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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01
WHERE TRIM YACHTS GLIDE.

WHERE TRIM YACHTS GLIDE.
The Hawaii Yacht Club, boasting a
fleet of forty different styles of craft
from "a tons down and having a mem
bership list of nearly $50, has its head
quarters here and owns a capacious
clubhouse, besides a smaller erection,
used as a post of call during deep water
cruises, near the entrance. Frequent
regattas are held upon the smooth
waters across which the trade wind
never fails, While any fine afternoon
the trim craft may be seen navigating
the beautiful lochs winding between the
cane fields.
Shark hunting is a favorable pastimes
of the yachtsmen in the deep waters
near the entrance and q fourteen foot
selachian is a common capture. Alert
eyes are always on the watch also for
big turtle and hihinanu, "a giant ray)
as they sun themselves on the surface
a possible prey to wary harpoon.
The surrounding scenery is nagnifi-
cent the two big modntain ranges OF
Oahu looking down from their verdant
heights over The emerald cane fields
and the flashing. waters of the lochs.
Diamond Head, the we'll known head
land that marks Oahu for the approach
ing tourist, stands cut sharp and clear
behind Honolulu, nesting tree-clad
eight miles away. On a wooded PENN
sula stand many pretty residences, the
country homes of Honolulus citizens!
The cloud effects with their sweep
ing shadows, empurpling the deep cleft
valleys of the mountains, as the woolly
masses sweep before the trade winds,
while the mirrors of the lochs reflects
their shapes below, are famous and
Pearl Harbor sunsets in their glory
defy description.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01

possession of this country by military
occupation"
(VoI. ?, Rep. Sen. Com. on For. Rel,
concerning Hawaiian Islands, p. SOD
U. s. MINISTER JOHN L. STEVENS.
Zone of two courses seems to me alb
solute1y necessary to be followed
either bold and vigorous measures for
annexation, or customs union, an
ocean cable from the California coast
to Honolulu, Pearl Harbor perpetually
ceded 20 the United States, with an i'm
piled but not necessarily stipulated
American protectorate over the islands.
$50 long as the islands retain their
own independent government there re-
mains the possibility that England or
the Canadian Dominion might secure
one of the Hawaiian harbors for coal
ing station. Annexation excludes all
dangers of this kind.
(Vol. ?, Rep. Sen. Com. on For. Rel,
concerning Hawaiian Islands, PIP.
1002-3)
Opinions of U. S. Military and
Naval Officers Concerning the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01

dominated its shores. The soil, cinders
from long extinct cones, so long idle
under the uneventful reigns of island
kings, has within the last decade, yield
ed an emerald setting of sugar cane to
the blue waters that reaches in an I'M
broken belt from Honolulu to the upper
slopes of Waianae along the plains and
foothills The cultivation of all avail
able soil in this the mammoth industry
of Hawaii, has ferried the seed cane
across to Ford Island where yields, al
most phenomenal of fourteen tons to
the acre are regularly harvested. A
hundred foot strip of this valuable land
running along the waters edge, was
bought for the United States at price
that opened many eyes to the value of
sugar growing land at Pearl Harbor.
A railroad gird1es the lochs and
branches into the three big plantations
of Eva, Oahu and Honolulu, all own
ing big mills and vast pumping plants
equipped with the latest machinery.
FISHES ARE PLENTIFUL.
The lochs abound with fish, the world
famous mullet being very plentiful be-
sides many other edible varieties. The
Chinese and Japanese practically con-
troll these fisheries though there are
some native fish ponds, built by man
labor in days long gone by, controlled
by private owners, where mullet are
confined and kept handy for market.
Many of the deep sea fishermen, Jap
anese who venture far out to sea in
their frail craft, make the lochs their
headquarters.
Feathered game abounds in season,
golden plover, snipe, ducks and doves
being abundant and the shooting rights
are highly esteemed and carefully pre-
served.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01
Present Peaceful Usage of the Lochs.

The present peaceful aspect of the
Pearl Harbor locfs will in all prob
ability undergo a mighty TRANSFORMED
ton within the next decade. Where
white winged yachts now glide and
junks and sampans ply their peaceful
trade OF casting nets, the huge floating
fortresses of Uncle Sam may drop their
heavy anchors and reflect their en-
battled sides, while the mountains re-
echo to the sound of thunderous
saltltes
Big vessels deep laden, harnessed to
a fussy tug may pass for miles be-
tweefk the care crowned shores to the
docks and warehouses of the mann
moth sugar plantations.
Where now a native fishing village,
a faded remnant of olden days. stands,
soon will be heard the clang of mighty
hammers where cruisers lie in mann
moth dry docks. A quite islet, used
now only by simple fishermen, is plan
ned to bear the ordnace fraught with
many destinfes of the United States.
Busy sailors and marines will raise the
stars and Stripes and go expeditiously
about the business of Uncle Sam. while
his soldiers on neighboring shores tend
the mighty guns, bulldog types of the
protection that follows the flag of Col
uInbia.
THE EMERALD BELT OF CANE.
Quiet as the lochs now lie to federal
life, the spirit of commerce has long
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01
How THE HARBOR
MAY BE FORTIFIED.

The question of the fertilization of
the harbor against the attacks of an
invading fleet seeking to seige the base
or attempt to bottle up inside a feet,
mas been made the subject of an in
spectlon by regularly appointed mil
ltary board, the defense coming under
that branch of the service. Besides the
oeIense of Pearl Harbor the same board
CONSIDERED the general defense of the
Territory at large
IL is understood that the island of
Oanu, possessing the only real harbors
ana therefore the only strategic value.
VIII De the only one to be fortified. The
passes Joining the windward and lee
ward sides of the island will be with
other points on the coast line. COM
manded by heavy artillery, much of
which will be concentrated at Pearl
Harbor.
A probable plan of defense is outlined
in the accompanying map. Powerful
13-inch batteries would be placed at
the natural capes commanding the
wider portion Of the entrance and also
on the point of the Peninsula which
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01
THE MILITARY NECESSITIES OF THE UNITED STATES,

THE UNITED STATES WILL RE-
FRAN FROM TAKING POSSES
SION OF THIS WEAK KINGDOM.
IN VIEW OF THE GREAT INJURY
THAT COULD BE DONE TO OUR
COMMERCE THROUGH THEIR &C
QUESTION OF THEM?
In dispatch to Secretary of State
Hamilton Fish, U. S. Minister Pierce
describes the riot in Honolulu. at the
time of and consequent upon the cleo
ton of Kalakaua as king. which was
suppressed by United States troops.
He concludes;
Hereafter a United States vessel of
war should always be stationed at
these islands under a system of reliefs.
A time may arrive when the United
States government Will find it neces-
sary for the interests of our nation
and its resident citizens here to take
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Immediately faces the entrance and the
open sea. Another battery of heavy
cahber would be placed at AIoansilua TO
prevent an enemy's fleet advancing
close to the protecting reef and direct
ing thanking fire upon the proposed
naval station.
Small batteries of six or eiglit-inch
guns placed at the narrowest portion
of the channel, well within tile en-
trance, would complete a formidable
system of defense capable of deInolish-
ing any fleet coming within its tone of
FIRE
Captain U. s. White, engineer of the
local naval station. who accompanied
the board on its survey, has suggested
that the heavier batteries take the
from of turrets exactly similar to those
on board such battleships as the Wis
consin and Kentucky. operated in the
same manner, the requisite power being
carried across the harbor channels by
cable communication. These would
mount two guns apiece. The ground
is of sufficiently solid formation to
maintain the turrets, and the, men
serving the batteries would fin,i their
safety in the foundation chambers.
Captain Whites plans have, been
strongly approved by many authorities
and may very likely take actual form.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01
Control or Annexation of Ha-
waii:
GEN. J. NJ. sCHoFIELD AND GEN
B. S. ALEXANDER

GEN. j. NJ. SCHOFIELD AND GEN.
B. S. ALEXANDER
On June "a, 1872 Secretary of War
VIM. w. Belknap issued confidential
instructions to Generals Schofeld and
Alexander to go to Honolulu and in
vestigate its defensive capabilities, in
the event OF war between the United
States and some other maritime nation.
Their report is lengthy. and contains
the following:
We ascertafned from the
Off ers of the q. S. Navy, from maps
and from seafaring men that Honolulu
the whole group of the Sandwich
Islands.
IAN ENEMY COULD TAKE UP
HIS POSITION OUTSIDE OF THE
ENTRANCE TO THE HARBOR AND
COMMAND THE ENTIRE ANCHOR
AGE, AS WELL AS THE TOWN OF
HONOLULU ITSELF. THIS HAIR
BOR WOULD, THEREFORE,. BE OF
NO USE TO Us AS A HARBOR OF
REFUGE IN A WAR WITH A pow
ERFUL MARITIME NATION.
WITH ONE EXCEPTION, THERE
IS NO HARBOR ON THE ISLANDS
THAT CAN BE MADE TO SATISFY
ALL THE CONDITIONS NECES-
SARY FOR A HARBOR OF REFUGE
IN TIME OF WAR. THIS IS THE
HARBOR OF EVA OR PEARL RIV-
Err, SITUATED ON THE ISLAND OF
OAHU, ABOUT SEVEN MILES WEST
OF HONOLULU.
Pearl River is a fine sheet of deep
water extending inland about six miles
from its mouth, where it could be COM
pietely defended by shore batteries.
The depth of water after passing the
bar is ample for any vessel.
Pearl River is not a true river it
partakes more of the character of an
estuary. 1t is divided into three por-
tions called 1ocks'-tFle east lock, the
middle lock and the west lock, the
three together affording some thirty
miles of water front. with deep water
in the channels.
IF the coral barrier were removed.
Pearl River harbor would seem to have
all, or nearly all, the necessary proper
ties to email BILE it to be converted into a
good harbor of refuge. 1t could be
completely defended by inexpensive
batteries on either or both shores, fir
ing across a narrow channel of en-
trance Its waters are deep enough for
the largest vessels of war, and its
locks particularly around Rabbit
Island, are spacious enough for large
number of vessels to ride at anchor in
perfect security against all storms. It's
shores are suitable for building proper
establishments for sheltering the nee
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Continued from page 81.

Continued from page g.
commerce on the Pacific would in time
rival that on the Atlantic. A future
generation, no doubt, will see the
prophecy fulfilled.
THE immense injury inflicted on
American navigation and commerce by
Great Britain in the war of 1S12-1S14,
through her possessions of Bermuda
and other West India islands, as also
that suffered by the English from
French privateers from the Isle of
France, during the wars between those.
nations, are instances in proof of the
necessity of anticipating and prevent
ing, when we can, similar evils that
may exist from these islands if held by
other powers.
rs 1T PROBABLE THAT ANY
EUROPEAN POWER WHO MAY
HEREAFTER BE AT WAR WITH
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| tanned maritime operations well nigh
| prohibitive. 1t is rarely that so
| important a factor in the attack or de-
| Tense of coast line-of sea frontier
is concentrated in a single position,
| and the circumstance renders doubly
imperative upon us to secure it if we
righteously can"
GEN. j. NJ. ssCHOFIELD.
| In 1876 General ]. M. schofeld. then.
commanding the Division of the Pa
! cific, gave his views to Congress
through Mr.. Luttrell concerning the
reciprocity treaty. then pending before
;, Congress, as follows:
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS CON-
STITUTE THE ONLY NATURAL
OUTPOST TO THE DEF'ENCES OF
THE PACIFIC COAST. IN POSSES
SION OF a FOREIGN NAVAL pow
Err. IN TIME OF WAR. AS A DEPOT
FROM WHICH TO FIT OUT HOS
TILE EXPEDITIONS AGAINST THIS
COAST AND OUR COMMERCE. ON
THE PACIFIC OCEAN. THEY
WOULD AFFORD. THE MEANS OF
INCALCULABLE INJURY no THE
UNITED STATES. If the abb
soIute neutrality of the islands could
always be insured, that would suffice:
but they have not, and never can have,
the power to maintain their own neu-
trality The time has come when we
must secure forever the desired ron
troll over those islands or let it pass
into other hands THE FINANCIAL
INTEREST TO THE UNITED
STATES INVOLVED IN THIS
TREATY Is VERY SMALL, AND IF
1T WERE MUCH GREATER 1T
WOULD STILL BE INSIGNIFICANT
WHEN COMPARED TO THE M
PORTANCE OF SUCH A MILITARY
AND NAVAL STATION TO THE Ma
.TIoNAL SECURITY AND VEL
FARE
ADMIRAL BELKNAP.
ITO the people of the United States
the present situation is of momentous
interest and of vital iniportau nee. In
deed. it would seem that nature had
established that group TO be ultimate
ly occupied as an outpost, as it were,
of the great Republic on it's western
border. and that the time had now
come for the fulfiIlment Of such de-
sign.
A GLANCE AT A CHART OF THE
PACIFIC WILL INDICATE TO THE
MOST CASUAL OBSERVER THE
GREAT IMPORTANCE AND INES
UNABLE VALUE OF THOSE ISL
ANDS AS A STRATEGIC POINT AND
COMMERCIAL CENTER Situated
in mid-north Pacific, the group
looks out on every hand toward grand
Continued on page 1s)
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-14
STRONG
DUMB
WITNESS
Steer Came Home and
Proved a Good
Alibi
Like BO Peeps Sheep He
Brought His Tail. and
Also His Hide Along
With Him

Here is an Olympia, Wash, story,
sequel to an arrest made few
days ago:
After what was supposed to be its
hide had been brought into Justice
of tho Peace Giles court as evidence
against Edwin Riggs and Henry
Young, charged with stealing and
killing a steer belonging to Robert
A. Aver, and the young men had been
bound over to the superior court, the
steer turned up safe and sound at
Ayers farm yesterday evening, and
disproved all charges of its having
been killed. AS a result there is a
wrathy crowd of the friends of the
young men in town today, who de.
mand for them restitution for the suf.
fering and inconvenience occasioned
by their arrest and confinement in
Jail The case was dismissed this
morning in the superior cort at the
request of County Prosecutor Owings
The case was brought up for hear
ing Saturday afternoon and there
We're several witnesses on each side,
ants over the superior court in the
and seemed to be unable to defend
themselves. They had eleven wit
.nesses in court, but they offered no
testimony and only a statement by
one of the defendants was given.
Witnesses for the state recognized the
young men positively as the ones who
had sold the hide. and other witness.
es said the hide appeared to be that
of the missing steer. The particular
steer had been missing since Decem'
ber 7, on which day the hide, which
was brought as evidence into court
was sold in one of the meat markets
here. Judge Giles bound the defend
ants over to the superior court in the
= sum OF $500 each.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-14
Salem Patti Party.

Patti sings in Portland tonight, and
If all the cities and towns in this por-
ton of the state send down as largo
delegations to hear the Diva as did
Salem, there will be little room left
in the Marquam Grand for the denl.
zens of Portland. Salem's best peo
pie went down to hear and enjoy the
sweet and wonderful voice that for
half an age has been the rage of two
continents, and once heard they will
not soon forget the great treat en-
joyed Among those going down from
this city were the following; Mrs. H.
G. Meyers, Mrs. e. c. Cross, Mrs. j.
M. Rosenberg, Mr.. and Mrs w. A.
Moores, Mrs. F. w. Waters, Mrs. Eta
Anders-Willman Mrs. r j. Hendricks,
Mrs T. r, Geer, Mrs. A. b. Gillis, Mrs.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-14
Deafness cannot Re cured.

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infamed condition of the mucus lin
ing of the Eustachian tube. When
this tube is inhamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when 1t is entirely closed deaf.
ness is the result, and unless the in,
namation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an in.
famed condition of the mucous ser
vices.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir.
culars, free.
F ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-14

When Ycu Want
Something to eat, just try the White
House. They can serve you at any
hour of the day or night.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-14
SCENE FROM "ARE YOU A MASON?'

stein, author of "The Last Appeal, q"
"All on account of Eliza" and the
present reigning New York success,
"Vivlan's Papas." The comedy is
now entering on its fourth year as
an amusement medium. The story
has to do with the fortunes of Amos
Bloodgood, an elderly and rather chip.
per resident of Rockford, Ill, who has
sown more than his share of the pro.
verbal wild oats" allotted to the
youth of his time. After some years
of startling escapados, however, he
settles down in marriage, only to have
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-14
Cured
My Wife of Heart
Disease and
Myself of Nervo 3
Dyspepsia With
DIR. Miles Heart Cure
and Nervine.

"If had but known what medicine and
what physicians were reliable / would be-
about $1,000 ahead today, For years my
wife had been troubled with futtering and
palptation of the heart accompanied by
weak, nervous spells. We consulted several
different local doctors and tried nearly every
patent medicine i heard of and my wife had
almost given up in despair VIXEN my druggist
advised her to give DR.. Miles Heart Cure
and Restorative Ncrvine a trial. After TAX
ing one-half bottle of the Nervine sh felt
better than she had in twenty years. She
bought three bottles of each and is today en-
joying better health than she did in all her
life. / know II is all due to DR. Miles Re
storative Nervine and New Heart Cure, /
think Restorative Nervine is the best medi-
cine on earth. As stomach remedy il can
not be beaten. II cured me of nervous dys-
pepsia and II from any cause feel nervous
and think my stomach is going to trouble
me just take few doses OF Nervine and
Nerve and Liver Pills and / soon feel all
right again. DIR. Miles Anti-Pain Pills are
the b.st remedy for headache and pains
have ever used. l always keep a box In my
house. One Pain Pill viii knock any pain
in thirty minutes have been using DR.,
Miles Restorative Remedies in my family
fifteen years and think they are the best in
the world. ISAAC HEADLEY, Station Mas
ter, Santa Fe X. r., Wichita, Kan.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
lie DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for tree book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-14
In Honor Of Taft.

Washington, Jan. 14.-Advices by
mail this morning from Manila give
details of the magnificent water fete
and Venetian carnival given in fare
well to Taft. surprising even those
under the Spanish regime, Thousands
of lights covered two miles OF the
Pasig river. and there was a great pa
rade, in which the naval forces par.
ticipated.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-14
'Ome Changes Made,
in the Interest of
Discipline
c0ntractS for Supplies Nearly
All Let, Names of Those
Who Secured
Them

40 the penitentiary yesterday a new
shop guard began his duties. taking
the place of w. H. Fouts, of Columbia
county, recently dismissed. The new
nuard is John Bergen, of Portland,
nresident of the Grainhandlers' Union,
and man who stands high in the es.
fimation of the people of Portland,
where his home is. Duncan c. Ross,
who has been in the employ of the
Prison for some time is in the shops,
faking the place Of M. II. Sheehan,
Who severed his connection with the
3prison on the day Fouts went out,
bcth Of them being relieved of duty
for the reason that a personal alterca.
( ton between them could not be over.
lnoked by the management The new
aaards recently appointed by the su.
perin,endent are taking hold of the
v9rk in On excellent manner and the
alsciplne of the prison is, if any.
hing, increased since the changes
VOC recently made.
supt. c. w, James has thoroughly
aone over the mass OF bids for sup.
DIGS for the penitentiary, and has
awarded contracts in most cases, o
few only having been withheld for
fofther examination. Among the
contracts awarded are the following
for supplies as stated:
Beef-Steusloff Bros, $7.9E per 100
pounds.
Flour-Baifour. Guthrie & Com
pajly, 1888 per barrel
Drugs-D. j. Fry, $7495.
Dry goods-Meier a Frank, Port
land.
Striped suiting and shirting-Thos
Kay Woolen Mills.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-14

Thread. ]. Dalrymple & Co.
Blacksmith supplies-R. M. Wad da
& Co., S5920.
Leather and fndings-Irvin & Pet
teys and Breyman Leather Co.
Groceries--Gilbert & Baker, Weller
Bros, Fuller & Douglas, John Hughes
6 Co., Lang & Co.