The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-11

By The Man
1T is hard for public man in Ho-
nolulu to build a house" said a local
politician, having in mind some recent
experiences of home-builders. If he
employs Jap labor he has to get out of
politics. If he employs citizen labor
he has to go into bankruptcy
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I wandered down by the Board of
Health building on the night of the last
primary (writes a friend) for the pur-
pose of satisfying my curiosity about
the contest AS l drew near and en-
tered the sphere Of the bright mean
descents I was suddenly startled by
loud voice calling name that l had
not heard for years. ID. G. CANA
rnos," said the voice The name call
ed up many picturesque recollections.
In my minds eye l saw again the
familiar figure with it's slouchy Pana-
ma hat and it seemed that 1 could al
most hear again the jolly Every touch
ing" which poor Cammy gleefully used
as his last stock joke. Mournful refec-
tions over poor Cammy's sudden taking
off were interrupted by a repetition of
the voice; ID. c. Camarinos." Then
it was repeated several times. 1t was
being passed down the line by a row of
natives. / stepped into the building
puzzled over the mystery. Then all
was explained. They were trying to
vote poor Cammy,-they were voting
him. 1t was near the time for closing
the pools and all that was necessary
to settle the result was to prevent the
opposition getting at the polls. So, with
great elaboration they began TO cal!
rolls.-of the dead and absent, and
though like Cammy all responded not,
they took up the time. Poor Cammy
He will be useful a long time yet
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A friend Of A. C. NJ Robertson's told
me the other day that he was afraid to
go to Tantalus any more, because the
trip involves ride through Portuguese
town and a lot of the Portuguese think
he is Judge Robinson I don't believe
that AIeck was afraid to go, but it is
probably true that lot of Portuguese
have him mixed up with the judge.
But not many At the Portuguese
mass meeting at the Orpheum one of
the most prominent spectators was
Robertson, who had a box seat from
which he quietly watched the row. Per-
hans he had as one reason for going'
the idea of showing that he was not
the "Judga Rob" of which we have
heard so much.
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"This climate is fearful on books,
remarked a friend 1t is no wonder
that there are a lot of illiterate people
here. Some time ago I bought a set
of Kipling on the installment plan and
before 1 got half through paying for
them the cockroaches had eaten all the
labels off the books and l now don't
know what l am reading"
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In the reported death of Charles H.
Bishop, Hawaii loses a good friend.
Bishop was a mighty, true friend and
doughty champion when he favored
a person or a cause. He was an ar
dent Democrat and he spent his money
freely in an effort to convert his con-
stituents of Kauai to his way of politi-
cal thought. The story of his life in
! Hawaii would be a succession of incl
dents of kindly acts and generous inn
! pulses.
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AS the Mauna Loa steamed along the
western coast of Kauai the other day,
| Speaker Knudsen discussed with some
! of the party the difficulties which the
! topography and climatic conditions of
that part of Kauai presented to any
scheme of settlement by small owners.
! He pointed out square miles of arid
mountain now held in large area under
| long lease from the government, in
which he said there were few springs
worthy of the name, on which rain sell
dom fell; and where only a few wild
cattle and goats found a precarious
! living.
| Further along toward Makaweli,
! there were slopes that looked fertile,
and with water were fertile but to
which no wagon road could be built
except by the use of the pick and blast
! ing powder and at much expense.
| But Kekaha plantation presented the
most striking problem of all. Here is
a plantation twelve miles long and
very narrow, on government land, the
lease of which expires in fourteen or
! fifteen years. The lessees at an ex-
! pense of a quarter of a million dollars
have built a great ditch tapping one
of the rivers up in the mountains to
bring water to the plantation The wa
ter is taken from government land is
carried over government land and is
d stributed and used on government
| land. When the lease expires all this
quarter of a million dollars worth of
! improvements will become the proper
ty of the government.
| What is 1t going to do with it? VIII
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