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ESTABLISHED 1904. VOL. 9. NO. 29.
LIHUE, TERRITORY OF HAWAII. TUESDAY. JULY 22, 1913
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MAKAWELI HAS AN
INTERESTING MAN
Helped to Start First Newspa
per In The Territory, Midst
Continued Battle And Strife
--Is Still in Harness.
ORGANIZER WAS JAILED
Mob ot Filipinos Surround Jail
And Demand Release of Fel
low Countryman Hog Chol
era invades Koloa.
Any one seeking reminiscences
o f old by-gone clays, especially
concerning the trying days of the
newspaper man, politically and
otherwise, need go no further than
Makaweli, for there he will find in
Hon. F. H. Hayselden, better and
affectionately known as "Dad," a
whole warehouse full of the most
interesting data to be found in the
Territory. He it was who helped
stick the first type that ever ap
peared, in a Honolulu newspaper. It
was his father-in-law, Mr. Gibson,
who will be remembered by many
kamaainas as the mair who practi
cally ran the Territory's affair for
years, who started the Advertiser.
When t h e ' venerable newspaper
man warms up to the subject of
his experience as typo and general
all-round handy man who fought
hand in hand with Mr. Gibson in
the struggle for principles a n d
right, the old time fighting spirit
keenly manifests itself, regardless
o f the intervening years which
Father Time has allowed to creep
in since his activity on the firing
line. He can tell you of the power
ful influence brought to bearagainst
the paper; how advertisers were
induced, through political trickery
to withdraw tUsir support; o f
the struggle of the paper, to keep
its head above water, and y" e t
maintain its principles; and hoV at
last the tide changed and with
what satisfaction he and his father-in-law
lent themselves to the task
of making a clean sweep of their
antagonists; and how the whole
affair ended in a grand victory for
them when Mr. Gibson was elected
to one of the most responsible posi
tions in the kiugdom by seven
eighths of the entire votes of the
city. .
"Dad" is sixty-one years of age,
but among the army of efficient
clerks in the Hawaiian Sugar Com
pany's big store, there is none
who can outdistance him in attend
ing to the wants of the patrons,
among whom he is a great favorite.
"I. W. W." MAN IS IN BAD
The appearance of the police was
responsible for an abrupt termina
tion of a meeting conducted by a
representative o f the "I Won't
Work" club in front of the Kealia
store about seven o'clock Saturday
evening. A. V. Roe, the district
organizer, together wi.th a Filipino
who was acting as his interpreter,
was taken to jail, where he refused
tlie aid of friends who volunteered
to bail htm out. On learning that
a fellow countryman h a d been
locked up, the Filipinos gathered
trotitid the jail a u d demanded
that he be released at once. After
telephonic communication had ta
ken place between the deputy and
Sheriff W. H. Rice, the Filipino
was liberated. Roe was brought
to town this morning and is having
his hearing as we go to press.
HOG CHOLERA IS SERIOUS.
It has been indefinitely known
for some time that hog cholera
existed in the Koloa district to a
more o r less degree, but t h e
following notice from Deputy
Veterinarian Glaisver, m a k es it
clear, bevond all doubt that the dis
trict is in a grave condition. The
notice is as follows.
"Owing to the presence of hog
cholera at Koloa, a quarentine has
been established, extending from
Kukuiula and L a w a i , to the
boundary of the Mime district.
All parsons' are warned not toj
transport any hogs out of this (lis- j
t r i c t , and no hogs may be j
slaughtered for consumption with-1
out the permission of the deputy
Territorial veterinarian and his in
spection at the time of slaughter.
Hog cholera serum has been selit '
PLANTATION IS THOUGHTFUL
Makaweli. the plantation which
has the reputation for "doing
things," has, in its social hall, a
sample of comfort for its employes
which all plantations would do well
to pattern. The hall is fitted out
for the exclusive use of the boys,
having billiard tables, games of
various kinds and a good library
containing the leading papers and
magazines. It is kept open of even
ings and it is pleasing indeed to
see many of the young men of the
plantation spending their evenings
here, each occupying himself ac
cording to his mood. The writer
dropped in for a few minutes' chat
the other night and was agreeably
surprised to see the number of
young men who were taking ad
vantage of the generousity of the
plantation. To this plantation just
ly belongs the title of one of the
most popular on the island of Ka
uai, the credit of which is due to its
efficient manager, Ben Baldwin.
WANTS DAIRY IN LIHUE
An inquiry has been made to this
office as to where a man could get
hold of land suitable for dairying
purposes, and the inquirer would
further like to know whether or
not a dairy would pay in or near
Lihue. In answer to his first ques
tion, we must leave it for others
to sav, but in replying t o the
second, we must say that judging
from the demand fortzood. German
made butter, that there would be a
first-rate opening for a good dairy.
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GERMANS LIKE AMERICA
It is claim e d emigration,
from ' Hamburg and Bremen i s
heavier than it has been in years.
During April more than 43,000
persons left for the United States
from these two ports alone. This
was nearly doudle the number that
left in April, 191276 per cent
more, to be exact. Not since the
tidal wave of emigration in 1907
has the exodus been so great.
Two causes are assigned for the4
active emigration. First, political
uncertainty and rumblings of war
from the Balkans (echoed through
out eastern Kurope for months)
have caused the less warlike to
long for homes where peace ap
pears to be more suitable.
SOME WHOLESOME ADVICE
If a pretty wide sprcd rumor
to the effect that a ceiuin husband
spends too many of his nights away
from his own domicile be true, it
would be an act of wisdom for
said husband to be somewhat more
discreet, unless he courts uiulesir
sble publicity.
BIG SHOW, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Commencing Friday evening,
at the IJhue hall, Willie Fernan
des, the moving picture expert,
will show for two nights, Friday
and Saturday, for the first time
on Kauai, a two thousand foot reel
depicting, true to nature, thrilling
and exciting incidents of the revo
lutionary war between the Colo
nies and the British. The heroine,
"The Pride of Lexington," who
supplied the soldiers with anuuii
tiou and took care of the wounded,
calls forth the admiration of all
who see this great feature film,
In addition to this wonderfully
interesting film, Mr. Femandes
has prepared a program o f other
highly pleasing, new films. An
other pleasing feature will be a
special program of music which
has been arranged for, between the
films. Ad.
GIIURCH VACATION
During the Summer vacation
till. further notice there will be no
Sunday Services in the Lihue
Church.
J. M. Lydgatk.
Dr. Derby is still at the Hotel
Fairview, where he is one of the
busiest men on the island.
for and persons w i s h i n g to
immunize their 'nogs, mav have it
done at cost, by applying to the
deputy Territorial veterianarian.''
(Signed.) A. R. Gj.aisvhk.
Deputy Territorial Vetranary.
TO HAVE A NEW THEATER
At the conclusion of the new
store building for the Lihue Store,
the company will probably turn
the present store building into a
theatre. At least such a plan is
now said to be under consideration
by the management. The building
is large enough to afford ample
room for moving picture shows and
like entertainments and being cen
trally located, would fill a need
which has been thedes;re of many
who would gladly give various ex
hibitions In Lihue were it not for
the apparently high price asked
for the present Lihue hall, thermit
of which is $10 per night, a rate of
$300.00 per month.
PROGRESSIVE WAIMEA
Mr. T, Brandt, the leader of
progressive Waimea, is construct
ing new store buildings on the lot
adjacent to the bank building. Mr.
Brandt has the distinction of being
connected with every enterprise of
any importance in Waimea and is
interested in seeing his town to the
front when it comes to progressive
ness. His new position as com
missioner of education has added
greatly to his routine of work but
every problem that has risen, has
been dealt with in that careful' and
considerate manner which h a s
marked his every step in the con
stant trend upward to the point
where he has attained the reputa
tion of being the live-wire of the
district.
THE VALUE-OF KEAWE BEANS
The value of the keawe bean as
a food product for horses, is indi
cated in a recent lease made .on
some government laud for the
express purpose of raising fhe
bean. The feed- made from the
bean has been successfully intro
duced on this island by the Union
Feed Co., through its representa
tive, Jim McQueen, and the owners
of the stock are well pleased with
the results. The district of Kekaha
grows a large quantity of these
beans and the Kekaha Plantation
is considering the erection of a
mill in order to grind them into
feed for its stock.
PASSENGERS ARRIVED
The following passengers arrived
on t h e Kinau last Wednesday
morning: Donald Young, Fred
Waterhouse, Miss A. Cooke, Mrs.
C. M. Cooke, Mrs. W. B. Deas,
Mrs. James ivci.neil. Miss .1 . John
son, H. Ilavsrldon. D. Pratt, Miss
II. Redling, MissG. Pursell, Mrs.
Frank Damon, Miss S. Damon,
Miss Leghorn, Ralph Hull, Yee
Woon, Chang Sing, Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Hughes, Dr. Wilcox, D. K.
Hooper, W. Zeiz, S. A. Strader,
B. F. Vickers, Mrs. H. Almona,
Miss J. herreira, Miss A. Almona,
Flora Albright, Miss F. E. Stine,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bowler. F. L.
Waterhouse, II. Goodale, Francis
Gay and party, Mrs. M. Muratar,
Miss C. Kinhara, A. D. Alexan
der. Herman Alexander, Harry
Bride. Dora O'Connell, H. Bow
man, W. D. McBryde, T. Irish
man, Rev. and Mrs. Akana, H. W.
Rice, H. D. Sloggett, P. G. Riley.
The following passengers arrived
on the W. G. Hall last Friday
Charles Drake. C. A. Elkins,
David Kinney, Walter Starboard,
E. V. Wilcox, T. W. Lishman, H.
Fraser. Jas. Gray, Mr. and Mrs, J.
F. Bowler, W. W. Chamberlain,
C. B. Gage, Leon A. Quon San.
A LUCKY EDITOR
We wish to tender our heartfelt
appreciation to our friend A. D.
Hills, the ice and soda man,
for the sample box of oinectar
which he so kindly left to our safe
keeping last week. The weather
was warm, the liquid fluid was al,
and the editor was broker.! com
bination which makes the gen
erousity ot the donor doubly appre
ciative.
WATER PROJECT LOST
It is said that the recently ex
ploited water project whereby the
hundreds of acres of land lving in
i the Anahola and Moloaa tracts were
1 to be flooded with water brought
I from the Ilanalei mountains, has
I partly fallen through.
MAY CUT WORKMEN'S PAY
According to reports from the
big island, there is already some
talk among the plantation interests
relative to a cut in wages, from
the managers down, in anticipation
of the going into effect of the pro
posed sugar tariff. Just what the
?ut will be is not known but it has
beensuggested that it will be Uventy
percent. Of course this is a big
cut, put if all are treated alike,
there is nothing that can be said
in regard to any unfair means be
ing taken against any one class of
workmen. Once the cut goes into
effect, the question of the price of
food stuffs will play the next im
portant part, for it is only reason
able to suppose that if the work
man has his salary reduced, he
should likewise have his living ex
penses reduced accordingly, and
since many of the prevailing prices
ar controlled by mainland whole
sale houses, it will be rather diffi
cult for the business houses here
to meet anything like a demand of
a twenty per cent reduction on all
that thev sell.
FILIPINOS STILL COME
Makaweli received about sixty
new Filipinos last week, bringing
the number of this nationality em
ployed on this plin'tation, up in
the neighborhood of 800. The latest
consignment is composed of a good
class of workmen.
REGIMENT FOR KAUAI
Rumor is still rite concerning
the bringing to Kauai a regiment of
Ujicle Sam's boys, but all inquiry
has failed to bring out any definite
jdea on the subject'. If such a move
is Really on Joot, there seems to be
some cause tor abSolute.secrecy en-.
veloping the" wholenffair1. "Tin
matter of bringing a thousand men
to the island is of sufficient import
ance to admit of the public sharing
the news and those who are in
possession of the facts in the case
would do well to loosen up and
let the public in on the proposi
tion. WOULD BLOW UP WITNESS
Because he was in some degree
responsible for the apprehension of
the Hawaiian grafters, one Sim
mons iiad Ins house blown to pieces
while he slept, by an unknown
would-be-assassin. Simmons and
h i s wife were sleeping direct
ly over the spot where the bomb
was placeu and their escape from
death, is considered short of a mi
racle. The police department is
said to be - in possession of facts
which will lead to the arrest of the
perpetrators of the dastardly plot.
CANE WITHOUT IRRIGATION
From the experience which is
being carried on by some of the
homesteaders on the lauds mauka
the Kealia Plantation, it would
seem that cane can be grown with
out irrigation in that section.
I here are acres of cane in this dis
trict that have never been irrigat
ed, a n d there is n o apparent
difference in the growth of it.
Head overseer Hundley in speak
ing of the matter said that the
ground is prepared and when a
rain shower conies, all hands are
set to work planting, thus giving
the land the desired moisture to
sprout the seed after which there
has been no trouble so f a r in
getting the same results as that ob
tained o n other lands through
irrigation. If it can be demon
strated that cane can be grown
without irrigation, millions o f
dollars will be saved in the pro
duction of the Territory's chief
industry.
HAS A MIGHTY BIG JOB
clerk Dean of the Fifth Circuit
Court is indexing the circuit court's
papers which have been accumu
lating since 1853, and is finding it
a mighty big job The work is
being done in order to facilitate
matters in case reference is desired
to some former decision in cases
where such information is consi
dered essential or relative to the
point under discussion.
BIG LIGHTING PLANT IS PAU
The Lihue Plantation's big elec
tric plant is supplying juice to its
hundreds of customers, being busy
on the job day and night. Contrary
to most concerns of its kind, there
has not been a single hitch in the
big machinery since the wheels
made the first revolution, which
speaks voltims for. the workman
ship of those who constructed the
system. A week or ten days more
and all lines will have been com
pleted when the whole country
from Hanamaulu to Nawiliwil: will
be ablaze with incandescent lights.
The company is to be congratu
lated on the success which has
attended their big enterprise.
AGRICULTURE IN SCHOOLS
In connection with the wide
spread desire upon the part of the
department of education to do all
it can to establish agriculture in
our public schools, we would sug
gest that those interested, take a
trip to Wahiawa where the Japa
nese teacher has laid out a plan
which would appear to be about
what is desired along this line. He
has experimental fields laid out in
plots of various areas, in which he
has planted ;hat he considers that
which is most suitable to his soil
audlocation. From a report by a
man with Considerable experience
ih the island agriculttual line, the
scheme has so far, ptoven a won
derful success, the school children
faking great interest in the work
and accomplishing most desirable
results.
CIVIL WAR IN CHINA
The long impending civil war in
China has at last manifested '"itself
and hostilities are said to have
actually begun. It is also said that
japan is. very ' much interested in
me auair ami inui uoin nations
are excercising vigilance over the
actions of their neighbor. Federal
troops have rebelled and grave
fears are entertained of a general
outbreak throughout the republic.
LIHUE GETS FILIPINOS
A consignment of husky looking
Filipinos arrived for 'the Lihue
Plantation last Friday morning.
Hie I-ihpinos are making good on
all the plantations, the roving dis
position which w a s at first so
noticeable In them, rapidly disap
pearing and in its place is becom
ing a noticeable desire to remain
put."
NEW SALVATIONISTS
Knsiirn and Mrs. H. N.Timmer-
liinn who have been in chnrirt' of
the Salvation Army work on the
island of Maui, arrived Inst week
and will have charge qf the local
work of the army, taking up their
headquarters in Koloa.
Ensign and Mrs. Lyman who
liave been nssicmod to a nnst on the
big island, will be greatly missed
bv their friends whom thev can
count by the hundreds, and who
regretted to see them leave Kauai.
A HANAMAULU WEDDING
A pretty wedding was celebrat
ed at the Kapaia Catholic Church
at eight o'clock last Saturday
morning, when Miss Mane, eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Enos of
Hanamaulu, were united in
marriage, the Rev. Father Herman
officiating. After the wedding
ceremony, tne uncial couple re
paired to the home of the bride
where a reception was held a t
which the Lihue band played ap
propriate airs u n d e r Director
Souza. The bridegroom is a pop
ular young clerk in the Lihue
Store, a member of the Lihue band
and a well known Hanamaulu boy,
while the bride is one of the many
charming young ladies for which
Hanamaulu is noted.
THE SUPERS VISIT KAUAI
Paul Super, Secretary of the Y.
M. C. A. for ti e Territory, ac
companied bv Mrs. Super, return
ed to Honolulu last Saturday,
after having c.pent a delightful va
cation of ten days on the Garden
Island, most of which was spent in
the beautiful little village of Ilanalei.
PRICES ON FOOD
GOING SKYWARD
Necessities of Life Show Big
Advance, According to Offi
cial Reports From Washing
ton, D. C:
PINEAPPLE PEST IS BAD
Destroys Ninety Per Cent Of
Some Homestead Planters
-Kauai May Have HacesFor
New-Year Program.
Wholesale prices of commodities
in the United States last year were
higher than at any time during the
past thirty years, the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics an
nounces. During the year whole
sale prices advanced sharply, the
most important features being the
marked increase in the great
groups o f farm products, food,
fuel and lighting and metals and
implements.
Fuel and lighting showed the
greatest increase over 1911, the
average being 9.6 per cent, while
coke increased 46.2 per cent, and
crude Pennsylvania petroleum!. 2
Food as a group increased 6.2
per cent, the most pronounced in
crease being in corn meal, 2.7.9 per
cent, and canned tomatoes, 27.1
per cent.
Farm products increased 5.7
pert cent, the principal increase
being in'sheep, 24.4 per cent, and
cattle, 29.4 per cen'f.
Metals and implements increased
5.6 per cent, the greatest advances
being copper, 31.8 "per cent, and
spelter. 20.9 per cent.
House 'furnishings disclosed in
creases of from 2.3 to 10.9 per
cent while drugs and chemicals ad
vanced in price 2.2 per cent.
L-iotnes and clothing increased
only 9 per cent, boots and shoes
15.9 per cent. Carpets 9.9 per
cent, print cloths 9.3 per cent and
leather 9 per cent.
Lumber and building materials
comprised the only group showing
a decrease, the decline being 2.1
per cent.
PINEAPPLE PEST SERIOUS
That the pineapple pest ii. be
coming a real menace to the pres
ent growers, is indicated in the
fact that some of the planters at
Homestead have lost at least ninety
per cent of their present crop. This
means practically a total loss. A
government official is on the ground
to further investigate the condi- f
tions with the hope of finding
s o m e means pf preventing its
spread.
A KAUAI RACE MEET
Some talk has been heard with
in the last few days concerning the
prospects for a race meet on. Kau
ai on New Year's day. Those who
would head such a project are men
like the Rices, Spaldings, and in
fact all the leading plantation men
on the island, which fact within
itself would insure the success of
the scheme. Baseball might also be
included.
WILL HAYE COLD STORAGE
The Lihue Ice & Electric Co.,
who recently took over the Waimea
concern, are engaged in enlarging
their Waimea plant in order to ac
comodate a large cold storage
plant. New office room is also be
ing arranged and when the im
provements arc completed, the re
novated plant will be in a position
to produce a much larger output of
ice t h a n a't present. Manager
Hills, between the two plants, is
about the busiest man on the is
land. TYPHOID IS OUT OF IT
As an evidence of what a com
bination of efforts upon the part of
our medicos and the chief health
inspector of Kauai to clean up
plantation camps, is the fact that
there has not been any recurrence
of the typhoid epidemic iu the Mn
kaweli camp since the thorough
work of a sanitary nature which
was done there last year.