The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-19
KEPT At HONOLULU
@. w. Seyds Writes Entertain
ingly From Bawaii.
NO CHANCES FOR MINING
II Il a Typical Tropical Country
Astounding in Fruit The Kapakss
Are Indolent and Fond OF
Dancing and Music.

'udfits w. Ceyue, nfst sergeant OF
Company X. I'd United States volunteer
engineers. who enlisted in Butte to go
to the Philippines. did not get farther
than Honolulu. where his company has
been detained indefinitely. Mr.. Seyde
had been commissioned by a number OF
Butte mining men to inquire into and
report to them of the mining POSSIBLE
tiles of the Philippines. and he and his
friends have been very much dis
appointed because Of his enforced
delay in reaching that country. Mr..
Seyde. however. writes to Nick Jahriess
OF this city a very interesting letter
from Honolulu.
I'm the Hawaiian group OF islands
there Is no mining" he writes. Some
claim to have found traces of copper.
but there has been no prospecting car
ried on to success so TAR. The stands
Is n great deal of waste land. steep hills.
lava beds, etc. Otherwise the country
II a typical tropical country. Astounding
In fruit. The drive from Honolulu to
our camp mckinley. is a succession
of pineapple trees. cocoanut, palm and
other tropical trees. i~nterspersed with
banana fields. and the whole dotted
III VI
looking. well built n well kept. The
population Is very much mixed. There
are about 1000 Americans, 500 Germans,
about 5000 each of Portuguese. Jap
anese and Chinese. with some other ma
tionalities. but. Of course. the native
'Kanaker' pr~edominates. The latter
look like a mixture between japanese
and negroes, and they are still mixing
with all the n~ationalities here. and IL Is
common To find half-breed whites. half
breed japanese and other mixtures in
the same families. n still. as I found
by talking to n little fellow. they
consider such mixture perfectly proper.
They are a good deal like our civilized
Indians-indolent, fond of dancing and
musi
Being only about 25 degrees north Of
the equator. we have very warm wealth
er here the year around. August and
September are the hottest. The lowest
temperature is about 90 degrees. For
the same reason day and night are
nearly equally divided. the sun setting
about Z d. m and at 5 a. m. IL Is hardly
daylight. There is at all times a breeze
blowing. and I may say that I have
found hotter weather in Montana; in
fact ] like the climate here. and the
country as far as J. have seen IL and
the people I Ia met. IL under the
United States government the islands
Ett Tlu OF lnt 'nlnCSe dnu G~Ofluku tSt,
the natives will feel somewhat recon-
pensed for the loss of this flag. They
are very patriotic and reverence their
queen and the dynasty, but otherwise
they are contented with the new condi-
ton Of affairs. h new condition is.
however. not yet altogether an accom-
plished fact; for instance. postage from
and to the stands is still 3 cents except
for soldiers letters leaving here. The
land laws of the United States 10 not
apply yet. but ] hope they will when l
get my discharge, Tor a 160-acre home
stead would be a fortune. for i hear
that a coffee plantation of five or six
acres will make a man Independent in
FIVE years. Coffee and sugar are about
all that is raised commercially. OF
course there are ~pineapples. bananas,
.cocoanuts and the like exported. but
a little OF that goes a great Ways.
There have been some successful eX-
periments made in cotton growing,
which promises to become lucrative.
There will be plenty of chances for
investment of capital when affairs get
settled. The United States commission
If still working on the details and they
will not be reported until congress
meets next winter. so that l can give
no further information; in fact, by
watching the papers you a get the
news before we have II here. as there Is
a mai steamer only once a week. 49,
"Our camp Is prettily located near the
race track. under the shelter of an ex-
tinct volcano. with the blue waters Of
the Pacific In view. We have the finest
Of surf bathing. The town IL quite old.
mostly Of frame but a fair proportion
OF fine looking brick n stone build
ings. All building material has to be
shipped here. Brick are sl4 per thou
sand. lumber SEQ per thousand.
ssNkTn have thn daily rOtttinn of On
life-drill, clean camp. eat n sleep.
There is some talk Of our building for
tifications. barracks. etc. laying cables
between the various islands etc. but
there is nothing definite. Everything
Is cheap here except what we want
most. Beer Is 1917 cents: whiskev 25
cents a drink. or $3.50 n quart: a saloon
license is $1,000 a year and a duty OF
$3.50 a gallon. Neither beer nor whis-
key IL made on the island. The duty,
of course. will be done away with when
the United States laws go into effect.
The present prices have n great ten
dency To keep "A man, on soldiers pay.
beastly sober.
THE Kanacka ono are kept like
slaves. Before they al eve dance
for n party they must get permission
of their master. who Is a sort of a hus-
band. hui In some cases more like a
secretary.
Honolulu and all the other towns are
models OF quiet. All business houses
close at 5 and 6 O'Clock. shops at : or
= o'clock and saloons sharp at IL o'clock.
Nothing Is open on Sundays. There
are no concert halls. beer gardens or
other places of amusement of that char
acter, and on cou OF the high prices
OF liquors the towns are almost pro-
hibition."