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4 MIm E!ie Wilcox ESTABLISHED 1904. VOL IS. NO. 51. LIHUE. KAUAI, TERRITORY OF HAWAII. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1919 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.50 PER YEAR 5 CENTS PER COPY , -mmm t r V r WAILUA LOIS ' HANDED OUT The land office at the. County Build Ing Is thronged with aultora aa we go to press. The fortunato drawers of fairly low numbors are all there, and a good many others besides, includ Ing the man who drew number 908 He banks on the Bible text, "The last shall be first." The selection of lots will occupy most of the day as It Includes settling up the first payments, maklag up the papers, and considerable other rou tine work. Many of the applicants are very much disappointed with the lots Some of them thought that they were just outside of Llhue, whilo others thought that they were ranged along the main street of Kapaa; instead "Good Lord! They are away out In the wilderness!" Thrum's Annual for 1920 Thrum's Annual for 1920 Is out and contains, as usual, a great deal of very useful Information In the way of statistics, valuable for dally ref erence. Also a Territorial register and directory which will be a great convenience. In addition, to these usual hand book features, there are a number of interesting and timely articles. One of these, "Up from Idolatry," by H E. Boothby, some time editor of the Garden ImUnd, fives much early in terestlng history in connection with the advent of the misionariea to Ha wall, and the foundation and early conduct of' the mission. Mr. Lydgate contributes a readable and interesting chapter of "Rem! niscences of an Amateur Collector." There are "More Petroglyphs," an article on the Volcano and the lava flow, an interesting RetrosDect for 1919, etc. Altogether a very excellent number which should be In the hands of all intelligent people. :0: LIHUE MILL NOT READY . The Lihue mill improvements are being held up by the failure of es sential parts of the mill engine to ar rive from the Coast. They have been held up there for three months or more, and It seems to be impossible to get hold of them. Every effort has been made to get them shipped, but all in vain. Fortunately the Hanamaulu mill is still intact and in good .order. It will begin on the new crop about the fifth of January, and continue until Llhue mill is ready. ALEXANDER . BALDWIN BUY M'BRYDE TREASURY 8TOCK At the stockholders' meeting of the McBrydo Sugar Co., held last Thursday, in Honolulu, it was votod to sell the remaining 9396 shares of treasury stock to Alexander & Bald win, the agents, at their offer of $16 per share. This Is the par value. The proceeds will be used to rotlro an equivalent value of the plantation's bonded indebtedness. With other bonds retired during the year this will mean that the bonded indebtedness will have been reduced from $1,541, 600 to about $1,227,00. : o: BORINGS ENCOURAGING A". II. Hobart is making excellent progress with the borings in the bot tom of the Ahuktn! Harbor. These borings go down to a depth of 60 or 70 feet below the surface of the water, and about 35 or 40 feet below the present bottom. Thus far these bor ings -are encouraging, as to the char acter of the bottom and the feasibility of dredging. Personals C. A. Rico went to Town on Satur day and returned this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wishard went to Ho nolulu on Saturday for tho Christmas holidays. Miss Katherlne Mclntyre returned from Honolulu last week. She had been there three months or so. Frank and Dora Broadbent return ed this morning from Honolulu for tho Christmas vacation. Miss Aletha Kinney, of Wallua student at Punahou, is spending the holidays with the Lydgates. "Buster Brown" is spending tho holidays with the Molers. He is school chum of NelU's. Mrs. R. L. Wilcox returned to her Kauai home last week, bringing Lei lanl Scott with her. J. M. Spalding and Mrs. Sennl, of the Palley House, Kealia, returned to Kauai this morning. Mrs. Horace Sisson, and two small daughters, formerly of Hilo, now of Honolulu, are visiting the Wilcoxes at Grove Farm. Miss Thelma Hopper returned from school in Honolulu. She was accom panled by Miss Marcia Lusk, who will spend the holidays with her. Mr. and MrB. A. Horner arrived from their home in Honolulu this morning to spend Christmas with sons, A. Horner, Jr. and Foster. Mr. David Jamieson, of the Llhue Plantation, has been in Honolulu for ten days or so. He returned this morning. eManwhile Mrs. Jamieson has been staying with Mr. and Mrs. Grote at Walpouli. H. C. Alexander, a compositor in the employ of tho Advertiser Publish ing Co., accompanied by his 'mother and small brother, are on Kauai to participate in the- land, drawing toteju Mrs. Alexander drew- lot. No. 7. Rev. H. M. BayllBS, who was ex- pected to arrive on the scene and take charge of the Lihue Union Church Jan. 1st, will be delayed because of the serious illness of Mrs. Bayliss, Ho hopes, however, to be here by the middle of the month. Jas. K. McAlpine, general manager of the Fond Automobile Company, is still on Kauai, looking for a suitable place to establish an agency. Mr, McAlpine says he would prefer to locate in Llhue, but to date has been unable to find desirable quarters. Mr. and Mrs. Moragne are back from their trip on the Mainland, where they have been for the last three months. They report having had a fine time and being entirely renewed in body and mind. Mr. Mor agne arrived this morning, Mrs. Mor agne on Saturday. The Kauai young people's conting' ent, in school in Honolulu came home by the Klnau last Friday. Among them are the following: Eleanor Rice, Paul Rice, Neill Motor, Mortimer and Homer Lydgate, Uosephine Moragne, Martha Walters, Imogene and Corey Menefoglio, Helen, Walter and Jack Sanborn. HILO RAILWAY ON ITS FEET Tho Hllo Railway On Its Feet A very Important deal has been made by the Hilo Railway by which the Brewer plantations on Hawaii will give their business to the rail way Instead of, as heretofore, to the Inter-Island. The North Hllo extension of tho Hllo railway was built at enormous expense, with the confident assur ance that, in tho natural order or things, it would get the business along the whole coast. Instead of that however it has been getting much less than halt of it, as the Brewer places staid with the Inter Island. This new deal will assure the rail way of some 60,000 tonB of additional sugar freight and about an equivalent additional amount of general freight. It is figured that this will mean an additional profit of $100,000 to $125, 000 a year, and this will make all the difference between sucess.and failure. For some time back thevallway has been going behind, which was a pret ty blue outlook, not only for the stock holders and bondholders, but also for the public which was depending on it. Manifestly things couldn't go on that way long. , It now looks as though the future of this somewhat daring business enterprise was assured. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ACTS ON IMPORTANT MATTERS The December meeting of the Kau - ai Chamber of Commerce was held In Llhue Thursday afternoon Dec. 18 and was well attended by representa tive men from all sections of tho is land. Governor Doubts Feasibility After the usual reading of tho minutes the president reported a con ference which he had recently had with tho Governor In Honolulu In re gard to the deep-sea harbor of Kauai. The Governor expressed his doubt as to the feasibility of meeting the re quirements for the Nawlliwill scheme. Even if the necessary railway connec tions could be made, he doubted very much whether the business of the whole island could be centralized at Nawlliwill, and falling this he did not believe the harbor would be con structed by the Federal authorities Favors Ahuklnl As Substitute Accordingly ho favored the develop ment of Ahuklnl as a substitute pro position. It would be a much less ex pensive undertaking; would require much less time for its completion; would meet much less opposition and would, he thought, fill all the require ments. Concessions to the Public 'The expectation was that in con sideration of the development of this harbor the. -Lihue-. plantation would cede to the public tho necessary wharf and warehouse sites; a satis factory right of way from the landing to the public road; would connect up Kealia and Kapaa with Ahuklnl, by suitable railway, and operate this railway under the utilities commis sion and in accordance with its re quiremeuts. Turns On Character of the Bottom However everything would turn on the character of the bottom at Aim kinl. If it was a soft coral bottom, as was probably the case, dredging would be feasible. But if it was hard lava rock, dredging would be out of tho question, and tho proposition would be al off. What We Want: Good Harbor Mr. Broadbent said that whilo we had worked hard for Nawlliwill, and still felt that In Important ways it was the ideal .enterprise, nover-the-less he personally was ready to accept any substitute proposition which would give us a good landing, which would meet our requirements, and could be completed within a reasonable time. If wo could concentrate on Ahuklnl and divert to it the means and ener gies that were to go into Nawlliwill and Kapaa, wo would no doubt have an entirely satisfactory landing within a comparatively short time, provided, of course, the soundings now being made proved the feasibility of the scheme. A letter was read by the secretary bom Col. Newcomer, of tho Federal Engineers, which mado It very clear that it would be a difficult and pro tracted matter to give tho necessary assurances and in (A;t tho necessary re quirements for Nawlliwill. For Formal Approval E. M. Cheatham was thoroughly of the opinion that since the dltllcultles in the, case of Nawlliwill seemed in surmountable, and since it appeared that the business of tho whole Island seemed never likely to come to Nawlli will, and since Ahuklnl would appar ently givo us what we needed for our freight transportation and more par ticularly for passenger service, we should get behind the Governor and stand by tho proposition with our heartiest approval and support, and he made a motion to that effect. j Walt 'Till Later This led to considerable discussion. some favoring the motion while others considered that there was no need of such a resolution at this time. The final outcome would depend on tho re port in regard to tho dredging of Ahu klnl. It would be time enough to take such action when wo had some assur ance that the proposition wo;.!d go forward. It was finally concluded that (Ills would be the wise thing to do, and the Cheatham motion was withdrawn. Shall We Help? The secretary read the correspond once with regard to the requested par ticipation of Kauai in tho payment of McCIellan's salary, representing the business interests of Hawaii at Wash ington. This included a comprehen slve and convincing letter from W. F. Dillingham, giving very conclusive and satisfactory evidence of tho usefulness and value of McClellan in Washington. Mr. Brandt expressed his satisfac tion in hearing this letter, and his con viction that McClellan was certainly a very valuable man for the Territory to have in Washington, and that in most respects the Territory's interests were our interests, and'that we should support him to tho extent of our abil ity. Who Put the Joker In7 fic. Broadbent thought that our at tiludc towards McClellan should de pend on tho answer to the question, "Who put the joker into the Nawlll will Harbor Bill by which it was tied up by conditions and restrictions?' The Delegate says it was Dillingham and McClellan. If there had been no such joker in the Bill it would doubt less have gone through without any strings on it, and we might have had the harbor perhaps by this time. That being tho case we don't feel like doing much for McClellan. Mr. Cheatham Inquired as to the financial status of the Chamber. What was its annual Income? The Treasurer replied that the in come was variable depending on whether the members paid up their dues a good many were in arrears The averago Income was about $!i00 a year. No Money for It Mr. Cheatham said that it was evl dent that tho Chamber wasn t in a position to pay anything much toward McCIellan's salary. Ho moved that the secretary write to tho proper part ies in Honolulu informing them that the Kauai Chamber of Commerco was financially unable to contribute. A Sane and Impartial View Mr. Wishard being railed on as a member of the Harbor Committee, and of tho special commltteo which hand led this matter before, said that he thought wo were perhaps doing an in justice to McClellan. "Wo havo acted thus far without duo consideration of tho case. There is no evidence that ho or he and Dillingham put the joker into tho Hill. Tho Delegate thinks they did, but I doubt whether thero is any evidence of that. It is quite pos sible that If tho conditions and limita tions had not been embodied that there might not have been any Dill at all. As we learned from Col. Newcomer, tho Monterey caso is just exactly on all fours with tho Nawililhvili case. Tho Federal appropriation was con tingent on satisfactory railway servlco for tho San Joaquin valley. Such service has not been furnished and tho harbor has not been developed, and will not ho until tho service is rend ered. It seems quite possible that Congress, of its own Inltlativo and without any assistance from McClell- Pay Up or Lose Your Homestead! Some of tho homesteaders of the Kapaa fourth series arc going to find themselves in serious difficulty If, Unassuming, quiet, but a war vet they don't make up the payments on J eran and 100 per cent American, was their land. Theodore G. Pacheco, private, 21st Superintendent of Public Lands , Balloon Comnanv. Air Knrvi. iTnlt. C. T. Bailey states that a number of ho fourth series people aro far be hind in tholr payments and that if they do not settle up without delay they are liable to forfeit their rights. "Those payments must he made when due," states Mr. Bailey, "and delinquents will forfeit their lots by not meeting the requirements." :o: Kauai Council Boy Scouts A gathering of fifteen representa tive men of Kauai met in the county building prior to the chamber of com merce meeting last Thursday after noon and organized themselves into the Kauai Council of Boy Scouts of America. William McCluskey was elected chairman pro tern, who ap pointed Mr. Warner secretary pro tr.m. At tho chairman's request Mr. Wi-Mier then outlined on the black board the plan of the national orga nization of tho boy scouts. After a short discussion which indicated much Interest in tho movement a nominating committee was appointed consisting of Messrs. Th. Brandt, Cheatham and Sanborn. Tho com mittee reported and the following election took place: Honorary Presi dent. William H. Rico, Sr.; President, William McCluskey-;,. Vice-President, Augustus Knudsen; Sec-Treas., E. A Creevey; Commissioner-executive, J, O. Warner. It was also decided to extend the membership of the coun ell to tho number of fifty as tho move ment progressed and others became interested. an might havo introduced this very obvious safeguard. "Of course, on tho other hand, we have nothing to do directly with Mc Clellan we didn't appoint him; we isn't control him, and anyway, we aro paying towards his salary indirectly through the Planters' Association." No Money, Carries It After some considerable farther dis cussion, tho drift of which was that how over much we might wish to con tribute materially toward McCIellan's salary we had no money to do so, the Cheatham motion was finally carried. Recommendation for Commissioner Tho secretary read a letter from the Governor requesting tho Chamber of Commerco to recommend some suit able person for tho vacant position of school commissioner for Kauai. A. G. Kaulukou placed the name of W. O. Crowell in nomination. He had been a teuchur, ho had children, he was Interested in the matter of edu cation, and was especially Interested In Hawaiian education, and would be in a position to do much for his own people of the Hawaiian race. Mr. Cheatham proposed the noma of Judgo Dickey as a man eminently fitted for tho position by reason of Jiis superior education, his Impartial, well balanced judgment, his interest In tho schools and teachers, and his public- spirited devotion to tho welfaro of the whole Island. Mr. Brandt proposed tho name of C. H. Ilofgaard as a man of high char- actor and long experience, thoroughly familiar with school interests and problems, and able to give them care ful attention. Mr. Moler suggested that the matter be referred to a committee. "It was an important and delicate matter which should bo gono into carefully." Mr. Crowell withdrew his name (Continued on page 7) Robert Atkinson, manager of tho Hawaiian Dredging Co., camo over from Honolulu this morning In con nection with the Ahuklnl Harbor project RESPONDS TO THE LAST CALL ed States Army, who died nt his home in Kilauca, at 9 o'clock on Thursday morning. December 18, 1919, a vic tim of Gorman poison gas, encounter ed on n battle field In far away France over a year ago. Tho deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pacheco. He was born at Kllauea on this Islandnbout 21 years ago. He was living with an undo on the mainland and was still under draft age when, In 1918, he enlisted in tho United States Army. He had only been in training about two months when he was sent over-seas with his organization, the Gth- Engi neers, which on arrival In Franco bo came the 3rd Division. The 6th Engineers was one of the combat reg iments of engineers, so young Pa checo saw a great deal of fighting. He was in the battle of St. Mihiel and also in that of Chateau Thierry, in which latter his regiment was sent In to relieve marines, and his com pany was nearly wiped out in u gas attack, and only Pacheco and a few others came out alive, ho, however, being severely affected by the gas. It Is believed that he never fully re covered the offects of that gaslng and his death was caused by tho ef fect of the gas on his system. In ono engagement Pacheco was also wounded in the leg. Some time later he was discharged but after be ing qut only three months he roon listed. Later he was ordered to Honolulu and a day after his arrivel there was taken sick and was there after confined to the hospital for about a month. When somewhat re covered he was granted a furlough and permission to visit his home and family on Kauai, and he died before tho expiration of his furlough, which would have boon up on the 21st of this month. His death followed severe hemor rhages, probably duo to tho effects of the poison gas. "The funeral was held in Kllauea lato Friday afternoon, on the 19th, the services being conducted by Father Hubert, of the Catholic Mis sion of Kllauea. The Kauai Post of tho American Legion and other veterans of the war furnished an escort and guard of honor, thero being some thirty or moro men in uniform. The funeral started from the Kll auea Hull, where Father Hubertrgavo a brief history of the service of tho young soldier. A few squads of the American Legion nnd other veterans. In uniform, headed tho procession; then followed Father Hubert, then the hearse and pall bearers, In uni form, on either side, then an escort of six men in uniform; then the im mediate family of tho deceased and then a large number of automobiles containing friends, relatives nnd others who came to do honor to the dead hero. Tho funeral was very impressive. The relatives of the deceased havo lost a dear ono and wo sympathize with them in their loss, but we feel that their sadness will bo tempered with the pride that Private Theo dore G. Pacheco answered his coun try's call ps a hero would, and offered the supreme sacrifice for that was juBt. :0: a cause STRIKE FELL THROUGH By special orders from labor head quarters in Honolulu a Filipino strike was slated for Saturday last, but It "fell down" most signally. When the day came thero wero moro men out for work than in a long time. The men have moro boiisq than their lead 4 ij fc'IrS'l''-'