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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-09
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Shortly after, the Government pro-
ceeded to sell much of it's land at pri-
vatate sale at low prices, the same be-
ing selected and surveyed at the option
of the purchaser, who of course, knew
enough to select the CREAM"
Surveyors We're imperatively needed
to survey the lands awarded to the
native tenants as we'll as the tracts
sold by the Government and to meet
this demand numerous surveyors came
forward
Some Of these were competent and
conscientious, but many were happy
go-lucky, and careless of the first re-
quirements of a survey, and not infre-
quently their grotesque errors and i'm
possible descriptions amounted almost
to a display of genius.
1t may serve to illustrate some of the
old methods of surveying, to cite the
case of one, who, by the way, had been
an old surveyor of public lands in the
United States, and who, when con-
fronted with the dense jungles of Ha-
wall, was accustomed to send an as
sistant far ahead out of sight and
nearly out of hearing, and then sight
his instrument as best he might at the
assistants "yelr borne family on the
breeze, after which two chainmen by
any route that they fould easiest, would
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-09
THE WORKOFT THE
SURVEY OFFICE

INTERESTING SKETCH AND GROWTH OF THE
SURVEY DEPARTMENT HAWAII WRITTEN FOR THE COVER
NoRs REPORT SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE
WORK IS DOING
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-09
HonoluIu, Z. H., Aug. an. 19n6.

1lOiOluluy L. Ia aug, 9tn, l9O6.
Sir:-At your request, 1 have the
honor to submit the following brief
statements about the Survey Depart
ment.
In 1871, the humble beginning of the
Government Survey was made, the
force, including the head of the Survey.
consisting Of two men, two boys, and
few native laborers.
The conditions under which this force
began its work We're as follows:
A great division of lands had been
made and a new tenure established in
lS4S. Space will not permit details of
this transaction, other than the state
ment that the lands of the Islands were
apportioned approximately as follows:
To the Government. / ,495, 900 acres.
To the Crown. $4,000 acres.
To the Chiefs. $3.50 acres.
To the Native Tenants $4,000 acres.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-09

The following is a statement about
the Survey Department written for the
report of the Governor Of the Territory
Of Hawaii to the Secretary of the IN
terror for the year ending June goth,
1906:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-09

Fine Job Printing. Star ONCE. =.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27

Suddenly the cell door opened, the
chief inspector entered, said a few
words to the guard, and she was led
through number of poorly lit corri-
dors and into a small room, where an
oil lamp was feebly fiickering Listen
attentively and you will understand" +"
said the guard, rudelE, as he left the
room and bolted the door
A deathly silence reigned in the
room. She tried to catch the least
motion, to discern the least token of
life, but all was still as the grave
Suddenly she heard some voices in the
adjacent room, and through the thin
partition she could distinctly hear all
that was spoken there. She felt her
heart sink within her. as among many
other voices she recognized her broth
er's voice. Then there was sound of
heavy blow, a thud from the falling
of a human body, and her brothers
outcry
Her heart was beating fast. She un-
derstood that she was alongside of the
torture chamber, where her brother
was brought in to be tortured, and
that she was put there in order to be
tortured by the pangs and sufferings of
her dearly beloved brother.
Then fell in quick succession a num-
Der of heavy blows, followed by his
desperate outcries. The pain must
have been unbearable-he seemed to
be gasping for breath. His tormentors
did not stop, however, but continued
beating him for a long time, The
blows fell thick and heavy, and bis
outcries turned into desperate screams,
into wild. heartbreaking sounds of one
losing his reason under the influence
of terribly uncomfortable inhuman pain.
And the poor girl had to hear it all, to
feel his terrible pain and TO know that
she is powerless to stay the hands of
his tormentors
And that night behind the thin par
tition she suffered much more than if
she had been on the rack herself This
mental anguish of the young girl Roth
kopf was well calculated. The hang
man knew that it would affect her
more than physical suffering. She
wished for death rather than to wit
ness the suffering of her darling broth
er. She moaned and groaned, paced
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27

widely up and down the cell, tried to
break into the room where she heard
her brother suffer; but it was all in
vain.
Finally the cries ceased. We're the
hangmen tired or was her brother
dead? Her heart full of anguish, she
pressed her ear against the partition
in an effort to catch the least sound of
/ his voice. At that moment one of the
executioners entered the room and she
began begging him to tell her what
/ became of her brother Was he alive.
Why was he tortured? What for? But
it was in vain to expect human feeling
in hangman. Could the suffering OF
a young girl touch his heart? To her
beseeching he replied rudely, laugh
ing: "If you will not inform us all
about your brother and the rest OF
your friends the same will be done to
you. Then you will find out what
became of him and whether he is still
alive"
He then ordered her to follow him
and she was led back into her former
cell, where she was left to pass the
night on the bare floor. But she did
/ not close her eyes the whole night In
dull stupor, thoughtless, motionless
she sat in a corner till morning.
GUARD IS RELENTLESS
The guard was all the time within
never for a moment leaving her. In
the morning some black bread and
water was brought to her: no other
food through the whole day But she
could not touch mouthful AS soon
/ into the room where she was the pre-
vious night and again she had to live
through the same horrors of the past
night. For several hours she heard
almost continuously the. screams and
sobs of her brother. These sobs rent
the poor girls soul. After her brothers
cries she heard others; she heard the
sobs of another man and instinctively
recognized the voice of a dear friend
a man whom she knew well and who
was very near to her. That was the
second night.
The third night she was again
brought to listen to the sobs of the tor
tured; but that night she remembers
as horrible nightmare, which she
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27
Innocent Girls
Suffer Great
Torture

case the intermissiOn gave the bruised
body chance to swell, and conse-
quently became more sensitive to pain.
Besides, Spiridonova's tormentors,
working without a respite, got tired
out, and their blows could not be so
powerful. but the girl Rothkopf was
tortured on four separate nights, and
the executiOners had a chance TO be-
gin every time with fresh energy.
The third night she was again taken
into the torture room. as she stubborn
ly refused to calumniate anybody. And
she was beaten as on the previous
nights Then Green bethOught himself
of new ways of torture and ordered
the eleven men to surround the pros
trate girl and beat her over the ab
domen. The blows then Tained fast.
but not very hard on the abdomen eX-
clusively. This Immediately caused
her to vOmit The vomiting became
very frequent and spasmOdic. She
could not catch her breath because of
the retching. She was so weak that
she could not turn her head her body
ached and burned like fire; the pain
was so keen that death would have
been much more welcome And the
vomiting would not stop. 1t seemed
to her that all her inside was on fire
and she longed for death.
And the executioners continued
beating, exhorting her TO confess.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27
BLOOD srAlNs SHIRT

The blows caused blood to ooze out
through the skin in some places, and
her skirt was stained with it. Some
of her teeth were knocked. out by
blows over the face, and tufts of hair
we're pulled out by blows on the head,
causing indescribable pain
That lasted the whole night long.
The painfulness of these tortures far
exceeded those to which Maria Spiri-
donova was subjected. The latter was
tortured by two men only, while here
twelve of them were at work Spiri-
donova was tortured at one stretch,
without intervals, while in this girls
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27

And in answer to that came the
command of the officer: Give it to
her, boys; give it to her."
And they resumed their diabolic
work
In moments when the pain was ter
rible she would scream aloud. At
times she would bite the edge of the
wooden table. pressing her teeth hard
together in the effort not to cry out
The pains were awful. The execu-
TONERS had turned into cruel beasts,
as if they were wild animals instead
of human beings possessing heart and
soul.
That night she was beaten till dawn,
with Interruptions, as she tainted fire.
quently. Every time she regained con-
sciousness the same question was put
to her by the officer-whether she was
willing to confess-and every time that
he got her negative answer he became
more furious.
At dawn she was carried into her
cell and dropped on the floor in
semiconscious condition. During the
day she regained consciousness. Ev-
cry part of her body ached, she could
not bend her joints. The bruised parts
became pitifully swollen. the red and
blue marks began to tester, making
the slightest motion very painful.
The next night she was again car
ried into the torture room and
stretched out on the table. The execu-
TONERS were already at their posts
awaiting their victim The subordi-
nate officer Ivanoff repeated the ques-
ton, and getting no ordered
his men to strike her, exclaiming in
his rage that he would make that ob-
stinate girl confess all.
Then Green gave orders to pinch her
naked body in the confused spots.
which was especially painful because
of the fostering and swelling.
She could not stand the pain any
longer, and her wild cries filled the
room. The unbearable agony seemed
to rob her of her senses. Other execu-
TONERS were in the meanwhile striking
her with their canes over her head,
her abdomen, over the fingers and
legs
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27
III IN A sOLITARY CELL

She was put in solitary cell in a
secret apartment of the Warsaw cita-
del A sentinel was placed within
the cell was bare, with the exception
OF a stool and small table There
was no bed. The bare stone floor was
meant for a sleeping place. The sud
den transition from the cheerful COM
pany Of friends into the severe and
gloomy surroundings of the dungeon
stunned the girl She comprehended
nothing for quite a while. She sat in
a corner of the cell lost in thought.
From this condition she was suddenly
awakened by the Indifferent voice of
the sentinel: Wake up, You viii
soon be taken TO be tortured
She was thunderstruck by the words.
She had heard before that people were
tortured here. but she did not believe
Il; she did not want to believe it. and
considered the rumOrs as imaginary
fears. But these words we're real; 4;
they were spoken so matter-of-factly
that they left no room to doubt their
true meaning. She started TO run up
and down the cell like a frightened
Gagged animal; tormenting questions
burned her brain: Is it true, then?
The rack does exist, and she viii soon
be tortured, What for? Where is
justice? Where is right? The poor
girl was tormented by the cruel un-
certainty, by this expectation of some
thing awful which she was TO expert
ence on herself.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27

from persons connected with the Gov
ernment itself.
Here are the facts in the case: A
young man named Rottkopf, a citizen of
Riga, went to visit a friend who lived.
as most Russians live in the larger
cities, in an apartment house contain
ing a number of families. Now, most
unfortunately for Rottkopf, just before
his visit a bomb had been found by the
police secreted in one of the fats
Suspicion pointed to Rottkopf's friend
He was promptly arrested, and as a
friend of the suspected man Rottkopf
was arrested also.
Now, Rottkopf had a sister, a young
girl-Of IS. She, you must remember,
had committed no crime. No such
charge was brought against her, but
she was a sister Of a friend of a
suspected man, and that was enough
for the police. The very evening of
her brothers arrest she went out to
drink tea with some friends in com
pany with her younger brother. The
police descended upon the house and
she was arrested without even a
chance to change her evening clothes
OF to take linen along. She had com
mitted no crime; she did not even
know why she was imprisoned or of
what crime the Jealous police suspect
ed her
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27

I could not distinguish from reality. She
did not hear her brothers cries any
more; others of her friends were being
| tortured She felt that she was losing
| her reason and she wished for DEATH
The fourth night she was again
/ brought into this room. The chief ex-
ecutioner, organizer and director of
! these tortures, Green*, came in and
proposed that she inform him about
her brother and confess all her own
crimes
4 But what crimes? She has done
nothing criminal; she is still so
young; she knows nothing criminal
either of her brother or her other
friends. What could she confess?
Upon getting her negative answer
/ she was led into the adjacent room,
from which those screams came forth
the preceding nights. 1t was small
room with two windows In the CEN
| ter stood a table; on it were wooden
and rubber canes. There were gem
darme officer Ivanoff and ten secret
police agents. Many held canes in
their hands. The girl was seized
and put fiat on the table, face down,
four of the detectives grabbed hold of
4 her hands and feet, and the others that
we're armed with canes began to beat
her at the command of Officer Ivanoff.
The blows fell heavily, striking her
/ over the head, back and legs.
LOOKED LIKE A CORPSE
She was beaten till she nearly lost
consciousness, but not sound escaped
her. Getting tired in their monstrous
work, the executioners stopped when
she became motionless. She looked
/ like a corpse with eyes closed, lips
pressed tightly together, not muscle
moving. Nothing betrayed signs of
life. She was in deep faint.
The chief tormentor, Green, ordered
some cold water to be sprinkled on
her, and she began to come to. She
was then given glass of cold water
and told to confess and tell about her
brother.
"But, for the sake of Christ, what
shall / confess? l have done nothing
criminal. / am not guilty of anything"
feebly answered the girl.
"a direct translation Of the Russian name.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27
Exile Tells of Lniquities of Russian Government
BbaH4 OF Spanish hq42n Chief Weapon Combat Rising Revolution

w WLADH2FF the q" that haze stained his
he
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-12
How The National Forests Serve
The Public.

"The Use of the National Forests, I"
a publication just printed by the
Department Of Agriculture, is a
brief, clear manual for public in
formation as to the forest policy of
the National Government.
1t is too true, as the short preface
to the public says, that "many peo-
pie do not know what National
Forests are. Others may have heard
much about them, but have no idea
of their true purpose and use." 1t
is the object of this publication to
explain just what the National
Forests mean, what they are for,
and how to use them.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-12
Bids for Delivering Freight
Wanted.

The Banner Mining and Milling Co.,
arranging to construct a mill on Long
Gulch, one mile west of Silver City, in
vite bids from freighters for delivering
machinery, lumber and supplies from
Murphy.
Bidders will please give prices for de-
livery of machinery and supplies by the
hundred pounds and of lumber by the
thousand feet, all to be delivered at the
site for the proposed mill on Long
Gulch, except portion of the lumber
to be used for the construction of a
boarding house, which must be deliver
ed near the mine tunnel, on Coffee
Gulch. Address bids to Peter Steele,
Manager, Silver City, Idaho.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-12
In the first place. Il Is explained

In the first place, it is explained
how the forests are created and how
their boundaries are drawn. Next,
their direct use and value are shown
from the point Of view of the home
seeker, the prospector and miner,
the user of timber. the user of the
range, the user Of water, and other
users of forest resources. Third it
is shown how the forests are intend
ed for use, for the production Of
disable products, and for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of homes;
how on all of them the tim Der is
protected from fire, the water flow
is kept steady, the forage on the
range is increased and guarded
from abuse; and how, in addition.
they serve as great public play
grounds and as breeding places and
refugees for game. Finally, the Ma
tional Forests is described.
Here it is that the great useful
ness Of the forests is brought out
most clearly and strikingly; for the
forests are managed by the people
in their own interests, and every
means is used to meet the desires
and wants OF all forest users half
way by dealing with them in the
main directly on the ground and
in all cases with the utmost prac-
ticable dispatch and freedom from
red tape.
In word, the special interest of
this manual lies in its showing that
the forest policy of the government,
both in principle and in practice, is
for the benefit of the ordinary man,
for the benefit of every citizen
equally. There is still tendency
to think of the National Forests as
preserves" closed to use, and to
leave the public lands exposed to
unregulated individual exploita-
ton. Where these misappieheu-
sions still prevail 1.-The Use of the
National Forests" will go far to
correct them.
The book is written by Mr.. Fred
erick E. Olmstead, whose intimate
knowledge of conditions in the
West and the policy under which
the National Forests are managed |
Its him to deal with the
subject.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-12
What New Institution is Doing.

A brief visit to the State In
dustrial and Training school, sit
uated a mile west DIST. Anthony,
disclosed a commendable and in
teresting state OF affairs at that
institution. Through the courte-
sy of Superintendent j. T.
HUMPHREYS the writer visited all
parts OF the two main buildings
and looked over the grounds.
The state has here 200 acres of
sub-irrigated land in a body, all
in cultivation, all devoted to the
interests OF this worthy institu-
ton. There are 10 acres garden
truck, eight acres in potatoes, a
considerable area in fruit trees,
ornamental and shade trees; and
the greater part is in pasture,
grasses and grain. The two main
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-12
Souvenir Chinaware aud hand paint
ed chinaware in beautiful designs and
great variety at Rowett's Jewelry Store.
CHURCH SERVICES.

Services will be held at the following
places during the summer on the first
and third Sundays of each month and
the two previous evenings: Black Jack
Friday evening; Dewey, Saturday eve
ming Silver City, Sunday, l., a. M, De-
Lamar, Sunday, 7:30 p. m.
GEO. P. PEMBERToN Pastor
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-12
A Paving Mining Investment.

The Republican, of Logan.
Utah, in an item states that a
certain gentleman was induced O.
number Of years ago to buy 100
shares OF Ontario stock, OF Park
City, Utah, for $50.
For a period of eleven years
this investor received $50 a
month in dividends on this stock,
with an extra dividend of $50
every Christmas, when he sold
his hundred shares for $6, 200.
1t is interesting to- follow up
this transaction so as to be able
to determine il the gentleman re-
ferred to made a really good in
vestment. For eleven years he
received $500 a year on a $50
Investment, or a total of So, 800.
to which must be added the YEAR
ly Christmas dividend OF $50,
amounting to$55O, which makes
a grand total of 81, $50 received
in dividends in eleven years.
Then the stock was sold at 500
a share, or Sc, 200, which, added
to the sum received in dividends,
amounts to the grand total of
$13. $50, and all because the in
vestor took a $50-fyer.
OF course the gentleman refer
red to took a chance when he
purchased 100 shares of Ontario
stock at $50. There is no doubt
but that some of his friends dub
bed him as a fool when he made
the purchase; and these friends,
what OF them? No one, as vet,
has ever heard of them taking
down any "velvet" money in the
shape of dividends, because they
were afraid to take a chance.
They wanted a sure thing, not
being aware that nothing is sure
in this world but death and taxes.
The occurrence referred to cul-
minated several years ago, but,
"history repeats ITSELF" and to-
day we ere able to point to hun
dreds of similar instances and to
scores of men who have taken the
chance, only upon a much larger
scale, and these men are now
looked upon as millionaires.
We believe that the $5O-invest-
ment was good one; we know
that the investor does. He had
but little at stake, but his gain
was great, and similar oppor-
tunities are being offered every
day in every mining state in the
west. This was a paying invest
ment, and,-there are Others
Salt Lake Mining Review.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-12

/ buildings, each ofstone and brick,
and three stories high, are desig-
mated as the administration
building and the boys cottage.
The former contains the Office,
library, dining rooms and girls
dormitory; the latter is used for
boys dormitory, school rooms,
shops and other purposes.
A girls cottage is to be erected
and the foundation walls for it
are being built, still another
building is also planned to meet
the growing needs of the schools
which at this time contains 50
boys and % girls. AS is doubt
less generally known, these in
mates are received by the state
between the ages of s and II
years and discharged at 81, I'M
less sooner paroled.
Practically all the work on the
farm, in the garden and orchard
is done by the boys who are com
mitted here; and the girls do the
cooking, laundry work, sewing
and other work. There is a tai
lor shop and machine shops for
the boys and "a barn for the care
OF the COWS and horses. All this
work, of whatever kind, is per-
formed under direction of in
structors. The idea is to train
the boys and girls in useful occu-
pations and instill habits of at
tentiveness and industry. The
school feature continues the year
round, attendance of four hours
per day being required. In this
the common branches are taught.
While the students are not per-
mitted to leave the premises,
much freedom is allowed on the
grounds. There is a play room
for the boys and for the girls. In
the chapel Sunday school is held
Sunday mornings and pastors
from various churches in turn
talk to the pupils.
AS a rule one sees here an ordi-
nary bright lot Of boys and girls
going about their work with an
air of willingness and interest in
what they are doing. Evidently
in the majority of cases these
young incorrigibles soon yield to
training and kind but firm treat
ment.
While these inmates are commit
ted to this institution by the courts,
they find it training school, the
purpose of which is to bring out the
best there is in them and return
them to the state we'll prepared to
play a creditable part as citizens.
The discipline in the school appears
to be excellent and Superintendent
HUMPHREYS is certainly well quail
fed to manage school of this
character.-Boise Statesman.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-12

Ice Cream, the best you ever ate, to
be had every Sunday at Daily Bros. Ice
Cream Parlors.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-12
Soft drinks, all kinds, DAILY Bros.

Black Silk Liquid Stove Polish and a
new supply of National Cook Stoves
just arrived at Philips.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-12

Screendoors, Building, Roofing and
Carpet paper at Philips.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-12

Paints, oils, varnishes, brushes, Jap
a-Lac and Liquid Veneer at Philipp's.