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THE GARDEN ISLAND. TUESDAY. FEB. 11, 1919
LET US 1)0 ALL VOI II
Laundry and Dry Cleaning
WE AI5E STILL IX THE IHrsiNESS
Address
Territorial Messenger Service
HONOLULU
Come to the Siiriners Happy Land Circul
Honolulu, Feb. 20, 21, 22
BUCKINGHAM & HECHT
Indian Tan - Wear Guaranteed
Shoes for Men
These have genuine Tnli;m T;tn uppers, and
hard Oak soles and heel-, l'milt For the out
dour man, who MUST have a strong, servicc
aljle, comfortable fdioe.
$6.50
a pair
We ean (it you hv mail
Manufacturers' Shoe Store i
HONOLULU
Waimea
Stables
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LIMITED
Up-to-date Livery, Draying and Hoarding Stable and Auto
Livery Business.
AUTOMOBILE STAGE-LINE
BETWEEN LIHUE and KEKAHA
Leaving Liluie every Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
Leaving Kekaha every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday.
ARRIVING AT THEIR DliSTINAT'DN IN TIIRKK HOURS
ALFRED GOMEZ, Manager.
Telephone 43 W Waimea P. O. Box 71
A HISTORIC SPOT
Catton, Neill & Co., Ltd
Engineers
WorAss 2d and Soittli Streets
General Offices
Merchandise Dept. 1 Qm.(n A;lke.; sts
Electrical Dept. J
Jluiruiiaii l'cn'i nentutires for
(Validly Packing Duxbak Lelting
Jenkins Valves Kubsteel l'limp Valves
Water, Steam and Air Hose
Mill Supplies Recording Instruments
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H.:-: tvsnderfully succsssful (ire
- same high quality m all sizes
trow ready for small cars
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And Oversize 31x4
Highest Quality
Moderate Price
Michelin believes that most
owners of Fords and other
small cars are good bust
ness men, and ad such aro
willing to pay (or an nrticle
what it ia intiia sic ally
worth
Thm Bent A f way a
Cheapest in thm End
Michelin Universals inthese
smaller sizes are made of
the same high quality rub
ber and fabric
as the larger
sizes and pos
sess the same
u n surpassc d
resiliency and
durability. '
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Kauai Garage
l'rup.
Read The Garden Island
A very interesting and attract
ive historic spot, which is little
known and seldom visited, is the
old Urowu place, just inakai of
the Wailua Falls, Waiehu Falls
anil overlooking the Konalea
section of Hie Waiiua Valley.
Away hack in the early part of
last century, 75 years or so ago,
Tims. Drown, father of Cecil and
(iodfrey Drown, secured a lease
of a large tract of the Wailua
land for the purpose of conduct
ing a large ranching business.
In those days no one ever
dreamed of Liluie being anything,
while Wailua was the ancient
capital, and still a place of con
siderable importance and popu
lation. Accordingly, having look
ed the whole country over pretty
thoroughly and having a keen eye
for scenic beauty, Drown selected
this spot, known to the llawaiians
as Kumala, and there built his
home and installed his ranch
headquarters, including a fine
dairy; and there too, in the course
of time, he created a fine land
scape garden, with many rare im
ported trees and shrubs not seen
elsewhere on the Islands among
them the magnolia and the dur
anta. In those early days imported
lumber was almost out of the
question, since it had to come
round the Horn from Xew Eng
land. It was before the dajs of
lumber on the North West Coast.
The only practical means of get
ting lumber was to go up into the
mountains, and hew it, or whip
saw it out. This was what Thos.
Drown did. And it took a long
time and was a slow, laborious
business, the more o as he had
ambitious ideas as to whnt a home
should be. lie had a wife and
children. The comforts and pleas
ures of life at best would be scant
enough. A comfortable home,
amid artistic surroundings, this
was about nil they could count on
in their simple, pioneer life. They
ought at any rate to try ami have
that much.
Accordingly he secured special
plans from England, for a com
inodious Home, drawn up "y a
professional architect, which he
undertook to work out, even tho
his lumber was all in the nioun
tains, to be cut, hewed, and trans
ported to the site, at great cost
of time and labor. The plans
which came from England made
careful provision for a fortified
cellar to which they might retreat
as a measure of safet' from the
savages. This feature, however,
was omitted in the building.
The house, when finally com
pleted, was a- seven days wonder
for the whole country side. It
contained six large rooms and
was linished in piaster, after the
old country custom, i luxury un
heard of in those davs.
In its palmy days it was a most
hospitable and popular resort.
and the scene of many a happy
gathering. There was a passable
roadway down into the valley at
Konalei, where the rice plantation
now is, at the head of navigation,
and from there it was a charming
row down the river to the Wailua
village, the sea and the public
road. Even more than now, be
cause of the hospitable reception
at the end, it was the popular out
ing for an afternoon or evening
picnic, and the placid waters and
the palisaded walls of the ancient
river re-echoed to many a happy
peal of laughter, and many a
melodious song.
Dut not all it's memories were
happy ones. After the Drowns
moved away to Honolulu, the
management of the ranch was
given over to a nephew, Alfred F.
Turner, who of course lived at the
Drown place. Those were days
when white women were scarce in
the laud, and very choice, and
hard to get. On the other hand,
Hawaiian maidens were plentiful
and some of them very comely,
and not averse to gallant atten
lions. Young Turner became en
amored of one of these Hawaiian
women, who lived down at the
mouth of the valley, and thither
he went frequently to spend the
evening with her. On one parti
cular evening in February of 1854,
he left the ranch about sunset for
his usual trip, got into his canoe
at Konalea and paddled down the
river; and was never seen alive
again.
lust what happened to him was
never known. The llawaiians
have a very confident and circum
stantial story, telling how as he
was leisurly paddling by the over
hanging clill' at the bend of the
river, just below Konalea, the
mermaids who lived in the cav
erns under water, appeared in
great numbers, swimming in the
water, with their lithe forms and
wavy black hair, and begged him
to come and dwell with them; and
when he refused and redoubled
his efforts to escape from them,
they closed in and set upon him
in force; they climbed into his
canoe, wrenched lus paddle away
from him, bound him with strands
of hau bark, threw him overboard,
leaped in after him and conveyed
him down into the emerald cav
erns below where he still remains
to this day at least he has never
been seen above grouud since.
Unfortunately for the veracity
of this story, his body was found
a couple of Jays after the event,
cought in the tish nets stretched
across the river. Evidently cupi
dity was not the incentive of the
crime as his pockets had not been
rifled, and his watch was intact.
The most probable explanation is
that he was a victim of jealousy,
and that his rival for the a fleet
ions of the woman would not
brook his interference and took
this means of removing him from
the race.
A very well preserved grave
marks his last resting place, about
100 yards north of the Drown
place, and overlooking the scene
of the tragedy. A marble grave
stone set in a red sandstone base
marks the spot. Unfortunately
it has been knocked over and bad
ly fractured so that it is not easy
to piece it together, but it reads
substantially thus: "Alfred Fred
erick Turner, son of Thomas
Turner. Died Feb. LS54. Aged
years."
Duncan McIJrvde followed as
the manager of the ranch but did
not remain there rery long; mov
ing away to Wahiawa to develo
a ranch of his own. He in turn
was followed by Daul Isenberg
and he by Krell, who incorporat
ed the Wailua tract into the larg
er enterprise that extended all the
way to Anahola.
Ultimately, about 1S70, or per
haps later, it was sold to Kala
kaua, dismantled and moved to
Kapahi.
faithful support.
Kihuieii
The Kilauea plantation, with
wise foresight, and on its own in
itiative, has engaged a capable
and enthusiastic worker in Miss
Langwith, who has done wonders
in a very short time. She has
gone through the camps with
scrubbing brush and broom, and
garbage wagon, and literally
transformed them. Dv her kindlv
manner and her attractive per
sonality she has commended her
self mightily to all classes, and
especially endeared herself to the
hihlren. She is inaugurating
play grounds and play ground
Equipment in the camps where
they will be handy for the little
ones.
Ilanalei
More or less out of the current
of things, Hanalei has not been
reached as quickly as some of the
nearer places. Mrs. Deverill, how
ever is there, and she is a host
in herself, especially in matters of
anitation, the care of the sick.
uid of children; in fact she has
been practically a welfare worker
there for many, many years. She
understands the people and the
conditions, and she may be relied
on to do good work.
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ALL ALONG THE LINE
Contlnuel from page 1)
fulness, set up and made ready for
use. A regular story hour has
been inaugurated, and a girls
club established.
KajHia and Kealin
The Kapaa school is just crazy
for base ball, basket ball any
thing that spells sports. They
are practicing assiduously with
intent to walk over anything they
meet. The domestic science kitcli
en and the lunches they turn out
are increasingly popular and far
outrun the original expectations.
Three hundred and twenty-seven
lunches were served the other day
with an equipment designed for
only 1-15. A good deal of the sm
cess of the enterprise is due to the
generosity of Mrs. Scnni, who con
tributes milk and other dair
products from time to time. A
community school nurse has bet
entraucd and will be on the ground
in two or three weeks, and every
thing is arranged to give her
An Avalanche of Wheat
The New York Independent
publishes an article with Ihis
title which presents the surpris
ing situation in which we are
likely soon to find ourselves. All
through the war months the Food
Vdministratioii through their
various agencies all over the coun
try, have urged the appeal, "Save
Wheat. Save it in every possible
way and to every possible extent !"
Now, very soon, thev will be
shouting from the housetops, and
from the billboards all over the
land, "Eat wheat! Eat it in soups.
use it in Hour, use it in every pos
sible wav."
With the confident assurance
that the war would last at least
a year longer anyway, and that all
Europe would be dependent on
Vmerican wheat to save it from
starvation, and that the favorable
issue of the war depended on
wheat, the government guaran
teed to the farmer a price of $'2
a bushel for all the wheat he could
raise up to May ItrjO, and further
more begged him to get right in
and strain every nerve to raise
all that he possibly could.
In good faith, and with patri
otic devotion, (he farmer has set
himself to the task, and the assur
ance is that we will have the big
gest crop in all history for 191!l.
The 11HS crop was a banner one.
but the indications are that the
one will far outrun it and
will amount to one billion two
hundred and iiily million bushels.
Th'.1 home consumption next year
will probably not run to more
than 550 million, leaving a sur
plus of i00 million. This !00
million bushels, or more, the gov
einnu i.t will have to take over at
a bushel, or will have to guar
antee the sale of, at that price.
Of course there will still be the
European market. This will aiot
disappear by any means but it will
deteriorate very materially in
price. With Hie removal of all
embargoes, and the recovery of
ships in large numbers, the stores
of wheal which have been piling
up in Australia, the Argentine,
India and elsewhere, will be avail
able and will be for sale in the
European markets at a fair price
say one dollar it bushel. Ameri
can wheat of course would have to
meet this competition and sell at
the same price. This would mean
that Uncle Sam would have to
sell his (i00 million bushels of
wheat in Europe for one dollar a
bushel, which had cost him two
dollars on the home farm, and
two dollars p. ml a half, or over de
livered or a loss of nearly a
billion dollars. Furthermore, if
our government is sidling wheat
in Europe for one dollar, will our
American people be willing to buy
their flour on a basis of -.50
wheat?
Various remedies have been sug
gested, but none of them escapes
the difficulty; they only postpone
and, in the end, aggravate it. The
best authorities declare that there
is no satisfactory solution. The
government is simply "in the
hole," and will have to stand the
loss and charge it up to the cost
of the war. If things had gone as
every one predicted, and the war
had lasted another year or two.
we would have needed every bush
el of that wheat, as well as mil
lions of tons of other supplies and
munitions, and would have sacri
ficed hundreds of thousands of
American lives as well. We are
very fortunate to have escaped so
easily. It is a war insurance
premium against an abnormal
risk; we have escaped the disast
er, we should not complain at the
cost of insurance.
Come to
Shriners Happy Land
Honolulu Feb. 20, 21, 22
Stop at
The BlaisdeSl Hotel
Close to restuarants, theatres, big car lines and all
attractions. '
Write for reservations
Kapaia Garage Co.
EXl'EKT
Automobile Repairing And
Machine Work
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