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THE OARDHN ISLAND TUESDAY, FEBRURAY 9, 1915, HOTEL WAIMEA VV.umi-a, Katai J Breakfast Lunch Dinner Room 5 .50 . 75 1 .00 1 .00 J .1 -I DICK OLIVER, Manner 05 :e Sjpply Co., Ltd iKiNoi.ri.r, t. n. fc Agents for tin1 REMINGTON TYPEWRITER aii'l dealer in Oilici- Stationery and Filing Sj sterns. Curry n rnnipleti! s,U el t!i ilolie-Wernirki: Filing ('jilii'n t J J All n-puiis mi typewriters i;imian teed fatNfartnry. . it-; -v i jV,:' I d ... El .3 HOTEL LIHUE (The Fairview) Twenty-two elegant rooms In Main Building Three Airy Cottages Cuisine unexcelled in count y districts W. H. Rice, Jr., Proprietor .jyA-y lya'-jy a: aJ HONOLULU MONUMENT WORKS, Ltd. 1'. . :,K v.ti H..nnlu!u. A, Paper Bags, Twines, Stationery XI IK I.AKliK.-T PAPER HOUSE in Tin: Ti:i;i;rjoi:v mail i;!i:i;s I-K M I'JI.Y at'j i:im:i to " THE BANK OF HAWAII, Limited LIHUE BRANCH Lihl'k, Kauai, Hawaii Deposits are received suhject to check. Certificates of de posit issued payable on de mand. Loans made on ap proved security. Dkaits Dkawn UN Honolulu Bremen San Francisco Berlin New York Hong Kong London Yokohama Savings Dkia kt.m knt Interest paid on Saving's De posits. 4 per cent on ordi nary and 4 per cent on Term Deposits. Ordinary .Savings Deposits will he received up 10 $2,500 in any one account. Saii- Dki'osit Boxi:s i-ot RlCNT $2 AND $3 A YKAK AMERICAN II AWAil AN PAPER CO., LTD. Fort and Queen Streets GEO. G. GUILD, Vice Prei & Mgr LIFORNIA FEED CO. l.IMIJI'.l). Dealers in JlAV, r.KAIX AND ClIIC'KKN Sri'i'i.n-s. Sole Agents for Ir.ti-niiiliniiiii Muck. I'... i!t rv Fml H"I "0i. r iei::lti,-. Aral.ie ior iii'-' Jr 'M I.'i..h. IVtsiInnia In- euluitiii-' ;iii. !;r,er.-s. Kinc.'s Si'i-xiAi. Chick I'himi 1'. O. Box 452, 5 Honolulu I L. Y. TIM Has entered the rent ser vice, nnd has provided him: self with a big Five-Seater Buitk Special attention paid to commercial travelers. Rea sonable rates to all parts of the island. 'Phone 172 JEWELERS JIVKKV'I him; in tjik ''W YKK AND I) '' I C!I Cl'T ( 1 I.A--S '. Nil Art (', .ud:-,. Ml- KCIIAN'USi: ()! tiu; Bl ST (.JCAI.ITV O.M.N . II.F.WlCHiaAH&CO,LD. ' Lkadinc; Jkvki.krs. P. O. Box 342 Honolulu The History of Lihue fflji OCrs. IK U. Hk, Jr. (Continued from last issue.) In the early davs of the nlanla-1 on various hills as was their cus- tion sugar cane was cultivated very i torn but the need for one more s V(Jl" will jilw-iiys leineinlK-r ACIMISS TUB A.MFKK'AN (ONTIM:.T If yull ti-itvel via Tlie Se. hie Line ,.f tin- W'i.iM Tlir..n-li tlie I'eatlier l;ier Cany. .ii au.l tlie I!..yal (i.M-e. Denver & Rio Grande Western Pacific I-li i:i 1.. WAI.KUOV, LTD., Ayeiiis 1I..ii..:i!ii We !-,. n.i.v.-,i::i ;-.!y ::el. aim null! n .-ni i. Hawaii Soi:il; Seas Curio Co. iio.Mii.cj.i;. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS JUS. F. MORBA N Co. Ltd. Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate and Insurance XO. 125131 Ml-RCIIAXT ST. P O. Box Xo 591 Honolulu ()! i'Jl.5 TAX K ATM. j The Bcal and Personal properly j of the I-'onrih Taxation Division will bj l ixed at the rate of 1.3s' j per hundicd, S13 85 per thousand, ; dollars valuation, for the purposes .set forth in Section 5 of Act 145, (Session Laws 1911; to wit: ' For Current Kxpcnses of County; 'For IVrm.'.-K-.it Impi o enicts; For .Sc!ic..! ,; For Interest and Sinking Fund on Bonds allowed to County: F o r As.s.s in:; a u d Collecting Taxes. J. K. l AlU.I-iV, nil tn i .- ::o.i Divisiun, lai, J.;i!ii.'i-y .'v, 1915. 1-t. difi'trently from the present clay, being planted in hills. An early letter from Judge V. L. Let in 1S55, mentions the methods of cane planting in Louisiana, which he observed on a trip through that state. I quote from his letter. "While passing .through the large plantations in Louisiana, I not:ced that they planted the cane in roll's and not in hills, about 8 feet apart and kept the mules and ploughs going between these straight lines of cane almost con stanlly. Some of the fields were a mile or more long and looked beau ti fully while on other plantations the cane looked as poor and sickly as any I ever saw at Lihue." It was probably Judge Lee's letter that brought about a change in the early methods on Lihue Plantation The first rollers for the mill were granite and were brought from China in 1S52 and were run by- cattle or mules later on bv water power. If in haste too much cane wf re thrust into the rollers work would cease until all hands jump ed on the flv wheel to start things going again. The cane was convey ed to the mill by o;;-carts and the animals constituted a very import ant item in the inventory of the plantation. In the early days there were about bullock carts, later increasing to 30 carts and about 600 oxen. Three pairs were ap portioned to each cart, each pair having to serve about a week in every three weeks. They became very cunning in their efforts to avoid yoking, some would run and lie down, refusing to get up until forced to do so, others would es cape to canefields to hide. ICach animal had his name which he knew perfectly, also the side up on which he should be yoked. In tho rainy season the hauling of the cane to tiie mill by the carts caused Ihe roads to become almost impass able veritable taro-patches in fact and inconceivable to those who are only acquainted with macadamized roads. 'Ihe amount of tillable land necessary for the pasturage of so many animals, the force of labor ers required to care foi them and Ihe crudeness of this method of hauling, caused the installation of a system of railways in 1891 , which tho' costly has proved a measure of true economy in the end. -it me time ot Air. Kice s in cuinbcncy the manager's salary was four hundred dollars per annum and a house ami what could be grown on his own premises. In ad dition to his duties as manaeer he acted as, District Attorney lor the Kauai Circuit, a position he was i'-esi.r ,!(.... ! ably fitted to fill. To him also must credit be extended for the generous number of fruit trees in the various vulk-vs of Lihue, he becoming thus the pioneer of tree planting here Kauai has taken the lead of the other Islands in forestration mat Uts, the credit being due to Mr. Paul Isenberg, Sr., Mr. (i. X Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Isen berg, Wr. Win. Hyde Rice and Lihue plantation. i. .t e. . . i ne niui ot tne cany nays was supplied with fuel from the "old trash yard . so called, at the too ol the hill, whither it was carried by ox-carts to dry. Certain oxen weie reserved tor these ox-carts done, due to their aptitude at backing. The trash houses w re about 150 x 45 feet with thatched roofs and were wide enough to al low two ox carts to pass. A gang of Hawaiian women was kept to dry the trash by tossing and turn ing it. Mr. Rice recalls how as a boy lie watched with excitement the rise and fall and final collapse of a thatch roof on a new trash house, durinir a southerly storm. On the point of the hHl beyond this trash yard was laid out the original cemetary of Lihue. The Hawaiians, of couise, hail their cemetery near the church and also cemetery was felt when occurred the death of a stranger, from off one of the whale ships, in whom Mother Rice" interested herself and did much to ease his last davs As a token of his appreciation he presented her with the carven ugure or a mtie. man peering through a spy glass. This little man has for years stood above the entrance to the Lihue Store and when the fine new building was ctected a niche on the front corner was reserved for him. The cemetery has been largely added to and laid out with an eye to its natural beauties. In it was placed in 1912 the beautiful white marble momument, the handiwork of Stephen Sinding, of Norway. This monument was presented to the Cemetery Association by Mr. and Mrs. Hans Isenberg Mr. and Mrs. Paul Isenberg and Mrs. C. M. Cooke and is considered one of the finest pieces of work of its kind west of the Mississippi. The original fields of Lihue Plantation were the large field back of and below the County Building and the large field of Ha lo, in front of the Doctor's resi dence and running up back of Mr Isenberg's residence. The first stone walls or fences in the whole open country hereabouts were the ones crossing the'Tield opposite the hotel and on the left hand side of the road running up to-Mr. W. II. Rice's residence. The early Hawaiians excelled in the art of stone-wall making. Labor w a s scarce on the Plantation a n through Manager Rice's efforts the first Chinese labor was introduced in 1S55. A gang, subsequently sus pected of being ex-river pirates and proving hard to control and greatly feared by the white resi dents, were the first. Mr, II. A. ldemann (who came to Kauai originally as tutor for the Brown family at Wailua) while employed on Lihue Plantation had once the lively experience ot being chased by this gang, being opportunely rescued by two Hawaiian paniolas Nika and Kuili, who used their lassoes effective!". Tncse men Nika and Kuili were expert lassoers and inciuentallv cattle thieves, their haven of refuge being a clump of koa trees ..rear the stream in Ka pnia Vallev. Mr. Wideman remained with Lihue Plantation until he purchas ed the Marshsll and Pease lands, which now compose Grove Farm Plantation, and to which he moved in 1856 afterwards marrying an estimable Hawaiian resident, by whom he had a large family, thus adding one more home to the slow ly growing community, He also acted for some years as Sheriff of the Island, but disposing of his interests in 1864 to Mr. G. N. Wil cox, lie moved to one ot the other islands. During Mr. Rice's management he was much annoyed with incom petent sugar boilers. It required three months then to make 300 tons of sugar and the art of boiling sugar in open kettles was not easi ly acquired. Mr. Rice was forced to see much good syrup burnt and useless being consequently thrown to the pigs, which were kept handy for that purpose. However such troubles ceased when Mr. Prevot, from Louisiana, was engaged. He villained some years, acquiring two shares of stock in the com pany, which same he some years later, after retiring to F'rance to live, sold to Mr. Paul Isenberg for S20.000.00 a share. Mr. Prevot! taught sugar boiling to Mr. Carlj Isenberg who succeeded him. While speaking of early d;tVs of! the mill it is interesting to hear ot the difficulties attendant on gett'iig ! repairs made. The old steamer "A-! kamai," in which Mr. and Mrs. ; Rice and family first came to Ka uai in 1854, and which later turned turtle in Pearl Harbor, was sue- ceeded by the "West Point." j (Continued in uext'issue.) I We have found it a fact that most of the people who once wear Heywood Shoe ($5 & $6) invariably re-order the same kind. That's proof of quality. Manufacturers' Shoe Store Honolulu Conned up a centrifugal pump to a Westinghouse Motor and your irrigation troubles are pau. Let our expert ex plain why, in detail Hawaiian Electric Co., Ltd. Honolulu I Wai Stables ! LIMITED Up-to-date Livery, Drayiug and Boarding Stable a d Auto- J Livery Business. AUTOMOBILE STAGE-LINE ! BETWEEN LIHUE and KEKAHA Leaving Lihue every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Leaving Kekaha -.-very Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ARRIVING AT TIIK IR DKSTIXATIOX IX TURKU HOURS f W. WEBER Manager. ' Telephone 4 W Waimea P. O. Box 48 I 7!33 W College iViifcsa ffficSeS! 9 H you nttrnd aiiv of tlie Jp?V?S? big college game ou ill find nSSK 2ts!58 I hat tlie halt nhno-t i:iv.iria!.v H uwn iiiu M'.;'. , 1! w-I- I i I flj.r. s - Mf'.iV t I.- .1 . f i t . I. ... 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