Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXVII, Number 35, 18 March 1936 — Current Comment By OTTO B. SCHOTT [ARTICLE]

Current Comment By OTTO B. SCHOTT

THIS WKEK'S SHORTI<;ST POKM Chop sn('y, ~ - I J hoory! ** * f \ ';'. BETTER ROADS FOR PUNA. lf therc is to bc any morc road buiJding in this county it ought to be done in tlie Puna_ district. Throughout the cntire island of Hawaii there is no di>trict more in need of a decent high\vay. There isn't a road fit to drive over, although that distric.t is one of the inost thickly jx)pulated in the count\ and has nK>re scenic. beauty tliat ean he found ;mvwhere elsc \\itliin reasonable distanc v o of Hilo. Puna is thc real Hawaii, reminiscent of the days when history of the islands was in the making. It would be a great attraction for tourists if it were not so inaccessible. An irnur's ride over the pre.senr roads, whie!» in s(jme parts are little Wctter th;tn trails is enough to discoura<je the average 'visitor from ,furthcr visits.

IT'S UAL'K A(JAIN.

The yo-yo rr;ize īias hit the eountry again 1 remarkable the number of folks/ both old and young, who get considerable amusi'ment hy dangling a little pieee of \vood on'a string and trying t« see how man\ funny things they ean make it do. One thing ean be said.in favor of yo-yo ? It doesn't cost mueh to buv one, aud youre not -losing a niekle every time you pull the string, like }ou do when you play .narb]e gamcs that have been provini; sucJi a popular pastime' lately.

woK t dekful, ji ! iiui:

According to Jiorthwiek he believes the terririirial trcasury will shōw a surplus af. the end o'f the current hiennia! j,>eriod. That wmr!d' be good neu s for tln people w'ho pay the taxes, but it's too good to be true. Wait till the next lēgislature goes into session. Some body will think up some pl.-m to tax something else, if there is anvthing left that isn't already taxed. Getting out of the "red" is a beautiful dream. Whieh reminds us of the old maid, when asked if it were true that shc was getting married soon, replied r Thanks for the rumor."

Apparently Gcrmany still thinks of treaties as merely "scraps of paper," the same as slie did in 191+,

After fighting cold and snovvdrjfts all winter, the people on the mainland are now coinbating the usual Bpring floods that follow. Later on the middle \vest will he facing dust storms. The newspapers are full of tragedies that are the result of severe weather in mainland states. Even the Pacific coast states are not immune.

Those of us who live in Hawaii are in more ways tlvan one. At least we don't have to won v mueh about weather conditiotis.

St. Patrick's l)ay i>assed practically unnoticed here. Too had there aie so fe\v Irishmen in Ilawaii. Not ēnough of them to have a good fn*etidIy fight, without whieh St Patrick's Day ne\ er would be mueh of a holiday.

About the «nly friond a man c;m count on the<c davs is his oun solt.

Now that the polieieal |X)t Es hoginning to hoil, a h>t of folks wiil sov>n he blo\ving thcit noses, Smoll anvthing \ot ?

Milit,m txm\ h.wo heen iM for >oars tluu tho no\t war will !v fought t« tho air. Tl'v \vay tuuions are making \vry faces at eaeh othoi thosc da\ s wuuki URiicate that iho ooxt war is to l>c fouj;ht not ! N tho atr but WITH air» the watm kiiul.

It begins to look as thaugh it i-. uf» lo Fi aneo to T.tkr thc "hit M out of Hitbf.

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