The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-01
THANKSGIVING DAY
How The Local Feast Of Turkeys
Was Celebrated.
STARTS UP A RANCH PROJECT
Big Crowds at Hotels and Restau-
rants-Footbaii Games Furnish
a Spice Of Excitement.

turkeys. many of them California
stock refrigerated and some of them
natives. The latter were the best and
they prompted the reflection that the
sooner the people take c. NJ. Cookies
advice and begin raising their own
turkeys the better it will be for their
tables and their palates. And the same
about other poultry.
\ bright employee of the Appraisers
department of the Custom-house has
conceived the idea of starting a turkey
and chicken ranch and cOrnering the
Thanksgiving market a year from now.
enough up to get some relief from the
mosquitoes that play havoc with the
eyes of young fowls and low enough
down to escape superintendent rains
and insure easy access to the market.
he wants to provide accommodations
for 1000 fowls. This will call for
quite a large acreage, which. when ac-
quired. will be divided up into small
yards where the different breeds and
families can be kept apart, and into
common runways where plenty of
grass, fresh water, bonemeal, pounded
shells and other necessary adjuncts
can be provided. There is also some
talk about mOsquitoprOof hen houses
where the fat pullets and the young
chicks can sleep and dream in peace
But the most noteworthy innovation
will be wire fence, tightly built. just
outside the wooden enclosure of the
big yard, which no mOngoOse, China
man or other predatory animal can
touch without getting a jolt of cleo
tricity. \ small dynamo will cost no
more than dozen Watchmen and it
won't levy royalty on the poultry as
watchmen might.
The protector of this novel enter
prise thinks that enough eggs will be
sold during the year TO make a big
credit against the expense account and
that about Thanksgiving and Christ
mas he will take in coin enough to
permit a big January dividend. In his
opinion he will be known a year from
now as the Honolulu Turkey King or
the Henyard Magnate or something of
the kind, and that no well-regulated
table will be without the only genuine
product of his poultry farm AS to
the So refrigerated turkey from the
Coast. he will give it the frozen mitt
and the marble eye.
But to return to yesterdays affair
The Advertiser wanted to know last
night how many turkeys, ducks and
chickens the Metropolitan market had
sold for Thanksgiving-how many
hundreds or thousands, as the case
might be, but couldn't find out. A tel
ephone message to Major Mcleod
failed of results and at the hour the
news was wanted Mr. Waller, the man
ager, was in bed with the sufficiency of
the day trampled down under the iron
hOofS of Indigestion. So it was no
use. But from the way the butcher
carts scurried around and from the
number Of suspicious bundles that were
carried off in hacks it may be set down
as the truth that every family of five
in this city, who did not have a turkey
flock of its own and could not get into
its neighbours. bought a fowl which
the Metropolitan people had handled
Nearly everyone ate at home, as be-
fits the spirit of Thanksgiving Those
hospitality or went to hotel or res
taurant There was no end of pri-
vate hospitality withal. Honolulu is
the native soil of the model host, the
choice preserve of the dainty dinner
1t would take newspaper page to dis
cuss this feature of the days enter
tainment and the facts couldn't be got
at anyway. AS to the hotels and res
taurants, they all did well. They sup
piled menus fit for Marchand's or the
Palace Grill at San Francisco-menus
that made the public mouth water. AS
a reward the Hawaiian had 100 guests,
the Waikiki Inn 80 and the Home
Bakery, which made a tremendous
spread, sos. So it was a great day
all around, gastronomically speaking.
1t was also a big time for sport.
THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL. =
The Male lima and ST. Louis Col
lege boys met again on the Makiki
gridiron yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Schemmerhorn acted as referee and
Mr.. Brooks as umpire, and their work
met with the entire satisfaction of
both teams.
Play started at 8 o'clock and inside
of five minutes the st. Louis team had
the ball behind their opponents goal
line. Vida failed TO kick the goal and
the score stood to in favor of St.
Louis. After the ball was in play
again some smart team work by both
eleyens was exhibited and once Elston
secured the sphere and made a splen-
| did run around from near the center
of the field, and staying off two or
three would-be tacklers, got behind
the St. Louis goal line. An appeal re-
suited on the touchdown being dis
| lowed. on the ground that ElstOn ran
out when near the enemy's 5-yard line.
\ throw-in followed by some hard
| bunting by the Ilimas got the ball al
most through and a score seemed i'm
| minent. but at the desperate moment
| they lost the ball within a yard OF
| their opponents goal line. A fine place
| kick by Long of the St. Louis sent the
| ball we'll out into the field, where some
more close play was made and Elston
with a splendid place kick, sent the