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The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1906-04-21
New Rubber Plantation.

Attorney James L. Coke returned
Tuesday from Honolulu, whittier he
had gone to obtain charter for the
incorporation of the Hawaiian Amer
ican Rubber Company, Ltd, which is
capitalized al $50, 100000, with the
privilege of increasing its capital to
$500, 100000.
The following persons are the in.
corporators: Hugh Howell, Harry
a. Baldwin, James L. Coke, William
Williamson, L. Barkhausen, G. D.
Lufkin and John Duggan. The shares
are $50 each, all paid up.
The company has $40 acres Of land
at Nahiku, Maui, and contemplates
taking in some that has been drop
ped by the homesteaders in that
vicinity. Much of the land adjoins
that of the Nahiku Company, but il
is all below the government road, al
an elevation of less than 900 feet.
The incorporators have taken over q
number of individual holdings and
now have 1000 trees growing. They
range from seedlings to a height oI
twenty feet and 1000 are year old
They have been storing seeds unit
now they have 40, 900 already sprout.
ed. II is believed that for rapid
growth the trees on the lower eleva.
ton, where the lands of this new
company are located, have advan.
tages over the upper lands. OF the
land under the control of the com.
pany 220 acres are cleared ready for
the new trees and several thousand
holes are dug. 1t is expected thai
by January next there will be 150,
600 trees in the ground
Thielen and Williamson, who have
financed the proposition, have already
ordered 240. 900 seeds OF the Hevea
and Ceara trees, varieties that have
been highly recomn ended by rubber
experts for the soil in this Territory
Mr.. Williamson of the firm spent two
weeks IN the district and investigate
fl ON all the viewpoints and when ht
left for Honolulu he was satisfied tha
the industry would be success. HI
says he believes there is land 10 somt
of the gulches on Hawaii that vii
produce the finest grade of rubber
with proper attention.
The prospectus of the Hawaiian
AmericGn Co. will be issued at once
aud Mr.. Howell says the stock wi
all be taken up within thirty days.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1906-04-21
AN INDIGNANT PEOPLE

The people all over the island
of Maui are indignant at the
treatment received from the
wi reless people during the last
few days.
Messages were made public in
Lahaina that were denied by the
operator to the rest of the peo-
pie, even after the superintend-
ent of the telephone system
urged the operator to let the
people know the latest news.
This has been a time of un-
precedented anxiety to all and
they feel that they should have
been favored with all the news
received from the Coast, except
strictly private messages.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1906-04-21
NOTARIES PUBLIC.

The perhaps natural but rather
unexpected result of our last ad
was tremendous, unprecedented
rush for those shoes from the great
est e-factory in the world.
Men, women and children stood
in line awaiting their turn to be
served. A crush ensued, but for
tunately no lives were lost.
1t is no trick at all to sell those
shoes. They sell themselves. Come
and look at them, and you will see
why.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1906-04-21

interest all who have the welfare
of Hawaii at heart.
Mr.. Cole, from IL Committee on
the Territ ories, submitted the fol-
lowing report:
The Committee on the Territor-
les to whom was referred the bill
(H. R. 14015) to establish a fund
for public works in the Territory
of Hawaii, having had the same
under consideration report it back
to the House with the recommend
alton that it do pass amended as
follows:
In line 5 strike out twenty and
insert "five."
In making this recommendation
your committee bases its action on
broad grounds of national policy.
When the exigencies of the
Spanish-American war gave us the
sovereignty of the Philippines and
Porto Rico, public sentiment was
reflected by legislation of Congress,
which provided that no revenues
should be collected from either of
those possessions, except to be re-
turned to their own treasures.
In the case of Porto Rico, where
it is expected that American SOW
ereignty will be permanent, Con-
gress has both given to ii absolute
free entry of all its products to our
markets, and also further provides
that all customs dues on foreign
imports be paid into the Porto
Rican treasury direct, the expendi-
ture of those funds being left Who'll
ly to the government of Porto Rico.
The amount of such customs rev.
enues in Porto Rico IN the last
fiscal year was $723.793.63.
This action of Congress toward
Porto Rico substantially recognized
the principle that fiscal regulations
designed for mainland States, are
not adapted to insular territories
over seas. Such insular territories
are not part of the commercial body
of the mainland, with the currents
of commerce and money circulating
through them; instead, they are
detached units with a definite
amount of circulating medium with
in each. To constantly take rev.
enues from such a detached terri
tory without some systematic re-
turn of the same can not but re-
suit injury 10 it.
In the case of Hawaii, we took
over an established government
which had been a separate sover-
eighty for three-quarters of a CEN
tury. During that time Hawaii had
built up its own fiscal system, with
its customs receipts furnishing
more than one-third the entire gov
ernmental expenditures. 1t was
claimed on behalf of Hawaii, when
its organic act was before Congress,
that all those revenues should be
returned to the Territory for its
use, and it was predicted that their
loss would seriously embarrass the
local government. For five years
the Territory has tried the present
system, with increasing difficulty.
A total of $S,502, 146 in local
taxation has been raised by taxes
on land, personality, income tax,
Continued on page 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
PHILADELPHIANs HEARD.
Survey for 35-Foot Channel in Della
ware Wanted

Representatives of the leading Philadel-
phia commercial organizations were given
a hearing yesterday by the House river and
harbor committee on the resolution pending
in the House to obtain a survey for a
thirty-five foot channel in the Delaware
river at Philadelphia
The hearing opened with a statement by
Chairman Burton of the House committee
concerning the attack which has been made
on the committee in Philadelphia for its
failure to grant the survey. He pointed to
many statements which have been used In
the attack, and said they were untrue He
especially emphasized the falslty of the
statement that New York had forty-flye-
foot channel and has been favored unfairly
by the committee.
Joel Clark. chairman of the joint commit
tee named by the Philadelphia board of
trade and other commercial bodies to an
pear before the committee. assured Chair
man Burton that such statements were not
Inspired by any official source In Phiiadel-
phia, and expressed regret that any at
tempt had been made to show any rivalry
between New York and Philadelphia con-
eerndng channel improvements.
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UNDERGROUND WATERS.
Government Project for Retaining
Land in Kansas.

Considerable interest is being taken in the
Investigations which the reclamation serE-
ice is making of the feasibility of develop
ing the underground waters of several por-
lions of the great plains area. 1t is recog-
nized if the Garden City project in Kansas
is success that private capital will i'm
mediately take up the work in other sec
tons. There are many people in the east,
especially in the New England states, who
are deeply concerned in this work.
During the days of the 'lain-belter' Il
great wave of immigration swept over vast
areas of western Kansas and Nebraska.
For year or two rainfall was abundant
and prodigious crops were grown Eastern
ers, allured by the high rates of interest,
invested their savings in mortgages on
these farms. A cycle of dry years came,
the settlers vanished and the mortgages
We're foreclosed. A considerable amount
England school teachers, merchants and
farmers, and their interest in proposition
of reclamation is obvious.
A large part of the great plains area is
underlaid with a thick stratum of water
bearing gravel. The Investigations of the
government show that the water supply is
enormous and If 1t be Cheaply lifted
into distributing bitches will insure the re-
clamation of many thousands of acres OF
land of exceptional fertility.
The government project in Kansas is a
small one only 5000 acres. but upon it's
successful operation may depend the future
development of an area equal to several
eastern states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
ENHANCING THEIR PROGRAM.
Alexandrians to Have Elaborate Cele-
hration February %.

.. In furtherance of their plan to make the
celebration Of George Washington's birth
day anniversary this year an exceptionally
notable event, committee of the George
Washington's Birthday Association of AL
exandria, Va, spent several hours yester-
day in the capital, extending invitations to
men prominent in the nations and in the
city's affairs. The committee included A D.
Brockett, president of the association; j.
Y Williams, secretary; J. H Trimyer, vice
president; F. j. Paff, mayor of Alexandria,
and eX-Mayor e. E. Downham.
AT the White House the committee in
vited President Roosevelt to be present at
the celebration, but reported after an inter
view that the chief executive had stated
that 1t would be impossible for him to par
ticipate this year From Vice President
Fairbanks the members stated they had Sc
cured tentative promise to be present, and
personal invitations were extended to and
accepted by each of the three. Commission
ers of the District
Vice President Trimyer of the associa-
ton said that the Navy Department had
consented to allow the Marine Band to
participate and that the War Department
had agreed to permit detachments of cav
airy and artillery from Fort Myer and
other army posts along the Potomac to at
tend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13

me by the hand and went over to the mus
tering officer and asked him to muster me
into service. The reply to the President
was that it would be against the rules and
regulations The President said: He has
the qualifications; his father is willing. l
think you might muster this little patriot
Gen. Mcdowell was then getting tmpa-
tient. He turned sharply to the President
and said quickly: Sir. it is against the
rules and regulations 1t was said in such
sharp tones that everybody noticed 1t, as
there were hundreds of people assembled
there to see the boys mustered into service
PRESIDENT Lincoln was standing alongside
one of the tall oaks on the lawn, his tall
frame began to grow taller, and, raising
MS hnger and pointing it at Gen. Mcdowell.
ne said: Then, sir, as President of the
United States and ommander-in-chief of
the army order you to muster this young
patriot into the army!
Now, comrades, want to say in conclu-
sion, that this discharge shows the young
est soldier regularly mustered into service
and discharged during the rebellion 1t
speaks for itself. Show me one younger
ana on goes my cap to him. thank you
for your attention"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
REPUBLICAN CLUB LEAGUE.
Plans for Banquet and for Representa-
. ton at Philadelphia Celebration.

A meeting of the executive committee or
the League of Republican State Clubs was
held Thursday evening in the Columbian
building with Mr.. VIM. C. Conner of New
York in the chair, and Mr.. Gus A. Schuldt
serving as secretary. Plans were initiated
for banquet April u. 1t was voted that
the banquet should follow closely the lines
of the jollif1cation banquet which was given
by the league last year.
A banquet committee was appointed as
follows: VIM l. Symons of Ohio, Milo
Shanks of Kentucky and Middleton Smith
of New York
A call was read from J. Hampton Moore
of Philadelphia, president of the National
Republican League, relative to the golden
jubilee celebration" of the republican party,
which will be held in Philadelphia June IT,
IS and 10. 1906, and it was decided that
delegation should be sent to the celebration
to represent the Washington League of Re-
publican State Clubs.
This celebration is to commemorate the
first national convention Of the republican
party, which was held in Musical Fund
Hall, Philadelphia, June II, IS and 10, 1856
The National Republican League will hold
it's convention in Philadelphia at the same
time, and it is expected the dual event Will
attract thousands of republicans from all
parts of the country. The Philadelphians
are making elaborate preparations for the
affair, and President Roosevelt and many
other prominent republicans have been in
vited to address the convention and cele-
bration.
A committee, consisting of Messrs. Henry
NJ. Camp of Connecticut, J. William DE
Grange of West Virginia and Secretary Gus
A Schuldt, was appointed to revise the by
laws of the league.
The officers and executive committee of
the league are as follows: Vim. c. Connors,
president, and Gus. A. Schuldt secretary;
executive committee, William c. Common,
Middleton Smith. New York; Williams &.
Fox. E. A NJ. Lawson, New Jersey; Phil.
E. Winter Charles Z. Thatcher Nebraska;
VIM. H Smith, Will A. Morris, Missouri;
Maj. Fred II. Braggin, William II. Sy-
monds, Ohio; Capt. L. NJ. Kelley, r. Stone
Jackson, Illinois: Jackson Morris. MILO
Shanks, Kentucky; c. NJ. Shinn, ]. William
De Grange, West Virginia; A E. Cowles,
F. s. Becker, Wisconsin; Henry NJ. Camp.
Connecticut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
FRATERNAL SONS OF JoNADAB.
Enthusiastic Meeting of Washington
Council, No. 1.

Washington Council, No. 1, Fraternal
Sons of Jonadab, met in regular session
Thursday night in the auditorium of the
building 90 Pennsylvania avenue north
west. and after business of routine char
acter had been disposed of, Worthy Chief
J. Feelon LIE Barnes, who occupied the
chair as presiding officer of the organiza-
ton for the first time, made very inter
esting speech in which he outlined the pro-
gram which the council would follow dur
ing his incumbency worthy chief of the
order
The initiatory degree was conferred on
Mr.. J. J. Harmon of Baltimore, Nd, after
which the good of the order" exercises
were commenced by the serving of hot cof-
fee and sandwiches by committee con-
slsting of VIM. J. Harris, John r. Davis
and Conrad Peters, followed by interesting
practical temperance talks by many of
those In attendance, including T. J. lie
Barnes, Sam DeNedrey, Thomas J. Clark,
John P Keller, William A. Hickey. A. +.
MeCabe, Charles F. Wright. Clifton e. Har-
rIson, r. W. N. Schultz. William Reese
Mitchell. Thos. f. Haulon, e. M. Gilen-
ham, B. B. French Harris, Charles NJ.
Lewis Albert B. Scrivener. Conrad Peters,
e. T. Sanders. w. ]. Harris. Geo. E. Bellerr,
Capt. John Shaw, j. ]. Hannah of Balu-
more, Md: r. E. O'Brien, j. Bernard
Cromwell. John r. Davis. Francis j. Fear
son, John l.. Alvey.
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w EST EN- D CITIZEN s
ORGANIZATION FORMED AT ST.
DAVID's PARISH HALL.

Responding to the call Of Mr.. Greed NJ.
Fulton, about fifty citizens of West WASH
1ngton assembled last night in st. David 8
Parish Hall on the Conduit road and
formed the West Washington Citizens AS
ISOLATION. 1t was stated that the purpose
of the organization is to look after the in
terests of the suburban region beyond the
limits of the territory covered by the
Georgetown association. The new organi-
cation will cover the section from the west
limits of Georgetown to the District line,
and from the river north to Wesley
Heights.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, Greed NJ. Fulton: secretary, Charles
R. Morris; treasurer, Joseph Shierrier.
A committee appointed to draft
rules, and was directed to report at the
next meeting of the association on Janu-
airy %. This committee consists of Messrs.
Joseph Sherrier, chairman, Charles A.
Baker, ]. F. Green, James l.. Carberry and
ID. T. Bounds. representing the different
sections of territory covered by the assoc
citation.
Objects Of Organization.
President Creed NJ. Fulton In a forcibls
address fully outlined the objects the as
ISOLATION wished to attain. These. he said,
were items which the members as indy
iduaIs had long striven for. One OF the re-
forms desired was better car service. From
November l to May /, he said, the citizens
in the territory covered by the new assoc
citation have hut one car every hour In the
middle of the day and after $50 o'clock
pm. The association will endeavor to have
arranged a half-hour service throughout
the day.
Another important matter called attention
to by Mr.. Fulton was the present made
quate fire protection. The citizens have
asked for q chemical engine, as the nearest
fire company now Is at 32d and NJ streets.
Still another important matter is the lack
of lights along the Conduit and Ridge roads.
The citizens desire that some sort of lights
be placed along these roadways. be they
naphtha, kerosine or electric.
Mr.. Fulton added that the citizens In the
western suburbs have all paid heavy taxes
never expended a single penny in improv-
ing that locality; that all the money had
gone to other sections of the District.
Several members of the new citizens as
ISOLATION spoke along the same lines ana
complained of other matters, including the
crowdng of the rear platforms of cars, eX-
pectorating in cars and the danger of dis
ease resulting therefrom, and the hlthy con-
dition of the cars.
Mr.. J. F. Green, a member of the official
board of the new NJ. E. Church, corner Of
W street and Conduit road, rendered the
use of the church edifice for future meetings
of the West Washington Citizens Associa-
ton. Mr.. Charles r. Morris, the secretary,
was instructed to officially thank the pas
tor of the church for his generous tender.
Future meetings of the association VIII
be held in the church, 1t was announced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
RECLAMATION SERVICE


The work of the reclamation service of
the government was briefly outlined before
the National Geographic Society last night
by c. ]. Blanchard Of the geological sur
vey. Mr.. Bianchard's talk was illustrated
by more than 100 lantern slides showing
some Of the great works completed and In
process OF construction. 1t was q revela-
ton to those who scarcely know what the
reclamation service is.
Mr. Blanchard said that since the reclaim
alton act was passed in 1902 the service has
outlined twenty -four irrigation projects, all
OF which have been approved by the Secre-
tary of the Interior. Work has actually
begun on thirteen of them, and one has
been completed. The speed OF the work
and the eagerness with which 1t has been
taken up by the people benefited has been
a surprise even to the officers of the serv-
Ice themselves. In the snort time the act
has been in operation the service has built
seventy-seven miles of main canals and 1856
miles of secondary bitches. 1t has in oper-
alton lbs miles of telephone and $50 miles
or road, much of it in deep cuts through
difhcult canon country where there were
not even trails before. IT has excavated
100000 cubic yards of earth and built
three and a half miles of tunnel.
History of the Work.
The work of irrigation In this country
way for only about twenty-five years. In
that time a crop-producting area of TO-
100000 acres, equal to the area of Massa-
chusetts, has been added to the country
The irrigation work already done repre-
sents an outlay of 500, 000, 900, and the crops
raised on the irrigated land reach an an
nual value of $50 000, 900 and furnish homes
for 100000 people. There is about So,
100000 acres available for reclamation in
the great American desert, and when this is
put under ditch it will be the richest farm
ing land in the world.
The average cost per acre of the reclama-
ton will be about $780, SO thatethe winning
back to this desert will cost approximately
81, 500 0O0, 600, or seven times the cost of the
Panama canal. The average value of the
ls~d reclaimed is about SAT per acre, and in
addition to adding that much to the taxable
wealth of the United States it will furnish
homes for 100000 additional families
After the lecture the following were
elected to the board of managers: O.. P.
Austin, Charles ]. Bell, T. c. Chamberlain,
George Davidson, John Joy Edison. David
G. Fairchild. A. ]. Henry and c. Hart
Merriam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
PHASE OF PURE FOOD LAW.
Personalities in Cider Under Discus
sion.

A committee representing the Wholesale
Grocers' Association app eared before the
Commissioners yesterday afternoon at a
hearing with reference to a phase of the
pure food Jaw. Personalities I'm cider was
the particular subject under discussion, and
Messrs. Hume, Shea and Kelly, spokesman
for the committee, declared that 1t was a
physical impossibility to prevent cider from
turning to vinegar without the addition of
benzoic of soda, or some similar ingredient
Benzoic of soda, they stated. is absolutely
harmless.
1t seems that several retail grocers have
recently been called into the Police Court
to answer for violations of the pure food
law, particularly for selling cider contain
ing this preservauve. and the wish of the
wholesalers, expressed at the hearing, was
to have such prosecutions cease until ar
engagements can be made for complying
with that section of the statute which
makes It obligatory that the name or ma
ture of any preservative used in food
product shall be indicated on the label of
the package.