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Newspaper
Hilo Tribune
Location
Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1905
Page
2
The Hilo Tribune notes Arbor Day observances across Hawaii public schools next Friday. Emphasizes flowers and plants, school and civic improvements, and lessons in nature. Comments on Governor Carter’s quick selection of W H Babbitt as Superintendent of Public Instruction and the department's outlook.
The article compares Japan importing foreign rice for home use with exporting its own product, likening it to Hawaii sending cane and using inferior beet sugar. It portrays Tokyo’s slums, poverty, and the Russian peasantry as similarly dire, while praising Captain William Matson for handling large-scale steamship propositions and expansions.
The Bulletin notes Governor Carter objects to County Act taxation while claiming to change how loan fund appropriations are allocated. It questions his authority to override legislative enactments and asks if President Roosevelt will support such moves. It also cites public trust in Supreme Court interpretation over a weekly paper on the trading stamps law.
A Saturday afternoon and evening bazaar and poi supper at the Hilo Hotel by the St James Guild raised funds for the St James Mission. Mrs C A Stobte supervised the entertainment with booths for fancy work dolls candy and other temptations for shoppers. Committees covered fancy work grab-bag popcorn and candy flowers punch and lawn events with numerous local volunteers.
A seven member party launched to Waiale and pitched camp near low tide, firing on at least fourteen birds, narrowly escaping drowning when waters rose. They moved camp to higher ground after a near miss. Names listed include W K Andrews, E T Beveridge, J D Easton, J Ray, H Vicars, HV Hatton, Win Fy Petter.
MeStocker and associates acquired about 1000 acres including a mill site from the Kapiolani Estate for approximately 5000. McStucker has cultivated cane on the property and a 150000 fund is said to exist for plantation operations. With the Kaplolani Estate and C J Hutchins trustee settlement, optimism grows for a revival of the plantation.
Thanksgiving Day program at Tile Boarding School lists Mrs. Jiles Richardson and Rev 8.1 assisting with meals. Tables assigned to Mire, N.C. Wille fong, Mrs. John T. Brows, Me. Sarat Marble, Mra Pilipio, Miss Lilinod Hapai, and Miss Louise Hapai. An evening concert precedes a social gathering. engagement of John Maguire and Miss Eliza Low announced amid family ties to County Auditor Chas. K. Maguire. Date for elders Maguire wedding not set.
The report highlights Dillingham links with Brainerd and Ewa sisal, noting plans for rubber investments by Hidalgo Plantation and Commercial Co. A San Francisco to Honolulu voyage aboard Claudine details ship repairs costing about 190000 dollars and a Glasgow origin. A local luau honors a descendant of Hawaiian chiefs, with numerous guests listed. Coffee crop prospects in Kona expect a large harvest if prices rise. An education anecdote and a health note praise Chamberlain's Pain Balm for wounds and burns, sold by Hilo Drug Co.
At a Tnot meeting of Tilocational Monelule commissioners a Riverside school site was approved for the new Hilo High School. Principal Richer had recommended Mireolle annate property, but Government land near Riverside was deemed suitable. Farrington urged placing the high school on Riverside as the main feature and called for plans and specs. The resolution to approve Riverside and call for designs was adopted.
In the Fourth Circuit Court of Hawaii Territory an order to show cause is issued on Administrator Charles H. Swain’s petition to sell real estate of the late L. E. Swain. The property at Waipunulei North Hilo, Homestead No. 16, is described with metes bounds totaling 8.69 acres. The hearing is set for December country 1905 in Hilo, with public notice to run weekly for four weeks in TiLo Trav.
Sealed tenders for furnishing 16900 tin fl 6 inc vitrified pipe 640 tin ft 8 inch vitrified pipe and other items with bids due Nov 17 1905 at noon. Specifications available in Honolulu or Hilo offices. A $5 deposit and $500 bid bond required. The Superintendent reserves right to reject any or all bids. Honolulu October 27 1905.
Commutation tickets valid for five rides between any two points are available alongside low priced thousand mile tickets. The program targets regular travelers seeking flexible use and cost savings on intercity trips through bundled fare options.
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