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frflE GARDEN ISLAND, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1922 THE GARDEN ISLAND Issued Every Tuesday KKNNETH 0- IIOI'PKR Managing Editor TUESDAY ::::::::: : : APRIL 18, '1922 RECKLESS Dl!IVlG There is entirely too much earless and heedless driving on this island. A typical case is that of Daniel McKliane, who last week came up behind Walter MclJryde.' near llananianlu, and. attempting to pass him. forced him out into the ditch. It is report ed that the same driver forced Johnny Fer nandez into a ditch in the same manner. .Mr. MiT.iyde, we are pleased to say, lironght charges against this driver and he was fined in the Mime district conrt. It does not make a bit of difference whether a man's name is McShane, Rocke feller. Carnegie or anything cNe. If he driv es recklessly he is not only risking his neck but he is taking chances on Ihe safety of others. We are not worried about the driv er's personal safety, but be has no right to jeopardize the lives of other people. We hope that the lesson this man has received will make others sit up and take notice. And we commend the authorities on the prompt action they have taken in this case. liAXAXAS, A HAWAII AX IXPUSTIIY Prof. F. (1. Krauss, agricultural expert of the University of Hawaii predicts that in a very few years bananas will be Hawaii's third important crop, outranking rice. Prof, Krauss is not in the habit of talking to hear himself talk, so his statements merit some attention. It is said that no crop yields as much food per acre as bananas. It can be raised with as little attention sis most any crop, but like any other product, the best results are obtained only by careful cultivation and attention. Proper fertilizing, keeping weeds out, irrigation in some cases, care to prevent plant diseases and the destruction by insect pests all these things are just as iniprotant as they are for cane or pineapple. Bananas may be raised either on u big or a little scale. If a man has a little cor ner of his and that he is not using for other purposes, he can probably put it into ban anas and make a good profit from it. Strange to say, it is very difficult to buy good eat ing bananas around Lihue. Almost all of us are in the same boat. We simply don't look a year ahead or so and we forget to plant. But when it comes to planting the crop on a big scale, it is very necessary to investi gate the market first. There are a number of California companies that are trying to buy bananas here. They will undoubtedly be will ing to make good contracts with Kauai fruit growers. Such contracts, based on the f. o. b. Nawiliwili or Port Allen, usually leave the worry of arranging for shipping room to the buyer. People who are thinking of raising ba nanas should get in touch with Prof. Krauss at the University yf Hawaii, Honolulu. He will undoubtedly be able to give them many valuable suggestions for the cultivation of this fruit. WHERE IS J'EARLIXE... Pearline was once known to every house wile, but where is the housewife that thinks of Pearline today? The chances are that she never heard of it, or will have to stop and think just what Pearline was. When the manufacturer of Pearline died, as the story in the advertisement was told, those who succeeded him thought that it was so well known that it did not need any further advertising. "People know all about it, anil what is the use of further expenditure," they argued. There are business men everywhere who often take the same view of their situation. They argue that the advertising they have already done has caused the people to become well acquainted with them. "The people know where we are," they say, and so they snuggle down into the cocoon I hey have buihl cd and in a few years, sometimes not that long, they are forgotten. "The fact of the matter is," said a business man to us a short time ago, "if you get business today you have to go out after it. And one of the bi'st methods in the world is to advertise for it." (ieneral Wood's suggestion that the Fili pinos be taught law and order ought not to be limited to the Filipinos. It is said that a big business is going on in golf balls made to carry liquor. That's a good way of training the player to keep his eve on the ball. The average man is a great admirer of short hkirts on everybody except his wife. THE SPEEDIXO M EX ACE Again we wish to come back to' the present Hpcctre of speeding by automobile drivers, a menace, that Is hanging over us all, man or beast, like the sword of Damocles, an ever-present danger, thut must be put down or curbed. James H. Collins comments in a late Saturday Evening Post on the serious prob lem of large cities in handling their traffic and says among other good things, that "Speed limits on the automobile are a para dox. The auto is designed to run fast. That is its whole function, attraction and service. Limit it. and you lose all its benefits. Speed limits and traffic control have become neces sary because we have not learned to separ ate Iho automobile from the slower traffic and give It a highway of its own." Right here it must be said, a fast mov ing automobile has no place in the crowded centers of any city, but should seek other avenues of progress ' and keep away from such crush. Again, an automobile ride can be enjoy ed without speeding and nobody's-business, here at least, is so pressing that speeding becomes a necessity. There are several kinds of speeders: first the unconscious one, who delights, in swift movements, who knows the speed lim its and what constitutes sane and safe driv ing; in some way or other it gets beneath the skin, in the blood as it were, and he speeds, delights in it, not knowing that he Is doing so. A few lessons in collisions arrests and damage suits will, however, soon cure him. Then we have the smart Aleck, glorying in his power, utterly selfish and heedless of the safety of others, the one who takes chanc es once too often and then loses out. The actions of a man of this sort borders on criminal neglect, and he should not be allowed to drive an automobile. He is the real menace and should be eliminated. Joint action of good citizens and police officials will bring this about in no uncertain way. We wish to commend the action Walter JlcBryde, who had a speeder arrested last week for colliding with him on Palm Sun day at llananianlu and had him convicted in the Lihue police court. We hope all good citizens will do the same take action when one of these me teors come by them, nail them, bring them into conrt, that justice may be done, the maniac punished in fitting manner as a deter rent to other malefactors of the same ilk. Will you help? 1170 ARE THE IX ft AX Ef Locked up in American asylums are 1, 350,000 people who are adjudged to be insane; that is approximately one to each eighty of our population. The statement is shocking, and when we consider the number that are roaming outside of the asylums, suffering from some form of mental aberration we wonder if the most of us are not more or less crazy. It is usually extreme cases only that are confined; but the asylum hides many of as sound mind as a large percentage of those who are not there. It is a convenient method of getting rid of undesirables. The history of the world is teeming with achievements of those who have been called crazy. Columbus was regarded as a harmless "nut." (Joodyear, the discoverer of a process of hardening rubber was called crazy; Gali leo insisted that the sun stood still and that the earth revolved, and for that reason was declared a- lunatic; Fulton was another; Joan de Arc was so accepted, but she is now a saint; the founders of the American republic- were regarded as crazy by their Eng lish cousins. Almost every great inventor was considered of unsound mind. Every great reformer has been called crazy, and many of them have lived to learn that those who condemned them as such were themselves foolish to a degree. Every man has a mania for something or he is nothing but a counter, a simple unit of a vast population. Ericsou, with his "Yan kee cheese box" was called crazy; but he demonstrated to the world that his insanity was along correct lines, ami the monitor which he constructed was an important fac tor in turning the tide of the civil war and laid the foundation of the modern navies of the world, (hill them crazy if you will, but it is the mild monomaniacs that have raised civilization to its present degree. Trotzky declares that American politics are bad for Russians. That may be a fact, due to the Russian educational status; but if Russians had more of the American spirit Trotzkys and' Lenities would be mighty scarce in that country. LIHUE SCHOOL We were all glad to be bank at Bchool after a pleaaant week of va cation, and we hope to make a good showing in the many special act ivities of this term, Including the school fair and the track meet. Miss Tonlnl, one of our teachers, who underwent an operation at the Queen's hospital In Honolulu, dur ing vacation, is rapidly recovering. Gabriel I. Lovell has directed his energy In the garden toward nas turtiums, and Is giving his friends some very beautiful blossoms. The Lihue boys' volley ball team will meet the Hanalel boys on the Kapaa field Saturday, at 2 o'clock. We have a fine team and much to fear from Hanalel, as this decides the district championship. The athletic badge tests are being given this term. Several boys have completed their first test successful ly and are entitled to their badge. But the girls seem to have met their Waterloo in the basketball goal throw. WAIMEA SCHOOL The teachers who went around the island on April 8, were Misses Har low, Snead, Fryer, Weller, Mrs. Clapper,, and Mr. and Mrs. Sessions. Laboratory work in general sci ence for freshmen started Monday. Five hours a day are spent in the laboratory. The year's work will have to be completed within the next ten weeks. April 29 has been determined up on for the big free movie for all who attended the vaudeville and dance, March 11. Luther Waimau and his band will furnish three musical numbers. The junior high chorus, under Wright, will sing. The school wishes to take this opportunity to thank those car own ers who loaned their cars to take the acts to the Eleeel show, April 1st. Eleven vaudeville acts were shown at Koloa, April 15. A dance follow ed the show. Miss Tsark was taken to the hospital on Thursday, sufforing from a light attack of appendicitis. The Bank of Hawaii Ltd. LIHUE BRANCH BANKING HOURS 0 A. M. TO S P. M. Koloa j Plantation Store 1 I Wholesale and Retail Groceries Dry Goods of all Descriptions General Plantation 8uppllss FALSE ECONOMY Not one of the thousands of employers who came to grief ns a result of the dishonesty of employees during the past year suspected a dishonest streak when the .men were hired. If it had lufen suspected they would not have been hired and there would have been no necessity for this ad. Unless your employees are bonded, and bonded all the time, you are in constant danger of a loss which may be large enough to cripple you financially. Would it not be the better part of economy to spend a few dollars a year for bonding your employees than to run the everlasting, nerve racking risk of losing hundreds, perhaps thousands. WATERHOUSE TRPST CO., LTD. HONOLULU Don't be Discouraged Because you have not been able to save in the past, but make up your mind today to save some definite part of all income earned. The saving habit has brought independence to others, and it will do as much for you. Acquire the saving habi, and stick to it. Our savings department will help you. 3 THE BANK OF BISHOP & CO., LTD. Waiinm, Kauai. LEWERS & COOKE, Ltd. KiH-177 So. King. St., Honolulu. Special Attention Given to Parcel Post Orders Lumber and Building Materials. ilixed Paints and Auto Knamels. Furniture Knamels. Linoleums, Hugs. Congoleuin and Pabcolin Rugs. Wallpapers aud (Jlass. 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