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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-23
REGIME OF SCHROEDER IN GUAM.
Continued from page u


ed an official it was to meet him in a
way by which he was to be benefited.
as to his purse. The islanders are
somewhat surprised to find that this
condition does not obtain under an
American administration.
The hurricane of 1897 was terrible
blow to the copra shippers, for the CO.
coanut trees were nearly all destroyed.
About $50, 900 per annum has thus been
lost to the islanders. BY next year the
copra shipments may be resumed and
this will place them on their feet again.
When the earthquake struck Guam in
September, 1902, it leveled the houses
of the rich. The hurricane had done the
great. I appointed board of apprais-
ers in Agana after the earthquake, and
the estimate of loss was about $214,000
THE judiciary is in full swing again.
The courts were interrupted during the
change in 1898. The old Spanish system
is still in vogue, and works finely. The
judges are islanders.
"An the Filipino political prisoners,
except two, have been sent back to Ma
Mia The two still on Guam are Ma
bini, who was AguinaIdo's Secretary of
State the brains of the Filipino insur-
rection, who still refuses to take the
oath of allegiance. He is on parole and
has the freedom of the island. An or
der was received from the government
to release him and permit him to go
where he would except to the Philip
pines, but as the Philippines are the
only place he would care to go, the
order does not do him much good. He
is a fine specimen of the educated Fill
ipino, intelligent, gentlemanly, and of
considerable force of character. He
and others of the wealthy Filipinos
who were on parole resided in Agana,
supporting themselves, and all were a
splendid set of men.
I'm this connection it might be inter
esting to know that the Filipinos and
Chamorros have never been on the best
of terms until recently, when the Fill
| ipino prisoners on parole mingled with
the islanders. This social intercourse
has leveled racial differences and there
will, in future, be better understand
ing among them.
II am hoping that Congress will make
liberal appropriation for the improve
ments in Guam. shall always take
more than usual interest in the welfare
of the island, for 1 learned to apprect-
ate the good qualities of the people. 1
presume that one of the first things
done will be the erection of the Naval
Station and harbor improvements
| Commander Schroeder is to report at
Washington, and the expectation is
that he will be assigned for important
duty there with the Navy Department
He is reticent on this point. He was
an important witness at the SchIey-
Sampson inquiry.
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These Will Be Used for
Storage of Line
Now Coming.
Laying of the Last Stretch OF the
Continental Connection viii
Begin Soon.

Bids will be opened today by the
Commercial Pacific Cable Company for
the construction on it's property at Iwi-
lei of three more storage tanks of the
same capacity as the one now there
The present tank contains the reserve
cable placed in it by the Silvertown
before that vessel departed for the re-
turn trip to London.
With four tanks about 1000 miles of
cable will be kept. There are
about $50 miles of cable in this tank
at the present time. This includes all
the various kinds of cable that are
used in the laying of a deep sea line.
The shore end or rock cable is there,
the intermediate or half armored and
miles of the sea cable, the slender con-
ductor which constitutes the major
portion of that which is used in the
putting down of the line between San
Francisco and this city.
All of this cable is coiled away in
the one tank, one layer above another
so that if a piece of heavily armored
rock cable or the intermediate of about
half the weight is wanted, the sea
lengths must be overhauled so that the
under parts are reached. This will
mean considerable hard work and some
loss of time and to obviate this the
company will put in the four tanks.
The plans for these tanks are exactly
those of the present tank. This is
thirty-six feet in diameter and twelve
feet deep, the chamber being blasted
out of the coral and the whole lined
with an eighteen-inch cement wall.
The tank is covered with a shed roof
and surrounded by protecting build
ing. In this is stored the picking-up
apparatus landed from the SilvertOwn
for use here if emergency arises.
The four tanks will almost cover the
small plot of ground secured by the
cable company and the sheds will
form as well storage rooms for all the
repair plants needed. The tanks will
be completed in about four months so
as to be in shape for use when the
last leg of cable reaches Honolulu.
Information at hand is that the ca
| BILE which will connect Manila and Ho-
| nolulu is now almost completed and
that the cable steamer Anglia viii
leave early in March for the Philip
pines The expectation is that the An
| glia will carry the shore cable, the
heavy armored ends for all landings
| and as well the deep sea line which
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NEW KERR SITE FAMOUS
IN THE OLD ROYAL DAYS

The removal of the residence of DR..
George Herbert on Alakea street to
make room for the new business struct-
ure of L. B. Kerr & Co. has more than
a passing interest to the kamaainas,
who remember the premises as the
scene of many royal festivities during
the reign of Kamehameha ". Dr.
Herbert purchased the property from
DR.. McWayne, who in turn bought it
from Maria Beckley, now Mrs. Kahea.
The deed to the property was given
to Mrs. Kahea by her father, William
Beckley, eldest son of Captain George
c. Beckley. Captain Beckley was the
first military commander of the old
Honolulu fort, and one of the counsel
lors of Kamehameha the Great. The
Herbert premises, as we'll as a large
amount of property around it, includ-
ing the present site of Alakea street as
far as Hotel street, was given to Cap
tain Beckley by Kamehameha I. ir
token OF his friendship, and he was also
made a chief by Kamehameha at the
birth Of Princess Nahienaena at Ke-
auhou, Hawaii, in 1916. He was a close
friend of Kamehameha, and his con
slant companion in the Holua races a
| Keauhou. He was one Of the the few
who held council with Kamehamehs
and the chiefs of Kailua, Hawaii, a
the royal residence TO determine wheth
er the missionaries should be allowed t,
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land there. Captain Beckley and all the
other haoles there, Young, Davis, and
Adams. persuaded the conqueror to
grant the permission. Captain Beckley
was also the designer of the Hawaiian
flag.
Captain Beckley's grandchildren are
Admiral George Beckley, Mrs. NJ. Beck
ley Kahea, Mrs. Julia Along, Mrs A
A. Montana. and Mrs Roland Wilbur
Fred w Beckley, present speaker of
the Hawaiian House of Representatives.
is the great grandson of Captain Beck
ley.
When Drs. Herbert, Humphris and
Walters built their present office on the
Herbert property, the excavators en-
couutered the old Beckley tomb. The
remains of Captain Beckley were found
in the vault and We're removed to the
Beckley burial plot in Nuuanu Valley.
, The remains had been enclosed in the
old vault since about the year 1925, the
tomb having been built about the year
1918
When DR.. Mcwayne tore down the
old Beckley home for the present res
idence on the premises, an immense
grass house was also removed. 1t was
in this old structure during the reign of
Kamehameha ". that many of the
royal festivities were given. The OFF,
GERS of the various war ships calling
here were generally entertained at the
y RackIev home
, 1903-10-29
A Cyclone in the Timber.

The very hard wind which pass
ed over the country a C uple of
weeks ago vas a cyclone in some
parts. The miners and prospect
ors, who have come down from the
mountains, report that 1t played
havoc with the green timber, pill
ing it up in huge windrows over
large areas of country. 1t is said
that a strip of green timber, some
three miles wide and eight or ten
in length, beginning about three
miles asst of the tie camp on
Brush creek, and extending over
the range, was almost totally de-
stroyed. In this strip hardly any
thing survived except the dead
pines; the rest of the forest lies in
huge drifts from five to twelve
feet in height.
The Bell Telephone Company
was a heavy sufferer by reason of
this wind. The cedar poles stood
the strain of the wind without
wavering, but the pine poles with
which the line was built, from a
few miles south of Spring creek.
on through to the Laramie plains,
we're one-third blown down. The
work of resetting them was accom-
plished i'll a remarkably short time
and the line again placed in ser.
vice. Not to exceed a weeks de-
lay IA o%ccasioned, though the
line was almost all destroyed over
a length of ten or fifteen miles.
, 1903-10-29
EVENING STAR MINING co.
Strike Rich Vein Of Ore in Lucky Penny
Cross cut.-Management to at Once Put
in Machinery and Take Out Ore.

7 w. Clemments, manager of
the Evening Star Mining Co, ar
rived in the city Saturday on his
way to the railroad, where he goes
to purchase a plant of machinery
with which to work his mine.
The company has been working
on the Lucky Penny and have a
shaft 30 feet in depth, with a cross
cut about 20 feet in length at tie
bottom of the shaft. In their
cross cut they have cut a body OF
rich ore. and II is for the purpose
of working this body that the com
pany will put in their plant. The
water m into the mine very
rapidly and it will be cessa to
install a pump.
Mr.. Clemments says they have
a very fine body of ore and is en-
thusiastic over the outlook for the
property. He will go to Harrison.
vile, Mo-. before returning, where
his family lives, and where, also,
reside other parties who are inter-
ested in the Evening Star Co.
, 1903-10-29
Marriage Of Elmer A. Paulson.

Elmer A. Paulson, the popular
tailor, a brother to John D.,
Charles H., Oliver A, and William
Paulson. residents of this country,
was married at Orrlck, No, to
Miss Ethel Bogart of that place,
on the llth inst. The Orrick
Mo- Times says:
The groom is one of Orrick's
popular and prosperous young
business men; and is IA member of
the firm of Paulson Bros. He is
known as a young man of unexcep-
tional character, good habits and
business qualifications. His bride
is the only child of MI. and Mrs.
Bogart and is a young lady of in
telligence and fine social qualities.
70 Mr.. aud Mrs. Paulson we ex-
tend congratulations and best
wishes.
They were the recipients of
many pretty and useful presents"
, 1903-10-29
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Fryer had
their eight months-old baby christen-
ed ir the PRESBYTERIAN church sun
day by Rev. Mclean. Mr.. anil Mrs.
Fryer and Mrs. Peter E. Wilson were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. d.
Paulson on that day.
Mrs. A. II. McDougall arrived
home last Friday from "A visit of a
couple of months to friends aud rela-
tives in Iowa. She was met here bv
her husband, who is employed as
clerk at the Brush creek tie camp
Mr.. McDougall returned to the camp
Monday.
Now is the time to lay in your sup
ply of coal. Don't wait until snow
ome and cold weather sets in. We
now have four coal banks in opera.
ton: the McCoid bank on the west
side of the river; Petty Il Winn, j. 4.
Phillips, and the new bank, out east
of the Phillips mine, all on the east.
II. z. Mcmahon, who went over
into Route County, Colo, last spring
aud took up a ranch, returned here
the other day and will spend the
winter at Riverside and Encampment
Mr.. McMahon is well pleased with
that country, only he SAYS he has to
come back TO Wyoming to ma Ike some
more money with which to improve
his Colorado property.
We are always glad to see our
friends and willing to devote all the
time we can to them, provided they
will come to the editorial room to do
there talking. But we do not like to
have them go into the composing
and talk to the foreman and
printers. They do this unthoughted-
ly, of course, not realizing hat they
are interrupting very busy men who
have no time to talk. A composing
room is no place to go to visit, and
our friends will please bear this in
mind and do their visiting with the
editor.
, 1903-10-29
PEARL MINING DISTRICT.
A Comprehensive Description Of the
Town Of Pearl, and the Mining Dis
triot Contiguous to it.

A mile and one-half from the
state line dividing Wyoming and
Colorado, is situated the town of
Pearl, Colo, in Big Greek Park.
Surrounded as it is, with one of
richest mineral belts to be found
in the Rocky Mountains, and
numerous good ranches, it is safe
to predict that Pearl is one of the
future great-and at not such IA
very distant future.
The town has been built within
the past two years and surrounds
the old ranch house which was
known as the Pearl postoffice, and
which constituted the only build
ing in Pearl up to the past two
years. Shortly after the town
started building, it Incorporated,
being probably the smallest in
corporated town in the United
States at the time, polling some 81
votes, at the election.
Pearl, however, has had a phe-
nomenal growth and business Is
well represented in nearly all
lines. d. E. Andrews, and wife,
formerly of Saratoga, are running
the Pearl House, a roomy two
story hotel, lighted throughout
with a%sceteline gas, and equipped
with all conveniences. Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrews are experts in the
hotel business and have a good
steady trade. Several good mer-
camille houses, livery stable, black
smith shop, several real estate
offices, restaurants, newspaper,
two saloons, one of which is par
TALLY owned and run by Chan
I Forney, formerly of Saratoga, and
q large number of neat residences,
some in the course of construc-
ton, make the wideawake, busy
town of Pearl. a daily stage car
ries mail from Encampment and a
large part of the freight and ex-
press trade comes by way of Wal
colt.
The Pearl Land q Townsite
/ Co., of which Geo. w. Best, of
Chicago, is president. o. w,
Hinckley, Sec. and Treas. and Z.
E. Knapp, Gen. manager, owns
APO acres of land in Big Greek
Park, 40 acres of which is plated
as the Pearl Townsite, and ii
would be hard to find a prettier
or more suitable location for a
town Surrounded ON three sides
by high mountain ranges 1T is
we'll protected from wind and
snow.
W. A. Knapp, who is superin-
tendent of several good properties
in and around Pearl, and also a
mine and real estate broker is au-
thority for the statement tina,
nearly every foot of lumber in the
town of Pearl cost from $50 tc
$35 a thousand feet in the rough
land planed and finishing lumber
$45 to $50, and Notwithstanding
there are a number of very neat
frame buildings. The cost Of
lumber however has been brought
down to earth by the location
of a good saw mill within a few
miles of the town.
Pearl is an exceptional town OF
account of its lack Of knockers
, 1903-10-29
School Notes

The scholars of the High Room
will help in the writing of school
notes.
\ most pleasant visitor of "A
week ago was u County Super
intendent. Miss Robnett, who is
indeed an earnest worker in behalf
of better schools.
The pupils have begun the study
of music from Gantvoort's Music
Reader and find the work very
pleasant.
The classes in drawing began
work last week under the direction
of Miss Brown.
One of our hard working pupils
writes: "If we do our part in
school, the teachers will do theirs"
Some of those enjoying the
dance not long since, could be
picked out in school the next
week by their severe colds.
Many of the larger scholars took
the stage line trip from Walcott to
Saratoga and enjoyed the evenings
pleasure.
We wonder if hardness is abso-
lutely necessary. The number
that will be perfect this month
will indeed be small.
Nothing is more helpful to
teachers and scholars than thought
full suggestions and works of en-
enlargement. Mr.. Crawford's
help is appreciated thoroughly by
both teachers and scholars.
A seventh grade Arithmetic
class was formed last week.
The As combinations, with any
two figures in adding, have been
made in less than an average of 30
seconds. Those standing highest
are Lulu Albert. Sam Chambers
and Blanche Little. at two per
second.
Monthly reviews and examina.
tons will be given throughout the
whole school next week.
Eastman Hess was with us for a
short time a week ago Friday.
A lumber wagon was found on
the school house steps early We'd
nesday morning. Some boys a
hardly wait for their mischief I'M
til Halloween.
Fred Nuzum and Edgar Epper-
son are absent from school this
week.
Now we hope our boys land
girls too will have a joyful and
pleasant time on Halloween with
out destroying property or injur-
ing anyone in any way. Let the
SDoIio ot VI Tie Dtbttt anu ulSUtT
nature as they We're in the days of
"Auld Lang Syne."
NOTES BY HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS.
| think that our parents and
anyone interested in our school
should come to e what we are
doing and give us a few words of
encouragement to help us in our
work. We all feel better and
more like work after some one
has encouraged us even if it be
our teacher.
We have n small space on the
front blackboard in which a help
full quotation is written each
week The first one was: "Victo-
ry belongs to the most persever-
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for everyone there works for the
interests of his neighbors as well
as himself, something rather I'M
usual.
The merger of the Pearl Town
site, Big Horn mine, and other
properties in that section, brought
about by C.. E Knapp, G. w.
Best, O. w. Hinckley, and other
prominent promoters. is a big
thing for that section and will
work a miraculous change in the
country as well as town in the
next year or two.
The company will erect a us
toms smelter and concentration at
Pearl and the properties in that
section will be rapidly turned
into producers. The parties who
are at the head of this merger are
the same men who have brought
the Encampment country to the
front and the fact that they have
taken hold of Pearl is an excellent
recommendation for that coun-
try.
Within a radius of 3 miles of
Pearl are the following mines and
prospects, and as complete and
comprehensive a description of
each will be given from time to
time as space will permit: The
Wolverine, Mt. Zirkel, Big Horn,
Big Greek, Little Horn, Round
Top, Tulley, Kalamazoo, Foote &
Snyder, Swede group, Sierra Ma
DIRE, Wagnor-Gr Bonbright,
State Line, Grand Republic,
Sleepy Hollow, Little, Ruth,
Grayton, Hill Top, Copper King
and many miKor prospects.
Within seven miles are the Eve
ming Star, Aetna Kearns Consoli-
dated, Bay Horse, Newsboy, Cora
B. Excelsior, and others. Nearly
all these claims can be visited in
ole days walk from Pearl, and
form "A complete circle around
the town. Part of the claims
above named are in Wyoming.
For assistance in securing in
formation and facts concerning
the mines in this section my
thanks are due Nate Fields, e..
O. Elms, W. A. Knapp and VIM,
Rudolph, who afforded me every
facility for getting a full and ac-
curate description of the proper
ties
The Wolverine, belonging to
Wyoming and Eastern parties, is
one of the best in the group men
toned above and is doing extern
sive development work. Joe Mon
tague is manager and has accom-
plished a wonderful amount of
work during the three months
he has had control. This mine is
thoroughly equipped for work.
II g machinery consists of H 40
h. p. boiler, 6xS hoist and Gamer
on sinking pump. A Shaft house
30x75 feet has just been complet-
ed and buildings will be con-
structed as needed. Several good
ore bins in which to put the diff
ferent grades of ore taken out,
have been built, and everything
i about and in the mine evidences
| up-to-date work and management.
A building just above the shaft
house is utilized by the mine
trainers in which to cut and
shape timbers for shafting and
and drifts. A dry room is con-
nected with the shaft house, fur
nishing the miners with a warm
! room in which to change their
, 1903-10-29

clothes and dry themselves when
coming off shift.
SO much for the buildings and
machinery, but the principal
thing which catches the eye is the
different ore bins filled With high
and Low grade ore. Over IL tons
ofthe high grade ore has been sack
ed, there being some 225 sacks of
this. On the dumps and in sacks
there are from 10 to so tons of ore
ready for shipment. Fully half
of this is high grade, which will
run from 30 to 40 per cent. cop.
per, and the low grade will run
from s to 10 per cent. A large,
double compartment shaft lis
feet in depth. two drifts 25 feet
in length and t"o cross-cuts 10
and II feet in length constitutes
the work done in the mine to the
present time.
The first level is los feet from
the surface and here is where the
drifting and cross-cutting has
been done. The shaft is sunk on
a juncture of veins and it is nee
essary to drift in order to keep
the trend of the veins.
In the drift in the cross-cut to
the south, there is a nine foot
vein of sulphide and black oxide,
the entire nine feet carrying cop
per. The ore taken from this
vein which is a contact is more
high than low grade. Mr.. Mon
tague then drifted to the north
east on a fssure vein and at the
end of % feet this vein had wild
ened from a few inches to 3 feet
and is showing some excellent
ore. Some good high grade ore
has been taken from the O
cuts. | was taken down in the
mine by Mr.. Montague and car
vouch for the width of the veins
and the quality of ore taken out.
The mine is very wet and neces-
state the use of rubber costs for
the men to work in.
One compartment of the shaft
is used for hosting purposes and
the other is fitted with ladders.
This shaft is fitted with every
safeguard, the ladders being IA
feet in length with a landing at
the end of every ladder. These
landings are built in such a way
that should a man be overcome
with bad air or should slip and
fall it would be impossible to fall
down the shaft. Mr.. Montague
is "A practical miner, having fol-
lowed the business since Is years
of age, and as he says. I've
worked on shift and know what
the men need, and they get it."
Everything is kept in excellent
shape and every possible conven-
fence and comfort is afforded the
men. Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Il. Hol-
lingshead have charge of the
boarding house and look to the
needs of the Tuner man.
The amount Of work accom-
plished since Mr.. Montague took
charge is without a flaw and he
has developed the Wolverine from
a hole in the ground to one of the
finest looking properties to be
found in the Rocky Mountains,
built a shaft house that would do
credit to any mine, in the country,
and gotten everything in shape
to prosecute work during the
coming winter.
About 81 men are employed at
the mine, two shifts being operat-
ed.