The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-10-18
Fourth Maui Fair
Huge Success In
All Departments
Attendance Vies with Last
Year, More Exhibits and
Those of Higher Class; Wis
itors Express Their Surprise.

With an attendance of 24,5OO with
more and larger exhibits in practical
ly every department and those exhi-
bits of higher class than Maui has
ever known before. with new depart
ments shown for the first time, with
entertainment programs that could
not help but please eliminating on
the last night in the best production
of its kind ever shown on the Valley
Isle, "A Night in Hawaii" Maui's
Fourth County Fair was a record
breaker and an epoch maker.
Last years Fair was held at a time
that may be considered the very peak
of the greatest prosperity the Islands
have ever known. This year the po-
pulation of Maui is several thousand
smaller and yet the attendance was
about the same and paid admissions
were so percent greater than two
years ago. On Thursday the admis-
sions were 1000 adults and 500 chill
dren, Friday 5000 adults and 400 chill
dren and on the closing day $500
grown-ups and 1900 little folk. Re
ceipts have not yet been announced
but it is reported they will be in eX
cess of those of last year. The show
ing made by the management in the
face of conditions as they exist in the
Islands is nothing short of remark
able.
From the outside Islands the at
tendance this year was considerably
larger than ever before. not reckon
ing the Press Congress attendance,
which goes to show the growing in
terest which Maui's annual fair is
creating all through the group.
Visitors All Commend
Only words of commentator have
been heard from the visitors. Several
of those from the mainland in the Is
lands for the Press Congress were
heard to say they never saw a county
fair that could excel the one they
were attending. Especial commenda-
tion was made of the fruits, the flow
ers, the vegetables, schools exhibits
and livestock. The grounds and build
ings were also a surprise to the mali
hinis.
Governor Harrington has missed
few of Maui's fairs. He was enthus
iastic on the showing made as he
said in his speech Saturday night and
again Sunday in Lahaina. Riley AL
len of the Star-Bulletin was very
commendatory. Former Governor
Carter has seen all the fairs and was
warm in his praise. And there were
scores of others from Honolulu who
compared Maui's last effort favorably
with the best the Territory has ever
seen.
Lists of awards in all the depart
ments will later be published in full.
At this time only brief comment can
be made as to each.
Education Well Shown
In the schools exhibits in the Ter
ritorial building there was little more
space utilized than heretofore, but in
class the exhibit was finer Competi-
ton was very keen in nearly all the
classes, especially in class A where
Paia won with 80 points, Wailuku
closely following with % and Kane
hameha III, had 25. The latter
schools showing was the more re-
markable in that all of the exhibits
prepared by Mr. Wist during last
year had been destroyed during the
summer through a mistake, costly
blunder. The new principal had lab
ored hard to save the day with sur
prisingly good results.
Hamakuapoko was an easy winner
in class b with 81 points, 20 ahead
of st. Anthony's girls which was sec
ond.
In Glass C Miss Kiakona's school
at Halehaku was the winner with is
points to its credit, Puukolii being
second with 12 points.
Class d was won by Honokowai, 2S
points, Olowalu second with II and
in Glass f the little Koele school on
Lanai took first hOnors. OF the kin
dergartens William and Mary Alex
ander was first and Alexander House
second. A full list of the standings
of the schools will be published next
week. Meantime special mention
may be made of the Esquimeau Vii
lage shown by KeSlahau and the
model house and its equipment shown
by Hamakuapoko. Special mention is
due to an exhibit which was in the
same department but strictly school
exhibit. 1t consisted of work done by
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