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Kauai don't raise much
corn, but we are
strong on sugar
cane. Some day
we'll have sense
enough to raise co
coanuts. And cof
fee. And tobacco.
Have you grown tired
of the scenery on Ka
uai? Read the story
written by one who
has travelled exten
sively. Pictures by
the word-painter.
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ESTABLISHED 1904. VOL. 14. NO. 8.
LIHUE, KAUAI, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1918
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11 I IIM
Local and General
A now and commodluos laboratory
has been built by tho Makawell sugar
mill.
John Edgar, second assistant light
houso keeper at KUauea, was a visitor
at Lihuo Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ilustace, of Honolulu,
arc visiting their son, P. T. Hustace
ot Grove Farm, Llhue.
Tho tax rate tor Honolulu this year
Is $1.83; for Hawaii, $1.SG; tor Maul,
$1.05; for Kauai, $1.81.
The Kapaa homesteaders aro cut
ting their cane and hauling to, the
McBrydo sugar mill.
A Hcbard Case has received his ap
pointment as agent to represent the
federal government on Kauai In food
administration service.
Woinzhehner, who has been having
much plllkia on Maul, was formerly
section boss on the McBrydc sugar
plantation on this Island.
The grand Jury Is In session today.
Erling Mahlum, tho manager of tho
Hofgaard- Company store at Walmea,
was elected foreman, and Kalel Mont
gomery Is bailiff.
E W. Christmas, the artist, is over
at Hanalei bay, sketchnlg. He Is mak
lug his final tour before leaving for the
states. Ho will exhibit a few of his
paintings In Llhue In a few days.
Professor P. T. Dillingham, of the
College of Hawaii, was a visitor to Ll
hue last week. He came over to ad
dress the Mohlkana Club, and spoke
on "The principal classes ot Foods.
Mrs. Dillingham accompanied him.
By special arrangement, Rev. Solo
mon K. Kaulili will assme tho caro ot
the Walmea Hawaiian church two
Sundays a month, and a portion of his
week-day timo'to tho interests ot that
church.
Joseph Wyllio is the new chief en
gineer for the Makawell sugar mill.
He formerly held a similar position at
Papakeo mill on Hawaii, and prior to
that was chief engineer at a sugar mill
in Louisiana.
Tho Makawell store has recently
sold $1,000 worth of thrift stamps.
They have interested men in the var
ious camps, also, who are promoting
their sale. Some aro buying regular
ly, paying from $1 to $5 every month
out ot their savings.
Persons having an income of more
than $3,000 a year should make their
returns promptly. A few have neg
lected the matter, and the officials
have considerately extended the time
for which filings may be made to April
1st. The income tax must be paid
fore June 1st.
The Lihuo store returns to tho cus
tomer ilvo per cent of all sales made
for cash, giving sales checks, which
are subsequently redeemed. The man
agement is now inviting customers
to help Uncle Sam by buying thrift
stamps with their cash purchase
checks.
A new unit of the Tied Cross has
been organized by the Hawaiian worn
on of Waimea, to meet regularly at the
lanal of the church and conduce work
along tho familiar lied Cross lines.
Thus far some twenty-five women have
taken up the work, and they hope to
increase the membership to sixty.
U. S. Food Administrator J. F. Child
has authorized the government agent
here, A. Hebard Case, to confiscate
rice and other cereals, and offer them
for sale, paying to the owners thereof
the proceeds of the sale, in cases
where there is evidence that such food
products are being hoarded in un
reasonable quantities.
A car driven by some one from Ka
loa was coasting down the grade be
low the Llhue store, toward the sugar
mill, last Friday night, and ran into
a team which was coming around .a
turn. Tho horse reared up, and when
he camo down, his front feet went
through tho glass windshield. The
car was left by tho roadside till late
on Saturday, when it was taken to a
garage for repairs.
The Japanese at Kapaia have form
ed a society patterned after the Y. M.
C. A., to a certain oxtent, although it
is a Bhuddistic Bocloty. Tho members
havo been doing considerable work
and aro now actively engaged in a
along the lino of food conservation,
campaign to buy thrift stamps. Uev.
II. Miyasaki is president of the Y. M.
S. H. A tho Japanese society. Ho
reports that tho Japanese women aro
nearly all actively engaged in Red
Cross work. M. Kanda is tho editor
and proprietor of a Japanese paper
devoted to tho interests of tho society.
Tho unusually strong kona wind
which prevealcd on Sunday caused the
breakers and surf to run high on the
coast at Waimea. The Holekole Maru,
tho launch owned by tho Hofgaard
Company at Waimea, lifted and drag
ged her anchors, and was driven high
and dry on tho beach. She was so
whipped around by tho angry waters
that she sprang aleak, and was broken
and injured to such an extent as to be
come a total loss. Tho engine is being
removed, and ropes and other para
phernalia aro being salvaged. Tho
launch cost something over $1500.
Physical Examinations
All Class 1 registrants in tho terri
tory will bo given a physical exami
nation by army physicians, who will
be appointed fiy General Wisser. They
will work in conjunction with Major
Charles 13. Cooper, of the Medical Re
serve Corps, who is In charge of the
medical part of tho selective draft. Im
mediately upon mailing of notice of
final classification of registrants who
have been finally placed In Class 1,
local board will send to such regis
trants notice to appear for physical ex
amlnation. As there are so few phys
icians on Kauai, and each one of these
has been more or less closely associat
ed with work of the local boards, they
with the work ot tho local boards, they
will not bo available In these final ex
amlnations. Army physicians will,
therefore, bo appointed to make the
examinations, and will travel from isl
md to island. They will at least visit
Kauai, 'Maul and Hawaii. Dr. J. M.
Kuhns Is tho medical officer of the
Kauai board. Tho medical advisory
board will review tho appeals made
from tho results of previous examinations.
Honest John Renny
John Renny, of Niihau, found a box
containing a number of tins of opium,
floating along shore, and when he ex
Ined the contents, notified the officials,
the opium is stated to bo worth any
where from $700 to $1400, according
to which paper you see it in.
Renny is the superintendent of the
Gay & Robinson stock ranch, on Nii
hau. Ho is the only white resident,
though there aro about a hundred nat
Ives there. He went to Niihau in
1S9C, and has lived there ever since.
During tlfat time he has made but one
trip to Honolulu, and recently visited
Walmea for the second time in twenty
one years.
When the marshal visited the Island,
he Induced Renny to visit Waimea as
his guest. Renny was much interest
ed in the scenes ot that place, and
enjoyed particularly the moving pict
ure show. He asked the marshal a
number of questions about the aero
planes which have been flying over
Honolulu, but could not seem to under
stand what made the thing stay up in
the air.
:o:
National Guard
J. M. Camara, Major of tho Ord
nance Department of the Hawaii Nat
ional Guard, Is here -for the purpose
of Inspecting federal and territorial
oropertles. He may remain 'until Fri
day night.
It Is reported that ho has found con
ilderable paraphernalia scattered
around which belonged to tho Guards,
some of which was retained through
larelessnes and oversight. However,
t has been said that the Major oven
found persons on the street and along
Mio public highways, wearing theNa
tional Guard costume, which he confis
cated on tho spot. The major refused
to supply any particulars to the Gard
en Island. He said his duty as an
officer was to report to the proper offi
cers only, concerning what he had
found.
Those who have through careless
nss failed to turn in their uniforms
ind other paraphernalia to headquar
ters, should deliver the same to their
company commanders at once. Uncle
Sam is having difficulty In manufactur
ing clothing as fast as It Is needed,
these days, and every member of the
National Guard should respond to the
call promptly, and deliver property to
tho company commander.
Fire Extinguisher Saves Auto
Maru Oka, of fNawlliwlli, who was
driving a Dodge touring car, drovo in
to tho Llhue storo garage on Saturday
to fill his tank with gasoline. After
the tank had been filled, he attempted
to start tho car, when gasoline took
fire, and the car was envelopod in
flames within a few seconds. Oka
backed his car rapidly, evidently with
a view of getting away from the gar
age so that fire would not bo commu
nicated to other cars, and in doing so,
collded with a car which was standing
a fow feet in tho rear, which belonged
to a Filipino from Kapaa. This latter
machine had its front guards smash
ed, and was pushed into a stump,
thus smashing its rear guards.
Tho Japanese who attends to tho
store garage, ran to the storo nnd pro
cured a Champion Chemical firo en
gine, and with it extinguished tho
ilames within a fow minutes.
It is said that this Is the third or
fourth firo which Oka has had.
No ono seems to know exactly how
the fire occurred. Machinists say that
any ono ot several things might havo
caused the blaze. In the first place,
tho spark might havo been advanced
too far. This would result in back
firing. Tho fire seems to have start
ed around tho generator. If tho vac
uum tank was not working right, tho
gas might drip from it, and so causo
a blazo. Or a short circuit might havo
caused it.
The Amende Honorable
In tho report of tho Supervisors
meeting, printed In last week's Issue,
n the table summing up the Items
concerning the Mahelona Memorial
Hospital, a mtstako occurred, the result
of an oversight In this office. It was
stated that A. S. Wilcox had given
$5,0000, and that Mrs. A. S. Wilcox
had given $1,000. Tho ono thousand
doltars should havo been credited to
Mrs. S, W. Wilcox. Doth were noble
gifts, which will go far toward allevi
ating suffering and aid materially in
tho good work which the hospital Is
accomplishing.
Silvas Quarter Century
Sllva of Eleolo has been In the gen
eral merchandise business for a quar
ter of a century. As a rule men who
have been In business that long eith
er become tired, careless, or Indiffer
ent, or so independent that no one
cares to deal with them. Sllva, on the
other hand, is as energetic as evor,
and just as anxious to please. He
has something new to say In his ad
this week. Read It.
Fish at Milolii
i
J. P. Kahlbaum, manager of tho Ll
hue Ico plant at Waimea, owns a
launch, and and occasionally invites
friends to go with him on pleasure
trips. Last Saturday he took T. Black
ted along, and went to Mololli, where
fishing is always good. Ho usually
jatches mullet, but they are now out of
reason. Mol aro still plentiful. There
Is a little bay in that vicinity where
tho tortoise shell turtles go to feed on
limu. They often stay too long, and
the receding tide leaves them In shal
low water, whore they aro easily capt
ured. They make excellent soup.
Guard Inspection
Captain Gonsor, formerly instructor
of the National Guard on Kauai, will
irrlve shortly to inspect the several
National Guard companies. Tho in
spection will start at Kailua, on the
28th of February, when the first pla
toon of Company I will be inspected.
At Lihuo, on March 1, the second and
third platoons of Company K will bo
inspected. In Koloa on the 2d of
March, the first platoon of Company K.
In Eleele on March 2d, the first pla
toon of Company L. In Makawell on
March 3d, Company M. In Kealla, on
March 4th, tho second and third pla
toons of Company I.
Helping Red Cross
The manager of tho McBryde store,
it Eleolo, has adopted a scheme which
;s worthy of being imitated all over
the island. The McBrydo, like all oth
er stores on that part of the island,
Slves tho customer five per cent for
jash. It would Involve too much labor
to figure tho percentago on small sales
each time, and little chockks are there
fore given with each sale. When the
amount purchased aggregates a speci
fied sum, usually ten dollars, tho little
checks are redeemed, and the percent
age for cash is returned to the custom
er. A few customers do not caro to
bother with saving the checks, and
h.ive thrown them away. Tho mana
ger of the McBryde store thought out
a plan whereby tho Red Cross might
bo made to benefit. Ho has put up
a little box in which tho cash checks
may be deposited, and at the end of
each month the storo manager takes
out tho checks and sends one-half of
their face value to tho local chapter
of tho Red Cross.
Brilliant Display
Ono of the most peculiar freaks of
nature that ever happened took place
on Kauai last Saturday at 10 o'clock,
when thoro appeared on tho east Bldo
of Mount Eleele a rainbow a mile high
and about four miles wide, it was
not a rainbow such as the Lord mado
to serve as a promise that Ho would
not again destroy tho earth by flood;
not tho rainbow tho world has known
for thousands of years. Instead, tho
mountain was veiled from bottom to
top with a seini-trasparent sheet of
mist showing all the dollcato tints of
the rainbow, not in strips, but in ono
great film of colors of tho rarest beau
ty. It was a freak of nature such as has
probably never been seen nor heard
of since the world was made. The
mountain is a little more than 5200
feet in height, and the whole face of
It from an elevation of about 200 feet
to tho summit, was covered with a
semi-transparent film of tho greatest
beauty.
Draft is Coming
Gooding Field states that tho draft
Is coming to Hawaii soon, and that
probably from six to eight thousand
will bo called. This includes not only
the National Guard, but all who have
been placod In Class 1, and possibly
a fow from class 2 and 3.
;o:
Honolulu Man in Town .
Honolulu people were well repre
sented among tho arrivals this week,
tho following being registered at the
Lihuo Hotel: Isador Scharlin, who Is
with E. Langer & Co.; E. W. Christ
mas, tho artist; George T. Klougel,
chief clerk of tho hardware depart
ment of Theo. II. Davles & Co.; J. M.
Camara, the attorney, now a major in
the National Guard of Hawaii; H. W.
Lewis, the contractor; C. A. Brown,
the civil engineer; and R. Brown,
clerk for the C. & D. Co.
Fish are Cheaper
The fishermen who supply Honolulu
with fish said that fish could not bo
supplied at a cheaper rate than twenty
fivo cents per pound minimum, while
It was necessary to charge sixty centB
per pound for 901110 varieties. Food
Commissioner Child thought other
wise, and was real persistent about it,
and has fixed a scale ot prices. The
fishing business is now under federal
control, and licenses must be obtained
by those who engage In tho business,
Fish which havo been selling for from
twenty-five to forty cents per pound
were sold for twelvo cents a pound by
some of tho dealers, in anticipation of
tho now rates.
Japanese Stamp Sale
The Japanese held a meeting at the
Llhue Armory on Friday evening to
promote the sale of thrift stamps. K.
Okamoto, pastor of tho Japanese
Christian Church, was chairman of the
meeting, and introduced Rev. T. Horl,
pastor of the Christian Church in Ho
nolulu, who explained the object of tho
meeting, and explained the merits of
thrift stamps, and advised his hearers
to invest. When he asked the Japan
ese who had already Invested to hold
up their hands, a great many hands
went up. Frank Crawford, cashier of
tho Lihue Bank, addressed tho mect
'ng, and assured his hearers that the
employees of tho bank would bo found
willing at all times to explain the
matter In detail, and to receive sub
scriptions, William McCluckey, prln
cipal of the Lihue High School, also
mado a very Interesting address. Tho
Japanese residents havo Invested
largely in Liberty Loan bonds, war
.saving stamps, and other government
securities.
Koloa Wins Championship
The championship gamo of the Ka
uai Winter Baseball League was play
ed at Eleele last Sunday between the
Eleele team winner of tho first series,
and the Koloa team, winners of the
second scries. Koloa won, after an
exciting and hard-fought game with a
score of 4 to 3.
The League was composed of five
teams as follows: Eleele Now Mill,
Filipinos, Homesteads and Koloa.
The first series was started in Do
cember, and was won by Eleele. Ko
loa and Homestead tied for first place
in the second cries. Tho tlo was play
ed off in Lihuo on Sunday Feb. 10,
with Koloa winning on a scoro of 18
to 11.
Tho final gamo between Koloa and
Eleele last Sunday, gives Koloa the
championship and the big cup given
by Theodore Davle3 & Company.
:o:
Major Kopke Resigns
Through tho resignation of Major E.
Kopko, from tho National Guard, Cant.
K. N. Oliver succeeds to tho command
of the Guard on Kauai. Tho Guard Is
losing a splendid officer In tho resigna
tion of Major Kopke. Although ho
had no military experience previous
to the rccolpt of his commission as a
Lieutenant at tho time of tho organi
zation of the third regiment in 191G,
he Is at the present time ono of tho
best informed men on military matters
on the island.
Major Oliver has been with the
Guard sinco ito organization, and haB
proven himself an efficient and hard
working officer.
ON THE ROAD TO FAIRY LAND WHERE
COCOAS
COW
AND
MANGOES
WINDING ROADS, HAPPY HOMES, THRIFTY GARDENS
Grand Canyons Lead Up to Summits Which the Clouds
Mantle With a Filmy Fleece-Forests Where the
Clouds Weep and Are Never Weary -Winding
Rivers Where Cottages Peep Out From
Beneath the Cocoa Trees
Cloud-capped, ait field betwetn the till;,
Arising as a vision from the sea,
A tropic isle its vetnal head uplifts.
With silvery (alls and headland to the lee.
Green-carpeted to the foiest line:
The cane fields stretch away,
And trees and ilowers and vines comline
To glad the summer day.
The raincloud hovers where it wills,
But it has no ills (or me,
Where the flowers kiss the (oothills,
And the (oothills kiss the sea.
Thoso who have seen the great des
ert sections ot tho southwestern por
tion of the United States can never
forget. All they have to do to repro
duce tho picture is to close their eyes
and think ot the dull gray wastes that
stretch away toward the limitless hor
izon. The yellow sand, the dull, light
green of the so-called sage brush; the
dry lake In the distance, with the heat
waves rising o'er the plain; the soar
ing buzzard as he wheels on tireless
wing, hoping that a man lies dead in
the brush, or that some poor starved
horse has lain down and died, after a
vain effort to find water. Ono can in
memory see the lean and lank coyote,
as ho stops on yonder knoll to see the
train go by. The mountains still loom
In the distance, the dry lake shows
across tho valley, and tho mirage ever
tries to deceive with apparent visions
ot a lake In that thirsty land.
Scenery of Kauai Ever Charming
To such as ,these, tho scenery of
Kauai Is very charming. Thoso who
live hero for years, become accustom
ed to tho living green, the uplifting
mountains, the luxurlousness of tree,
and fruit, and vine, and llower, and
think not nt all of tho land they live
In.
But to whirl along such beautiful
roads, In a land where the grass Is al
ways green, the hills always covered
with evergreen trees, Is not given to
residents of less fortunate lauds. For
there is very little dust here and there
Is no such a thing as a road sprinkler.
The weather clerk attends to that,
and he does a perfect work. The land
In most sections rises so evenly tow
ard tho mountains that one can from
many points seo tho shimmering sea
as it stretches away to tho horizon.
The Freshening Breeze
Thus tho breezes from a summer sea
sweep over the land almost dally, dis
tributing a most uplifting ozone. Wo
have here.no crowded city tenements,
110 disagreeable odors, no miasmatic
swamps, nor congested districts, no
vitiated atmosphere. Along the sea
shore, purling streams, bending cocoas
that fringe the water courses or stand
by the shoro where tho breakers roar.
But come with me to Walmea. Out
between a line of royal palms to tho
park-llko road that leavos tho little
city with its bank and stores and
shops to glide down tho letter "s"
around the hillside to tho tiny bridge
that crosses tho stream that slugs
ever on its way to the sea. No dry
creek bottoms hero. This little stream
hurries down by half a hundred ridges
to water tho little banana groves Just
below. And on its bunks tho Japanese
women wash their dainty linen. And
tiny little streams are led asldo to wat
er a taro patch, and the ever present
vegetable garden. It waters many of
them on Its voyage ot but a mile to
tho point where It enters tho sea at
Nawlllwlll. It Is a vory useful little
rlvulot.
Past tho sugar mill, where tho big
wheels slowly turn to crush tho sweet
juico from tho sugar cano. Hear the
centrifugals, as they hum, throwing
the last drop of molsturo from tho sug
ar crystals.
..The Ever Present Garden
Up the winding road around tho hill.
Seo the tiny vegetable gardens In the
llttlo dale below. A garden for every
house. All looking green, frosh, and
thrifty. On the loft the heavily wood
FLOWER
BLOW
RIPEN
GOLDEN
ed hillside, with tho ever-present ba
nanas reaching up to try to gut tho
sunlight from under tho dense growth
of trees.
By the little schoolhouse on the
hill, whore the boys aro hoeing so
industriously in the vegetable gar
den. The vegetables look so bright
and clean and fresh. No wilted
vines in this garden Until. No curled
leaves. No starving, dying plantti. All
bright and green as tho shamrocks
which grow by Klllarney. The bos
aro trying to win one of tho prli.03
In that garden contest. If conscien
clous work will win, they will gain
a prize.
The Green Cane Bending Over
Up tho smoothly graded road with
tho green cano bending over tho
fence on tho left, Its white tasads
waving In the morning breeze. .Tall
trees trees align the roadway on tho
right, with a stately plantation resi
dence set back amid tho vinos and
verdure ot this land whore tho man
go apples grow and Ilowers bloom by
the roadsido.
Under the Bamboo Tree
In depressions too steep for tho
planting of cane, the eucalyptus grows
and the bamboo reaches up its state
ly stocks. Bananas hug the bunks of
the little streams and bear tho big
green bunches of fruit as gladly ..u
If evory bunch were to feed uomo
hungry family In tho crowded Kant,
and no one bunch was doomed to
waste its fragrance and its sweetness
down there in tho thicket, where
evory bird is so full ot fruit and
berries that ho pecks but listlessly ai
the golden fruit ripening before hi.
eyes In such abundance.
Down a slight grade across a ce
ment bridge that will last till all tho
swords in Europe shall Lu beaten in
to pruning hooks, and all tho cannons
shall be sent to tho blast furnace to
make plow shares with which to cul
tivate the lands of the waste stretches
of land from New Mexico to tho Gold
en Gate.
How Rush the Waters
But how rush tho waters of thoso
llttlo purling streams adown tho can
nons from tho heights abovoi. Sh. ill
they forover be uiiowed to sing on
their way to tho sea unutilized ox
:opt to water somo little seven by
nine taro patch, or to ralso tender
jioas for tender maids? Wo ato
thinking of the little rainbow trout
which dart about In tho foam of
every rushing mountain stream ot
tho Pacific Coast.
The Kingly Trout
But must our mountain streams
bo forover pcrmlttod to How without
offering a home to tho kingly trout?
Oh, tho wee. strong line and tho keen
barbed hook, and tho joy that all true
fishers fool when they vanquish the
king of tho brook! Aro tho resi
dents of this beautiful land to bo
forever denied tho luxury of fried
mountain trout for breakkfast, when
every mountain stream that (lows
from yonder mountain comes laden
with Juiciest food for my friend tho
speckled beauty of tho high Sierra?
No, a thousand times. Let us get to
gether and send to the Coast for a mil
lion ot them.
Mountain Peaks Uplifting
Oh, thoso mountains that rise like
barriers toward tho coast! Aro they
not grand? Seo thoso curiously
shaped peaks! How odd, how strange
aro the outlines. How refreshingly
green aro tho slopes that lead up so
rapidly to tho bluffs which stand so
boldly out. How clings tho veggeta
Hon to thoso walls. In deepened can
yons how the kukul thrives, and ba
nanas flourish. How tho ferns grow,
how tho vines clamber. Tho luxu
rlousness of tho tropics shows on hill,
In dale, on slopes, and oven' on, pro-
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