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ESTABLISHED 1904. YOL. 10. NO. 12,
LIHUE, KAUAI, TERRITORY OF HAWAII. TUESDAY. MARCH 31 1914
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Kauai Surrenders Completely
To the Honolulu Ad Club
(The lines below were dictated by one of the most beloved old
ladies of Kauai (Mrs. W. H, Rice, Sr.) who, although now deprived
of her siRht, entered fully into the spirit ot the Ad Club's tour. All
people of Kauai will read the lines with more than ordinary interest.)
OfctyAd Club! Oh, Ad Club!
If ever you try to visit again the Isle of Kauai,
We hope you'll be met with sunshine not rain;
Nor see the return of the swallows again.
In the plans we had made, Old Sol was to shine,
We intended to give you a jolly, good time;
We had made up our scheme to give vou all pleasure
i But, Alas! Without "fixing" the clerk of the weather.
V5 wanted to show you our good roads and scenery,
And all was included in the Ad Club's intinerary;
But with weather so foul it was all we could do
Just to show our Aloha, without plans carried through.
But we certainly think you are made of good stuif
For you smiled (although weakly) when sometimes t'was rough.
Then, here's to the Ad Club, who all" "pull together"
And never are knockers whatever the weather.
Last Friday evening a number
of Lihue people motored across to
Waimeo , to be on hand early to
receive the Honolulu Ad Club.
They were lucky. About midnight
the heavy storm which had been
raging most of the previous even
ing on the Hanalei side, reached
Lihue and then moved rapidly
down the coast to Waimea and be
yond. Only one or two machine
partijs succeeded in getting away
fro$?Lihue and Koloa at 5 o'clock
Friday morning, as had been plan
ned, the rain falling quite heavy
at that hour and the roads being
awash most of the way. However,
about 6:30 the automobiles began
to arrive at Waimea and continued
to show up until "as late as 8
o'clock. The machines intended
foruse of the committee appeared
wi Ad Club banners on them,
and many of them were otherwise
decorated. These machines were
drawn up in front of the Waimea
hotel and around toward the land
ing. The Landing
Several members of the Recep
tion Committee, with other lead
ing promoters of the Ad Club Ex
cursion, were on hand in Waimea
the evening before, and were join
ed in the morning by most of the
principal people of that side of the
Island. The heavy down-pour of
rain during the night gave cauce
for great anxiety, but fortunately
the clouds broke away at dawn
and there was promise of a passable
ad
The Mauna Loa came to anchor
about 7:30 and was greeted by an
( uproarous blowing of whistles, in
Response to the firing of light bomb
' artillery on board the steamer; and
when the boats reached the wharf
there was a large and enthusiastic
crowd to meet them, including
many ladies.
Tub Quarantine
There were, however, certain
annoying regulations to be com
plied with before the visitors could
be passed on to breakfast.
A wireless message had been
received, apparently from Hono
lulu, notifying the authorities that
there were certain suspicious cases,
suggestive of malignant disease,
aboard. With characteristic gallan
try the ladies were passed with a
very superficial examination,
length of tongue being the indis
pensible requisite. Not a single
lady failed to meet the require
ments though some were over
nioWest and retiring in the exami
nation. With the men, however,
it was quite otherwise, and many
Showed suspicious symptoms. Re
cognizing the gravity of the situ
ation, there was an effort to break
through the lines, and one man, a
very fierce and shocking pirate
named Ellorbrook attempted to
bribe the officials with a handful
of bogus bank notes. He was im
mediately arrested and put into
irons by Deputy Sheriff W. O.
Crowell.
Careful scrutiny indicated that
W. R. Farrington, T. H. Gibson,
Chas. A. Cottrill and George R.
Carter showed dangerous symp
toms, when examined for intellect,
conscience, swelled head, etc.
Superintendent of Education Gib
son showed only faint traces of
intellect and great aversion t o
manual labor. U. S. Collector Cot
trill showed a very large and sus
p i c i o u s knowledge of other
people's incomes, and a great re
ticence about his own. He also ad
mitted having stolen his name,
however you pronounce it, though
he"was always ready to lead in
prayer.
Farrington Was Awfui,
Farrington was lamentably weak
in intellect, that's why he runs
a newspaper. Marked symptoms of
hydrophobia were also found. He
hadn't had a bath for a week and
never used water for any purpose
when he could get hold of any
thing stronger. He was considered
to be such a serious case that he
was put into an ambulance and
hurried away to the hospital. G.
R. Carter showed an abnormally
large but hollow head, with length
of tongue out of proportion, and
ill balanced. Joshua Tucker was
arrested on a formal charge of petty
larceny in the stealing of a whole
block of Kapaa Homesteads.
The quarantine officers were
Doctors J. M. Lydgate and C. B.
Hofgaard, physicians of high rank
and wide experience. Nurse Dic
key (Judge L. A. Dickey) won the
hearts of her victims by her kind
ly consideration and her amiable
qualities of face and character.
Tiik Breakfast
Meanwhile there had been a
steady procession toward the break
fast, set out all over the Waimea
hotel, artistically decorated for the
occosion. The breakfast was excel
lent and the service prompt, effi
cient and courteous more than
this, engaging to the hands of the
young ladies of Waimea.
By The Way
Following breakfast there was
a line up of automobiles for the
short run to Waiawa beyond Ke
kaha, and while this was in pro
gress there was much grave con
sideration and much frantic tele
phoning of the Executive Commit
tee to re-arrange the program to
suit the exigencies of thejweather.
Olokelc was out of the question,
and this let the bottom out of the
original program; and it was doubt
ful if Lawai beach could be made.
Finally it was decided to make a
desperate break for Lawai. taking
in Makaweli mill and Lawai can
nery on the way. Both of these in
stitutions proved to be of great
interest to mnny of the visitors,
who were surprised to find factor
ies of such size and efficiency on
Kauai.
Everything went as merry as n
marriage bell until the end of the
macadam was reached near Koloa
landing. One swift glance along
the furrowed sea of mud ahead
admonished the wisdom of chains
and there was a general hold up to
apply these conveniences. The run
along the beach road, mostly over
hard sand was without incident.
But at Kukuiula the return to mud
road was aggravated by a merciless
down-pour, such as seldom
experienced even in the Tropics.
The prudent did not attempt to
face it but "lay !o under poles,"
as it were, until the squall should
blow over. For a time it seemed
as though it never would, and
there were some cases of "cold
feet" arising, probably out of wet
feet, and therefore quite excusable.
Our sympathies particularly went
out to one lady in an open and
wholly unprotected auto, wearing
a large black hat of graceful and
airy design. After waiting some
time for a slack up, growing wet
ter and hmpcr every moment, she
finally threw the hat into the lan
tana bushes and started for home,
in the excusable condition of the
proverbial wet hen.
Down Into Lawai
When the top of the hill was
reached, the limit of the automo
bile, there was a walk of several
hundred yards through heavy
mud. The experienced ones, in
cluding many ladies, wisely took
off their shoes a n d stockings
and
run'
made the decent on "the'
as it were; then washed up,
put tneir slioes on again ana were
as neat and dainty as though they
had come out of the proverbial hi,
band box, greatly to the advantage
and everyway over his neighbors,
who had retainedtheir footgear, and
carried unpleasant evidences of it.
In the interim before lunch,
several new members were elected
and "inoculated," it being under
stood that the necessary $5.25
would be forth-coming later.
The lunch, furnished by the
Waimea Koloa Districts and hand
ed by the committee was eaten in
the lanai to the strains of the Kaai
band. That it was excellent and
generous and daintily served goes
without saying. That it was well
worth all they had come through
to g e t was the conviction of
everyone. The embracing strains
of the Kaai music were irresistible
and soon the available floor space
was taken, and there was aTerpsi-
chorean overflow out onto the
lawn.
There were manifold exclama
tions concerning the beauty o f
the spot, even under the some
what adverse conditions; the vast
masses of flaming bougainvillia on
the sides of the pali being parti
cularly striking and effective.
In spite of the very adverse wea
ther conditions many of the good
people of the western side of the
island were there to meet the guests
and participate in the good fellow
ship of the occasion.
The uncertainties of the way
suggested a timely departure and
a good many of the visitors felt
that they would like to get hold
of their suit cases foi a much need
ed change. The run to Lihue was
made without mishap.
The breathing spell before the
serrious events of the evening was
viously employed in visiting the
the Lihue Store, motoring to the
end of the macadam at Wailua,
visiting Nawiliwili; but mostly in
recovering baggage (which had
come round by steamer) and mak
ing such changes as restored the
Ad Club and its lady guests to
GOV. PINKHAM IS
B
E
Governor Pinkham, accompan
ied by Superintendent Caldwell, of
the nublic works detinrtniffiit: 11
1 , Jf.
D. Tucker, of the land depart
ment, and T H. Gibson, of the
Department of Education, ai rived
at Waimea' with the Ad Club Sat
urday morning. He spent Saturn
day morning sight-seeing on theJ
route to Lihue, and in the after
noon, accompanied by Mr. Gibson
and others, visited the old court
house, which is being considered
for high school purposes.
The Governor seemed to doubt
the wisdom of fixing upon the
court house location as a perma
nent site for the proposed school;
and appeared inclined t o favor
some plan whereby the Department
of Education could use it, pending
developments as to a more suitable
location. Sunday morning, accom
panied by Superintendent Caldwell,
Commissioner Tucker and Albert
Horner, the Governor went to the
proposed site of the Kapaa can
nery, where a thorough investi
gation of the place was made and
the details of the requirements of
the cannery company looked into.
That night the Governor remain
ed as the guest of Colonel Z. S.
Spalding. , Monday and Tuesday
morning were put in going over
the homesteads of Waipouli and
neighborhood, and investigating
numerous details.
The Governor returned to Lihue
shortly after noon and will sail for
Honolulu at 5 o clock.
HiESfEfllSOF
II
Elmer E. Cheatham, manager
of B. F. Ehlers&Co., will give
K,p his position this week and will
'arrive on Kauai with his family.
early next week, to settle on Ids'
lomeslead at Waipouli. Mr. Chea-
.than brings to the colony there,
land incidentally, to Kauai, busi
ness ability, capital a n d those
things that make for good citizen
ship. Writing to the editor of The
Garden Island under date o f
'March 25, Mr. Cheatham says:
"I am going over by the Noeau
on the 30th, with my goods and
chattels; my famiyl. also that of my
brother-in-law, R. D. Israel, go
over on the followicg day by the
Kinau. Mr. Israel is now in charge
of paintingthe Lihue coutthouse."
their pristine a n d immaculate
splendor for the chowder in the
evening.
The Banquet At Lihue
A few minutes after 7 the doors
of the Lihue Hall were thrown
open amid tasteful decorations of
pahu and pou and revealing tables
set for 150 guests, and every one
and the Ad Club piled in, singing
their familiar songs of turbulence
and good-fellowship and other-
wiseraisedtheroof. Seats werercser
ved for the governor and his party
on the stage, where they overlook
ed the festive scene; and behind
them the Kaai Band discoursed
their strains of excellent music,
alternating with the Kapaia Brass
Band without. Here, as elsewhere,
the service was prompt, efficient
and courteous, and "Coney's Best"
in chowder went to the richt spot.
Other delicacies, the handiwork of
the good housekeepers of Lihue,
followed until the guests begged
for quarter.
The Addresses
The speaking ameuities of the
evening were opened by J. M.
Lvdcate. who tendered to the Ad
Club the freedom of the Island
whatever was left of it. We
Continued on page 6
U3Y WHILE
IE RIGHT KIND
iOF
J. G. I
Tohn G. M. Sheldon, brother of
(Henry Sheldon, of Lihue, and
Win. J. Sheldon, formerly of Wai
mea, died in Honolulu of hemorr
hage last Friday morning. He
had been in rather poor health for
several years. Henry Sheldon left
by the Kinan Saturday for Hono-
Mum io aucnu uie iunerai, wnieii
took place Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Sheldon was one of the
oldest printers in the Islands, hav
ing begun work as such when
quite young. Being oroficient in
both the English and Hawaiian
languages, he was frequently em
ployed as interpreter in the courts
and elsewhere. H e had many
friends by whom he was well liked.
IS
Thomas Salvador, the prisoner
who escaped from the guards at
Lihue jail on February 16 was
apprehended by a Filipino special
at Hanamaulu Thursday night,
and is again in custody.
This man was indicted by the
grand jury at the last term for
burglary, but his case did not come
to trial,, having been set oyer, He
was, 'therefore, in jaiWajwjuting
trial.
me circumstances ot ins escape
were a little unusual. He had plac
ed someof his clothes near the cane
field, and went out with one of the
guards to get them. When close
to the cann he made a dive into
die thick growth, and, being small
pnd "slippery", he was soon out
of reach and out of sight. Search
ft
ror tne missing man had gone
on
or nearly a month and a half.
FERNANDEZ PLANS
GREAT PR0GRA1S
Willie Fernandez returned from
Honolulu on Fi iday with the big
gest vaudeville and motion picture
program he has ever attempted on
Kauai. lie will open tomorrow
evening in Hale llooni, showing
also Thursday, Friday and Satur
day nights there. Monday night,
Eleele; Tuesday and Wednesday,
Makaweli; Thursday and Friday,
Waimea.
Prof. George K. Gilman, cele
brated pianist, and Miss Noraba
yes, a favorite vocalist, in the
latest instrumental nnd vocal hits
will appear.
"The Princess Of Lorraine," a
beautiful story of olden days, will
be depicted in two reels. Another
big two-real film will be "Blazing
The Trail" one of the latest and
best of the Bison series. Besides
these there will be a number of
comedies and other pictures.
The show as a whole will be
worth going miles to see, and
Fernandez should have crowded
Iiousqs everywhere. Remember the
dntes for the different places.
Advt.
Gomes' New Truck
Joe Gomes, the Hanapcpe mer
chant, has received a new Federal
truck quite a large and handsome
machine. He will use it for freight
hauling and also for delivery pur
poses.
sudden
0
SHELDON
PRISON RUNAWAY
RECAPTURED
E
Herbert Myhre, formerly a luna
Makaweli, died in Honolulu
at
last
Wednesday, aged 39 years,
funeral was held from
Tl
lie
William's undertaking parlors
Thursday afternoon.
Deceased is survived by a father,
c.
G. Myhre, of Honolulu, and
tw
o brothers.
DIES SUDDENLY
Dan. Moke, the veteran stable
man for the managers of Koloa
plantation, is dead.
The end came quite suddenly
Thursday morning. When Moke
appeared that day he looked un
well, and Manager Cropp suggest
ed that he lay off and take care of
himself. Near noon Mr. Cropp
found him on the ground with
several natives around. Dr.
Waterhouse was summoned and
discovered that the man was al
ready dead. Heart failure was the "
cause.
Moke began work as manager's
stableman twenty-five years ago,
HERBERT
MYHR
DIES
HONOLULU
OLD STABLEMAN
and although the heads of the
plantation have changed several ,
times, the old stableman remained.
.Henvas a faithful. worker, and was '.'
well liked by everyone' who knew'
hi m.
E
ESTATE DEFERRED
The matter ot the will of the
late William Hastie, of Eleele,
came up in Judge Dickey's court
last Thursday. The will itself
named the widow, Mary Jane Has
tie, as execu'iier and practically
sole legatee. From statements
made in court, however, it appear
ed that neither of the witnesses to
the wilKH. II. Brodic and H. Mor-risoiO-actually
saw the late Mr.
Hastie sign it. On this account
Judge Dickey deferred probate, and
Mrs. Hastie fi 1 e d a petition for
letters of administration. The dc-
lition will be heard Saturday,
May 2.
The value of the estate is given
as $5,700.00. although when all
items are included it will probably
reach the neighborhood of
$8, 000. 00.
Important Notice
All bills against the Committees
on Entertaiment of the Honolulu
Ad Club should be itemized pro
perly endorsed bv th narties in
curring the same and filed with the
undersigned at Waimea without
delay.
Erling E. Mahlum,
Chairman Finance Committee.
Waimea, March 30, 1914.
,.,t
Want some beautiful snlt nnd
pepper shakers at 50 cents a nnir
delivered? An unusual bargin. See
announcement of W. W. Dimond
& Co., right hand ton corner of
page 3, this issue.
Koloa Baseball
At the meeting of Koloa base
bailers Sunday afternoon the fol
lowing officers were elected: E.
Cropp, president; H. Kuhlmaun,
vice president; A. Waechlter, sec
retary; Antone Kuhlmaun. treasur
er Antone Kuhlmaun was elected
team manager and Henry Houan
captaiu.
ACTION
HASTI
