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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-21

citation being practically dead. 1t came
about from the offer of government
land as homesteads to actual settlers
at nominal price. The offer attract
ed a few intelligent practical farmers
from the mainland and they have, in
part, at least, worked out to a con-
clusion the problem of small farming
in these islands. There are only 1900
acres of land and there We're only thir-
teen of the original settlers, two of
whom have already sold and three
leased their holdings. These few pio-
neers spent four years of valuable time
and many good dollars in experiment
ing. They had to unlearn many things
they had learned in California and
elsewhere, for farming, like morals,
is to large extent matter of geog-
raphy They have determined that,
for the present at least the best crop
for the small farmer is pineapples
though they have also demonstrated
that nearly all the vegetables of the
temperate zone may be successfully
grown in these islands and should not
be imported from the mainland.
PINEAPPLES.
But as to pineapples: 1t is safe TO
say that no finer or better plneappIeS
grow anywhere than those produced at
Wahiawa. Let that fact become Well
known on the mainland and 1t Will De
many years before Hawaii will be able
to supply the demand for this fruit so
delicious either fresh or canned. Mr..
Byron o. Clark of Wahiawa has been
doing much of this educational work
and has already begun to reap the
benefit in constantly increasing orders
for fresh pineapples. in crates. shipped
by express. The Hawaiian Pineapple
Co, of which Mr. James D. Dole is
manager. has a fully equipped can
merry at Wahiawa with a capacity OF
10000 21a-fb cans per day and Mr. Dole
has had no difficulty in disposing OF
the output at a satisfactory prohl'
though his company is exceptionally
liberal in the price paid to growers for
the ripe fruit
AS in the case of the Kaneohe rice,
suppose We do a little figuring, only
in this case we start with the man
who owns his own land and has the
energy and ambition born of independ-
ence and an unshackled initiative The
lessee of a corporation or an absentee
land owner is a much a slave in spirit
as if he bore the marks of the gives
upon his arms.
1t takes two years to mature crop
of pines The market price of plants
is $40 Der thousand. 1t is experience
that you can grow a little over 400
TO the acre Say it costs you $50 an
49, e. - Low 80 60 m acre to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-21
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE

ESTATE.
Pursuant to an order of Hon. s. B.
Dole, Judge of the District Court Of
the United States, in and for the Dis
trict of Hawaii, given. made and or
dered in the above entitled cause,
shall, Saturday, May 81, 1905, at IL
o'clock noon. sell at the auction sales
rooms Of Fisher. Ables Co., Ltd, cor
tner Fort and Queen streets, Honolulu,
Vail that certain piece or parcel Of land
situate on waikiki side of Piikoi street
in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Territory
of Hawaii, being a part of lot number
1862, being the same premises conveyed
by deed Of Johann F. Hackfeld to Geo.
c. Stratemeyer by deed dated August
g. 1900. recorded in the Hawaiian Reg
istry of Conveyances in liber 209, page
ss2. with the buildings and appurte-
nances thereon
Size of lot 100 feet frontage on Piikoi
street by a uniform depth of 100 feet.
Terms of sale: Cash in United
States gold coin. Deeds at expense of
purchaser.
THEO. F. LANSING.
Trustee.
Further particulars of
MESsRS. THOMPSON & CLEMONS,
Attorneys for Trustee, or
FISHER. ABLES CO., LTD,
Auctioneers.
Note:-The improvements upon the
above described premises consist of
nice cottage of six rooms Bath, nice
lanai, servants quarters, stables, etc.
FISHER, ABLES CO., LTD,
AUCTIONEERS.
7O95-May g. 13, 20.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-21

Payne Whitney is encirclfng his es-
tate at Manchasset, L. /, with an
ornamental iron fence to cost $4,000,
for the purpose of making it possible
to keep herd of deer safely within
the Enclosure
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-21
Legal Sales
At Auction.

SATURDAY, MAY q, 1905,
Stratemeyer Premises.
MONDAY, MAY 30, 1905,
Property of Estate of Ely Peck.
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1905,
Kwong zee Wal Co. Rice Plantation.
SATURDAY. JUNE 10. 1905,
LUX Shung Wal Co. Rice Plantation.
MONDAY, JUNE IL. 1905,
Hawaiian Hotel Annex.
MONDAY. JUNE II, 1905.
Lots 1. 2 and in block 106, Palolo,
with improvements; also leasehold OF
Bishop Estate to James Carly on
Richards street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-21
Stratemeyer Premises
ON PIIKOI STREET.
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT
WAII.

In the Matter of Geo. c. Stratemeyer
a Bankrupt In Bankruptcy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Removing Russian Prisoners.

TOXIC, Jan. l2.-The Japanese
achievement at Port Arthur is more
remarkable in the light of further in.
v%estigation. The original Russian
strength is now estimated to have been
almost $4,000 men. 1t is announced
at the army headquarters that in ad.
ditiou to the prisoners already report.
ed about $4,000 wounded combatants
will eventually be brought to Japan.
General Nogi's headquarters staff at
Port Arthur at present devotiug their
energies to dispatching the prisoners
to Japan. placing the wounded in hos.
pitfalls and clearing the way for a
thorough Investigation of the spells of
war. Confused reports reach Toxic
OF the condition of the city buildings.
1t is said today that General Nogi will
not return to Toxic at present.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
SmOOt Inquiry Resumed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Smoot
inquiry a resumed this morning. The
committee on privileges and elections
met with Senator Knox, the new men,
Der of the committee, who was present
for the first time. The first witness
was William j. Mcconnell, who was
twice republican governor of Idaho,
and once senator. In his political
work he has become we'll acquainted
with Mormons. and despite the fact
that he was somewhat prejudiced
against them on account of their pc.
culiar institution, he was rather sur
prised to find them generally more
moral in their behavior then the gen.
tiles. He never found any of them
drunk or gambling.
The witness said the men who cleo.
ted the republican governor last year
in the place of Governor Morrison,
polled a large vote in the Mormon
counties in South Idaho because of a
letter written by Senator Dubois, who
was working for the democratic ticket,
in which it was charged that the Nor
mons we're criminals.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Opposed to Tariff Reform.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE follow.
ing statement in opposition to tariff
revision is being signed by members
OF the house from the Rocky mountain
and Pacific coast states:
"The Rocky mountain and Pacific
coast states are overwhelmingly OPP
posed to the agitation for tariff revis.
ion, and We, the undersigned members
of the house of representatives, repre-.
senting these states, set opposite our
respective names, are not in favor of
calling IN extra session of the Fifty.
ninth congress for the purpose of re-
vising the tariff, and We believe that
the agitation of this question at this
time is neither necessary nor desir.
able" Thus far the document has
been signed by about seven members.
Representative Hill Of Connecticut
has taken a poll of the republican
members OF the house from New Eng.
land as to revision OF the tariff be-
tween and the next congressional
election. Sixteen favored such &C.
ton, five opposed it and three were
absent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Stocklnen Organizing Association.

DENVER, Jan. 11.--Not this year
will the railroads become members of
the National Livestock association.
So much of the reorganization plan of
president hageuDartn Is IUreuUuuleu
to failure. The remainder, which in.
wolves representation on the board of
control by the industries allied to the
livestock interests, may be carried.
President Hagenbarth declares he will
continue the fight before the conven-
vention of next year. The greatest
opposition to the admission of the
railroads has so far come from S. h.
Cowan of Fort Worth, Texas, the lie.
gal adviser of the association, and
Murdoch Mackenzie of Trinidad. Col.
The western cattlemen are practically
a unit behind them. There will be two
reports submitted on railways, the ma
jority against, the minority favoring.
AT the convention of the National
Woolgrowers' association late yester-
day afternoon the old officers and
members of the executive committee
were reelected. Papers were read by
Rae of St. Paul on "Sheep Feeding in
the Northwest" and by D. j. Osborne
of Denver on "Wool Securing Before
Marketing." An address on "Gov.
eminent Control of Infectious Dis
eases on the Ranges" was delivered
by Dr.. j. NJ. Wilson of Wyoming.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
DIR. BROWNS SOLAR MOTOR.


two guide rails. on which Il slide block
is adapted to travel. The block is
raised or lowered to the desired posi-
ton by means of IL rope attached there
to, which passes over Il sl,eavc wheel
at the top of the tower and is wound
up on Il drum at the base.
The block supports one end OF Il
tubular shaft, which ut the opposite
end is supported in II swivel bearing
carried on Il bracket fastened to the
base frame. The reflector is mounted
on this shaft by means Of Il pair Of
segmental racks. secured to the re-
flector and adapted to mesh with suita-
bic gearing carried in blocks on the
shaft. The shaft ut the center opens
into IL spherical boiler at the focus of
the reflector. Steam generated in the
boiler is conducted by Il pipe passing
through the tubular shaft to an engine.
The tubular shaft carries Il sprocllet
wheel, which has chain connection
with gearing operated by Il clock mech
anism on the base frame. The clock
train is driven by Il weight suspended
from the pulley ut the top of the tow
er. and at intervals of two minutes it
releases the reflector. which %thereupOn
is rotated through Il small angle by n
second weight similarly hung. BY this
/ means the reflector Is made to always
| bear the proper relation to the sun, SO
as to focus the suns rays OH the boiler.
The vertical movement or inclination
Of the reflector is attained hy operating
/ the gearing which mHshcS with the
segmentAl rlckS on the ro.lCctOr.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Mind Fuel,

The c~arbonaceous mud, mainly de-
rived from dccaying grasses, with no
moss, of the great Cedar swamp, about
fifteen miles from Boston, according to
the Manufacturers Record, yields AZ
equal quantity Of gas Of higher illuml-
mating power than can be derived from
the gas Goals commonly used. The
resiluun OF coke OF the very finest
type for metullurgical purposes, Who'll
" free from sulphur, is about 500
pounds to the ton Of dried fuel put into
the coke ovens. There are about 1oO,-
OOO,OOo tons dry weight in this bog,
which is but one Of many in the south
eastern part Of MASSACHUSETTS,. y bet
ter mud fuel exists in the great Dis
NAL swamp, the rice lands OF Georgia,
the hummocks of the Everglades ana
the rice and sugar lands of Texas and
Louisiana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
T SESSION TALK.
President Desires Legislation Regarding
Railroad Freight Rates.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-President
Roosevelt continued today his confer.
ences with members OF congress on
tariff revision and legislation provid.
ing for an increase of the powers of
the interstate commerce commission.
One statement, almost an official an.
~nouncement, is that unless congress
at the present session shall enact leg.
islation looking to q regulation of
railroad freight rates, an extraordin-
airy session of congress will be called
by the president to deal with that
problem. 1t can be said that the pres
ident regards the interstate commerce
question as the paramount issue now
before the American people.
A meeting of the Pacific coast dele
cation in the house is being arranged
to crystalize the sentiment against tar
if revision in the form of a memorial
or petition. 1t is stated by members
from this section of the country that
such a petition would be signed by
every member OF the state west of the
Rocky mountains.
A prominent member of the ways
and means committee of the house
said today that the poll which the
leaders of the house had conducted of
the republican members on the ques.
ton of tariff revision showed that SO
per cent. of the members who had been
approached were against revision.
All of the leaders of the house except
Representative Payne. chairman OF
the ways and means committee, who
is laid up with rheumatism, and Rep
resentative Tawney, are against res
vision. The work of crystalizing SEN
timent against revision is being done
by Dalzell and Grosvenor. They have
secured the signatures of practically
all of the republican members from
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New
Jersey and West Virginia to petitions
against revision of the tariff.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Notice Of Contest,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.

ONIIED STATES LAND OFFICE.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Dec. II, 1904.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
In this Office by Charles Henry. contestant,
against homestead entry No. 13,5sl, made
June Goth, 1909, for M NWh, and SEA NWA,
section sSSL y, township SO north, range =! east, by
alleged that said entryman has wholly abandoned
said tract, that he has chan ged his residence
therefrom for more THAI six months since max
ing said entry, that saia tract is not settled upon
and cultivated by said party as required by law,
to the state of Missouri about September l, 1903,
said parties are hereby notified to appear, e.
spond and offer evidence touching said allegation
At 10 o'clock u. m. on January 26, 1905, before
John Dunlap. u. $. Commissioner, at Hill.
Montana, and that final hearing will be held
At 10 O'Clock a. M. on January 81, 1905, before
the register and receiver at the United States
land office in Great Falls, Montana
The said contestant having in u proper afida-
Wit, filed Dec. ,, 1904, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
of this notice can not be made, it Is hereby ord.
cred and directed that such notice he given by
due and proper publication.
c. II. BENTON, Receiver.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
IRRIGATION.
V~nlueless California Deserts Re-
claimed by Motor Pumps.

claimed by Motor Pumps.
From the city of Los Angeles, Cal,
on the Pacific coast to the Sierra
Madre mountains. Il distance Of about
ninety miles, says the New York Press.
the electric current has taken an active
part in converting hundreds of thou
sands Of acres of absolutely v~alur!css
desert into farms and fruit ranches
worth from $500 to $500 per acre.
Streams from the constantly melting
SHOWS of the mountains are turned
into power houses, and the current
generated is run owe many transmits
siye lines across this formerly great
desert.
A well is driven for each Sevcnty-tive
or hundred acre farm and the water
raised and turned into irrigating ditch
es by electric pumps taking current at
very low cost from the transmission
line. No expert attendant is required.
it being only necessary to throw Il
switch and leave the motor to do the
work. The wells are deep, ranging
from 200 to 500 feet, but when water
is struck the supply seems to be In,
eXhauStible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
TO ASSIST RECLAMATION.
Federal Officers Will Request Euactmen,
of Necessary Laws,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1l.-Iu discuss.
ing some irrigation matters pertain.
ing to this state, Representative Dix
on today said:
~ have been advised by Mr.. New.
ell, chief engineer of the reclamation
service, and by Mr.. Savage, engineer
in charge of the western work, that
there are two measures which they are
anxious to have passed by the Mon
tana legislature in order to facilitate
certain government irrigation works
in the state.
First, they find that nearly all the
schemes for government canals for
Montana will be retarded because
there r lands belonging to the state
lying under and along the lines of the
proposed canals. Under the laws of
Montana, as they now stand, these
lands cannot be sold at less than $40
an acre, and there is no way by which
these lands can be irrigated from the
government canals, nor to make them
chargable for their proportionate
amount of the cost Of the construction.
The government engineers desire the
legislature to pass an act pledging
these lands for the proportionate
amount of cost, and then allow them
to be sold at a price ~equaling the
$40 to be charged by the state plus the
pro rata cost of construction.
"Secondly, the engineers also say
that in the works now peing carried
on by the government in the construc-
ton of canals has been much ham
pered by saloons opened along the
lines of construction. They are anx-
ious to have the legislature pass an
act prohibiting the running of saloons
within a distance of five miles of the
line of construction now proposed for
Montana points. This bureau is now
having bills prepared designed to Inn
prove these conditions, and these bills
l have agreed to forward to the legis'
lature.
"Mr. Savage expects to be in Hell
ena about Feb. l and he and MIR. New
ell hope that the bills can be intro
duced and that the house COMMITTEES
will be ready for a hearing at tha1
time. I assured the department tina
it was my opinion that the legislature
would cooperate with the governmen
e~npineers in their eft to thus facili
tate the work in Montana"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Bribery Scandal In Missouri.

JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. ll.-Repre.
sentative Grace, of St. Louis, has in.
PRODUCED a resolution calling for an
investigation of the report that St.
Louis brewers had given $4,000 to
Thomas X. Niedrinshaus. chairman
of the state republican committee aud
caucus nominee for United States sen.
a,or, to influence legislation during
the present session of the legislature.
\. motion to lay the resolution on the
table was lost after a roll call.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Ra,Iium aud Perpetual Notion.

Sir William Ramsey Illustrated ut Il
recent scientific gathering in London
the nearest approach yet to perpetual
motion. BY means of an exceedingly
small quantity Of radium salt a fine
piece of gold leaf Or feather is cleo
trified. It bends away from a piece
of metal until it touches the side OF the
vessel and loses its electrical charge.
Then it springs back and is again cleo
trifcd. the process being repeated any
number Of times, practically like the
swinging Of a pendulum. \ clock OF
this kind is conceivable. and as 1t
would persist as long as the radinm re-
tanned its power we might have a time
piece going for 1000 years without be-
Ing wound up.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Indians Killing Cattle.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-On account
of numerous protests from stockmen
along the boundary of the Indian re.
servations complaining of killing of
cattle by the Indians, the commission.
err of Indian aft airs has ordered q
special agent Immediately to investi-
gate the conditions there. Represent.
alive Dixon recently filed letters from
prominent %cattlemen, saying that the
Indian depred atoms result from the
withdrawal of government rations
from the Indians.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Notice Of Contest.
United STATES LAND OFFICE,

NlTED SIATES LAND OFFtCE,
GREAT Falls, Mont. Dec. 3, 1904.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
In this office by Harold Russell, contestant,
against home stead entry No. 3s9, made Decem.
Der IL, 1902. for SEA NEA, NEA SEA. section
20. township IS north, range 9 east. md lots 2and
: OF section 80, township 81 north, range 10 east,
alleged that the said Frank A. Cushman has
abandoned said land for a period of more than
yate said land as required by law, said parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond and offer
evidence touching said allegation At 10 o'clock a.
y. $. Commissioner at Hill, Mont. ana that
nnal hearing will be held at 10 O'Clock a. m on
ceiver at the United States land ONCE in Great
Falls, Mont.
The said contestant having, in u proper afida-
VT filed Novem Der 4, 1904, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service Of
this notice cannot be made it IL hereby ordered
and directed that such notice he given by due and
proper publication.
&. II. BENTON. Receiver.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
May Appoint Senator Gibson.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Represent-
alive Dixon had a conference with the
president today relative to the ap.
pointment of Senator Gibson as a
member OF some commission, similar
to the position to which Senator
Cockrell was appointed. The presi-
dent assured Mr.. Dixon that he would
be pleased to appoint Senator Gibson
on his retirement from the senate on
March I.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
No Modern Home Is Complete
Without a Telephone.

The greatest labor and time-saving
convenience of the age. You can talk
from your telephone to every subscribe
er in any exchange in Utah, Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, as we'll as all Pacific
coast points and Colorado and New
Mexico. Short rates for short talks.
Half minute up. The pay begins when
the talk begins.
Rates from $500 up, for unlimited
local service.
Leave your orders now The new
Instruments are the very latest inn
proved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Desert Iand..Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.

UNITED STATES LAM OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Jan. 9. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Robert Klay, of
Fort Benton, Mont, has filed notice of intention
to make proof on his desert-land claim No. G32d,
for the SWh, So SEA, section Is, township II
north, range ? east. lnnsnrve: ed! before Chas.
Fort Benton. Mont. on Thursday the 18th day
of February. 1905.
He names the following witnesses to prove the
complete irrigation and reclamation of said land:
William $. Bryant. Julius fairfield, Julius
Zschunke, Conrad Kulage, all of Fort Benton,
Montana j.. ". RURL1NGAME, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Senate Wants Information.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE senate
today agreed to resolutions asking
the interstate commerce commission to
furnish information relative to the al.
legged excessive or exorbitant railroad
rates and unjust DETERMINATIONS, and
records of such violations with pub
lished rates, and hearings of the
caSpa.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
UTILITIES THE SUMS HEAT.
Steam Generated by Rays Gathered
In a Great Reflector.

n SOla: motor which has recently
been invented hy DR.. f. T. Brown Of
Cottonwood Falls. Ram. is illustrated
IN the accompanying engraving. The
apparatus as described in the Scientific
American embodies some very useful
improvements over solar motors as
heretofore constructed. The large re-
Hector may in time of storm be re-
versed and lowered. rs indicated in
one of the figures. when it will present
much less resistance to the wind and
thus escape injury or destruction.
Pivotally mounted ut the left end Of
the base frame Is Il tower. formed with