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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-06
JAPANESE
LABORERS
Planters Now Securing
Large Numbers
of Them.

There H. a movement ~ Japanese la.
horers back to the plantations. and the
strained conditions in the labor mar
kct which existed at this time last
year are practically removed. The
agency which the Hawaiian Planters
Association established several months
ago FOR the purpose OF procuring Japa-
nose Tor the plantations. has been doing
excellent work and a large number of
coolies who would otherwise have re-
inclined around the city. have been in
duced to return TO the fields.
A casual investigation of the num-
Der of japanese in the japanese hotels
of Honolulu does not indicate that
there is any lack Uf able-bodied labor
ers on hand yet. but the inmates OF
these hotels change FROM day To day
For instance, in one hotel on Monday
there were about 90 of these laborers.
Yesterday the same hotel contained an
entirely different set of men. The rea-
son for this is that most of the original
80 have agreed to go to various planta-
tons and many are now on the way.
Other laborers, returning from various
islands or from plantations on this
island, have come in and taken their
places. In few days these latter la
borers will probably have found en-
ployment on other plantations, and SO
! the change goes on.
L. one of the peculiar traits of the Jap
Bnese is that he has a distinct liking
for moving from place to place. In
stead of remaining for any length OF
time on one plantation, he sacrifices
time and consequently wages by CIV
ing up one job, coming to Honolulu and
looking around for another. The friend
ships among the Japanese are strong,
and when n japanese leaves planta-
ton for another. his bosom friend soon
longs for his companionship and the re-
suit is another migration until the
| friends are reunited.
The agency has been very successful
in diverting laborers and preventing
them, in a measure, from remaining too
long away from plantations. The
agents feel that the labor situation has
now Gained down to a basis where the
planters can look for available supplies
, Of laborers from month to month.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-06
-FOUR NEW
OUARR|ES
Supt. Boyd Prepared
For Repair Of
Streets.

PoliuW ina out the plan ~ public inn
rr,vemonts ON streets. Superintendent
r1yd - the Department 81 Public
Works has completed arrangements FOR
iha use of four new quarries. which will
furnish material for this work. The re-
tusal of the Board OF Health 10 permit
fle operation of the asylum crusher
and quarry has cut of from the de
partment the best supply of macadam
81 had but by the acquisition of these
now quarries many OF the difficulties OF
Ia. situation viii be overcome and the
acadamizing and improvement of
streets IN an parts OF Honolulu may be
,rntinued uninterruptedly The Makiki
Quarry win stll be used and the rock
from there will supply the PunchbOw
district The department viii also
open up new quarry In that vicinity
tu he worked for the streets nearby.
one of the new quarries is located on
Government land near the head of Pa
Vraa Valley, and the rock from here
VII be used on Fort street and it's inn
NJ ediste vicinity.
third quarry site has been obtained
4 kalihi, in the kailulani tract, the
property being owned by w. G. Achi
The fourth new quarry site is le-
lated at kahauiki, on land belonging
to the Federal Government. Both these
latter quarries, which are not owned
Nv the Territory, were obtained with
out cost, excepting that the roads lead
ing to these places must be repaired
With these four new quarries, in all OF
which the rock is adapted for use as
macadam, Superintendent Boyd be-
lieves he will be able to take care of
all the street Improvement now con
templated in Honolulu. 1t is not the
Intention of the department to place
permanent stone crushers at these new
quarries, but the portable crusher will
be moved from one to the other as fast
as stone is needed in the respective dis
riots.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-06
American Exchange Smashed .

NEW YORK. May 27.-The American
Exchange has been smashed by an an
cry mob, says Paris dispatch to the
American and Journal. The proprietor,
Donald Dowie, formerly of New York,
had an alteration with one of his
French employees. The latter was
slightly intoxicated and refused to leave
the premises, whereupon Mr.. Dowie
caned him severely. An angry mob
quickly gathered. as Is usual in Paris,
and seeing blood flowing from a
Frenchman, the crowd began by
smashing the windows and finally
wrecked the place. During the excite
ment 1000 people collected In the Rue
Scribe.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-06
FIVE HUNDRED ACRE S|SAL
PLANTATION FOR kauai
Land on Waimea Side of Garden Isle Near
Seashore Found Excellent for the
Cultivation of Fiber.

TyAUAi BE- ta have sisal plantation
n ana shipments " bulbs will be-
commenced at once from the sisal
plantation near Eva. II h. intended to
send over 100000 bulbs sufficient to
start n plantation " 500 acres
\. II. Turner manager Of the oahu
Sisal Company. who has just returned
from Kauai Is convinced that the soil
conditions on Mr. knudsen's place are
admirably adapted Tor the growing Of
sisal, ana that the new plantation Will
be a success.
Mr. Turner states that there are
about 5000 acres of sisal land on the
Waimea side OF Kauai. The tract be-
longing to the Knudsen estate which he
was asked to investigate consists Of
1000 acres, most OF which Is sand
washed ana blown out from the ocean
This land, instead of forming into the
usual sand dunes. is almost level and
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-06
PAKE SHOT.
Lee Hing Arrives at Police Station
Minus Part Of His Hand.

About midnight Lee Hing, China
man, drove up to the police station in
hack and stated that he had been
shot
His right hand was bleeding between
the thumb and first finger, apparently
from a bullet wound, and the man was
sent to the Queens Hospital to have
his injury attended to.
Lee Hing refused to say where or by
whom he had been shot and only SEEM
ed to care about being sent to the hos
pital.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-06

largest possible amount There may be
adopted a plan for some banner or
cup, to bear the name of the park, to
be given to the club or organization
which gives the greatest support
The same spirit may be attempted to
be aroused between houses of similar
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-06

character in the city. The banks, the
mills and other business institutions
will be aroused and the result may be
large additions to the fund very soon
as the work must needs be pushed so
as to have the park in shape for the
people as quickly as possible.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-06
WHOOPING COUGH.

MY little son had an attack of whoop-
ing cough and was threatened with
pneumonia; but for Chamberlain g
Cough Remedy we would have had a
serious time of 1t. 1t also saved him
from several severe attacks Of Group.
H. ], Strickfaden, editor World Her
AID. Fair Haven, Wash. u. s. A. For
sale by all dealers and druggists. Ben
son, Smith q Co. Ltd, agents for Ha-
NNaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-06

The Ferreira habeas corpus case will
come up before Judge Gear today.
There will very probably be another
application for a continuance on the
par. of the petitioner.
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Sycamore Island.

from the old Falcon Boat Club, or
ganized in 1S47, of which George Wash
ington Parke Custis was a member.
The clubhouse, located at the foot of
New Hampshire Avenue, is beautiful
building, forty-five by seventy feet.
When the flood of June, 1889, swept the
entire water front. the Analostan boat
house, with it's accumulation of twenty
years, was carried down by the food
and collapsed in the river. The spirit
of the members, however. did not col
lapse, and they were soon enabled to
build the present beautiful home, which
was dedicated in June, 1880.
The Analostans in late years have not
taken a very active part in she'll row.
ing, but they are renowned for their
hospitality, and are always ready to
throw open their doors to visiting clubs.
The president of the club is MIR. Sam
uel Maddox. and he is one of the most
popular clubmen in the city. The othe:
officers are r. E. Pairo. Louis A.
Fischer, and H. Prescott Galley.
The Analostan and Potomac Boat
Clubs are situated on what is known
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Bridge on Canal to Sycamore Island.

ana within two years an expensive bridge
over the canal. The stockholding mem
bership has never exceeded thirty mem
pers, while it has passive membership
OF about forty. The club owns number
OF boats. and almost every individual
member owns one or more in addition.
The club is member of the Fish and
Game Protective Association, and has
always exerted its influence for the pro-
lection of the fish.
Sycamore Island is one OF the most
picturesque spots on the river and
everything is done to preserve its beau
ty. 1t is place where a man may 90
without fearing to meet the fisherman
with his did you hear about the
larger fish l caught" for hung in n
conspicuous place is skull and cross
bones with the placard posted beneath,
This is the fate of any man who tells
fish story
Mr.. Fred. S. Newman is the president
and Ed. NJ. Hood and E. y. McIntire the
executive officers
Lying about three quarters of a mile
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as the lower river" which is the part
lying below the Little Falls. but above
that point several other clubs are To-
Gated which are perhaps trifle more
Bohemian in their workings, but which
have grown out OF the mother clubs,
nearly all the members of these upper
river clubs preserving their member
ships in the Analostan and Potomac
clubs. OF these the Montgomery Coun
ty Sycamore Island Club is the Oldest.
Sycamore Island Club.
The Montgomery County Sycamore
Island Club was organized in 1889 by i
number of gentlemen interested in bass
fishing. They obtained a patent for two
islands, one of FIVE and the other of
three acres, lying in the Potomac about
a mile below Glen Echo. They obtained
this patent from the State of Maryland,
paying the purchase price to the treas
urer of the State. The smaller of these
islands is the one utilized for club pur-
poses as. it lies higher from the water
than the larger one. Within year
they had built a commodious clubhouse,
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Places Where the Followers of Izaak Walton
Keep Their Tackle and Line Overnight
When the Finny Tribe Are Taking the Bait
Readiy-Anaiostan and Potomac Clubs
the Oldest on the River and Keenest in
Aquatic Rivalry on the Lower River =

across stream from Sycamore Island. in
Fairfax county. Virginia. is one Of the
most interesting of these clubs. Perhaps
it cannot rightly be called club. as it
has no name and no president. No rules
are needed, for each respects the rights
of the other in the unwritten equity of
out of door living.
About three years ago several Wash
ington canoe men with taste for camp
ing located a site on the Virginia shore
OF the Potomac, two miles above Little
Falls. Their original intention was to
build a simple shelter, but later 1t was
decided to establish permanent camp.
They have onestory loghouse of three
rooms, substantial and comfortable. 1t
has stone chimney with a wide open
hearth. Nearby Is a famous spring OF
cold water we'll rocked up. There are
sixty acres of land heavily wooded. ex-
eept for the acre where the house stands
surrounding it.
Healthful and Interesting Work.
Tne SIX men OF THIS Outnt are III pusi-
ness and professional life. and found the
work of clearing the land. assembling
the building material and putting 1t to-
gether tall OF which they did with their
own hands, not only interesting, bus
healthful. Now they have an ideal
camphouse, with the unspoiled woods on
three sides and all the wealth OF the
river on the other. These men spend
much of their time at the camp. sleep
ing on cots of the United States Army
take-down style. which during the day
may be slowed, leaving the floors clear.
Cooking is done on an open fire under
top shelter.
The members of this camp are: Writ
Tassin. Herman E. Gasch. Clarence Cor
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world, having had crews for many years
on almost every course in America. In
1883, when boating was at its height
hereabouts. the membership amounted
| to about 200, but the craze for cycling
reduced its ranks as also those of the
other clubs, for several seasons; but
now the interest has an upward ten
dency and the club membership is grow
ing considerably.
The clubhouse at the foot of Thirty
first Street. when built in 1875, was the
model of its kind in America, and is to-
day the envy of many of the rich clubs
OF the North. 1t has river frontage of
SIS feet, with depth of ITO feet, hence
has boat room for any conceivable num-
ber of craft, and at the present time is
we'll stocked. Il has "a ballroom Of 60
by As feet, ladies' reception rooms, and
locker rooms for $50 members.
The Potomac stands for the advance
ment and fostering of rowing and from
their ranks have gone many oarsmen
who have become famous in the col
lesidte "oiIu. lHIOue3i tue Sole eiioT 10
Of President John Hadley Doyle the
Georgetown University took up rowing,
and for one year the Potomacs gave the
Georgetown boys the use of their house
and boats, until they purchased their
present wellequipped and cozy home.
Mr.. John Hadley Doyle is the presi-
dent of the club, and has held that place
since 1885. The other executive officers
are: Charles G. Warden, E. Richard
Gasch, George Herman, and odell Whip
pie.
The Analostan Boat Club.
The AnaIostan Boat Club, as such,
was organized in June. 1864, but it real
ly dates its origin back much farther
than that, as its nucleus was formed
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THE STRANGE CREED OF THE
NEW RELIGION OF THE FIGGITES

ed her face paled to the lips. and her
eyes glared with excitement. When she
sank to the floor from exhaustion the
room was very still.
THE spirit has left her, She was ir-
spired someone said. and everyone
looked at me with questioning condem-
nation. And what could I do? To re-
cite q creed or name church would
have been to rame the devil indeed. for
the Figgs believe the churches are OF
the devil. To have said that l was OF
no church would not have bettercd mat
.ers. / hcsitated. and finally ventured
L have come TO find the way
You think you could accept the
Holy Ghcst?' questioned little woman.
sharply. She is my daughter, pointing
to the girl on the floor. and I know
true. as she said. you are the devil
And again they waited for an expla-.
nation. and again hesitated, answering
finally with the very truth:
1T may be that l am; how else can
1t te in this world II one does not
know? l have come to learn Of your
faith
with that they made place for me
in the center of the room. by the side OF
the PROSTATE girl, and we all knccled
down TO await the call of the spirit.
1T must be explained that the Figg-
ties believe that IL is necessary for tbs
soul to be reborn. They call it being
born into the Holy Ghost, but 1t is the
same as the old Methodist way of get
ting religion, or the seeing CT the light
by the holiness people. One must re-
nounce the world and live for the Lord.
when voice will come to direct every
word and action. All OF the Figgites
hear voice. which they believe to be
the Lords voice. telling them what to
do. Their every movement. even to the
smallest of the days duties. is directed
in this way
ut Is their belief that the following OF
creed is wrcng. and that to have a
regular form of church service is
against divine ordinance. They wait for
the voice to come directing them to
speak. and what to say. Sometimes they
wait for hours without word In the
meantime they sing hymns from the
hymnbooks OF the regular churches,
Methodist for the most part. There is
somewhat Of an anomaly in this. since
1t is the Methodist church which, in
their opinion. Is most offensive to the
Lord, and against which. directed by the
voice. they have crusaded."
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1T was not encouraging. and the mud.
as it squeezed up to the hubs. had a
lonely sound. and the log cabins we
land were not inviting The Figgs once
owned the land on which the little town
of Gretna was built. They had money
enough and good home, but the poo
pie who did not believe in their rcli-
gion booted them out and tarred and
feathered them two years ago. and now
they are hidden away in the swamp here.
some twenty miles from Gretna, and
still pursued
When the Missouri River left its old
bed and wandered mile west it left
Bellvue Island a piece Of the mainland
1t was here that Louis and Sarah Figg
came with their children, and one by
one the families who believe as they be-
lieve followed. taking up their lives in
the tiny cabins and tumble down shacks
which the island offers. The home Of
the Figgs is of unpainted weather
beaten boards. two rooms downstairs
and two upstairs. The singing and
shouting which issued therefrom as We
pulled in from the road assured us that
we were in time for the meeting.
THE driver grinned. I wish you good
luck. miss he said as got down and
made faltering way to the door There
was forbidding prophecy in his voice.
- I am sure am as much OF the spirit
as they said. and. taking heart at my
bold words, raped at the door.
The carriage was already out of
sight down the road when the door
opened and thin voice asked:
Are you sister Of the world?'
Assured that this was sister. the
door opened wider. and tall angular
woman pushed me into the room. The
small. hopeless kitchen and the bedroom
beyond were crowded with people. who
stopped praying to look at the new Sis
ter.
"a Is she of the spirit? Has she the
Holy Chest? someone asked and the
woman answered Yes But before she
could go further to question the new sis
ter. girl with a thin. white face and
strange eyes came very close and tapped
me on the cheek.
"'You are the devil!' she said. in
husky ovice, and. not waiting for a re-
ply, she began in a shouting monotone
to repeat this. With each shout she
jumped high in the air and clapped her
hands. Now coming near. row at the
other end of the room. she continued
without drawing breath. AS she shout
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row that Ohio has forged her way
Ill to first place IN the production
Y of petroleum, her fields possess

TOW that ONO mas fOrged ner way
mi to first place in the production
of petroleum. her fields possess
staple significance that is
lacking in the newer territories,
which, however, make greater noise
and attract more spasmodic atten-
tion. Whereas once America look
ed to Pennsylvania for her greatest
output of oil, today she must concede
that prestige to the Buckeye State. And,
while there was somewhat of a decline
in last years production in Ohio, as
compared with the preceding year her
Weld still exceeded that of West Vir-
ginia, the State second in place, by f,000,-
600 barrels. Ohio produced some q 000,-
900 barrels of petroleum last year
Lima is principal oil producing ceu-
ter in Ohio. 1t was here that the first
oil we'll in this State was drilled ia 1856.
Since that time the field has been ex-
tended until it reaches point near To-
ledo or the north, and ON the west. In
dianapolis, Ind. At the present time, in
many parts of Ohio, new wells are Icing
drilled, and the oil-producing territory
OF the State will be yet greatly err
Iarged. Some of the developed terri
tory not only in Ohio, but that extend
ing into Indiana has a width Of fifty
miles. The wells are drilled In Trenton
rock
The pumping station at Lima is one
Of the largest extant.> Its eight smoke
stacks indicate that there are eight
boilers within. II would be difficult in
deed for any oil-producing territory TO
furnish more oil than this station could
handle 1t is by means of this and other
stations that the oil OF the great trunk
or main pipe lines is handled. The Oil
is forced through these main lines to the
large refneries at Lima, Toledo, Find
Law Ohio: Whiting, Ind; Oil City, Pa,
or even from Ohio to the seaboard, often
at the rate OF 500 barrels per hour.
The size of the pipes for such a capac-
ity is fourteen inches diameter and the
prcssurc required from the pumping sta
ton is 100 pounds
The oil which runs in such quantities |
through these main lines first comes |
from smaller pipes leading from the |
fields or what is known as the pumping |
lease. The multitudinous derricks so
conspicuous in the Ohio territory are the
propcrty of many different individuals
or perhaps companies. The oil in these
fields does not become the property of
the pipe line, but is held in storage and
transit until delivered to purchaser or
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stations. owned by the transportation
companies, to the big storage tanks If
he determines that the quality is not
satisfactory he refuses to let ii into the
pipes until ii is so treated by adequate
processes as TO pass muster. The
gaugers' decision in the matter is final
A aauger may have charge of all the
wells within radius of ten miles.
The storage tanks usually have a ca
pacity of about 3,700 barrels. What
are known as working" tanks are
those from which the trunk line pump
ing stations draw their supply All the
storage tanks are numbered and upon
orders from the proper authorities the
oil is switched into the pipes from any
desired tanks. The opening and clos
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son, Arthur E. Gasch, George Steiger
and Charles NJ. Robinson.
Three years ago seven canoe men,
unable to content themselves longer
with the quarry SCARED palisades Of the
lower river, found haven in the Broad
water above the Little Falls, where
quarries cease from troubling and the
paddle may find rest They built their
camp on High Island. which lies about
a mile lower than Sycamore Island, be-
tween the rapids Of the dam on one
side and the still water Of the canal
inlet on the other. 1t was not until last
summer, however. that the club YVES en-
abled to build their substantial house
for winter and summer quarters.
A Cooperative Organization.
The organization is cooperative. both
as to work and expense, and the result
Is hearty good fellowship among the
members The advantages Of the spot
are many. Only forty minutes ride from
the city and yet so isolated that 1t Is
difficult Of approach for the uninitiateu.
and so. free from unweicome visitors.
while few strokes Of the paddle will
bring it's members IL touch with those
of the other upper river" clubs. the
rapids furnish good fishing. and the
Broadwater affordss fine canoeing
stretch.
The membership OF this club is limited
to ten members. but. as is true of all
other clubs, each member is entitled to
extend the courtesy Of ths club to his
friends. so that there is always to be
found company of congenial spirits to
twice that number The president OF the
club is Mr.. William ". Stevens; the
,ther officers William Bartlett Whip
pie and Lawrence F. Eberbach.