The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-10-24
TOBACCO EXPERIMENTS
ARE VERY PROMISING

seems to be no wear out to those he
has and that they, and the samples
given him by Mr.. MUMMY few years
before, have been in constant service
all these years.
There are railroad ties on the Waia- /
kea plantation cut from ohia that have
been in active service for the past fif-
teen years; some of them have rotted
half inch on the weather side, no fur
Their, and when scraped off will decay
another half inch. These ties are still
in service. Indeed, they could not be
taken up without difficulty, for the
wood is so hard that it is impossible to
draw the spikes, as impossible as it is
to drive nail into piece of seasoned
ohia. When track man wants to lay
rail on an ohia tie, he first bores
hole in the tie and then spikes it down.
On Church street, some years ago, it
was decided to move building to an
qther part of town. When it was raised
the stills were found to be cut from ohia
and though they had been close to the
damp ground for many years they were
in such good condition that they were
used under the house in its new loca-
tion. The stairs ano stills Of the old
| Lyman homestead as well as those in
the Coan residence are of ohia and as
good today as when put in the build
ings forty years ago. And ohia VIII
take high polish for the grain is
fairly close, closer than oak, and will
stand good deal more banging around.
Orders have been filed Tor these pins
from the Philippines where, it is be-
lieved, they will Withstand the climate
better than those that have been in
use there.
ITEMS.
A. Zimmerman, an Olaa pioneer cof-
fee and fruit planter, died on Tuesday
while dressing in preparation for his
daily work on his plantation. Deceased
went into Olaa and located at Mountain
View in 1894, purchasing the property
at the time owned by w. w. Bruner
and locating his wife there while he
secured work as sugar boiler in Ha-
makua. Later he went into Kau and
worked at the same trade for time
but continued improving his land and
adding to the area planted to coffee.
His last work as a sugar boiler was
y
ago during the management of Mr.. Won
Graevemeyer. The funeral took place
from the Foreign Church, Hilo, Wednes-
day morning, Rev. G. +. Shields con-
Quoting the services. Mr.. Zimmerman
was native of Germany and between
fifty and sixty years of age.
DR.. John Holland submitted to the
Board of Trade, at the meeting Friday
afternoon, samples of banana spirits, or
alcohol, extracted from Hilo bananas,
together with a report of Edward G.
Shorey, chemist of the United States
Hawaii Experiment Station Mt Homo
lulu. The report shows the perfect fea-
sibility of Transforming bananas into
high-proof alcohol The sample fur.
nished to DR.. Holland was 90 per cent
alcohol, which is the usual strength OF
commercial alcohol In appearance il
is as clear as crystal and has a faint
aroma of the banana. II is shown thai
a sixty-pound bunch of bananas, wher
converted into alcohol, will make one
gallon of proof spirits.
f. f.. Gliding, the genial manager OF
! Kohala plantation, retired from that
! place on Friday last and was succeeded
, by Henry Deacon, for several years
i manager of Pepeekeo. Mr.. Gliding and
i his family will probably locate in Aus
= tralia, from where Mrs. Gliding came tt
Hawaii. Mr.. Deacon was a manager il
, Kohala years ago and left there to tax,
q position in this district. Since leav
, ing Pepeekeo he has represented one o.
! the fertilizer factories in this district.
: At meeting Of the Hilo Teachers
Union there were lorty members an,
: seventeen visitors present, President L
, Co Lyman in the chair. Officers wer
; elected as follows: G. Swain, presi
I dent; Miss Ward, vice-president; VIM
|. McCluskey, secretary and treasurer.
The Herald says: "The people O.
: Hilo should strain every nerve to Sc
. cure a settlement Of the high school af
= fair. The Governor is favorable to tn
= project and so is Mr.. Holloway an,
there seems to be no obstacle in tn
II way in so far as the lot is concerne,
q for the teachers have agreed that if n
!, other place can be secured there will b
y room enough on the site of the River
. side School. If the young of Hilo ar
to receive their education where the
may have the proper home infuenc
:. the high school must be built
a Arrangements have been made be
! tween Inspector Chas. +. King an,
= Sheriff Keolanui for the services of tn
: police force in the various school dis
tricts as truant officers.
Surveyor Wright of the Government
Survey Office is at present in KAT
o plating the Homestead Settlement AS
g ISOLATION for Dr. L. s. Thompson an
S others in that district The land i
< question comprises about a thousan
d acres now under cultivation by tn
t Hutchinson Plantation. There ar
twenty applicants. each of whom vii
5 be allotted fifty acres by Land Commits
I sioner Pratt.
d Rev. Dr. A. s. Baker of Holualoa
:. Kona, proposes to build new chape
d and residence not far from the home o
t NJ. f. Scott at that place. The land
n being provided by the Hawaiian Boar
e which is also advancing large part o
the money for the new church.
II On Monday, the ship Falls of Clyde
n Malson, master, cleared for San Frar
e cisco with the final cargo of sugar o
70 the season az follows. Hakalau 1 /