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IS?" . i. m. i w j --- ii -i f mm iavi 11 r- mm ESTABLISHED 1904. VOL 18. NO; 31. L1HUE, KAUAI, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1922 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.50 PER YEAR 5 CENTS PER COPY Wailua and Kawailoa Lots Will be Opened KAUAI PUBLIC AGAIN THE GOAT Tax Appeal Board Tandy MacKenzie To Sing On Kauai In Session Saturday s I PERSONALS 1 r RESIDENCE LOTS TO BE PLACED ON THE MARKET SOON Tlioro will bo no difficulty In get ting the territory to sot nsldo land for resident purposes nlong the Wai lua river and on the beach nt Ka wailoa, according to C. T. Bailey, commissioner of public lands, who was on Kauai for two days last week. When tho matter was broached to him, Commissioner Bailey stated tl.at if the people want these lands for residence purposes, it will bo sot aside as soon as the necessary surveys can bo made. Although the law does not require that a petition with twenty-five Sig natures be sent to the board, aB In tho case of homestead lands, a petition is being circulated to be presented to tho board to show that tho people really want these lots opened up. Tho lots' will be auctioned and will go to tho highest bidder in each case. Tho size of tho lots will in all prob ability be about a .fourth of an aero each and will havo an upet price on them. It Is expected that tho Wailua lots will bring a higher price, being cane land, than the beach lots at Ka .walloa. The petition will be sent to tho land board wljthin the next few days and It Is expected that immedi ate action will be taken In tho mat ter. RACE FOR TAX ASSESSOR IN KAWAIHAU DISTRICT TO BE SETTLED THIS WEEK Tho race for tho position of tax assessor in the Kawalhau district will bo settled acording to advices receiv ed this morning, some time this week, when tho new central committee goes Into action after the convention. Four contestants aro still in the race, K. Mawunaga, Arthur Wong, N. K. Iloopil and Sam Kelilnoi being those Interested. Masunaga has acted as assistant assesor for a number of years and has also received tho en dorsement of tho executive commit tee of tho Kawalhau Precinct Kepub lican club, but whether the endorse ment of the executive committee will havo enough weight to offset the po litical power of his oponents will be hard to judgo. ) Both Kelilnoi anil Iloopil are old political war horses end will give Masunaga a keen race oven with all his strength nt home, Arthur Wong is a dark horso and may spring a surprlso on tho other contestants, as tlioro Is no doubt that ho would make an oxcollont assessor being accountant of exceptional abil ity. ENGINEERS INSPECT NAWILIWILI PROJECT Major W. A. Johnson, department engineer and Kichdrd Quinn, civil engineer, arrived on tho Kinau last Wednesday morning on a tour of in spection of the Nawlllwlll project. Both Major Johnson and Mr. Quinn expressed themselves as highly pleas ed with tho progress being made on tho big project. Tho plan adopted some time ago of removing the dirt from tho top of tho ledgo has greatly facilitated tho work, and In going down on tho ledge plenty of tho necessary largo stones havo been found. THREE CASES DIPHTHERIA, FORTY-FOUR OF MEASLES, REPORTED LAST MONTH According to a report just received from tho oftfeo of the board of health thpro were thirty-six cases of meas les in Lihue last month, two in Koloa, and six In Wal mea, making a total of 44 cases on tho island. One case of diphtheria was reported In Lihua and two at Koloa. Five cases of tuberculosis was report ed for tho island. KAUAI BASEBALL LEAGUE GAMES NEXT SUNDAY LIHUE VS. MAKAWELI AT LIHUE McBRYDE VS. KOLOA AT KOLOA Jose Gomes, of Hanapepe, returned Friday morning from a business visit to Honolulu. Aylmer Robinson, of Makawell, re turned Wc"dnesdny morning from a vis it to Honolulu. Francis Gay and Charles Gay were Incoming passengers aboard tho Ki nau last Wednesday. Sheriff Wm. H. Rice returned Fri day from a hurried trip to tho metro polis. C. M. L. Watson, tax expert for the American Factors, was an arrival from Honolulu on the Claudlno last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mlddleton spent tho week end at Puukapele, re turning to Llhue this morning. Mr. and Mrs. W. Akana (newly-weds) were returning passengers aboard the Claudlno last Friday. S. E. Lucas, prominent Kapaa home stcader, who has been In Honolulu for tho past few weeks, returned on tho Claudlno last Friday morning. Philip L. Rice departed for Maul last Friday to take part In tho round up on his brother Harold's ranch at Pala. Attorney C. M. Stalnback arrived from Honolulu last Friday morning to represent Kekaha plantation in their tax appeal case. C. T. Bailey, commissioner of public lands, arrived Friday morning to act as "a witness for tho territory in the tax appeal case of tho Kekaha Sugar company. Deputy Attorney General Joseph Llghtfoot camo over Friday morning to represent tl.o territory in the Ke kaha tax appeal case. Jim Corstorphine, Wm. Grote and i:. Weight were week end visitor, at Kokee. Being Sons of Rest they rested. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Hills, departed for Honolulu last Friday afternoon, where they will spend the next two or three weeks enjoying the delights of Waiklki. ROAD FACILITIES WANTED AT HAENA The rapidly increasing interest in tho Haona region is a matter of no small degree of surprise. We are in formed that every Sunday during good weather thoro aro hordes of Interested sightseers that make tho trip thither, going ns far as the Dry Cavo, or a little beyond by car and then .making tho rest of tho trip afoot to the Wet Caves. In view of tho large popularity of this r.egion it Is a pity tho roud can not bo put thru the whole wuy, and that In the meantime there 1b no pro vision for turning at tho end of tho auto traffic, and that there aro no signs Indicating tho trail they must take boyond. As it is now they fetch up In tho wilderness of guavn. LOOK OUT FOR THE SILENT POLICEMAN AT LIHUE CORNER The county has put In a silent po liceman at tho Lihuo Store corner which will force drivers who havo been in tho habit of cutting this cor ner to watch themselves and make tho turn proporly. There' Is nuke a temptation to cut this corner on account of tho slope of the road duo to tho turn being at tho top of tho hill. With tho new policeman at this corner it should simplify matters at this turn. Remem ber keep to tho. right. T CHILD OPERATED ON FOR APPENDICITIS Lorraine, tho four year old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Kdward Foun tain, was operated on for appendi citis at the Lihuo hospital last Tues day. She! s now at the homo making a very rapid recovery. SATURDAY MOVIES AT TIP TOP WILL BE SHOWN FRIDAY Tho regular Saturday night movlo program at tho Tip Top theater has boon changed this week to Friday ev ening on account of the coming Tandy Mackenzie concert. The Kiuiiii public was inc Hid six or seven hours for thei Steam Navigation Company sa her regular run and senil her t lauea, which steamer, accordin tie piece of money pulling off t "Valdurn." The Kauai public does not puny making money salvaging having their regular mall and other island in order that Hie inconvenience, while Kauai is that cannot carry passengers. Another objection is the f to Honolulu until Thursday ev passengers will not be able to evening. All which may mean Kauai people, but that does no they are in the habit of incon Prohibition Officers Make Three Raids J. F. BETTENCOURT OPENS CAM PAIGN ON DISTILLERS OF KAUAI Joseph Bettoncourt, the federal pro hibition enforcement officer for Ka uai, mado three raids last week, haul ing in two allged oke peddlers and one home-brew artist. The latter was not one of the local celebrities in this lino but a Jupancse wahine who was making some rico beer which sho claimed was for homo consumption. Tho first raid was In Anahola last Wednesday which netted one Y. Weda, a Japanese and seven gallons of oko lehao. The- oke was in a sack and probably already for shipment when John blew down and spoiled tho af ternoon's business. Weda was brought before Judgo Von Ekekela at Kapao and was fined $25 and costs., This ought "to bo quite a setback for Weda, as It will take him a couple of days' business to got tho fine back. W. da claimed that tho liquor was for home consumption which should make him eligible for tho Sons of Best, as seven gallons Is some ca pacity. . The second raid took place on Thursday at Wailua, tho result being that ono Japanese named Kubu Is In the toils of tho law. Joo found two and a half gallons of Oke on hand and two 50-gallon barrels of mash along with nn old woodon still and 'a coll of copper pipe. Joo destroyed the still and pipe. Kubu was brought be fore Judgo Ekekole and ho also jlead- cd that the oko was for homo con sumption. Tho judgo must havo tak en; pity on Ms years for ho fined him only $10 and costs, which mado a rather easy day for Kubu. Tho third raid netted tho wahine mentioned before and her brew of rico beer. Sho received four months suspended sentonco from the court. Bottencourt had just returned from Honolulu, whoro ho had received a few Instructions in regard to running down bootleggers and there is no doubt that he will bo slightly discour aged at tho light fines that tho of fenders rocolvo. Ten and twenty-five dollar flues aro not going to bother bootleggers who can mako that much profit in u day. HE TRIED TO BEAT THE LOCOMOTIVE nov. H. F. Hong, Korean minister at Kapala, tried to beat a locomotive to tho crossing with his Ford car, at Lihuo mill last Saturday evening. It proved to bo' a dead heat they both arrived at tho samo plnce at tho same time. As Is usually tho caso In such Instances, the automobile came off second best and as a consequonce Is laid up for repairs with a smashed top and broken wheel, Fortunately no one was hurt, as tho locomotive was traveling very slowly. BIG CATCH OF FISH A big catch of fish by a mil of Japaneso Is reported from Moloaa last Saturday. It Is reported that the catch sold for $2000. SISTERS AND BROTHERS CLUB TO GIVE DANCE Tho Sisters and Brothers Club, a recently organized association of the younger folks of Kapaa, will give a benefit dance on the ovenlng of Aug ust 12th, at tho Japanese theater. ouvenienced todnv bv wait- r mail because the Inter-Island w fit to lake the C'laudine off o Muni in the place of the Ki g to report, is making a nice lit he stranded P.ritish steamer object to the Inter-Island coin wrecks, but they do object to passenger boat sent to some other island need not suffer served with a slow freight boat act that there will be no mail cuing at six o'clock and that sail for Honolulu until Friday considerable inconvenience to t bother the Inter-Island, as veniencing (lie Kauai public. New Ordinance Is Now In Effect TRAFFIC ORDINANCE IS SPECIFIC 'IN REGARD TO USE OF LENSES The now automobile ordlnaco is now in effect and it is very specific in regard to tho types of headlights that can be used on motor cars on Kauai. It will pay every automobile owner and driver to look over tho list of lens es approved by Sheriff Bice in tho list below so as to make suro that the lenses on his car aro legal. Tho ordinance .also very specific ally states at what speed a car may drive on nn open highway and also what speeds one may pass thru a village or town, and tho speeds nt which ono is supposed to make a turn. All these matters were very indefiuto In tho former ordinance which in ml i thn nnfnriRmmt of the orumance very uiuicuit ior me po- lice. The sheriff's office havo had a num ber of tags printed for violators of the law so that it behooves all driv ers to watch their stop or they will find ono of Henry Akl's now fancy tags on their car, and they can tell it to tho judgo. Tho Garden Island has mado ar rangements with a local attorney to get his interpretation of tho law and will publish this in language under standable to tho layman. The first portion will appear In an early Issue. Tho following Is tho list of approv ed lenses: 1 Warner Maximum 12 C. P. 2 Clamert " 17 C. P. 3 McKeo " IS C. P. 4 iWnrner-Patterson " 20 C. P. 5 Star " 20 C. P. C Bush'Lomb " 7 Liberty 21 CP. 21 'CP. 24 C. P. 27 C P. 32 C P. 21 C P. 21 C P. 35 C. P. 8 Ford Green Screen " 9 Violet Bay 10 Macbeth " 11 Osgood " 12 National 13 Green Moon " TAN WO, PIONEER CHINESE MERCHANT, HANAPEPE, PASSES AWAY Chang Chop Fong, better known In business circles for tho past 35 years on this Island as Tan Wo, pass ed away at Kapaa at his son's home stead, at 4:30 o'clock, Monday morn lug, July 10th of heart failure. Ho was the first merchant to open up a storo in Hauapopo at tho time when tho Hawaiian Sugar company started its plantation and has lived there continuously. A few years ago, ho wont out of tho store business and dovoted his time entirely to tho commission line, representing various Honolulu firms, principally tho Honolulu Cracker com pany. Owing to ill health he retired from .this work and was succeeded by his son I). W. Chang. Ho was a leader among his country men in civic and religious matters and many will regret his untimely death. Ho would havo been fl years old next month. Thoso who survive him aro a wid ow, also 70 years of ago, and a brother and tho following children: Mesdames Ming, H. Choy, Gunn and M. H. Choy, and Miss Eleanor Chang of Honolulu, Mrs. C. Wong, Hanapepe, Tom Chang and Chang Yau of tho Bank of Bishop & Co., and also 44 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. KEKAHA ASKS FOR REDUCTION, BUT GAY & ROBINSON COMPROMISE Tho Kauai tax appeal board was In session last Saturday hearing tho cuse of tho Kekaha Sugar company In their appeal for. a reduction In assess ment1. It Is said that the territorial assessor put a valuation of $2,500,000 upon tho Kokaha Sugar company, while tie company made a return of approximately $700,000, according to officials working on tho case. No decision will bq reached for qulto a whllo by the board as It will bo necessary for tho .lawyers for the territory and for tho company to file briefs before tho board and will tnko considerable time for tho board to go ovor tho figures. The point of difference is said to hingo upon the point whether or not tho Kekaha Sugar company had real ized on their receiving a rc-lease from the government for tho cane lands. Tho Kekaha Sugar company con tends that as tho lease was not mado until after the first of tho year that the fact that the lands were re-leased cannot bo figured In tho return that was made at tho first of the year. Tho territory tak.es tho opposite view of tho matter and states that owing to the fact that company had reduced the assessments from year to year as the expiration of the for mer lease approached that re-lease should be figured In, In this year's assessment. Tho appeal of Gay & Koblnson In regard to their lands In tho 'Wuimea district was comprised by officials In Honolulu and will not come before- the local hoard. The original assessment was said to havo boon $1,880,000 and this was reduced to $1,350,000, a re duction of $530,000. The appeal of Gay & Robinson in regard to lands In the Hnnalct dis trict will como before tho Kumil board and tho case for the territory will bo presented by local authorities. Deputy Attorney General Joseph Llghtfoot, represented tho territory whllo I. H. Stalnback represented tho Kekaha Sugar company. Land Commissioner C. T. Bailey was one of tho principal witnesses for the territory before the tax ap peal board. HARVARD GEOLOGIST RETURNS TO CONTINUE SCIENTIFIC WORK Norman E. Hinds, a geologist from Harvard Univorslty, who was on Ka uai last year making a study of geo logical conditions, is spending his sec ond summer on tho Garden Island, in pursuit of scientific Investigations. Just at present, in company with Percy Lydgatc and William Moragno, lie is busy working In tho Kulaluu re gion, making u study of the Pall side of Kauai. CIVIL SERVICE BOARD TO HOLD EXAMINATION FOR POSTOFFICE CLERK A civil service examination for tho position of post office clerk in tho Lihuo post office will bo held at the Kauai high school on August 2Cth. Tho examination will be in charge of T. E. Longstrcth, the Lihue post master and information in regard to tho Information can be obtained from him. All applicants must bo between tho ages of 18 and 45 and must be citi zens of the United States. " MYSTERIOUS FLARE IS PROVEN TO BE ARMY SEARCHLIGHTS Tho solution of tho mysterious flar es at' sea about threo weoks ago has been reached. It is the coast artillery search lights on Oahu. Passengers on tho Claudlno leaving Honolulu on the night following tho first tlmo tho flar es were seen on Kauai, reported that tho searchlights were playing all about tho ship as it passed Pearl Harbor and It will bo remembered that tho flaro was again seen on this night. Last Wednesday night tho search lights could be plainly seen from Wai lua as tliey played across the sky, re moving all doubt as to tho cause of tho flaro. HAWAII'S FAMOUS LYRIC TENOR WILL GIVE THREE CONCERTS Tandy Kaohu Mackenzie, Hnwall's famous lyric tenor, will give throe concerts on Kauai. The first will bo In Lihue on next Saturday evening nt the Tip Top Theater Tho second concert will be given at tho Walmoa Hall on Monday evening, July 24, while tho third will bo given at the Kllauea Hall Tuesday, July 25. Kauai Is Indeed fortunate to hear an artist of the caliber of Mackonzle and tho event will no doubt be hailed with delight by music lovers all ovor tho island. Mackenzie enn truly bo called Ha waii's own, ns he was born at Hann, Maul, and graduated from tho Kamo hameha school In 1011. Ho left for tho mainland to study medicine and whllo on tho mainland joined tho Bird of Paradlso Co., as one of the Ha waiian singers. It Is said that it happened that John Macormack, tho famous Irish tenor, heard Mackenzie sing and promptly took him under his wing for training. Mackenzie has now completed his training and wished to return to his, l.dand homo before going on a concait tour that Is 3ald will taku him all ov v the mainland am! finally to Europe for a number of (.oncerts. He has toured ill tlu Islands and on every one crsitod a furore. It waT necessary for him to give an nxtra concert In Honolulu to give person's tin red away at his big concerts a el'unco to hear him. His repertoire i-i u large one. c.n tracing tho classba as well as a num ber of Hawaiian melodies. Those who lune already heard Mackenzie In con cert say that he is mo -it effective in the Hawaiian numbers which ho han dles In an unusually excellent man ner. Ueservntlons for his Llhue concert can be made at the Llhue store while reservations for the other concerts can bo made with Abo Kaulukou at the tax assessor's office in Lihue. Re served seat tickets not called for by noon Saturday will be resold. W, O. Crowell is In charge of.reserva tions at Walmea, while Deputy Sheriff Lota of Hanalel will handle reserva tions for Kllauea. JUDGE ACHI GIVES DECISION IN YAP GARNISHEE .CASE; DEFENDANT MAY APPEAL Judgo Wm. C. Achl Jr., of tho fifth circuit court, handed down a decision In tho case of YollchI Mlyashlro vs. Mrs. Julia C. Yap, in which tho plain tiff attempted to garnishee a sum of money duo Mrs. Ynp from tho Makco Sugar company. Tho Judge ruled In favor of tho plaintiff. Tho Makco Sugar company, as tho garnishee, admitted that there was a sum of money due Mrs. Yap from her crop of 1022, but held that this sum of money was not duo to bo paid until December 1022, and that ut the tlmo advances for fertilizer might bo mado against this sum and that when tho tlmo camo to pay there might not bo any money left from -this sum. The judgo ruled that this money could bo garnlsl.eed oven though It was not due and that tho debt of the plaintiff could bo collectod from this money even though according to the contract it was not payable until De cember. Judge DIckoy represented tho plain tiff whllo W. C. Achl Sr., represent ed tho defendant. The Makee Sugar company was represented by Philip Rico. Tho defendant and gurnisheo havo moved for a new trial and it this is denied thoro Is no doubt that the case will bo carried to the su premo court. Tho money Is said to, have been due for a plowing and planting con tract that Mlyashlro had on tho Yap homestead. TENNIS KAUAI DOUBLES FINALS AT'SLOGGETT COURT, LIHUE SUNDAY, JULY 23RD BURNS AND BURNS VS. BALTHIS AND RICE 10:30 A. M.