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Newspaper
Hilo Tribune
Location
Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1906
Page
2
The Hilo Tribune of June 26 1906 lists the paper's postal registration and masthead details with editor J Whertock Marsh and business manager D W Manan. It notes Hawaii as the post office location and includes standard newspaper identifiers for a Thursday edition.
Work has begun on the Hilo High School building with completion expected by mid December. The project ends years of delay, promising a full high school program from September and discouraging families from sending children away for schooling. Local pride and civic support are urged as the Ko hala ditch project nears $600,000 in value and provides a model for development. Mrs. L P Walsh declines the librarian post while Willi remains in charge as acting librarian.
Crowds from Honolulu and outlying districts flock to Hoolula Park for an all star racing carnival. Wild bullock demonstrations by trained rope hand skills, and lasso exhibitions by cowboys headline the program. Hawaiian bred racers led by Amerino face a field including Browner, Racine Murphy, So So, St. Yusef, Phillip and Alephus in a potentially record setting meet.
Incorporation papers for the Hilo Pineapple Co have not been filed and decisions are still pending. A Monday meeting aims to finalize organization and forward incorporation documents. Plantations to be acquired are being cared for by owners, including Kelsey at Kaiwiki with 1000 pines, Andrews with 20 000 pines, and Lyman with about 10 000 pines in Hilo.
Supervisor N C Lyman directs prison gang to build a twelve foot wide driveway at Rainbow Fall Park with grading and macadamizing planned over about a month. Road crews reassigned due to water main move. A long list of residents and families appears, plus a July Fourth term court schedule in the Fourth Circuit and August term in the Iowa court. A wedding, Prank Dine and Adelaide S Canario, is reported at Hilo.
An attractive July program at the armory by the Hilo Branch of the Hawaiian Women's Club features Lei o Hawaii with eight island reps Mercy Akau Oahu Sarah Mahatula Josephine Kaihenui Kauai Kahalue Kipi Molokai Helen Aiowa Lanal Rosie Johnson Niihau Hannah Akamu Kahoolawe Elisa Desha plus Mrs C D Auldrey as Hilaka. Vocal acts include Ben Brown Jr and Kuulel Hapai with a chorus and a double quartet The Owl and The Pusay Cut A tableau Blue Beard's Wives Ten Virgins and a dance by the Wainken Quintet Club conclude the Fourth of July events.
A consignment from Mr. Brughelli to Honolulu aboard the Kinau included bananas and pineapples intended for disposal or coast shipment by the Ventura. Brughelli says the fruit was not picked too green and warns that shipments often mature insufficiently, harming the Hilo banana reputation. He notes large quantities of bunafins are wasted and could be used for brandy or denatured alcohol.
A rambling report describes a gore covered Chinaman claiming Jap knocked him down and threw an ice-cream glass. He shows a broken glass and a facial gash. Jap is booked and a friend posts twenty pounds to ensure his appearance. A Porto Rican seeks authority to compel a belligerent parent to deliver his daughter for matrimony.
In the Fourth Circuit of Hawaii Territory the petition of Alexandrina Jesus de Souza seeks letters of administration for Jose Dias de Souza, deceased, with hearing set for July 17, 1906 at 2:00 p.m. in Hilo Courtroom. Notice to appear required. publication of order in Hilo Tribune three times.
M. J. Soares of Pahoa Puna sent two eight pound pineapple samples from his land and offers to sell twenty acres to the new Pineapple Company. The samples are notably fine in appearance and aroma. The company is not considering the purchase of any land.
J M Hering fish and food inspector and Bowman health board agent tested boxes of smoked herring and about 75 pounds of codfish shipped from a Honolulu commission house to an auction house in this city. The items were refused by the local house and are sealed and withheld for food safety evaluation.
A crop of insane rumor has been maturing among the Japanese to all appearances. Every week for some time one or more has been sent down to Honolulu committed to the asylum.
The Commissioner of Boundaries for the Third and Fourth Circuits Hawaii notifies J. W. Pratt and owners of adjoining lands and impacted parties that an application for settlement of the boundaries of Hienaloli land in North Kona Hawaii will be heard at the Commissioner of Boundaries office in Hilo on Thursday July 12 1906 at 9 am. Dated June 7 1906 F S LYMAN Commissioner of Boundaries 3rd and 4th Circuits Hawaii Territory.
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