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THE OARDEN ISLAND, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1021 THE GARDEN ISLAND Every Tuesday KENNETH C. IIOITKIt Managing Alitor TUESDAY ' OCTOBER 4, l!(2l " A BIG CELEBRA T10X On the 28th ami 2'Jth of October about a hundred delegates of the Press Congress will come to Kauai. At that time the Xawili wili breakwater celebration will be staged. It is likely that the American Legion will have a couple of Eagle boats come up at that time, too, with baseball teams, hands, etc. In short, Kauai is in for one big time the last of this month. II. D. Sloggett has been appointed chair man on transportation and assignment of guests by II. D. Wishard, president of the Kauai Chamber of Commerce. It is Mr. Kloggelt's job to place all the guests who are coming at that time and to get automobiles for taking them about during those two days. Air. Sloggett has sent letters out to all members of the Kauai Chamber of Commerce asking them how many people they could and would entertain and transport. There may be more than the chamber members can handle. But whether or not, the men in charge will be glad to have any other people, other than Chamber of Commerce member help, if they would like to- If you would like to entertain some of these noted editors for a couple of days, write to Mr. Sloggett. He will be glad to assign someone to you. MACJIIX E G UX COM P. 1 A Y A short time ago it was annouiited that the National tiuard was going to organize twj companies on Kauai, u machine gun company at Kapaa and an infantry company at Lihue. It lias been decided to change the plan and to divide the machine-gun company into two parts, half at Lihue ubd half at Kapaa. The Lihue company will have the use of the Lihue armory for its drills. Bids for an armory for the Kapaa company have already been advertised and it will be constructed in 1 lie near future. I Jetting a National Guard company is not a hard thing to do. But getting a company of men who are high class enough to really be long in a good machine-gun company is anoth er thing. Machine guns are dangerous weap ons. In the hands of careless or reckless men they are so much TNT. In the hands of in telligent, careful men, they are, at times, in dispensable. But they are no good unless men are trained to handle them. And here's a chance for a good body of men to get that training. The minimum number for a platoon is 2" men. Twenty-five "good men must be recruit ed in the Lihue district. At least that many must be found in the Kapaa district. Trucks will be furnished for the transporation of men in both districts. The drills will be held one 'night each week and will last an hour and a half- Four or five Sundays each year work on the range will be given. Men in these districts who are able to join, should count this a real opportunity. The work and drills are not heavy enough so that they will become monotonous. All equipment including suits, shoes, automatics, machine guns and ammunition will be furnished free. And the chance to learn the manipulation of these weapons does not come every day. AUTOS AM) ' CHILD RES' In the past year three or four children have been killed on Kauai by automobiles. There is nothing very remarkable, even tho' there is something very pathetic in this. The wonder is there haven't been many more. There have been a thousand narrow escapes. ltst Friday a school child was knocked down and run over in front of the Lihue mill by an automobile. Fortunately, Dr. Kuhns came by just at that time and was able to look after the youngster immediately. He was lucky in receiving only a few unimport ant bruises ami cuts. When an automobile drives past a bunch of school children there are almost invariably two or three little imps who think it is a mighty fine thing to do to see how near the course of the approaching car they can stand and not get hit. Sometimes they even jump at the car or run across a road right in front of it. Invariably these little pests get the applause of the other children- Some of our lilth short pants heroes must become super men in the eyes of their diminutive best girls who watch their pranks with great admira tion. Well, that's the way of kids. We were young once ourselves. We know. But jut the name some of the kiddies are going to pay the big penalty for these maneuvers some day if they don't quit it. The danger is not al ways to the ones that stand so near the track of the auto either. No driver is going to run into a youngster intentionally. And often, to be sure of his ground, he runs a little too far to the other side. And the way these kid lets take to both sides of the road, the car is likely to hit the innocents on the opposite side. Parents and school teachers MUST do a little educational work along this line. Teach the children to walk on the right side of the road. And impress upon them the fact that they must keep to the sides. Don't let-them take both sides and the middle of the roads. Don't even let them take both sides when they are going the same direction. Cars run in both directions. Around corners it is often difficult to see a small youngster just ahead. It would be a good thing for the teach ers to give the children enough instruction in this line to impress it upoii their minds What if the geography lesson does suffer a time or two. It won't do a kid much good to learn the boundaries of France if he is going to get run over before he gets home to tell his parents, the suid locations. UPAS IHH PR1HOXER SW1XDLE It must be great to be a Spanish prisoner.' It is such a lucrative job. But in the follow ing editorial the Honolulu Star-Bulletin tries to take the poor "prisoner's" job from him: The "Spanish prisoner" swindle is be ing promoted in Hawaii ou such a wide scale that it has ceased to be a joke. It deserves serious attention, if ignorant and gullible peo ple are to be saved from being victimized. And the way to protect them is to give the fraudulent scheme publicity among every race and in every language. The promoters of this bold swindle have not confined their attentions to Spaniards. The list of addresses of their letters coining here is apparently taken from a city or tele phone directory. The Star-Bulletin knows of white business men who are getting these let ters, and this morning a Hawaiian, unable to read English, brought one of the now famil iar mimeographed epistles to The Star-Bulletin office. It is evident that the scheme is being tried on a general scale in Hawaii, but of course it appeals mostly to the ignorant and credulous, to the poor people who are easily dazzled by the glittering prospect of sudden wealth. To combat the swindle, which is operated through the mails, it will be partially effect ive to give it publicity in all the island news papers, American and foreign-language. Jn remote communities where newspapers of any uort are very rare, the church pastors should expose the fraud from the pulpit, if possible, with one of the letters as illustration. There should be signs be placed in every post off ice warning the people against these letters. Mail carriers should spread the warn ing; plantation managers and lunas should warn their employees. Otherwise the swindle will reap a harvest from the poor and ignorant people of Hawaii The scheme is such a transparent fake that to many people it will seem ridiculously im possible to work but it isn't impossible it is being worked in Hawaii. Now a perfumed graiiefruit has been pro duced by a Chinese hortieulturalist in Florida. When placed in a room it permeates the atmos phere with a perfume unlike any other citrus fruit. If the Oriental wizard will turn his attention to garlic and onions he will, if suc cessful, confer a boon upon humanity. The 1020 census showed the value of the farms in the United States to be (,:i:W, about double what they were ten years ago. Canada has aided 2"),li:i of her soldiers to settle upon farms. The land thus con veyed to them equals about 5,000,000 acres, and in aiding her soldiers Canada has add ed to her wealth. All nations struggle to win foreign mar kets; ami then the winner is a "sinister men ace to the peace of the world." Pa hit ka News. It looks now as though this country will get Bergdoll about the same time that the British hang the Kaiser Baltimore Ameri can. Japan is putting one-third of her national in come into a naval programme. She expects to have a navy equal to that of the United States in 1!)27. Future wars will be fought in the air. 'But that is no reason for leaving future peace there. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. JAS. 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Waimea, Kauai. 1 3 Copyright Hut Ichkflacr tc Uui Silva's Toggery, Honolulu. JOHNS - MANVILLE REFRACTORY CEMENT NO. 31 This cement is for use in oil-burning furnaces. It withstands temperatures up to 11100 degress Fahrenheit. It is a perfect bond between the brick, acting as a shock absorber during expansion and contraction. JohiiK-Manville cements do not chip away or disinti-grate. THE HONOLULU IRON WORKS GO. Sole Agents in JIawaii for Johns-Maiiville Tower Specialties. 33