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THE GARDEN ISLAND. TUESDAY, DEC. 24. 1918 sui.oKTs THE GARDEN ISLAND mu,s,m AS AND KVKHY AIX Kauai First, Last and all the time. 1 TUKSDBY (iOVKHNMKNT . M EAsl'KKS KENNETH C. HOPPER, Managing Editor . AT ALL L 1 II U K T1MKS. TUESDAY DECEMHEU 21, 1918 KAUAI Peace On Earth Good Will To Men The war is mor, nnd we are Hotting back onto a pen re basis. This means, we trust, a new reali zation of Ihe Christmas spirit of peace on earth, good will to men. In this community more per haps than in many others, our temper lias been tried by the war conditions and we have had much need for patience and forbear ance and consideration. Most connnendably on the whole we have exercised this patience and forbearance and consideration. We have kept the pence and dwelt together in reasonable harmonv. Now the war is over let us forget the trying conditions of the past, and put away the strained rela tions and heal up the incipient rifts of- cleavage, and smooth over the roughened breaks in our friendships, and dwell together again as a community more than ever imbued with the Christnms spirit of ponce on earth, good will to men. The Coming Catastrophe One of the greatest catastro phes in the history of the world will happen in this coming year. Nothing can prevent it. It is as inevitable as the rising and set ting of the sun. This catastrophe i the death by starvation of thousands of people in the next eight months. Tliis number will exceed the total number that have been killed on all battle fronts in the past four years of war. this is not a rash guess. It is' the plain statement made by those who have the facts of the situation in hand and who dare to face these facts. In Northern Russia ahme. con servative estimates ligure 10.000 000 deaths from starvation this winter. Fifty million people in this district are beyond help be cause of the complete collapse of Russia's transportation facilities under her reign of anarchy and because too, of her ice-locked ports. Fortunately, other countries of Europe, although lacking food as much as liussin, are more acces sible, if their peoples sutler the awful calamity of these people of Northern Kussia it will be be cause America would not send them food, not because we could not. Arrangements have long since been completed bv which the '"big Allies," France, England, and Italy will be provisioned. The stream of food into Uelgiuin has already been redoubled to help regain the strength from the tor ture of four years of Gorman oc cupation. Our concern now must be for the "little Allies" who have at last emerged from the German yoke. These include the Serbians, Roumanians, Greeks, Czechs, -lug- oslavs, and others. In all these people number 7.",000,000. They are on the brink of starvation now. Unless we can send them food immediately, they will die. Unfortunately this food cannot be trod need bv a miracle. It must be saved bit by bit, day by day by the voluntary economy of the American people. This, then, is the situation. Un like war-times, no direct, specific sacrifices are asked of us m order to feed these millions of starving mothers, little children and brave but war-weary men. We are not asked to have wheat less or meat less days. We are thrown entire ly upon our own good sense and conscience to save food by living as simply as possible mid by con mining au war time economies that lessen waste. Is there an American, man, wo man, or child who has known the pride and joy of saving food to win the war, who will hesitate now to save food to win Ihe world ? Death of Mrs. Cook Hawaii Protests High Value As a protest against the apprai sed values of Hie Waiakea home stead lots, says the Advertiser of the ."ird, the following resolution was passed by the Ililo board of supervisors: WIIEWEAS the appraisers ap pointed to appraise certain public lands at Waiakea. in the (list rid of South Ililo, to. he opened for homesleading ami known as the Waiakea homesteads, have ap praised the liomeslt-iiils in said tract, in many instances in excess of $100 per acre, and in some in sstauces as high as ::i.- and slid per ai re, and have appraised the house lots in said tract in many instances at l and s700 per acre, which appraisineul has been accepted by the Territory of Ha waii ; ami WHEREAS it appears that ihe values so placed on said home Mrs. Mary Duncan Cook, moth er of Frank 11. Cook, of this Is land., died last Sunday. The fol lowing account appears in yester day's Adver ser Mrs. Mary Dun can Cook, one of Ihe best known women of Hawaii, died yosto-- l.,v afternoon at the home of her (lau ghter. Mrs. A. S. Kenway, I'alolo Avenue. Kainiuki. after a brief illness. Her passing breaks an other of the links that bind the Hawaii of today to the old Ha waii of the llawaiians. for she was nearly eighty years of age. being born in Honolulu Mav 1. ls::o. Mrs. Cook was the widow of the late Thomas E. Cook, one of the founders of liana plantation on Maui. She leaves behind her eight children, seven of whom are living in Hawaii and one in Aus tralia. In addition there are several grandchildren and great grandchildren. The children sur viving her are Thomas E. Cook, of Ililo; Frank IS., of Kauai; James I., also of the Garden Is land; II. 10. Cook, of Maui; .Jos eph Cook of Australia; Mrs. .1. II. Thompson, Mrs. A. S. Kenway and Miss Eernice Cook, all of Honolulu. Mrs. Cook was a niece of the late Mrs. Louisa Urickwood and a cousin of Mrs. W. M. Gifl'ard and Mrs. Emma IJuchanaii. All of the children were with Mrs. Cook when she died, with the exception of the son who is in Australia and Thomas E. Cook, who was unable to get here from Ililo but who is expected to arrive tomorrow morning. steads and house lots are excess ive, and as a result nianv bona fide homesteaders will be unable lo acquire or attempt to acquire Homesteads or house lots in said tract, and homesleading in the Territory of Hawaii will be im peded rather than encouraged and WHEREAS the opening of the Waiakea homesteads under con ditions favorable to bona tide homesteaders is a matter which has long had the attention of the people of the County of Hawaii and has been repeatedly urged; now, tlierelore, be it RESOLVED by the board of supervisors in and for the County or Hawaii, lliat we as represent atives of the people of the County oi Hawaii, do hereby record our protest at the excessive valua tions placed on the Waiakea homesteads and house lots, and do further request that said ap praisal be reduced, or that said lauds be reappraised. 15e it fur ther RESOLVED, That the county clerk be, and he hereby is directed to forward copies of this resolu tion to the Governor of the Terri tory of Hawaii and the commis sioner of public lands. COOll II. 11.17.1 .IO. VAT TO i TO UKHMAW -- JEWELERS everything in the Silver and Gold Link, Rich Cut Glass and Art Goods. Merchandise of the Bust Quality Only. H.F.W1CHMAN&C0.,LD. Leadino Jewelers. P. O. Box 342 Honolulu . .. 4.4. 4- 4- fr The Governors Report Tho Governorhas just Issued his he port for the year ending June 30, 1918, which makes it virtually a report of the Pinkham administration. A leng thy document, we note In brief soir.e of its points of special interest: Exports: Sugar, $71,342,000; Pine apples, $8,199,000; Bananas. $136,000; Coffee. $149,000; Rice, $134,000; Sun dries, $S48,000. Labor: There has been a serious shortage of labor due to the transfer of much that we have, from the fields and factories to the military service, and to the farther shortage of trans portation by means of which the sup ply could be maintained from the Philippines. This means that the plantations are being hampered, and a reduced output win result. Government Lands: Leases of gov ernment lands are expiring. It is the policy of the administration to con vert these lands into homesteads. But this takes time, not less than from six to nine months, and mostly much more. This means that when such lands have been in cane, a great loss ensues in the intrim, before the and can be got into cultivation again. In order to obviate this loss, arrange ments have been made for the planta tions in possession to continue the cultivation of the crop until the home.' steader is in position to take it over This has been done, notable in the case of Waiakea, Hilo, with the result that some 2000 acres of cane will be continued under cultivation with a probable yield of 10,000 tons of sugar, which would otherwise be lost. Territorial Bonds: The Territory is authorized to issue bonds not to ex ceed 7 per cent of the total assessed value of the property of the Territory. The last completed assessment a- mounts to $235,651,000, so the borrow ing limit will be $16,495,000. The out standing bond issue at present a- w. H. ZIMMERMAN Manufacturer . f 4 . '"V JOHN'. UAl'OZO, Lilme, Kauai. Kauai Audit. "f 4 4 4 44 For CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES CARDS Rinnoxs CIIfLDEN'S ROOKS FICTION" WAR BOOKS A big stock to select from. Hawaiian News Co., Ltd. Honolulu Young Hotel Bldg. ( 4 1 i. mounts to $8,749,000, showing a heal- I E The will of the lale Win. Wol lers has been admitted to probate. The estate is valued at about half a million dollars, consisting large ly of real estate. The property is to be placed in the hands of n board of trustees, who are to administer the same for a term of ten years, during which time some half dozen small annuities are to be paid, ami then upon expiration of this trust the whole balance of Ihe estate, which by that lime will have run lo bi-r figures, is to be turned over to the city of Bremen for charitable, educational and scientific pur poses. Alining the beneficiaries are Herman W'ollers of Kealia, s.'DO a year, ami William Wolters. his son, SL'.-'I). Also .s-J.Ml to Helene Wolters, a niece of the deceased. These irifts run only diirinr the ! ten years of the trust. thy condition of our finances. Business Corporations: The total capitalization of domestic business Corporations is $171,384,000. There are twenty-three banks in the Territory. Nine in Honolulu, two elsewhere on Oahu, three at Hilo, one at Honokaa, one at North Kohala, and one at North Kona, Hawaii; one each at Wailuku, Paia, Kahulul and La haina, Maui and one each at Lihuo and Waimea, Kauai. Fire Insurance: The rates for fire protection on the Islands are con siderably higher than on the Main land. Recently amended fire regula tions, it is hoped, will materially re duce the risk of fire, with a conse quent reduction of rates. Homesteads: Three hundred and fifteen homesteads were tal;e:i up dur ing the year; covering an area of fi.474 acres at valuations aggregating $243,979 or $36.11 per acre. The av erage homestead contained 20 .teres. School Enrollment: The enrollment of the public schools is 34.343. Havaiian Dictionary: An additional appropriation is required to complete the revision of tho Hawaiian Dicti in nry; a work that has been going 011 for some years. Lepers at Kalaupapa: Thero are 6u8 lepers at the leper settlement on Molokai. pecial films Coming For Ihe Holiday season special attractions are oll'ered which are promised o be exceptionally fine, viz: "Tarzan of Ihe Apes." from Ihe original story by Ed jar IJ. Burrow s, a maze of w ild aiiiui lis in tlieii' natural con. lii inns. Also Ihe ever popular Charlie Chaplin in "A Don's Life," said to be his best. I'd naiide. assures us that these will bolh be uncoiiimonly jood. What betler nuaranlce cniiid vou want '! I Painting and Varnishing ALL WORK GUARANTEED FIRST CLASS NOSAKI Buck of Bishop Batik WA1.M EA War Savings Stamps 1 1 Lihue Branch Bank of Hawaii, - Ltd. Thrift m Stamps Kapaia Garage Co. EXPERT Automobile Repairing And Machine Work STOItAOE BATTERIES REPAIRED AND RECHARGED VULCANIZING Telephone 2."S L P. O. Box 2.10 Save Money by Using Double - Cable - Base TIRES WE RECOMMEND THEM A full stock in all styles and sizes RUGGED and PLAIN TREADS McBryde Store Agents For Kauai. 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