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THE HAWAIIAN STAR, T;UESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1907., ,
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FRANK L. HOOGS MANAGER
TUESDAY AUGUST 13, 1907
W.'.WAV.W.V.W.W.
Liquor Law
S Working Well
a meal, he was abstracted and nervous
and laboring under the Impression that
he would never again view the solid
earth.
"The thought of some possible sub
marine earthquako entered Olsen's
mind and ho looked carefully for signs
on the waters of an Island having dis
appeared, hut there was no sign ot
wreckage or bodies of anything that
might have remained afloat should the
island have sunk. Overhead there
were hundreds of birds, thick they
: were, as is usual in the neighborhood
of land and especially In the vicinity
of an Island far from the mainland.
Olscn wondered If they were from the
French Frigate- Shoals or whether they
' nmwn 1ln1o cf til n tt1 cA AtTftl itin rite
.-. The people of Honolulu owe the appcaranc0 of a rccent habltat.
liquor commission earnest support! Ag goon ag th(j Lufca nrrlved ,n port
$ in the work which is falling to the Captnln Olsou took hIa chronometer to
commission. It is not a light mat- Rehouse to bo tested. He thought he
5" ter for busy citizens to undertake mlght havo missed the Island through
bVSVWiWWi'ifliWA'A'Wvy without compensation, tasks which some fault of the Instrument, lled-
involve as much labor as has been house had overhauled the instrument
found necessary to handle the -affairs of the commission. It is a gen- Before the Luka sailed for Laysan. Up.
cral experience that where citizens can be found to work for such on examining the chronometer this
. . 1 ., 1. 1 ,,.. r ,t;,r ;c morning Redhouse declared It to be in
boards without compensation the results arc better, for the mo tivc is conmioni s0 0isen's missing
usually pure public spirit. The result here has been a better control of thj lsand cannot be Wamed Qn the
the liquor business than Honolulu has known before. Some of the lnstrument
most undesirable places have been compelled to go out of business ( Captaln 01sen found nIs way i,ack t0
and others arc held strictly within the law by a well known rcadmess Honolulu, without any difficulty, and If
of the commission to use its powers promptly where there arc viola- he experienced no trouble In making
tions of the law. This is as it should be, but is a result we have never the home passage it is apparent that
had before. All our liquor laws have been constantly broken, by there should havo been no difficulty in
police consent at times, by reason of police inactivity at others. But locating Laysan. Olsen has never
n one way or another it has been the steady record of the past that the been to Laysan before (he has not been
. ..1 i- ti. :u:.,. ,n . there yet, for that matter) but this fact
law might be broken with impunity unless thc violations were too hag flo
flagrant. In a few months the liquor commission has established the explanatlon of hlg Joslng tne lsland
rule that the law is supreme. There is great dissatisfaction among he ,ndeed ,ost u and the ialand ,s Btm
some of the liquor men at some features of the law, o?d of course there, oisen has been going to sea
they Avill be entitled to a hearing. But the people of Honolulu will Rlncfc 18G4 and. is a, strictly sober ana
hot fail to appreciate as the months go by, the fact that they have se- careful navigator,
cured the most workable liquor law they ever had, and it is not likely j it is said by some sailors that Olseu
that a future legislature will ever abandon the ground gained in rcgu- may have passed Laysan in the night.
lating a business so difficult to handle in the past. Probably many of and it has heen found, by mariners,
the liquor men themselves, as the months go by, will adjust themselves uuucuit to pick up Laysan
to the new conditions and find the law worthy of more support from nlns It by. There Is not m
themselves.
after run.
much to pick
up.
Prohibition
Gains Ground
Captain Olsen said this morning: "l
do not know what to think about the
How many of the general public matter. I hope Laysan has not dls
here realize how far the Prohibition appeared. Still there Is not much land
nartv has been successful in the to pick up and Laysan Is easy to miss.
United States? In the West the tlt lf.
r ink(? utiui la uioiifs auuu. iui moi.w
The Luka Is not likely to start out
again for Laysan until the United
nartv is something
thoutrh evervene knows that Maine
nnri other states have had proniDi- afotoa '
-tion for some years. But perhaps not many have heard that as a result ghe may havo newg o Laysan. The
of years of steady campaigning, the State of Kentucky, land of "Cun- ir0quois loft here Saturday afternoon
nels" innumerable, all supposed to be trained on Bourbon, is a good for Midway where she will probably
deil more than half prohibitionist, through county enactments. The arrive this afternoon. On the return
otl nf nonrmi his iust ioincd the ranks, by an act making its entire from Midway the Iroquois is likely to
f G l V nl nl Hoke Smith, who stoned the call at Laysan to see If all Is well, if
REGIMENTAL
BAND
IT
SEASIDE TONIGHT
The famous Band of the Twenty-
ninth Infantry -will play at the Sea-
BOUND TO BE FOUND.
The bones of Pocahontas have heen'
discovered In England, after nearly 300
' dence Evening Bulletin.
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Pure perfumes arc very re
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territory proniuiuou a.. , : " '
new bill and worked for its passage is a prmcpa owner of a hotel in food agslstance
Atlanta which it is estimated will loses $60,000 by the closing ot its, Schlemmer and hIg Tam,Iy
bar. , and a number of laborers live on Lay-
Throughout the South the movement is apparently spreading more san
than in the North. The novelist and the humorist have for years The Lua wafj 2(J dayg maldng th6
given us "southern gentlemen" who take to whiskey as babes to milk. run jj0m0i encountering contrary winds
But these are leading the North now in passing laws against allowing ana squalls all the way.
the sale of intoxicating liquor as a beverage, ims is mrgeiy uuu iu
the presence of so many negroes in the South. Georgia has a majority
of .negro population. Jt is conceded by all that the terrible crimes
Mvhich bring about lynchings in the South are almost invariably caused
by lipuor, the last Atlanta, Georgia, riot, one of the most disgraceful
race riots in the South, is declared "the work of the saloon," and it
had its effect in alligning public sentiment behind the prohibition law.
Th,. Honrmnn. n Ipnclinfr naner of Atlanta, said in announcing its change
- , c . .,,.-,. ir "tutu imuuu; Hill l'lUJ' ill LUC ora'
to the Prohibition side, "The Georgian is in this fight on a manly free glde ms evenlnJ durlng the Interml8.
basis not to be run by preachers and men, but to be run with preach- E,ons ot the danceg- Be sure and mae
ers coou men ana women, aim iui vjuu, uumc uuu tauie reservauona in aavance,
so help us God and keep us steadfast," and it gave three reasons
for the change of policy, in the following language:
"First, we believe it is best for the people.
that from three to five million dollars
it year in Atlanta goes to the saloon that may in part go to the dry- fs. It is difficult to see how the,
J 111 " . ?. . ... .A xi... ir bones of Adam are much loneer to es-
goods store, the builder, and the conractor. Mne miitioi m uu, u.r.- tho explorer,Provl
tion would be better tnan tne nve ine ouicr way.
"Third, Ave believe it is best because it would do more to regulate
the negro who commits his greatest crime because of liquor, and whose
most venal appetites are fired by it. This alone is of sufficient import
ance to try the experiment if all experiences in other States where there
is no negro population had been absolute failures."
Hand-made Harness and Saddlery. Full line of all Horse Goods.
Repairs to Harness, Saddles, Trunks, Suit Cases and Bags.
ALL WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED.
82 King Street, near Fort Tel. Main 427
THEY HAVE COME !
Those 1907 Model Hammerless, Treble Bolted
ITHAG
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GUNS
They range in price from $25.00 to $200.00.
If you are locking for something real nice in the shot gun
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We sell guns on the installment plan, which makes it easy
for you to shoot a good one.
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Fort and King Sts.
Uniform Quality
Bakers get it by, mixing two or three different brandsof flour
together those bakers who do not buy the highest priced flours.
The housewife gets uniformity and, at the same time, the High
est quality by using.
Colden Gate Flour
YOUR GROCER SELLS IT.
H. Hackfeld & Co., Ltd
Distributors.
prom Distiller to Consumer
No wholesaler's profits.
Direct shippers of
HIGH GRADE AMERICAN WHISKIES.
The Standard and well known brands:
J. A. McBrayer, R. B. Hayder, Gibson's Rye, Lacey & Richfield.
Imported and California Table Wines and Liquors.
LEWIS & CO., LTD.
Wine Cellars.
Telephone Main 240.
169 King Street.
The admirers of "Bill" as a good old
fashioned name snort In disgust at the
idea of Philander in the presidential
chair. Atlanta Georgian.'
VWM'.W.VWA'.mVA
"The Canal jc
j? Will Be Built"
Fine Job Printing. Star Office.
are at present forty-seven steam shovels in active operation excavating
and removing, by trains some 37,000 cubic yards each day. Some
16.000 men are entratred on canal work nrnnpr. nnrl snmp c.000 em-
James H. Curtin, New Orleans pioves on the Panama Railroad. One hundred and eighty-seven trains
district manager of R. G. Dun and pass a given pojnt every twenty-four hours, of which number eight are
Company, has been making an ex- for passengers exclusively, some twenty for commercial freight and
amination of the Panama canal from one hundred and fiftv tn nnp hnnrinvi .md civfv fnr tlif removal
of dirt and stone. All commercial freight is moved at night so as not
to interfere with canal work. The passenger trains carry laborers to
and from their work and are also operated in the interest of the general
public.
"In discussing with the practical men on the work the failure of
the French company to make a success of the undertaking, one is
work, and has written an interest
ing report Qf progress. His con
clusion, in a sentence, is that, barr
ing some great calamity, "the canal will be built." His review of the
conditions is an altogether cheerful one, and reflects more credit on
the work of the French than most writers allow : "It is not here in
tended to even touch on the technical side of the question, but to give impressed with the respect and consideration which is generally ac
the observations of a layman who lias visited tne ground under vcryCOrdcd the French engineers. With the exception of some minor de
favorable conditions, and to whom the building of the canal appears to tails their plans seem to be generally accented as correct in theory, but
be only a question of Capital, Transportation and Endurance. I he n,e undertaking was one of too gigantic proportions for the machinery
first and last the United States has in great abundance, and the Panama available during the French occupation and also owing to the neglect
Railroad Co., tinder the present capable management, appears to have 0n the part of the French company to attend to the many preliminary
solved the question of transportation. arrangements to which the United States Government has devoted so
"It seems to be the general impression in the States that the canal t much time and money. No one can inspect in an impartial manner the
must be dug from ocean to ocean. This is a mistake, there arc but WOrk which has been accomplished by the United States Government
twelve miles of actual digging, the Iwilnnee of the distance will consist without being impressed with the business-like and capable manner in
of an artificial waterway to be crested by menus of dams, locks ami which the work is being carried on. One is also Impressed with the
laM. While the work Is of gigantic proortlonB there nppoars to bo fact that this is not a one man affair, but the building of a great system
uptlilnjf Impractical In the undertaking, 'Until recently the work of with mimoroits responsible flm capable bends. When the work is fin
tin Cxnsl Commission under tills Government lias bean largely of a ished, the canal an oitahllslietl fact, It will stand a monument not oulv
Htiluilimn' Jiaturo, oorreetlng unsanitary conditions, Improving train- to the engineering ability of several great men In that profeMlon, but
JWlfte&W llUUiIlillIf ooHiMilesaries, etc. The actual working to the untiring energy of the iiopli of the United. ItatM, anil will be
WW Ms? t!it t illy Mi) be outlined in 1 few wonlf. 'Hurt, w rNOgiilMd by (ha world it large,"
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