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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-29
HOME BUILDING SCHEME,
Continued from Page II

and in II 1921 months they buy a home
for No. 3. No. by this cooperation
would get his home in 10 months and
have it all paid for in 100 months, max
ing a net saving to the last man OF 50
months over what would have been
possible without cooperation.
when 1873 months have expired that
it would have taken them to secure
home without cooperation, they find
that by this cooperation they have
paid for their homes and have COM
bined saTings to the amount of s6,30000
in addition thereto. After paying 80
cents a month for expenses, it leaves
a net saving OF $5,955.00 besides their
homes.
IF five Iaborers can shorten the time
SO months by cooperation how much
greater saving of time will result if
there are 1000 persons cooperating on
this plan for the same purpose?'
On June 9th papers were filed in the
Treasurer's office showing that on
March 25th a partnership, known as
the "Co-Operative Home Purchasing
Society," was entered into by E. T.
Rodgers, C. H. Sedgebeer, and Fanny
Strauch. No one was seen yesterday
by an Advertiser reporter who could
say who E. T. Rodgers was. There is
Charles H. Sedgebeer who is in the
Fire Department. Fanny Strauch is
the wife of P E. r. Strauch, who is
manager of the concern.
In a portion of the Society's booklet
it states:
PROTECTION AND GUARANTEE.
THE Equitable Underwriting and
Trust Co, Gnc) capital $500. 100000 fully
paid, Guarantees the payment of our
contracts. This affords absolute secur-
ity to the contract holder. The fee IS
$1.00 for each contract,
1.-THE above Trust Company is one OF
the strongest corporations in existence
When they guarantee our contracts, We
must have an investment contract as
near perfect as possible, and We have
made every provision for safety and
stability. Cooperative Home Pur-
chasing Society. Per p. E. r. Strauch,
Manager.
The Equitable Underwriting and
Trust Company of San Francisco,
California, Gncorporated): Thos. t
Lyon. Manager American Chemical Co.
President; Robert Is. Smith, EX-GoF-
ernor of lLontana 1st Vice President;
Geo. F. HaIla. Bellfngham Bay Lum-
Der Co End Vice President; r q
Kaufman. Secretary: Depository
Western National Bank; Capital Gully
paid. 100000. CO"
On September 16. 1903. P. H. BTnette
secured a Judgment against P L. X
Strauch for $2944.50. This judgment
has not been satisfied and on Thurs
day Strauch is to be examined IN
Judge Robinson's court as g Judgment
debtor. The court, in its examination
may learn considerable Of the affairs
of the Society.
one of the leaflets issued by strauch
says:
Honolulu. May Is, 1904.
''NTr P r r. Strauch, Nanager Co
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Road Board Matters.

Among the changes in road boards
signed as a member of the Waikiki
Road Board. c. D. Lufkin, of the bank
at WaiIuku, may be his successor.
Supt of Public Works Holloway has
also appointed c. E. Wright to the
South Hilo Road Board in succession to
Sheriff L. a. Andrews. J. \. Scott and
Henry Deacon have resigned from the
same board and have been succeeded
by John I. Moir and George Ross, NOR
being the chairman. E D. Jenkins has
been succeeded by Martin Porter at
Waianae, Oahu, and Judge Hookano
succeeds r. Fern.
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Leaf Hopper determination.

The Hawaii Agricultural Experiment
Station has issued a valuable bulletin
concerning the sugar cane leaf hopper
by Entonologist D. L. Van Dine in
which the following subjects are treat
ed: Life History Of the Leaf Hopper, .
Injury to the Cane" symptoms of
the Attack Limitations of Natural
Enemies" Natural Enemies at Work
in the Cane Fields Remedies" and
preventive Methods" The bulletin is
an exhaustive review of this pest and
contains some valuable illustrations.
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signor. If any of those orders are
duplicated by the assignor. the orig
inal, as we'll as the duplicate, comes
to the Auditors office during the
month, generally presented by the as
signee. About the 25th of the month
the auditors force begins making out
the warrants. Assignments are check
ed, and the warrant is made out to
the assignee, as per the account of the
assignor. When more than one assign
ment appears then there is trouble.
In the case of Kekuka, his disap-
pearance came on Friday, June "a, or
the day before the Auditor is generally
supposed to make out the warrants.
From this it would appear that Keku-
ka understood he might be questioned
and rather than do this, left his posi-
ton.
Registrar Merriam stated yesterday
afternoon that he could not understand
why Kekuka left his position. He was
one of the most rapid copyists in the
once where ne mad been employed
since 1901. There was absolutely no
opportunity for him to NEEDLE with the
funds of the Bureau. He had been dis
charged since his disappearance, the
discharge dating from June %. 1t is
said that Kekuka's father lives at Wal
alua and that he has possibly gone to
I-iSi+ with him
A prominent government official, in
commenting on the case said;
This comes of men in government
employ borrowing money from money
sharks down town who charge Ten per
cent interest per month. It's usury and
nothing short of robbery. I hope to
see a law passed by the next Legisla-
ture directed against Shylocks of this
kind. The government employees are
making these money sharks rich, and
are keeping themselves poor. Once
in it it is hard for them to ever get
out. l know of one man receiving S175
per month who pays these sharks ten
per cent interest every month, or 81.
That means $2O4 interest per annum
on $2O4O salary
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GAVE TWO ORDERS On PAY
AND THEN DISAPPEARED
James Kekuka, Copyist in the Bureau of
Conveyances Turns Up Missins-Frequent
Device to Stand Off Creditors.

James Kekuka, copyist in the Blu
reau of Conveyances, left that office
on Friday afternoon at the close of
business, and has not been seen since.
1t is significant that shortly after the
occasion of his disappearance, two en-
dorsed receipts for his June salary
warrant had turned up in the office of
Auditor Fisher. The duplication be-
came apparent as soon as the clerical
force went over the list of employees of
the Conveyancer's bureau, which was
about June %.
The disappearance of Kekuka brought
the duplication of assignments of his
warrant out more clearly than it would
have under ordinary circumstances.
There is just the semblance of
scandal in the matter. for Acting
Governor Atkinson yesterday addressed
notes to various heads of departments
calling their attention to the practice
and advising them to inform certain
employees to refrain from continuing
it in the future
Not only has the Auditors office
found that Kekuka duplicated his or
der. but an employee of the Board of
Health I'D Implicated his order. AS
all claimants are alike and equal in
the eyes of the auditor, the first come,
first served rule is not followed. The
Auditor simply holds up the warrant
until the claimants fight it out a
mongst themselves or the employee
adjusts the matter.
The procedure in assigning warrants
is about as follows: An employee OBJ
tains several blank receipt or assign
ment checks. He fills out one stating
that John Doe" employee of the de-
partment of , whose salary is
$50 assigns his warrant for the month
of June to Richard Roe On the
back is the Endorsement space. The as
signee's name is written on the back
together with the signature of the as
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FRIDAY. July IS,
AT 10 O,CTOCK NOON,

AT Z q CLOON MUM
I will sell by order OF j. F. Hamburg
Esq, Trustee, the Hoffman House Sa-
loon, situate on the corner of Hotel end
Nuuanu streets, with its fixtures, mer-
chandise, chattels, leasehold, etc.
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Operative Home Purchasing soci-

Operative Home Purchasing Soci-
ETY., 92S Fort St, Honolulu.
Dear sir: [ wish to thank you for
all the money your Society gave me to
pay off my mortgage Aand enough to
repair my house. now can save the u
per cent interest 1 had to pay on my
mortgage. I feel very glad that your
society has helped me so promptly, as
had paid into the society only $3.50
and 1 received $4,000 from your So
ciety. In a short time I win have paid
my debt and owe nobody one cent.
Your society of which L am a proud
member, has saved my house and home
and I shall always thank you for help
ing me and my family.
LAS your highest aim IS to help each
member of your society out of trouble,
I know that thousands of families in
the Hawaiian Islands will join our so
cfety, cooperate with US, and be bless
ed by it.
81 shall tell all my friends about your
work.
Expecting to see the number Of our
society reach into the thousands soon.
Il remain,
yours with aloha,
ROBERT CLARK,
ssCity Repair Shop, 1o43 Bethel Street,
Honolulu"
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FRIDAY, JULY IS,
AT - O'CLOCK NOON,

AT 7 OCLOCh MUM,
will sell by order of J. F. Hum
burg. Esq. Trustee. Lot and two-story
residence on Young street, makai side,
near Kapiolani street.
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Beautiful Residence
OR RENT

Situate on the car line in the most
desirable resident locality OF this c1ey'
The improvements consist of an ele-
giant cottage, containing parlor, recep-
ton hall, drawing room, fine large din
ing room, bed chambers, kitchen, pan
try and all modern improvements.
elegantly appointed in every respect.
Large grounds improved with many
Valuable and rare fruit trees. Fine ser
wants quarters with stationary wash
stands and porcelain bath; large stable
with box stalls-in fact the property
snust be seen to be appreciated.
Size of lot: 20Ox300 feet.
Price. very reasonable. much below
Cts actual value.
Terms: Easy.
Further particulars upon application.
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The Department of Public Works
gives notice that all outstanding bills
for materials furnished and services
rendered in the period commencing
January /, 1904, and ending June 30th,
1904. must be in the Office properly GER
titled, if on the Island of oahu, by
July 10th, 1904; if on the other islands,
by July 18th, 1904.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-02
GOVERNOR PEABODY
DISCOURAGED
Has Made Three Unsuccessful At
tempts to Adjust Trouble Be.
tween Miners and Operators.

Denver, April 2-In an interview
Governor Peabody said today: II have
made three attempts to bring the coal
miners and operators together The
coal operators have told me fatty that
they would not treat with the officers
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, but said they stood ready and will
ing to hear any grievance that the
men might have against them. I have
made no effort to bring them together
of late because there was nothing to
be gained by repeated repulses."
Governor Peabody was asked if he
could suggest any way by which the
coal strike could be settled and peace
restored. His reply was: LET them
(meaning the strikers) become law
abiding citizens, and even that fear
might not end the strike. can say,
however, that as soon as 1 am convin-
ced that peace will prevail in Las
Animas County, I will withdraw the
troops"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-02
WILL Be SUBMITTED TODAY.
The Bill of Exceptions in Case o
Senator Burton Ready to Be
Handed In.

ST. Louis, April 2-The bill of excep-
tions to be filed by the defense, in the
steps to be taken to secure a rehear-
ing of the case of U. S. Senator Bar
ton was not submitted to the govern
ment this morning, although U s.
District Attorney Dyer said to the As
sociated Press that he expected to re-
ceive the bill of exceptions before the
day is over.
Attorney F. W. Lehman for the de-
fense said the bill would be completed
and submitted to the government to
day.
e.zs.=.:::4e.
acteristic of New Mexico. are repre-
scented in the silver work. The legs
of the table are of copper. and half
way up, there is basket of fruits OF
this county, artistically done in silver
The accompanying cut gives some idea
of the top of the table. but, of course
cannot bring out fully the delicacy OF
the work. the blending of colors and
the artistic design.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-02
TO INVESTIGATE
the BEEF TRUST
According to Resolution Adopted BY
Congress Corps Of the Depart
ment of Commerce is in St.
Louis.

st. Louis, April "A corps of the
United States department of commerce
is in st. Louis inquiring into the opera
tions of the so-called beef trust. Their
names and movements are kept secret.
1t is stated that they are sent here by
Secretary Cortelyou in accordano e
with the resolution of Congress to in
vestigate the "cause of the alleged low
prices of beef cattle in the United
States in July and the unusually large
margin between the prices of beef cat
tie and the selling of fresh beef" The
resolution direct Cortelyou to ascer
tain and report whether the prices
have been manipulated by any corpor-
ate combination and if so what the
capitalization, the management and
profits of such a combination are.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-02
FLOOD CONDITIONS
SOMEWHAT RELIEVED
Water in the Grand Reservoir Falling
and it is Thought That All Danger
is Over.

Celina, Ohio, April "A dispatch
from st. Marys says: "The water in
the Grand reservoir or st. Mary's
lake, commenced falling this morning
and it is believed that all danger OF
a break will be over within ten hours
Hundreds of men are at work today
Strengthening the banks.
City in Ruins.
indianapolis, April 2-East Marion
is practically in ruins from the floods
and will have to be rebuilt. In this
city the White River again crippled
the street car system today, and
the north pumping station water
works. The city is again without ade-
quate fire protection. Cerealine, a
suburb, is under two to five feet of wa
ter on account of broken levees. The
river is still rising.
'RusseIvile Under Water.
Vincennes, Ind, April 2-The first
word from Russellville, Illinois, for
three days, was received today when
John Hill and Allen Calender arrived
in boat after desperate fight with
the current. They say that during the
entire nine miles trip from Russell
vile, they found but one house that
was not under water, and that che
was sheltering ten families. The town
of Rusellville is all under water. The
people have no provisions except meat
which is plentiful
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-02
NEW MEXICO.
EXHIBIT AT ST.
LOUIS EXPOSITION
1t Will Be One of Which New Mex
iCo May Well Be Proud---The
Mineral and Educational Displays
Will Be Especially Noteworthy.

fcIystals of beautiful colorings as wei
as of rare Smithsonite crystals.
| Sierra County will have very ex
Itensive exhibit of minerals from the
smany camps of that county and q
lsc,epce cabinet which represents the
life time work of most capable min.
}eralogist. Grant County will show the
rich native copper ores from Santa
Rita and an unlimited variety of cop
per, gold, silver, lead and other min
erals from the Burro Mountains, Pinos
Altos, Hanover, Fierro, White Signal,
and many other sections of this rich
mineral region, as we'll as a very ex-
tensive exhibit of the turquoise, onyx,
agate, and other minerals found
in the county.
There will be exhibits of coal from
several localities as we'll as collec.
tions of sulphur products, salt, build
ing stone, marble and other products
of that nature.
"The educational display was sent
forward during the past week and is
source of great satisfaction and pride
to those having it in charge and will
fifty represent the educational advance
ment of New Mexico. This exhibit is
being installed in the special cabinets,
which afford splendid method of ex-
hibiting this work, combining with
this a desirable economy in space.
The amount of work supplied by the
schools and colleges would cover over
1000 square feet of wall space but
with the folding frames of the leaf
cabinets it is all displayed in a space
Is by q feet. This board takes great
pride in this exhibit and New Mexico
will be greatly benefited by the show
ing made by our schools.
"New Mexico expects to take some
prizes on fruits and vegetables as
we'll as on wheat, oats and other
grains. The specimens of wheat and
oats that will compete for honors have
been provided and the fruits and 9TH
er products will show up in time to be
considered by the jury of awards.
Large shipments of both fruits and
grains are being made from San Juan
County, the Pecos and Mesilla Valleys,
San Miguel County, and various other
farming districts"
The FiIigree Table.
The following is description of
the beautiful filigree silver and jewel
table, belonging to the Woman's
Board of Trade and Library Associa-
ton of Santa Fe. which was exhibited
at the Columbian Exposition at Chi.
cago in 1898, and will again be seen
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
this year:
The material used in this table. the
gold, silver, copper. petrified wood,
garnets and turquoise were all found
in Santa Fe County and the table was
made by artisans of Santa Fe. In the
| center of the table is the coat of arms
of New Mexico wrought in solid gold
This is surrounded by garnets and I'LL
gree silver. The old Governors palace
the Pueblo of Tesuque. the old church
of San Miguel and the capitol are rep
resented in silver. The beautiful ran
shaped silver filigree design is SET
with turquoise and finely polished
pieces of petrified wood Scenes char
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albuquerque and return $4.15 April
3 to 9 via Santa Fe.
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Professor F. A. Jones of the New
Mexico commission of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, and who has
special charge of the mineral ovaf.es
gives the following synopsis sNeeA,yf
has been accomplished by the board
in collecting displays for the great
Worlds Fair:
"Most of the collections for the
Worlds Fair are now on their way to
st. Louis, some of them have already
arrived there and are being installed
The booths and pavilions for our ex-
hibits in the various buildings are
completed and ready for furnishing.
The New Mexico building is well along
and will be completed in time. A tele-
gram from St. Louis received this
morning says the building is elegant.
"The mineral camps of the Territory
have provided splendid collection OF
minerals from all sections of the Terri.
tory and the exhibit will exceed the ex-
pectations of the board, both as to
quantity and excellence.
''The Lincoln County collection,
through the efforts of Mrs. George w.
Prichard of the Ladies' Auxiliary board
will include fine cabinet of rare spe-
cimens, representing the mines of that
county, in addition to large general
collection. From Otero County, an in
teresting mineral exhibit of the gyp-
sum products will be made by the
Rock Island Cement and Plaster Com
pany. A fine collection of articles man.
ufactured from gypsum will be shown
in connection with various specimens
of the crude material. From Colfax
County will be shown a column OF
gold nuggets and gold dust, valued at
several thousand dollars. Other inter
esting mineral specimens from that
county will also be seen at the fair.
Sandoval County will have large col.
lection, which will fully represent the
great variety of ores from that re.
gion.
"The Socorro County exhibit will
hardly be excelled by any collection
| lTOIu ally pdiC VI IuC OhiICu oSA'SS 80
the matter of value, beauty and scien
tific interest. The School of Mines
has given valuable aid to the board by
making a classified collection of min
erals that will be of great scientific in
terest besides furnishing splendid
relief map of the Territory. From
that county comes the most attractive
collection of rich and beautiful bornite
ores to be found in the United States
This ore is from the Cooney mines
Another collection of rare beauty
comes from Socorro County, consist
ing of the zinc carbonates, calsite
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John v. Conway; Fourth Ward, David
Knapp.
The convention took a recess unit
1880 O'clock this evening when rati
| fication meeting will be held at th5
court house to which the public is in
vited.
| The city central committee met thi.
afternoon at O'Clock at. the Office o
David M. White to organize and pre-
pare plans for the short city cam
lpaign.
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SANTA FE N. M. SATURDAY, APRIL g. 1904.

administration in refusing to make a
levy to pay the interest on the out
standing bonds of the city for two
years, thereby injuring the credit of
the city and of the Board of Educa-
tion
Fourth. We pledge the nominees of
this convention for mayor and mem
bers of the city council, to diligently
serve the people and carry on to COM
pletion the good work so successfully
begun for the good Of the city, by the
present administration, and we fur
ther pledge the nominees for mem
bers of the Board of Education to use
every effort to convert so much OF the
Fort Marcy Reservation as may not
be needed for school purposes into
cash as speedily as possible for the
purpose of erecting and furnishing
suitable school buildings for the city
of Santa Fe.
Fifth. We denounce in unmeasured
terms the conduct Of the last Demo
cratic administration in this city I'm
der which interest on the public debt
was defaulted-illegal warrants on the
treasury were paid, and legal warrants
paid in an irregular and illegal man
ner, whereby the credit of the city and
board of education was deeply injured
and under which administration an il
legal attempt was made to bind the
city for the payment of interest on
large amount of bonds issued by pri-
vate corporation, and while such at
tempt was abortive by reason of it's
f1agrant violation of law yet it had the
effect to further injure the credit of
the city and bring it into disrepute by
reason of this 1awless action.
EDWARD L. BARTLETT,