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The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
Maui Legislation
Making Headway
Several Measures Enacted,
Others Considered Certain
and Only Few Bills go
to Discard.

Legislation desired for Maui is in
most instances progressing favorably,
reports County Attorney Bevins who
is home from Honolulu for the board
of supervisors meeting. However.
some OF the proposed measures have
fallen by the roadside.
The County Library bill has been
passed by both houses of the legisla-
ture and sent to the governor and the
Kahului bath ohuse bill has been en-
acted and signed. In the school bud
get is provision for $4,000 for trans
portation of children and it is thought
IL Is safe of passage. The act amend
ing the eminent DOMAIN law so as to
cover publications in other than daily
newspapers is enacted. Several pro-
visions that were in the proposed uni
form traffic law have been put into
separate bills, some enacted and 9TH
ers probable of enactment. Eight
thousand dollars is the figure for cir
cult court expenses, there is a $500
appropriation for dependent children,
salary and expenses for an officer
OF the juvenile court in the court ap-
preparations. The salary bills seems
assured of passage and there appears
no objection to changing the tenure
OF Office for county officials from two
to four years if it is finally determined
Maui wants such an amendment.
The uniform traffic bill has not been
introduced. It's length appalled, Off
cials and legislators. Other county
attorneys had it referred to them and
some thought it too lengthy but could
find nothing to omit. But the legis-
lators were kanalua on considering
such a lengthy measure.
Taxation on present year instead OF
past year valuation has gone into the
discard. 1t was reported unfavorably
out of committee and called imprac-
ticable. So also with the bill which
would give a county the right to do
any public work or building for itself
when bids were considered exhorbi-
tant, for both Honolulu county and
Hawaii county oppose it. These cover
practically all of the subjects decided
on as Maui legislation Immediately
before the opening of the session.
In the loan fund bill there is an ap-
Of $4,000 for Kahului har
Dor, 100000 for belt road, 100000 for
county building, $4,000 for Hama
water works and the deleted item of
$4,000 for Wailuku water works has
been restored.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
WAILUKU SHORT
OF HOUSES AND
. LAHAINA ALSO
Subject is Called to Attention
of Chamber of Commerce
and Will be Considered at
Later Meeting.

Maui has its housing problem just
as has Honolulu and as have the
cities of the mainland, the shortage
being felt most acutely in Wailuku and
in Lahaina. There are waiting lists
OF families who desire homes but have
been and are unable to secure them
a'he subject was informally discussed
at the meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday afternoon and is
to be taken up again next month
when the president of the cham
Der has returned from the main
land.
1t was j. Garcia, cashier of the
Bank of Maui, who called the atten-
ton of the chamber to the fact that
Wailuku has housing problem of its
own and President, A. w. Col
Inns, who occupied the chair in the
absence of President Penhallow, said
Wailuku was not alone, that Lahaina
was similarly affected.
The real estate department of the
Bank of Maui has a waiting list of
more than dozen families who are
seeking homes, Garcia said. He said
that most property which might be
used for building expansion is owned
by Wailuku Plantation and that the
policy of the plantation has been to
exchange for taro land which carries
water rights, not to sell. He added
that the company in all such ex-
changes had shown a spirit of emin-
ent fairness. But, continued Garcia,
lands carrying water rights have
grown scarcer and scarcer until they
are now Very difficult to obtain and
the difficulty tends to make the same
difficulty for securing the residential
property.
Tracts which are available for res
idential purposes after subdivision are
needed if Wailuku is to expand, he
said. Conditions here are different
from in the plantation camps and
towns where the companies can build
houses as needed for employees on the
plantation land. Wailuku is not COM
posed of plantation company employees
to any such extent. He suggested
that at subsequent meeting there
should be more full discussion and
perhaps committee then named to
devise ways and means.
Mr.. Vbllins said the point was time
ly and well raised and that Wailuku
is not alone, that Lahaina is similarly
affected and quoted prices brought at
the sale of beach and other lots a few
weeks since when the land department
had an auction. Those lots were, he
said, a considerable distance out of
town and yet brought two 10 three
times the upset prices.
The subject was then deferred to
the next meeting.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
Social Workers Will
Meet in Honolulu on
April Twenty Third

Beginning with reception and sup
per at Palama Settlement, Honolulu,
Saturday April %, the Territorial Con-
ference of Social Workers will con-
tinue until the following Saturday,
giving programs each day except Sun
day for the delegates and guests at
tending the conference while on Sun
day special services at Centarl Union
church are planned Practically all
the committees which are to handle
the details of the conference have
been named, and the program is now
being worked out say latest reports
from Honolulu.
On the general committee in charge
of the conference are j. l.. Hopwod,
George r. Denison, Miss Sadie Sterritt
Miss Frances Lawrence, Miss Mary
Lawrence, Miss Mabel Smythe, Mrs.
Arthur Wilmington, Miss Mary Cation,
Miss Grace Channon, Miss Margaret
Bergen, Gordon R. Virgo, Lloyd r. Kill
lam, f. l. Amber, Alonzo Gartley and
Richard A. Cooke.
Doanld S. Bowman, Miss Margaret
Bergen, c. S. Childs of the Alexander
House Settlement this island. Miss
Wilcox of Kauai and Miss Kate o.
Reilly of Hilo form the temporary or
ganization committee which will start
the conference on its way the lrst day.
D. S. Bowman, as director of the In
dustrial Service bureau of the Hawai-.
ian Sugar Planters association, also
heads the industrial service committee
which includes Charles r. Hemenway
and Richard A. Cooke. Three mornings
during the week are TO be given over
to the Industrial Service bureau,
which will furnish the programs and
speakers and lead in general discus
sion of industrial service work in the
territory.
Other committees include the lunch
and banquet committee, G. r. Virgo,
Floyd Emmans and Miss Vint; music
and social committee, Miss Norma
Stauffer, Miss Elizabeth Hill, Byron
d. Beck and II. Hancock; publicity, ID.
S. Bowman, Miss Bergen and Mrs. l..
G. Mcmillan; place of meeting, Mrs.
A. l.. Andrews, and automobiles,
George r. Denison and the Automobile
club.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
STOCK In MAUI
ELECTRIC co. IS
OFFERED PUBLIC
Subscription Lists Will be
Open Only Six Days;
Shares Will be of $40 Par
Value and Issue $4,000.

Organization of a Maui Electric
Company to supply current for light
ing and power in the territory former
ly supplied by the Island Electric CO.,
is in progress. Announcement is made
this week that subscription books for
the purchase of stock in the company
will be opened next Monday at the
Baldwin Bank in Kahului and the
Bank of Maui in Wailuku and that
such subscription lists will remain
open until noon of the succeeding
Saturday, April 16.
1t has been decided that the capital
of the new company shall be 100000
of which $4,000 in stock will be issu-
ed at this time and the remaining
$4,000 will be held in the treasury
for issuance and sale at such time or
times as further capital may be re-
qulred. Shares are to be of the par
value of $40 each and payment for
such shares as may be allotted to sub
scribers must be made to the banks
by April 25. 1t is not expected that
offers for less than five shares will be
considered. Over subscriptions will
be pro rated.
The new company will have the
franchise, plant and equipment of
the Island Electric company purchas-
ed by the foreclosing bondholders at
the sale of the property on March 2S.
Under the circumstances it is ap-
parent that there may not be a very
large proportion of the shares now
offered available for the general pub
lie should the old Island Electric Co.,
plant be paid for in stock in the new
company or should the bondholders
purchase shares in proportion to their
former holdings in bonds.
No further developments in regard
to the pending charter for a gas and
electric company for the Wal
luku and Makawao districts have
been reported from Honolulu wehre
the necessary legislation is pending
nor has any further information on
the subject transpired on Maui.
There has been introduced and is
now pending in the Legislature, also,
a bill extending the time for the secur-
ing of franchise for Makawao
electric company, a provision for
which passed teh last Legislature but
has not yet been approved by con
greSS,
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
Kamehameha Students
Entertain Maui Folk
In Splendid Fashion

Kamehameha School students while
guests of Maui turned the tables, be-
came splendid entertainers and assist
ed greatly in adding to the attractive
ness of the services in two Of the
churches as we'll The boys them
selves said they had dandy time,
or words to that effect and the
Mauiites who heard them sing and
play and saw them drill retort that
they would not have missed their ex-
periences for great deal.
Practically every seat in the Ter
ritorial Building at Kahului was. taken
for the concert and operetta on Friday
night and it is said that the advance
sale was 500 tickets. With splendid
voices, well trained the glee club
singers rendered vocal numbers that
proved most pleasing. The instrument
al numbers We're equally good and the
operetta was a fitting climax. An in
formal dance followed.
Saturday afternoon at the Fair
Grounds there was given an exhibition
of drilling that was a genuine treat,
Unfortunately for many would be
spectators ii rained in Wailuku and so
expected there would be no
drill. But in Kahului there was no
rain. The cadets showed a precision
in their maneuvers and in the whole
of the exhibition that would have been
in troops of the regular
army.
Saturday night there was a well con-
tested basketball game at Alexander
House Gym, clean cut, well played
and an exhibition of true sportsman
ship, with the Maui team as victor
by narrow margin. After the game
the greater part of the vacationists
took the Kilauea for home.
Sunday morning the glee club boys
augmented the musical program at
Makawao Church and in the evening
sang at Wailuku Union Church. Mon
lay afternoon they went over to La
haina and gave a concert and then
caught the Mauna Kea for Honolulu.
Mauiites unite in calling them as
fine a lot of boys as ever visited the
Island.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
Plan For Home For
Children Dropped
Before Opposition

Plans for a public children's home
face of opposition which arose to the
project and if there be any home It
will be one conducted by the Catholic
Church as an institution of that church
though it is understood support would
be voluntarily offered by some non
Catholics if that plan shall be pursued
Objection or opposition to the pro-
ject centered on the proposals that
the children would be in charge of
sisters of the Catholic church, that
the Catholic church organization would
have the right to appoint four mem
bers of the board of trustees or man
agement and that there was a posi-
bility of county and perhaps territori-
al financial support for it's needs while
practically under sectarian control.
Originally it was planned to have
a board of management of five to be
composed of one member appointed
by the Catholic Mission, one by Alex
ander House Settlement, one by the
Board of Supervisors, one by the
Woman's Club and the fifth to be the
iioIi oii Ill Cudi sc VI tlle lIdlGT
the plan was changed so as to give
the Catholic Mission power to appoint
two or more members of the board
and that body selected Mrs. H. A
Baldwin and Mrs. D. II. Fleming, two
non Catholics.
The plans provided that those in
charge of the children in the institu-
tion and its matron should be sisters
in the Catholic faith children of
Catholic parentage were to attend the
Catholic school and children of other
parentage to attend the public schools,
those of the Catholic faith would at
tend the Catholic church with the
sisters and those of other faiths could
attend their own churches in the
custody of adults.
1t had been expected that the coun-
ty would avail itself of the opportun-
ity to place INDECENT children there in
stead of sending them to the crowded
institutions of Honolulu or placing
them in charge of individual citizens
paid to render them needed care.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
Track and Field Meet
Will be Held Tomorrow

Maui's track and field day will be
held at Kahului tomorrow unless the
clouds should open in a deluge and
flood the grounds so as to make them
unusable. This morning it was re-
ported that both track and field We're
in fairly good condition though a lit
tie heavy as result of the daily show
ers of the past two weeks. Arrange
ments were going forward throughout
the day in final preparation for the
contests.
With a surprisingly large list of
entrants, both individuals and organi-
cations, tomorrow's meet promises the
keenest sort of interest and the hot
test competition. If the track be
heavy it will mean a slowing down of
time but no dimminution of effort and
every endeavor is being made today
and will be continued tomorrow morn
ing to get the grounds in the best
possible shape.
Refreshments will be sold during
the meet and the proceeds will go to
the establishment of dental clinic
on this Island.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
CAPITAL Increase For
Haiku Fruit & Packing
Company is Considered

Incraese of capitalization of Haiku
Fruit and Packing Company is con,
templated and a special meeting is
to be held at the company's office in
Haiku on May S, to act upon the pro-
posal. 1t is intended to increase the
capitalization from $615,000 to $1,000
OOO is the report eminating from
Trent Trust Co., in Honolulu.
The increase will be made up of a
25 per cent stock dividend (76S7
shares) to the stockholders of record
the sale of 1857 shares to the stock
holders of record at par; and the sale
of 1876 shares in the open market for
the benefit of the company.
According to the annual report TO
the company recently received here,
dividends amounting to S98,384.40
were paid during the year and un-
divided profits less reservations for
taxes and other purposes, amount to
$SO9,662
Tavares Reports
A. f. Tavares, manager of the COM
pany, says;
The pack for 1920 less all bursts
and swells amounted to 633,392 cases:
234,7S9 cases more than our 1919 pack,
and S3,392 cases over estimate, which
was $4,000 cases. The weather con-
ditions though very dry were favorable
to the growth of pineapples, so that
the percentage of No. fruit was far
in excess of the estimate, while the
No. 2 fell way below our expectation,
requiring us to order extra No. "a
box shocks and leaving on hand at the
end of the year a large quantity of
No 2 box shocks, which will be used
for the 1921 pack.
THE yield in tons was as follows:
From our own fields, 1884 tons; from
private growers 1869 tons; and the
average pack per ton of fruit was
1882 case. while that of 1919 was
33.OS casSs. The average decrease in
cases per ton was caused by the fruit
being larger than last year the small
er the fruit the larger the average
cases per ton. Another cause Off this
smaller average is the fact that our
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
Education Committee
OF House is Coming

Maui is to have a visit from the
committee on education of the house
of representatives. Its members are
expected to arrive in Lahaina late to-
night or very early in the morning
on the Kilauea. There they will look
over Lahainaluna school and it is prob
able they will take the opportunity to
see some OF the other school build
ings and the sites for prospective
school buildings as well as to look
into school affairs generally
The committee of the house is COM
posed of Henry j. Lyman. chairman
and Representatives Lowrey, Muller,
Hoopale and Holt.
Lahainaluna affairs are the chief
matter of concern for there are sug-
gestions that it be made high school
and other suggestions of other changes
for the institution.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
Game Birds Brought to
Add to Maui'S Supply

Bringing % crates of game birds Sc
cured for the county for stocking and
replenishing purposes, Supervisor
David It. Fleming returned to Maui
yesterday after trip to the Orient,
Java and Sumatra. The birds were
sent across from Lahaina yesterday
morning and cared for in Wailuku un-
til it shall be determined where they
shall be released
1t was from the game fund, raised
by shooting licenses fees that the pur-
chases were made which consist chief
ly of pheasants, doves and tree nest
ing pigeons.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08

pack this year is net all bursts and
swells having been deducted.
Improvements Contemplated
During the year 1920 we expended
for new buildings, cannery, power and
electric plants. and machinery, the
approximate sum of 1927, ,699, and dur
ing the year 1921, we anticipate an
expenditure of approximately $115,OO0
for the erection of another warehouse,
camp houses, cottages, additions to
the boys dormitory and electric and
power plants and for machinery"
Total assets of the company are
given in the annual report as $780,,
835.O5.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRESS

AS substitute for the Foreign
Language Press Bill there has been
prepared by Attorney Warren of Ho-
nolulu press licensing bill even more
drastic than the pending bill but plac-
ing the burden of translation upon
the territory, the attorney generals
office to employ the necessary inter-
prefers.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
SMASH-UP AT PAlA

This morning a plantation train
collided with a Ford car at the cross
ing at Lower Paia and wreck fol-
lowed The Ford was badly smashed,
cars were thrown from the track and
the brakeman was injured.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
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MAUI PUBLISHING CO. TO
PRINT HOUSE JOURNAL

In competition with all of the
large print shops of Honolulu
Maui Publishing Company was
the lowest bidder for the con-
tract for printing the Journal
of the territorial house of rep
resentatives when the bids
were opened last Saturday and
was awarded the contract. This
is the largest single printing
job ever undertaken on the Val
ley Isle as can be judged from
the fact that the house journal
of the last session was book
of 1873 pages.
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The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
NEXT EEK'S MAILS

From the Coast--Ecuador and Ma
kuTa (from Vancouver), tomor-
row; Persia Maru and Maui,
Tuesday; Sherman, Wednesday
To the Coast-Siberia Maru, Mon
day; Ventura, Tuesday; Manoa,
and Columbia, Wednesday.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-08
WAlLUkU TEMPERATURES

Rainfall 0.64 inches.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-12-28
ADVOCATES
BETTER IDAHO SEEDS

Adoption in Idaho of a systematic
method of standardizing registered
and certified grains, to conform with
standards of the International Crop
improvement association, was fea-
tured in the years program of acti-
witty of the agronomy department of
the University Of Idaho experiment
station and university extension SER
vice. It was pointed out in the con-
ference that Idaho's present system
of Standardization vase comparable
to that recognized by the Interna-
tiOnal association.
A systematic campaign of weed
control and rigid enforcement of the
state seed law was also carried in the
program for the coming years work.
Idaho growers are already reacting
favorably to the plan of planting and
producing a better grade of seed, it
was cited at the conference, and
special emphasis was placed on the
value of encouraging better seed,
thereby insuring higher grade of
product
"The experimental work is being
to secure greater efficiency
and the work of the four university
is being shaped so it will
be more beneficial to the regions IN
which the stations are located" said
R. K. Bonnet, professor of agronomy
at the University of Idaho, in his re-
port on the work taken up at the
agronomy conference
"As soon as authentic and accurate
1ata is obtained we plan to issue in
of benefit to the regions in
which the university experimental
arms are located. This data will be
complete and will be of considerable
benefit to farmers and growers in
hose sections.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-12-28
FIREMENS' BALL
PROMISES MUCH
POPULAR DANCES OF YESTERDAY
HOLD PROMINENT PLACE
ON PROGRAMS

The Moscow Volunteer Fireman's
ball will be given Friday, December
80, at the university gymnasium. The
event will be started off with we'll
practiced fireman's drill with all the
firemen in fire-fighting apparel.
Admission will be one dollar and if
past performances are any criterion,
there will be big attendance at the
coming New Years ball. The dance
is being held one day early so that
people who desire to attend will not
be forced to miss other engagements.
Every year, the dance put on by the
firemen holds an unique attraction
for Moscow patronage and the gym
nasium is always comfortably filled.
For one of the few times in the
year, the good old fashioned near
dances hold as prominent
places on the program as the newer
creations of the young folks of today
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-12-28
cannot limit
SUB TONNAGE
FRANCE REJECTS ALL COMPRO-
MISE PROPOSALS - AMERICA
MAY OFFER ANOTHER PLAN.

Washington-(A. P)-Hope for an
agreement to limit submarine tonnage
was said to have been abandoned to-
day at meeting of the arms con-
ference naval committee. The demand
by France for a minimum submarine
tonnage of 10000 tons is said by the
delegates to have closed the door to
any agreement, the American COM
promise proposal having been reject
ed finally and completely by the
French.
Casting aside the possibility of har-
the views on the submarine
tonnage, the American delegation
offered a new proposal to limit the
size of submarines and other auxili-
ary craft to maximum of ten thous-
and tons.
The British and Japanese delegates
are understood to have stated that
in view of the French stand on sub
marines, they feel compelled to re-
serve action on the tonnage ratio on
auxiliary craft allotted Great Britain
and Japan under the American plan.