The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-03-01
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Notes from Kealia Town

Sh "oS puhStudeeu ny cOnSlueraDle eA
citement Tuesday evening. The rea
reason for Mayor Souzas trip to Homo
lulu was given out. He was in con
ference with the Governor in regart
to dredging the Kealia stream so tha
/. ocean going steamers may dock there
With both the Ahukini and the Nawili
will projects going ahead it is not the
intention of Kealia to be left out.
The Mayor was in the midst of ex
planning the result of his Honolulu
visit to large and interested aud
ience when dog fight started outside
the city hall. The audience rose and
filed out quietly knowing they can
hear the Mayor talk most any time
but they cannot always take in a dog
fight. The Mayor is too clever a
politician and orator to try to compete
with dog fight SO he followed his
audience to the street and Immediately
stepped in as referee.
The fight was between dog owned
by Filipino and one owned by a
Hawaiian. The Mayor gave the de-
cision to the Hawaiian's' dog after
twenty minutes battling. One local
politician was uncouth enough to say
that the only reason that the Ha.
waiian's dog won was because the
Hawaiians can vote.
Tho E;1;n;pa roc1,41l AZ.
and took it out on the winning dogs
| owner. A race riot was on at once
and riot call was sent in to police
headquarters. The Chief and the
force responded. The rioters as one
man turned on their natural enemy
the police and were beating them up
with great gusto until Fire Chief Bolte
and his firemen appeared and turned
the firehoses on them. The streams
from the hoses were very effective
and scattered the. rioters almost at
once. A centrifugal pump was used
to pump out Chief Agard and several
other victims Of the deluge. Chief
Bolte assisted with first aid for the
drowning.
1t was quite an exciting evening and
good time was had by all. All the
injured will recover.
We note that hunter on the main
land has pig that he uses to hunt
quail, etc with. instead of a dog. Ikea
liza can go him one better. Frank
Burns has minah bird that he uses
for spotting mullet when he goes fish
ing with his throw net. The method
Of operation is simple. The bird
perches on Franks shoulder until they
reach likely spot. Then the bird
circles over the water looking for fish.
When he spots a school he hovers
over the spot and gives the harsh cry
peculiar to the minah bird. All Frank
has to do is to sneak up on the mullet
and throw his net. Frank says that
Isaac Walton, as he calls his pet, has |
increased his catches 2003o.
Miss Doris Jacobs of Lihue was a |
Kealia visitor last Saturday. Mr..
Grote says she must have expensive
tastes as she asked to zee some five
dollar neckties.
Chief of Police Agard has one on
the Sons Of Rest. They reported the
loss of their bath tub to the police
yesterday. The Chief claims he
Captured the culprit with the tub
sneaking away from their home three
months ago. He kept the tub at the
city hall to see how long it would take
them to miss it.
One member stated that they would
not have missed it yesterday except
that none of them could take their
cold bath yesterday morning as the
sink was broke.
A certain bride in our midst nearly
poisoned her husband the other morn
ing when she mistook the pencil
sharpener for the coffee mill.
1t understood that friends of Philip
Rice are claiming he has won the
rubber ice pick. II he will forward
nis evidence and witnesses the com.
nittee will gladly forward same when
MS claim has been validated. We be-
ieve that it is one of those .uncon-
'irmed rumors. He could not be
reached at his office or home up to
ate last night.
This morning he would neither
affirm or deny the rumor but referred
Of the press to his attorney,
Kealia harbor was taxed to capacity ,
asst week as the Niihau and the Like
ike were here discharging freight.
The Sons of Rest are thinking of
giving stag minstrel show so Adrian
Snglehart can tell his Theda Bara
oke.