The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-12
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Joseph Leisarte, California wine
man, was talking in the Templeton
yesterday about wine sales generally
but dwelt especially on the decrease
of the California wine trade in the
Honolulu market. saying in substance:
1.-THE decrease in the use of California.
wines in the island during the last few
years is something appalling to the
growers, and it comes home to us more
when we think that our beverages are
being supplanted by a japanese pro-
duct called saki
'Saki is Japanese drink made from
the alcohol extracted from rice. which
can be landed in the island for less
than the cheapest California wine.
You have seen a frkin? Well. it is
exported in kegs resembling them, and
can usually be detected if it is about
by the peculiar odor which arises from
it. The sun often causes fermentation.
and if from any cause a key breaks
while the liquor is in this state it gives
out most obnoxious smell which can
be heard for some distance l have
the figures of the importations of this
stuff into the island somewhere show
ing how it is knocking blazes out of
the California product. Oh, yes, here
they are. 1 wrote them the other day
in this memoranda: these are the cor
rect figures from our Honolulu agent
In 1892 the amount landed at Honolulu
was $3.50 gallons; 1888, 9,OS5 gallons;
1894 "a D0{l 'CalInnc h. nIO
months ending November 80, 1895, 101,-
900 gallons.
THE vile liquor is dirt cheap and
seems to touch the spot in the natives,
and as those are the qualities they are
looking for, good American wine stands
no show
Some boys in the Templeton last
evening were discussing the new play
Another Principal Gone Wrong" which
had its opening in the high school
yesterday afternoon. About one-third
of the school decided to take a day off
Monday afternoon. the girls to once
more gaze upon the fascinating Fra.w-
ley and chiccy BIakemore, the
fellows to view again the charming
Remark or enchanting Bates. But
Professor Malone was onto the game,
threw down his hand yesterday and
raked in the pile.
He remarked before the close of
school that he should be pleased to
meet all who went to the matinee Mon
day, and that he thought the meeting
could be arranged Immediately after
school in his private office
In consequence there were kids TO
burn" waiting an interview with the
distinguished gentleman, and all who
didn't have excuses or could not get
them were told that the high school
could do without them until DR.. Mills
paugh decided to let them come back.
The callers upon this last named gen
tleman were numerous yesterday and
there are others who will call today;
perhaps even Mr.. Corridor will he i'm
the crowd-no telling.
Mr.. Frank McKfmmons. who has
been in southern Utah with Battle AK
plug for several weeks, is home again.
Frank is rustler from way back and
reports that he had splendid business
in the south. Welcome home, old man.
W. V. Wood, of Butte, who is here
to repair the tabernacle organ is at
the Templeton. Mr.. Wood used to
travel for Cudahay. j E Cole who is
on the road for the C. NJ. Henderson
Shoe company, of Chicago, is also
there. Other guests were o. Ham
mond and H. L. Blakelee. Chicago;
Mrs. c. Ralph, London; c. TuthiII.
Middleton, n. Y; j. T. Young. Butte:
Walter B. Stevens with collars from
New York, and J. H. Danger Omaha.
A big Raymond party which has
been travelling in southern California
reached here yesterday and registered
at the Knutsford as follows: Anna T.
Crockett, Rockland. Me-; w T Mile
kin and wife, Portland, Me-: Mrs. y.
c.. Richards and Mae Piper, Portland:
H. L. Shepherd and wife Rockfort, Me;
S. NJ. Bird and wife, Rockland. Me;
Charles H. Berry and wife, and A. f.
Crockett and wife, Rockland, Me.
These commercial men registered there
yesterday: H. B. Fischer. New York:
F. S. Hastings. Kansas: G. H Gillett.
hardware. Chicago; F. c. Brown. New
York: j. c. Todd. Chicago: Sig Harris,
Boston; w. G.. Lehman, Philadelphia:
NJ. A. kruger, New York. and T. A.
Grady. Chicago. r. G. Hanford, the
Salmon City mining man, and w. e.
Trevis, the mail constructor, are there
too
The Walker list was F. W. Messing
and Miss Bertha Messing, Colorado;
]. H. Wright, st. Louis, and ]. bradley,
Dayton, o.
The Cullen's register contained these
signatures: T. NJ. Macarthur. Chicago;
A. w. Smith and Eta Williams, Big
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