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f i PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY Office, ROBINSON BLDG., Main St. WAILIKT. MALI, T. H. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Cue year, (in ad vane') . 12.50 Sis months. " .. 1.50 The columns of he News admit communica tions on pertinent topics. Write only on one side of paper. Sin your name wbich will be held cintldenllul if desired. Q. B. ROBERTSON, Ed. and Prop. C. U CLEMENT, Bus. Mgr. Saturday January 21 MAUI BLUE BOOK Hon. A . Kopnlknl, Circuit Judee, WuIIuku Klmun1 H. Hurt, tjlerk Circuit Court. Wailuku JuiIkc V. A. McKay Dtst. Muiiistrato. Wuiluku " t'has. Copp, ' Mukuuao " ". H. Tjintlsny, " " bnlmlna KumiltitM, " Honuaula " J. Kaluma, 1 liana " riimanu " " Kipahuln " McCon'Iston " " Molokal " Kahoolialatiala, " Laual L. M. Ualdwln, Sheriff, Wailuku W. E. SarTerv. D?nutv Sherift Wailuku Kdt'ur Morton. " " Makawao R. i Hose, " Laliaina F. Wlttrock. " ' Hana H. It. Hitchcock, " ' Molokai Levi Joseph " " Kipahulu Cantain Police. Wai'uUu H. Iwiena, " " Makawao (. K. Keanehaku, " " Lahaina H. Z. Kaioo. " " Mana J. H. Wilmington, ' ' Kalaupapa W. T. Kohlnson, Tax Assessor, watluku J. N. K. Koola, Deputy Assessor Wailuku A. K. Tavares 1 I'ala U. Punn, ' Lahaina M. H. Heutor, " " Hantt FORESTRY IN CALIFORNIA A State Which Appreciated the Value of Its Forests, and Will Protect Them. J; Frankly, it is a puzzle to the News why there seems to be so much opposition in some quarters to the developmentof such small uously rederul forest reserves are now fixed facts. It is a serious tiling to withdraw from settlement, ns tlie Government has done, snrnt'thiiiK over 1)3,000,000 acres of Kind. But .vlien the character of this land i.s understood, and the purposes the reservations will accomplish are known, it will be generally recog nized that the area permanently reserved will serve the public best under forest cover. Its topography ant. soil unfit it for agriculture, but it is admirably suited to tree growth. Wisely administered, it will contln- fuinish an immense timber con- vast will " ANY go through half their lives blaming poor light for discom fort or inability to see well, when they need accurately fitted glasses more than good lights. Let us turn tie light of our optical knowledge your way and see if it can't be made of mutual benefit. farming and such minor industries as are capable of being develop ea on tne lsianas. foucn industries and occupations threaten no harm to the sugar plantations. It is all rot to pretend to be afraid of a rush of white farmers.and mechanics from the coast, for they are not coming unless deliberate misrepresentations are muae as to the opportunities here, and that is not at all probable. Just why f n i.i i iii i i . i . . -i . i 1,111 lrl"ltliuul ""iu ave maueu siuuieo. eiron to aiscreaii wniu tnisj and is nn(,ly tmbere(i a!)d, with actually been accomiilished in small farming, as his report .seems forest management, wi!l be mcmis to have done, demands explanation. The News has always claimed ingly valuable for the wood which it that there are opportunities for the right men to come here and can supply. But in California the develop profitable industries outside of and not in the least in con- foivstt have dnoiher use, which, ns flict with the sugar industry. Rubber, sisal, pineapples, guava output, while its influence in serving the water supply for dependent agricultural areas prove of inestimable value. California' has over 28,000,000 acres, or over one tilth of its total area, under forest cover. Much of A. N. SANFORD, Graduate Optician BOSTON BUILDING, HONOLULU Over May & Co. is well understood in that State, is jelly, cacoa, vegetables and fruits can all be successfully cultivated even more important than the on Maui, in a manner which will prove a benefit rather tnan a detriment to sugar interests, and this all will be done in due sea- son. uui in ine meantime tne puzzling question confronts us as to why such strenuous opposition to minor industries. jS After many experiments, all of which have proved successful it is now admitted that a road subjected to a heavy coating1 or top dressing of crude oil is the best and most permanent road that can be built. Such a road is disagreeable at first, but it constantly im proves with use. The oil, thoroughly mixed with and ground into the top soil by constant use, forms a hard but resilient crust, and thereafter the road surface is a non destructible, semi-asphalt which collects no dust, and there is no mud when it rains, as the road, if properly constructed sheds water hk a duck's back. Such a road practically needs no further work or even expense save ad' ditional oiling in spots where needed. As to the expense in first cihng a road it must necessarily be considerable, although here on Maui, where we receive crude oil in bulk, a ship's cargo at a time. the expense will be minimized. But the first ex,ense is much more than equalized hy the saving in road work when a road is once auction of timber to conserve water supply, the wonderful ag cultural development which irriga won has made possible is perhaps the largest f;ct in California's recent economical historv. Because of the i.eed of water and the fear of floods public sentiment in favor of forest protection in Californiu has always been well in advance of that in other States, as was conspicuously illus trated atter President Cleveland, in 181.17, proclaimed the 13 Pedera Reserves created at the close of his admin stration. Ery where eise in the West the opposition aroused was so strong that the i reclamation is soon afterwards temporarily suspe::dei.; but a special exception was made in the case of California, where public opinion was trom the first strongly in favor of the reserve S The Bank of Hawaii LIMITED. RnmfitViinir Ipks than mn-third of properly treated to oil. Experiments should be made to determine the entire wooded area of the State what is the best top soil, whtther macadam, earth or sand, and then is now embraced in the Federal at least halt a mile ol mi?cb travelled road should be treated with forest reserves. That the remaining oil to learn the expense and utility of oil roads. 20,000,000 acres of its forests may H be made to servo the public interest I - i . . 1 1 . : i.i u .. ,i i m me lUliesu jusiuie uicaquic, iur 8 Russia avows her intention to prosecute the war against Jap- state has sopited and secured the an, and flaunts the "yellow peril" in the face of the world as her cooperation of the Bureau of For reason ior so aoing. .But this is a subterfuge, and the world estrv in working out a proper forest knows it. What Russia wants is Manchuria, but that is Dast rer.k- nolicv for it. Members of the oning upon. If Japan was able, while Russian fleets nnd snldiorc Bureau have, since July, 1903, ex held Port Arthur, to drive the Russian army out of Manchuria, the ani,ned Russian fleet off the Pacific Ocean, and seize Port Arthur, Russia has no chance to maintain a land army in the interior of Manchuria, three thousand miles distant by rail. Japan, on the contrary, with Port Arthur for a base and only a short line of railroad to operate, can not fail during the coming summer to occupy Harbin and takn Vladivostock Incorporated Under the Laws of the Republic of Hawaii. CAPITAL $000,000.00 SURPLUS $200,000.00 UNDIVIDED PROFITS $70,000.00 OFFICERS. Chas. M. Cooke President P. C. Jones Vice-President rJ V.Macfarlane..2ud Vice-Presicent C. H. Cooke Cashier C. Hustace Assistant Cashier DIRECTORS. E. D. Tenney, J. A. McCandless, C. H. Atherton, E. F. Bishop. Transact a General Commercial and Savings Business. Correspondence Solicited. m , . . .... . .. fyt me broaa snouiaers or the plantation managers cave been compelled to bear many heavy and grievous burdens. When it isn't rats it is plague, when it isn't plague it is scarcity of labor, when it isn t scarcity of labor it is cheap sugar, and how when it isn t even cheap sugar, it is Jared Smith. As an exponent and importance is the prevention andlpiDCT ATIftNAT RANK OF over 21,000,000 acres of forest and brush land, and by the end of the year the entire State will have been covered. The different types of land as timberland, chap- arrel, pasture and agricultural land, barrens, cut-over land, and burned land will be mapped and the stand of timber in each location will be roughly estimated, orest reserves may be Increased in number or size, account if land most suitable for that pur I interest pose is found. But the subject of paramount Put the Brakes on your inclination to spena money cut down unnecessary expenditures and deposit your surplus in a saving in this bank. 4 per cent on savings accounts as little as one dollar opens one here. Smith holds, by inference even, that the suear industry on the Is. I tunity for experiment along this lands would not be practically destroyed by disintegration, then line was afforded the Bureau by co Mr. Smith admits that he has not a clear appreciation of the situa- loperotwu with the private owner or tion. The day that marks the division of sugar lands amon" small aa ou,uuu Bcre 1 ttC' aaa p ev" holders also marks the end of successful sugar culture. ious,y 1Dtroducea a. crude -e-pro. plan was outlined aud its execution $K Now that sugar is leaping upward for what promises to be a begun. There bas not been time for lone and high flight, the epirii of speculation mav naturallv ha AT la thorough trial, but Its installation pected to grow rampant. While the News is far from desiring to "bear" the sugar market, still it is in duty bound to warn the peo ple of the Islands against being carried off their feet by the rising wave of speculation.. 1 hose who suffered by the former boom in sugar stock so severely that they are just now beginning to re cuperate should need no further lesson, still a warning is timely A I A. 1. A. 1 1 1 m j9 an lnvestuiBiiii sugar blocks are reasonaoiy sale, but as a gam- It proves the efficiency of intelligent care) and of fighting tires at the start. The present fire laws of the has the re-1 State are incomplete and inade putation of being a little Ozar in Ins official capacity, an inheritance I quate. One result of the work of from the days when arbitrary methods were in vogue among1 cov- tne Bureau will be the recomraenda ernment olhcials and planatation managers throughout the Islands uon or a nre a,w wmen " aaoptea, still there is a eeneral leelinsr on Maui at least, that Sheriff An. wm 00 i"c uesi cvcr i'S!'-' y d re ws is an honest and able man, who with government backing would have continued to be an ideal Sheriff, and a feeling of regret to hear of his turning down. But new ideas, new methods and new men are coming, and it is to be "hoped that they will equal those which are passing away. WAILUKU. OWL CIGAR SOLD nVERYVVIIDRB The Best "5c Smoke on Earth GUNSMAKIN CIGAR COMPANY Distributors. m.ww.wvw.wwwwwvwwmvvwwwwv.vw I THE HENRY WATERHOUSE TRUST CO. 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This pplendid show ing is an impressive object lesson. any jQ Eight thousand bunches of bananas in one cargo were recent ly shipped from iiilo. and it is through such things as these that . , l l it a. It 42 J . , I m. . ' me j.siauas win eventually uuu tnemseives. mere can be no doubt but that the generous climate of the, Islands has a wealth of riches to yield to intelligent industry and year by year will add to pert control will b especially valu the value of exports outside of sugar. Just what lines of Industry able ln solving the problem of the thaao nrill Via la a. mattftr fif Aimrimnnt hut. tho cnmlna iriald 1 q I . . sare. Sta'e. The most rncouraxiug fact in loreot management is the growing determination of larie timberland owners to employ private foresters! to handle their holdings. This will ensure a method of lumbering less wasteful than that at present prac. ticed, and, more Important by far. it will be the meens of better pro tecting the formats and making them yieia a continuous crop, bucn ex- i STATIONS A. M. P M. STATIONS A. M. P. M. , Wailuku Paia Pas. Pas. Fbeiout Fbbioht Freight Pas. Pas. Kahului-Puunene F & P F & p A. M. A.M. A. M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. Kahulul L'ave 7.00 8.42 1 45 2.00 3.45 Kahului Leave 6.20 1.20 Wailuku ArVive 7.12 8.54 12.00 2.12 3.57 Puuneue Arrive 6.35 1.35 Wailuku Leave 7.20 9.05 12.25 2.20 4.03 Puunene Leave 6.40 1.40 Kahului Arrive 7.32 9.17 12.40 2 32 4.15 Kahulul Arrive 6.55 1.55 Kahului Leave, 7.35 9.40 2.35 KAhulul Leave 8.00 3.05 Sp'ville Arrive 7.47 9.55 2.47 Puunene Arrive 8.15 3.20 Sp'ville Leave 7.50 10.10 2.50 Puunene Leave 8.20 3.25 Paia Arrive 8.02 10.25 3.07 Kahului Arrive 8.35 3.40 Paia Leave '8.12 10.55 3.12 Sp'ville Arrive 8.24 11.10 3.24 Sp'ville Leave 8.27 11.20 3.28 Kahului Arrive 8.37 11.35 3.38 rid of the slash. which, until burned, is a constant I rrenace to the forests. Kahului Reulroeicl Company AGENTS F"OR ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, Ltd.; ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, Line of Sailing Vessels Between San Francisco and he Hawaiian Islands; AMERICaN-HAWAII AN STEAMSHIP CO.; WILDER S STEAMSHIP CO. Importers and Dealers In NORWEST and REDWOOD- LUMBER in al sites rough and surfaced. SASH. DOORS and BLIND , in Ceda- and Redwood. CEDAR MOULDINGS and INSIDE FINISHING LUMBER, also a full line q(" Bt' irnE Material CORRUGATED IRON, GALVA" CEMENT. OILS and PAINTS c r, ZINC, GALVANIZED IRON PIPE, COAL TAR, l o d STAPLES: NAILS PITCH, OAKUM, Etc. Eto