THIS IS THE NEW BUILDING OF THE “SECRET SOCIETY I. O. O. F.” [“HUI MALU I. O. O. F.”] BEING BUILT A LITTLE MAUKA OF THE CORNER OF KING AND FORT STREETS, ON THE EWA SIDE. IT WAS THIS ORGANIZATION THAT HAD THE FIRST BRICK BUILDING BUILT IN HAWAII AT ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN THIS ARCHIPELAGO, THE REASON WHY THE NAME “SECRET SOCIETY” [“HUI MU”] BECAME FAMOUS AMONGST THE HAWAIIANS.

(Kuokoa, 10/9/1903, p. 1)

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLI, Helu 41, Aoao 1. Okatoba 9, 1903.