM
finally the plans were approved.
Oahu School Enrollment.-The tota
of school children enrolled in Hone
lulu is 1881 as against 1906 at clos
ing of school last June.
Would Set Clocks Back.-Goyerno
Mccarthy will ask the Territorial Les
islature at the coming special sessioI
to enact a law % set back the clock
on Hawaii for half an hour so tina
naval time will correspond with is
land time.
Porter Quits Board.-Kirk b. Porter
who has been secretary of the terri
torial board of health for more tina