The Garden Island. [volume], January 28, 1919, Image 1

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While Some One gives
his LIFE what are
YOU giving?
When jou buy War
Savings Stamps you
do two things, you
help your country and
yourself. Put your
money in the govern
ment's hands.
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think a minute
AH of tho Red Crot War
Fund sef for Wrr F.rJif f
ESTABLISHED 1904. VOL. 15. NO. 4.
LIHUE, KAUAI, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1919
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PROBLEMS OF
THE INFLUENZA-
LOCAL y. I C. i
(A htimm
OUR SOLDIERS
FORESRTY BOARD
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EAGAI
About one hundred of our
Khaki Hoys lauded this morning
from (he Kinau, gaily bedecked
with leis and wreathed with
smiles and mighty glad to get
bark home again. "Oahu is all
right, and Schotield is line, but
alter all Kauai is the best."
There was so big a crowd of
them, that they were all stowed
between decks, after the manner
of a regular troop-ship, and sleep
and fresh air were equally hard
to get.
There was a good sized crowd
at 1 lie landing to welcome them,
ami the V. M. C. A. served hot
coll'ee, sandwiches and cake.
Forty-nine of the men were for
Ljhue, lifty-one for Kealia, and
two for Koloa. They were im
mediately distributed to their
various homes in trucks provided
for that purpose.
They paid their own way home,
which would confirm 1 lie fact that
they wanted to get back.
During the absence of these
men their families have been tak
en care of by the plantations and
other employers, who have also
advanced money on their account
when requested so to do by the
Civilian Kelief. With most com
mendable promptness these ad
vances have been refunded, even
in cases that were considered very
problematic.
Farther landings of returning
troops will be made as follows:
Wednesday, 100 at Waimea,
Friday, 100 at Port Allen, Satur
day, 70 at Ahukini.
The School Garden Again
Under the stimulus of the Star
Kullctin prize contest the school
gardens are waking up again
This work, and these contests,
will run during the balance of the
school year, closing with May !!0.
A pamphlet of instructions has
been issued lor distribution a-
mong the schools, which gives the
rules and conditions of "the con
test, and also gives much valuable
information as to how to raise the
various crops, and how to make
a success of the undertaking.
A first, second, and in sonic
cases, a third prize, will be given,
generally 1;", $10, and 7 respec
tively, though in some cases $10,
7 and 5. The credits on the
basis of which these prizes will
lie awarded will cover a wide
range and will involve a good
deal more than simply raising
beans and carrots. It includes.
for instance, permanent records
and letters to the Star-Kulletin
Perhaps there' is a little too much
attention given to these auxiliary
factors.
A Home Garden contest will
also be conducted in connection
with the schools and along the
same lines. This will lie iudivid
ual and personal, where the other
will be a community school ell'ort
Announcement lias been receiv
ed of the marriage of Captain
Amory Collin Cotcheft, of the 1th
Cavalry, V. S. Army, to .Miss
Margaret Schilling, in San Fran
cisco, on Saturday, the 2nd of
November. Captain Cotchett will
he remembered by many on Kauai
as (lie Sergeant-Instructor of the
Hospital unit of the old 1th regi
incut .
Mr. Sinclair Kobinson went to
Honolulu on Saturday, as di
also Mr. E. A. Knudsen.
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I). Uittmeister of Makaweli, re
eivt'd his naturalization papers
md thereby became aiuAmerican
citizen after a preliminary exami
nation bv AV. M. Kagsdale, who
epresented the bureau of natura
lization.
Kittmeister, who was born in
Germany, declared his intention
to become an American citizen
several years ago and a hearing
was gi,ven him last November, but
due to the war the bureau of natu-
alization makes objection to the
naturalization of any alien ene
mies without a preliminary ex-
iniination regarding their loyalty
to America during the war. After
tedious examination during
which Mr. Kittmeister produced
three witnesses who could testify
is regards his demeanor during
the war, Mr. Kagsdale withdrew
the protest of the bureau. There-
liter .ludge Dickey gave Kittmeis
ter his hearing, and allowed him
lis citizenship.
At the same time A. Grand
liouime of Lihue, was given a pre
liniinary examination regard um
his loyalty during the war, but
ifter producing his .witiiesse lie
was unable to prove his loyalty
md Mr. Kagsdale did not with
draw the objection of the bureau
of naturalization. It so happened
that Grandhoninie's first hearing
was set. for Feb. 15 and if Mr.
Kagsdale could withdraw the ob
jection (irandhomine could be
heard on that date, but unless the
objection is withdrawn before
thai date lie can not be heard.
A. Audermauu, .Jr., who was a
witness for Grandhoinnic, was un
ible to quote any remarks Grand
liouime had ever made regarding
his feelings toward Germany or
(lie war. Graiidlioniine stated
lliat he never talked about the
war to anyone and for this reason
could produce no witnesses who
could give evidence regarding his
sentiments or feelings. Grand
lioniine's silence in the matter was
against him. Mr. Kagsdale said
that such silence would be a wise
action on the part of a very (lis
loyal person but: not for one who
intended to become an American
citizen.
There is a possibility that Mr.
Kagsdale will decide to remove
tlie objection of the bureau before
Fell. 1", the date of Grandhoninie's
first hearing.
Inter-Island Schedule
We now get back to the regular
two-steamer, double-trip a week
in operation before we went into
the war. The Kinau will serve the
Lihue side as she has been doing,
and on her present schedule with
the exception that she will bring
freight Friday instead of Tues
day, while the Manna Loa will
serve Waimea. The latter will
leave Honolulu for Waimea Tues
day evening and return, leaving
Waimea Thursday evening. On
the second trip she leaves Hono
lulu Friday evening, and returns
to Honolulu Saturday evening.
The new schedule begins this
week'.
Mr. .1. F. Fnugcr, who has been
manager of the Kauai Garage for
the past several mouths, has re
signed his position and will leave
for Honolulu this evening. Mrs.
Fnugcr and infant departed last
Saturday.
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In response to suggestions
made by the Kauai Chamber Of
Commerce, the Hoard of Agricul
ture and Forestry at a meeting
held on January 21, 1!)18, recon
sidered certain phases of the
camping privileges to be given ih
the Na Pnli-Kona Forest Keserve,
Kauai, with the following results":
The annual charge for camping
permits on unimproved sites hah
been reduced from 25 to 10 pet'
icre.
For the present a bond with
each permit will not be required
but the Hoard reserves the right
to require a bond of each per
mittee on the first breach of, the
conditions set forth in the permit
on the part of any permittee.
The term for which the permit
will he issued is lengthened froni
five to teii years. It is believed
that this change will obviate thi
necessity of including any renew
al clause in the permit and wili
induce permittees to put in camps
which will be comfortable.
Applications for these camps
will be received at any time by the
Superintendent of Forestry and
will receive attention in the order
of their receipt.
A good opportunity is offered
here to those who are fond bf
camping and seek recreation and
rest at an elevation where tile
climate is invigorating and there
is a great variety of most inter
esting scenery.
As to Kokee Lots
The Board of Agriculture and
Forestry at its recent regular
meeting took favorable action in
regard to the Kokee lots in ac
with the suggestion of the Chamb
er of Commerce committee.
The annual rental will be re
duced from 25 to 10; the bond
requirement will be waived for
the present', subject to renewal in
case of breach of the conditions;
the term of the lease permits will
be extended from live to ten years.
On these lines the Hoard is
ready to grant permits for the
coming season.
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The Lihue Water Supply
The S-inch wood stave water
pipe ordered some months ago
from the coast for the reconstruct
ion of the Lihue water supply
system, has at length arrived and
will be speedily installed.
It will be remembered that the
source of supply, which has here
tofore been the plantation reser
voir, mauka of the doctor's, will
lie carried up to the new line of
tunnels at the head of the German
forest, where it will be safe from
contamination, and furnish an un
failing supply, and a line head.
This will be a great improvement
every way, for domestic, sanita
tion, and lire purposes.
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Miss Elsie Wilcox returned
from the coast on Friday for a
very brief visit at her home. She
leaves again this afternoon for
Honolulu where she will take up
the study of immigration prob
lems under the V. W. C. A., of
which she is a most efficient and
enthusiastic patron.
The small crusher plant located
at the Kau Ka Hoku bridge near
the Gap region, lias begun work,
and gives assurance of much need
ed road repairs for all that region.
GRANTS REQUES
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The Spanish Influenza situation
on Kauai seems to lie reassuring.
There was one new case reported
it is understood, at the Lihue Hos
pital, last night, and altogether
there have been eight or nine cases
some of them serious, but they
are all doing well, and the earlier
ones are entirely convalescent.
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The Red Cross Drive
As far as available the figures
of the recent membership cam
paign for Kauai are as follows:
Kekaha - 404
Eleele 510
Koloa iVMi
Liliue & llauauiaulu S:tl
Kawaihau iMi
Gay & Kobinson ISO
llaualei 145)
Makaweli and Kilauea are still
to be heard from and will prob
ably bring the total up to :100 or
:!500, which is a very good show
ing compared with some of the
other Islands. ..
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POPULAR LUX Oil COUXTER
Kound about lunch time the
ICapaa school is a very popular
place . The chance of getting a
good lunch for 5 cents is sufficient'
to divert some of the travel from
the main road to that passing the
school. And when these candi
dates for a school lunch get there,
they claim to be near relatives of
the children. The school authori
ties however soon "catch on." It
is also said that road work on
that section is popular, on the
chance of getting in on the lunch.
That also soon becomes transpar
ent. : o:
THE SHADOW LIFTED
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Once more the shadow is lifted
that threatened the sugar in
dustry. This time it was an en
'forced long, expensive overland
haul across the continent, instead
of the cheaper water haul through
the Panama ('anal.
The concession has been made,
and the sugar crop will go
through the canal; and Hawaii
will be saved some millions.
Coming events cast their
shadow before. Thursday will be
Chinese New Years and the frag
rant Chinese lily and the festive
fire cracker begin to loom up on
the landscape and fill the air with
their fragrance and their racket.
The greetings of the season to our
Chinese friends.
During the last three months
of 1!I1S the Liline public school
sold W. S. S. and Thrift Stamps
to the amount of 2,201.
Manuel Aguiar left for town
last Saturday evening and will
not return until after the coming
session of the Territorial Legis
hit lire. Among other things Kep
Aguiar will do his utmost to get
better roads for the homesteaders.
H. F. Willard or Honolulu, has
been spending the week end as
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. ('bus
D. Kea of Elcclc.
the happy recipients of a little
son. Keuben Anzac, on Thursday
the 2:trd.
The Liliue public school has
adopted two French orphans, a
boy aged 4 and a girl of 7 years.
The Lihue public school has one
General, Harriet Sheldon; four
Colonels; 11 Majors, S Captains,
:i Second Lieutenants, :t Sergeants
and 2:5 Corporals.
REASSURNG
FOR HAWAII
li. A. Thurston, in his charac
leristieally vigorous way. has
been holding forth to the II ,o
lulu Ad Club on the glories nf
cement, its great future in Ha
waii, and the consequent import
ance of local sources of supply.
Concrete buildings, in over
whelming number, are a, thing of
the near future. They will cost
little more than wooden buildings
and will be safe from the ravages
of rust, rot, humble bees and
white ants.
Concrete roads have come to
stay and will speedily run into
a big mileage.
Concrete-lined ditches have'
made made a beginning, and will
grow mightily when people realize
that a large proportion of the
valuable water running in dirt
ditches is lost by seepage. A thin
lining of cement could prevent
that loss.
We have been inniporting ce
ment in steadily increasing a
mount until last year it reached
about 281,000 barrels, and that
In spite of the very high price.
There is every assurance that the
demands for the immediate future
will be much greater, and will
run in a short time to half, three
quarters or even a million barrels.
The transportation on such
large quantities runs to enormous
figures, and strains the facilities.
The freight, from Jhe. coast is now
ifS.OO a ton, and the space is not
to be had.
Manifestly if it could lie maun
fact u red to advantage here, and
the S saved, it would be a great
gam. We are fold tuat u can lie
made here; that it is being made
on Maui, and that the Maui far
torv is an assured success.
Exhaustive investigations have
been made, which have given sat
isi'actorv assurances that Hawaii
has unlimited deposits of the raw
material which will make a line
grade of cement which will more
than meet the I'. S. Government
standards.
It is expected that a local com
pany will be organized to under
take the manufacture of the pro
duct.
THEY'RE GLAD HE JS JIAOK
The employees of the Kapaa
Cannery tendered a banquet to
A. Horner, .Jr. last Sat unlay even
inir in honor of his return from
service in the army. Athe affair
was held at the ICapaa Kestauraut
and a general good time was had
by all.
Kauai has been fortunate re
garding the mail service from Ho
nolulu the last weeU. .Mail arm
ed 011 the island every day.
For the past several weeks the
"Mikahala" has made regular
(rips to Kealia on Saturdays
often leaving early in the after
110011, affording passenger arrival
in Honolulu soon after mid-night
Whilst no cases are known
Manager Wolters has issued in
structions for the Kealia Hall to
be closed as a precautionary
measure against Inlluenza. A
thorough survey of all laborer
who are absent from work is being
made with the view of tracing
down any likely cases of the epi
demic. ::
The Junior Ked Cross workers
of Kauai, assisted by their friends
made 7!)7 sera) books during the
month of December.
OOES 6000 IM
The Kauai County Young Men's
Christian Association committee
held their first meeting of the new
year last Thursday afternoon 111
the home of Dr. Wuterhouso in
Koloa. Nine of the twelve mem
bers were present, the other three
not having received their notices
in time to make the meeting.
Those present were: Chairman
1 Krandt, Dr. Waterhouse, J. K.
Farley, Secretary Key. .J. M. Lyd-
gate, Treasurer Karl. Koendahl,
K. C. Hopper, Executive Secre
tary J. O. Warner and Filipino
Work Secretary L. A. Walworth.
This meeting is notable from
the fact that the reports and act
ion taken mark a decided advance
in the work of the Young Men's
Christian Association on the is
land of Kauai. While the treas
urer's report showed a deficit in
1!)1S of ;!()() it was explained In
die fact that the budget was made
out on a two-year basis as an ex
periment and that a new secretary
had meanwhile been employed and
the work expanded without a cor
responding increase in (he sub
scriptions. T
Secretaries Warner and Wal
worth read detailed written re
ports of the work covering the
months of October to January in
clusive, supplemented by notes,
letters and photographs, to the
complete satisfaction of the com- '
mittee. Following these reports
Chairman Krandt slated that the
service of the Y. M. ('. A. on
Kauai had surpassed all expecta
tion and suggested a vote of
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Auto Accidents
One Asai Kondo at Kealia this
morning, driving a car, in his en
deavor to avoid another car from
die opposite direction, swung over
so suddenly that he turned turtle
and pretty well smashed up the
top work. No one whs hurt.
Manuel Kuposo of Hauamaulu,
driving along the road last night
at Wnipouli, accidently knocked
over a Chinese pedestrian who
tried to cross over in front of the
car. Another car from the other
direction passed at the same time
so that their was no room to avoid
(lie man. Examination showed
that his left leg was broken, so he
was immediately lake to the hos
pital. BIRTH DA Y PAllTWti
Little Lois Wilcox was the hap
py recipient of a birthday, the
fourth, and a birthday parly on
Monday afternoon. Her little
friends were gathered in from far
and near to help her enjoy the
occasion.
Little Dora Kiee had a birthday
and an appropriate birthday
party on Saturday afternoon, at
which there were some 10 of her
little girl friends, and three boys.
Those three boys must have been
in clover.
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A Horner, Jr. who has been at
tending gunnery school on the
coast, returned to Kauai last Fri
day morning and will resume the
management of the cannery at
Kapaa.
The Victory Hoys and Girls of
Liliue school have subscribed 1"(
toward the United War Work
fund. All but 17 of which is paid
lip.
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