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Newspaper
Hilo Tribune
Location
Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1905
Page
5
A mix of short notes recounts local items in Hilo including club meetings, visitors from Honolulu and mainland, a police box key program, a death in San Francisco, a kitchen fire in Riverside Park, shipping movements, divorce rulings, and volcano tourist groups with names and destinations.
Kinau vessel movements list passengers and accompanying persons including Mrs J M Hind Mrs V D Rood Mrs C R Colgan W R Castle D J Withington Geo H Mead J M Jennifer Tony Marcellina A Richley T G B Walker H Grows A A Steers T G Smith D Craig J de Laittre A de Canavarre R A Hosmer G Smith Mrs J J Connolly Mixa Connolly Mr and Mrs J C Roberta Mrs H W Mint child and maid Mrs C H Smith A Seeley and wife Miss C de Laittee Mrs G Craig Mr and Mrs Van Aeundale J W Bergstrom Edward C rows Mr and Mrs Shepherd and son Mr and Mrs 2 P Low two children with servant C M Cooke
W H Lambert formerly of the Hilo Railroad has perfected a cane loader using an endless cable between two towers to move cane three hundred feet to a car or flume. A small three horsepower gasoline engine powers the device, which can be moved across fields. Lambert traveled to Honolulu Friday to show the invention to inland plantation agents, with sales planned on a royalty basis.
Members of the Hawaii Jockey Club plan a splendid July 4 meet with advertised details in this issue. Honolulu reports the June races abandoned, prompting management to attract fast runners from the capital city for a strong day of sport under club supervision.
To the Laden, Mrs J F H Lane will depart for the East within weeks. Ladies wishing millinery must send orders by March 20 to L Turner Co Ltd or they will not be filled.
Sufferers report prompt relief from Cham berlain's Pain Balm for a painful disease. A permanent cure may be possible with continued use for a short time. Priced cheaply, it is sold by the Hilo Drag Co.
A report notes J P Mall a former Honolulu attorney now in Victoria Canada is arranging to recruit Japanese laborers from Hawaii for migration to the coast and onward to South America. A local representative is on the ground and secrecy surrounds the plan. The Weekly Hawaii Shinpo cites Honolulu and Hilo receiving steamers from the coast seeking Japanese passengers to San Francisco and Seattle. The centennial liner is advertised to sail March 25 with monthly trips, seeking laborers as steerage. The Olympia will also bring Japanese passengers and freight to Seattle, with inducements offered to travelers.
A Hilo banana grower’s letter to a local agent details price damage from Eastern banana operatives unloading carloads on the coast. It cites low prices, large bunches, and profits as low as eight dollars on a $300 shipment, urging organization to beat the competition. Meanwhile Emerald Dance plans at Spreckels Hall with a temperance drink policy and a Blarney stone decoration by the Hilo Cotillion Club, led by Ivy Richardson.
The Olen Sugar Company began grinding last Tuesday with a night shift started Sunday by Manager Watt. Wim Weight is Sugar Boiler Fincke aide, Fred G. Snow assists the night engineering, and Harry Wicks kept the mill ready. Water in the Kau mana flume now ample, easing prior drought concerns.
Father Wendelin of Hilo reports that Rev W C Stewart acted as Catholic Church spokesman to apologize for a lecture given at the teachers convention in Hilo on March 3. He closes the incident and asks for future insertion of the statement in the paper. Walter Stewart signs the note dated March 11, 1905.
Small Planters Mill proposed near Napoo poo to grind cane from Kona planters. W R Cantle and Prof. Geo H Mead visited Hilo with a proposal to build a cooperative central mill at Napoo poo or Kealakekua bay to process cane from Keei Honaunau Kalae and other Kona lands. Citizens of North and South Kona express strong interest as funds and machinery seek attention.
Ship John Ena under Captain W. A. Madsen set a windjammer record from Shanghai to Hilo covering 4929 miles in 22 days. The vessel arrived off port Wednesday evening and anchored inside buoy. The John Ena proceeds to load sugar for Philadelphia after circling the world.
The Plane Club met on a Wednesday afternoon at Miss Potter's residence with Mrs Charles Furneaux assisting. The program featured The Minstrel Serenade by M F Potter and Sumner Vogt, Thylle Arh, Chaminade and Severance selections, Chopin Etude by Miss Potter, and Current Events talk. Various attendees included Misa Lilinoe Hapai and Mrs J T Lewie.
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