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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-18

Whether or not anyone ever gets
dividends out of rubber, the residents
of the District of Nahiku Maui. will
have reason 10 bless the day that the
idea of growing rubber trees in Ha-
wall was first suggested. A little over
a year ago a few homesteaders dwelt in
Nahiku, living on their land chiefly be-
cause they hadn't money enough to go
elsewhere. Wild bananas gathered in
the jungle. mixed with guavas from
the lower hillsides and washed down
with milk from the cattle that wan
dered in the forest-this was their
means of subsistence. But the last
year has demonstrated that rubber
trees viii grow in the district and the
Nahiku of a year ago would scarcely
be recognized now.
why, last year there was not 4
ten-cent piece in the whole district, ="
said resident the other day, land
look at the difference now. Wen all
be millionaires in a few years more"
and he swelled UP with the pride of
ownership of a hundred or so of acres
of rubber land which he was convinc-
ed, as are most Of the people who have
visited the District of Nahiku recent
~ would bring him in large returns
in a few years.
A VIEW OF NAHIKU. |
Messrs. Fred. T. P Waterhouse and
Wade Warren Thayer, who returned
on Thursday from a visit of inspection
of the properties of the Nahiku Run
Der Company, bring encouraging rex
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-18
EIGHTEEN FEET Of TREE
IN FOURTEEN MONTHS
How the Rubber Forest Is Thriving in the Wet
lands of Nahiku, Maui--.Fne Prospect
For New Industry

snil over the slopes Of the mouI tain.
The constant upsprinsinG OF new,
growth has prevented the washing OF
this soil into the sea. The result is
veritable jungle, where the trade
winds. laden with moisture from their
thousand-nlile sweep over the sea. con
dense in the cool air of lofty Haleakala
and drop daily showers through thS
forest growth. In a single night, al
most, a seed viii grow into a plant
another and it will be a shrub-in a
week the shrub will be a tree.
FROM DISCOURAGEMEN TO
HOPE.
TT is only natural to ask why such
a favored district has not been turned
to some good use heretofore. In 1893
these lands were opened for home
steads by the Republic of Hawaii, and
they We're settled by a colony of Portu-
guese. Then came the boom in sugar
culture, the organization OF the Mani
ku Sugar Company, it's collapse with
many other new companies when
sugar prices dropped and the gradual
drifting of Nahiku into innocuous
desuetude That the sugar company
failed lis net surprising, for this dis
trict, on the steep mountain side, cut
and SCARED here with deep gulches
and ravines. is at the best little suit
ed to the growing OF sugar cane. Cof-
fee was tried by the Portuguese home
steaders. but it was also failure ow-
ing to the expense of picking, milling
and Transportation. And so the district
has lain idle and the residents there
have grown poorer and poorer until
many families were actually on the
Verge of starvation; they could not
make a living at their truck patches
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-18

If the judgment of the rubber plant
ers is not very much at fault there
will exist in Hawaii in few more
wears a thriving industry which will
be only second in Importance TO the
cuIture of sugar cane. Nor will the
growing of rubber interfere with the
sugar fndustr, for only certain favored
localities are suited TO it's cultivation.
and those localities are not as a rule
adapted to sugar. The district of Olaa
and parts of Puma ana Kohala on Ha-
wall: Kaenae. which adjoins Nahtku
on Maui: Maunawili and upper Manoa
Valley on Oahu and possibly Hama
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-18

, and cattle for there was no market for
their produce nearer than Central Ma
ui-thirty or forty miles away across
the jungle. and they couldn't move
away, for they hadn't dollar among
the lot.
But little over a year ago a man
came into the district who knew some
thing of rubber and rubber culture
This was r. H. Anderson, who had
studied rubber in Brazil and the West
Indies and Mexico. In Nahiku. he
found the conditions which he had
looked for. He stayed in the district
a few weeks and planted out a hand
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-18

particles in suspension-was surpris-
ms. A visit to Hama, where several
trees of the FicuS ElaStica variety
grew, and more tapping convinced
him that rubber trees would not only
grow, but would produce rubber
A PHENOMENAL GROWTH.
This was the origin of the rubber
industry in Hawaii That little grove
of trees planted by Mr.. Anderson in
January, 1905, is now a thriving young
orchard, SOME OF THE TREES IN
WHICH STAND EIGHTEEN FEET
TALL-so high that a man on horse
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-18

full of the seeds of the Ceara tree-a
rubber-producer whose native place is
the district of Ceara in BraZil-and
noted their growth. With a few days
of the heavy showers which are char
acteristic OF Nahiku the seeds sprout-
ed and came up; in a few weeks they
had grown into foot-high plants, and
Mr.. Anderson began to believe that
rubber trees would grow in Hawaii.
Then he went down the mountain side
to Nahiku landing and there found
three Ceara trees which had been
planted as shade trees in a private
yard by Hugh Howell seven years ago.
Anderson tapped these trees expert
mentally and their flow of latex-the
milky fluid which carries the rubber
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-18

Marketer-"How much are strawber-
ries?" Dealer-''One dollar a box"
Marketer-"Give me some good sour
pickles-they cost less and taste about
the same.'-CIeveIand Leader.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-18

These Cinnamon are all as like as
two peas" remarked the visitor to
Chinatown. Yes or as two queues"
added the tenderloin cop.-PhiladeI-
phia Record. i
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-18

lei and Wainiha on Kauai are sections
which may in the future be used to
produce rpbbcr
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24
uo.s~Emperor William Is Battling
 aoainst Dangerous Heredity.

rmperor Williams father died of cancer ' Fmoeror inf William himself had infantile ,.-ajrsis and has had to struggle with many infrmities.
 u'lt I, has been whispered that he himself |. troubled with the same malady which .,,r,ed off his father. Royal blood IS un- ;1rtnnately most generally deteriorated tlaoJ Emperor William knows this as
 ss1 as anybody. and is doing his best to
 s,,dcate the bad bleod from himself and
 Es family by the adoption of simple life pnncples
 t. to Battle Creek. Michigan. while in tbs country visiting the Worlds Fair in Chicago ln 1893 Emperor William became acquainted with the Battle Creek idea of snple living and has to large extent
 adopted the methods in his family. His vie and children hye the simple life and lake Battle Creek light baths. Their gDele. King Edward. also has these baths installed ln his Windsor and Buckingham
 Palaces for the use of himself and Queen Alexandra.
 Among other things GOOD HEALTH. the oldest health journal in the world, tells about the Battle Creek idea and the
 simple hie Every number Is brimful of
 uptodate ideas. Sample copy 10 cents. One dollar a year.
 Ii tou will cut this out and send to GOOD HEALTH UBLISHING co, Battle Creek. Mich. wlth a quarter you Will receive a tflal three months subserjn.
 ton te thIs handsome illustrated monthly bealth magazine. Write to-day.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24

Washington, D C, August 20th.-A determined effort will be made at the next session of congress to prevent another appropriation for the free dis tribution of common garden seeds Congress now eXpends $242 000 a year In giving away the commonest yarie- ties of peas, beans, turnip, squash and pumpkin seeds. They are divided into 40,0OO000 packets so that the packets cost about half cent each. But as T large part of the appropriation is expended in clerk hire, packeting the seed in packet is much less than half cent. These packets are put up in packages of five packets, the total cost of the packages being about two cents each, and they are purchas- able anywhere at five cents Each member of congress gets 12,000 such packages, which he distributes to the voters of his district.
 The farmers say that these pack ages contain so little seed as to be of no value to them, while the total ap- propriation, if expended in sending out really rare and valuable seed, or in maintaining national agricultural college, or divided among the state agricultural colleges, would be of i'm mense value to the farming interests. They therefore protest against the waste of public money. The seeds men claim that as congress has all ready expended s5,000000 in giving away turnip and watermelon seed, 1t is time it should give away saws, axes or hoes and give the seed trade a rest. Those who believe that congress should cut off this perquisite of it's members now used for political pur- poses, are writing their senators and representatives, urging them to abol- ish the free seed distribution, and the National Grange, many state and local granges, horticultural, agricultural and other societies are adopting reso- lutions conforming it. MT. William Wolff Smith, of Washington, D. C., has been selected to represent the oppo- sition to the congressional free seed distribution. and is personally answer, ing all inquiries concerning the same.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24
PUTTING IT RATHER ROUGHLY.
leadir9 Question Asked of Methodical
 Writer.

There is certain writer in Boston "a man of remarkable versatility who once gave friend in the publish. ing business in New York a resume of the details of his average days work.
 I am as methodical in my work" |" sad the Boston writer, "as any bus. mess man. My daily tasks are so di. EeFsifed and so arranged that l am sole to afford myself considerable va. ne;y during the F hours per didn mat l employ in authorship. For in- stance from eight in the morning to len do my verse; from ten to 12 my criticisms; from three to five I am en. gagged upon history of the world in- tended for perusal by children" And 50 he continued to give his visitor the Nnole scheme. When he had con- eiuded the New Yorker, an exceeding. y blunt individual, rather unkindly inquired
 And when. sir do you think?"
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24
You Don't Have to Wait.

Every dose makes you feel better Lax Eos keeps your whole inside right. Not one gripe in full bottle Sold on the money back plan everywhere. Price 50 cents.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24
wb;tewashed by Motor Car

The Central London railway has edoDted an ingenious method of white washing and cleansing its tunnels. They have fitted a motor car with a tank of about 600 gallons capacity, from which whitewish is forced by an electrically driven pump through a series of pipes arranged upon frame al the end of the car. As the car tray els along the tunnel a spray of white- wash Ia driven upon the roof and sides.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24
SAlLOW FACES
o''en Caused by Coffee Drinking.

HOW many persons realize that cof- ,ee so disturbs digestion that it pro- uuces muddy, yellow complexion?
 ten days trial of Postum Food ooaee has proven a means, in thou 'anas Of cases, of clearing up bad eomplexions.
 rience:
 All of us-father, mother, sister ana orother-had used tea and coffee .'' many years until finally we all -'I a,, stomach troubles more or less. We We're all sallow and troubled @la pimples. breath bad. disagree. sue taste in the mouth, and all of us s'1 l.5F so many bundles of nerves. :, Ne didn't realize that coffee was ~e eause of the trouble until one day ,, @e -an cut Of coffee and went 10 Dor, ~ ,o8 some from neighbor. She gave that "H- 'o'N e0
 Although We started to make it,
 all felt sure we would be sick if ,.s missed our strong coffee, but We sa. e'e forced to try Postum and were 1.p.4sed ..,,. 10 find it delicious
 ,, We read the statements on the 1a.' ba,s got more and in a month and a p,. ' you wouldn't have known Us. ,,., e were all able to digest our food Iauc I'e1ouc any trouble, each ones skin soeaflle sele clear, tongues cleaned off and n.. .'eS la fine condition. We never ,s anything now but Postum There D., nolhlng like it" Name given by pos',in pose,in Co, Battle Creek. Mich. Wa' WSa the little book, The Road to
 N.i'iile There's a reason"
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24

Il ..sed too frequently, and with a t~ring sensation. They showed sed- .-ort became discouraged, weak. ,.,g,id and depressed, so sick and @ask .aa that could not keep up. As Il '.s.o-s did not cure me I decided to
 =. poan's Kidney Pills, and with .acb success that my troubles were sg cane after using eight boxes. and ~ strength. ambition and general health is fine"
 Gold bv all dealers. 50 cents box. rosterMilburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24
Orioin of kniohthood.

knighthood was intended to serve as mark of distinction for deeds of renown and merit Knight" properly signifies person who, for his virtue and martial prowess, is raised from the rank of gentleman into a higher class of dignity and honor.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24
EIephants Larqe as Mastodons.

f the mammoth and the mastodon were larger than the biggest ele- plants of this period, the difference vas slight Their tusks seem to have been somewhat longer and heavier, as rule. but their skeletons do not Indicate that the biggest of them were much superior in size to the late Ia nented Jumbo
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24
Great Poets Letters.

Twenty years ago German pub fisher began to issue a complete col lection of Goethe's letters. Thirtyfour volumes are now in type, and it is ex- pected that the rest of the letters. which will fill 15 more volumes, will appear within four years.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24

[ o I [ II ' Q l went through now seems to have been al. most unbearable. I had back-ache, pains in the side and Joins, dizzy spells a Il d hot, feverish
 headaches. T h ere ere bearing down pains, and the kid ney SC etions
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24
Try It Once.

There is more actual misery and less real danger in case of itching skin disease than any other ailment. Hunts Cure is manufactured espe, cially for these cases. It relieves in stantly and cures promptly. Abso- lutely guaranteed
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24
scouLD NOT KEEP UP.
la, Down. Like Many Another
 woman. with Exhausting Kid ney Troubles.

Mrs A. Taylor. of Wharton, N J.,
 .I had kidney trouble in it's 'e ss, painful and severe form, and the
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24

,hout the only way you can arouse .oan mans conscience is to catch him al 1t.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24

When a man combines business with pleasure business usually gets the short end of it.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-24

Yes. Alonzo, there are some fair singers who are not blondes.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-07
FROM WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT.


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believe
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in their wanns Fate generally
bride
property Yet she
wrehed as Unhappy
is quite possible a
But marriage
CT men and and ordinary
much better than deserve
handsomely rid
hPs appreciate the sentiment
see the undeservng 1t
However American girls will
abroad
peerrng marry on equal terms
in
through rather unwc0me spinstehOOd
independence BRADEEN
The Washington herald., 1906-12-07
FOREST INSPECTOR HEARD.
Allen Says Supervisors Must BE In
teIIigent Men.

Inspector Z. T. Allen opened an inter
esting discussion in presenting to the
Society Of American FOresters last even
ing a paper on How 10 Make Forest Re
serve Work Attractive" The meeting
was held at the home Of the president OF
the society, Clifford Pinchot. 1915 Rhode
Island avenue.
Mr.. Allen showed the Importance and
value Of the supervisors and rangers
meetings. inaugurated the past year. to
afford opportunity for exchange Of ex-
perience and a chance to learn more Of
technical and Office methods.
Mr. Allen said: The average super
visor is charged with the administration
Of 100000 acres, worth intrinsicaliy Sc
000,o00 and as a protector of public inter
ests worth many times more. He should
be not only an administrator. merchant.
and lawyer, but stockman. miner. lum-
herman, and forester, and these suggest
only few Of his technical requirements
without considering the general strength
and integrity which go with such a re-
sponsible position. I do not think il is
too much To say that I'm private business
q man actually competent TO fill it, would
be considered cheap at S5,0Q0 a year"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-07
CATHEDRAL PLANS FIXED
Episcopal Edifce to Stand on High
Ridge Near st. Albans.
To be of Fourteenth Century Gothic
StyIe-Architects Finish Confer
ence with Church officials.

Preliminary plans for the erection Of
the Washington Cathedral of SITS. Peter
and Paul on the grounds Of the Cathedral
Close at St. Albans have been completed
and the architect, G. T. Bodley, r. A.
A F.. OF London, and the consulting ar
chitect. Harry Vaughn, of Boston. have
departed for their homes Several meet
ings were held for consultation between
the architects and the cathedral trustees.
at which the views and wishes of Bishop
Satterlee and the trustees were made
known and fully discussed.
a long study was made by all con-
cerned OF the ground at St. Adams, and
it was the opinion of all that the great
structure should stand on the highest
ridge Of the tract, about midway between
the School for Girls and St Alban's
Church. 1t was thought by the architects
that there was room for the cathedral
building at that point, but the exact loca-
tion Of the building was left for future
decision.
It was determined that the cathedral
should be in the Gothic style of the four
teenth century, known as the decorative
Gothic type Of architecture. Bishop Sat
terlee hopes that 1t may be possible to
make the design public next spring
Architects Bodley and Vaughn made nu-
merOus measurements Of the ground at
81. Adams, and some sketches of the OBJ
jects upon the ground. which will be ac-
Of the cathedral when COM
pleted. The architects will produce the
design of the building. the plans being
drawn partly in London and partly in
Boston. and the work combined and sub
mitted to the trustees of the cathedral
here. While no definite plans for the
actual erection of the building have been
made as yet, II is felt that the cathedral
project has now received a substantial
impetus, and that with the completion of
the design, the work Of construction will
not be long DELAYED
The Washington herald., 1906-12-07

val warfare: but I feel that I ought TO
place on record in this connection the
conviction Of the department that the
only trustworthy safeguard for our COun-
try against injury from a hostile battle
ship is to have at least one American
battle ship ready to deal with her.
Would Not Manufacture own Plate.
The Secretary sums up a rather lengthy
discussion Of the question of the govern
ment furnishing fits own armor plate as
follows:
There are only two ways in which it
is practicable to control such a situation.
either the government must be authorized
to manufacture its own armor plate. or
it must be permitted 20 buy this abroad.
I recommend that both privileges be ac-
corded to the department. The first men,
toned of them would be. however, prob
ably Intellectual. since not only would the
cost OF establishing a government plant
greatly exceed any difference in the price
of the product which could be obtained
in single year, but the delay attendant
upon the establishment Of such a manu-
factory would be very Objectionable, and
might involve expensive complications
with the contractors building the ships on
which the armor would be used: and.
finally, experience has shown that there
are serious drawbacks 10 the permanent
operation Of a plan of this character by
the government"
Mr.. Bonaparte would commemorate in
some proper way the victories of the old
Constitution, and recommends that 50
much Of the materials Of the present ship
as can be shown to have belonged 10 the
original Constitution and 10 be also Of
some utility, or at least Of no detriment
on board a modern ship of war. be trans
ferred to a new vessel to be named the
Constitution, and that the remainder Of
the ship be broken up.
He discusses at some length the report
of the construction board with reference
to the increase Of the navy, showing that
It differs in some particulars with that
Of the general board, and says with ref
erence TO the construction of two new bat
tie ships
with respect to the two battle ships
which. with the one already authorized,
would make three equal in fighting force
to any which. so far as is known. will
be possessed by a foreign power at the
time Of their completion, I have already
said that I consider the authorization of
enc such vessel a consort to the ship
already authorized, Is clearly demanded
by the requirements Of reasonable fore
sight for the national safety under cir
now existing. l am not pre-
pared 10 say this so Unhesitatingly for
the second vessel recommended. but in
view Of the unanimous and emphatic ad-
vice Of all those IN the department most
to speak on such a subject,
and bearing the responsibility for its
proper decision, I deem 1t my duty to
counsel this further addition TO omr fnrce >,
The Washington herald., 1906-12-07
Herald Want Ads

will be received at Nelson's Pharmacy
First and G SITS. NV. and promptly for
warded to the main Office.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-07

Lynn, Mass, Dec 6.-The damage done
by the fire which started early this morn
ing in the Harvey Shoe Company factory.
in West Lynn. is estimated at between
S5OOO and 5000 Several employees who
were reported missing have not been
found.
The fire. which was not extinguished un-
til late tonight, spread over several
blocks, and. before the flames had ceased.
factories and dwellings covering more
than three acres Of territory had been de-
stroyed. The fire started by the explO-
sion of a boiler in the Harvey factory
About a dozen persons were injured by
the concussion and the fire following. and
are in a hospital here.
Several Buildings Destroyed.
The buildings destroyed were the Har-
ney shoe factory, in Alley street; Tufts &
Friedman shoe factory, West Lynn sta
ton Of the Boston and Maine Railroad.
boiler house between above two factories,
Owen box factory. II. P. Hood creamery,
grocery store owned by Maurice Burko-
witt, and several dwellings in Charles
street
The explosion occurred just before Z
O'Clock, when the employees were assem-
bling at their benches. There was a roar.
and the building. a fve-story wooden
structure. was torn apart, heavy machin-
cry dropping from floor to floor Almost
Immediately the ruins took fire.
Felt in other FaItOries,
Fortunately for those in the building. or
a majority Of them, the stairways held
for the most part, as did the fire escapes.
and 10 this fact the absence Of a large
loss Of life is due. In the other factories
near by the effect of the explosion was
felt. windows being smashed and holes
torn into the walls. The Boston and
Maine station. Immediately across the
railroad tracks, was wrecked Debris
from the Harney Building piled on the
track ten feet high and blocked all traffic
over the eastern division
The scene Of disaster was well fitted
for big fire. and the weather conditions.
a high southwest wind and hard going
were also against the firemen. The dis
triCt is the newer factory section Of the
town, and dates back 70 the great fire OF
November 26, 1889, when. because Of the
passage OF a fre-limit law, cheaper fac
tories than brick were sought for, as well
as cheaper land. The factories were built
close together, and to a very great ex-
tent filled with infiammable material.