The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-21

appearance. Shops, presided over by |
Japanese and Chinese, are less fire. |
quent and it is not long before you
are notified that the last store is a
few yards away
And to those who have not started
out provided with materials for the
refreshment of the inner man this is
the last opportunity to get Sucn as IS
kept and what will be eaten only De-
cause there is nothing else. The chi
nese proprietor evidently has few Calls
for anything more than bare neeessa-
ries; if he does he cannot answer.
Apart from a few tins of sardines from
which the oil, or most of it. had made
it's escape, some of the usual brands
of canned beef and crackers there is
nothing. You have already passed the
last saloon, where liquors are sold for
cash only, and teams are furnished as
wanted If you are out of water ana
want something with you in anticipa-
ton of a long thirst that was the place
to get it, But you will pay cash. AT
that place you viii see orange trees
growing on both sides of the road with
the yellow fruit hanging temptingiy
from the branches. If You are real
good, perhaps the proprietor will let
you shy a stone among them and BRING
them down. This is only a guess,
did not try, possibly because I had
demiiohn of water in the phaeton ana
had no occasion to stop at the place.
Next to the last house before reach
ing the flow. and less than mile from
where you bid adieu to civilization, IS
the first house built by the late Franz
Buchholtz in Kona. During his life
time he was the experimenting smaii
farmer of the country, not only in ko-
ma but in the Territory. HIS crops
were not large but they were various.
He had a. little bit of this and as much
of something else but enough OF all to
be widely quoted and the officials OF
the Republic of Hawaii would point
with pride to him and show what he
could do. He made things grow, of
that there is no question, but not In
sufficient quantity to market with any
degree of satisfaction or profit. As
| things grew the mortgages in the
hands of his friends kept pace. 1t is
in history that during one season he
grew sufficient vegetables for one mess
| of soup but this lacks confirmation.
| STORY OF BUCHHOLTz.
| Buchholtz was hospitable to degree
and as sensitive as he was hospitaple.
He was a gentleman down to the
ground and was pleased to entertain
those who sought meat and sleep un-
der his roof. One story marking the
| character of the man Will bear print
ing here. On the occasion of a visit
| by a couple of strangers one of them,
after a very good dinner was disposed
Of drew out his cigar case and offered
the host a perfecto- 1t was declined
and Buchholtz brought out a box OF
better cigars and passed them. During
the conversation which followed one OF
the tourists, the same one that woule
be generous with his smokes, said:
you're nicely situated here, Mr.
Buchholtz, now what are you going Il
tax us for the dinner. lodging ane
breakfast"
He was not speaking to an inn keep
er but to a man who would gladil
put up wayfarer for the night ant
give him something to eat and, per
haps. a noggin of drink. He neve
. would accept pay for the service ant
to be asked for a price for the accom-
modations was the one thing ina
CALLED him more than to have anyon
draw from his pocketa handful of cigar
and make an offering of them to hos
Buchholtz replied:
II will charge you nothing, my dea
: sir for you are not going to sta.
| here And then the guests for tn
} moment were shown the door. It /
said that this incident soured him NOR
than anything that had occurred an
he afterward moved away to a plac
I a mile in from the road and all u
hill AS I have said he was an experl
I mental farmer. He dabbled also Ill
!, tie in. stock, I mean live stock, and a
his death he left bunch of about Nv
Z hundred head of steers. everyone c
: them wild to a degree that made hand
e ling a matter of moment to the COW
r boys. The day L was at the plae
: there was a drive and the natives an
$ Portuguese We're busy bringing in tn
i cattle from the hills mauka OF the Tow
: er house. One of the boys about tn
e place told me that the persons ]
y charge of the estate had made des
[ with Joe Mendonca whereby he wa
to take the cattle at six dollars a hea
Q on the range and move them away.
9 part of the agreement | could not uf
y derstand. He told me Mr. Mendonc
L was to pay $500 for hundred heaf
t or less, and intimated that as les
e than a hundred had been located Q
the range he thought there would {
a scurrying among the lantana
y bring in the rest.
= THE LAST STAGE.
n At the beach, two and a half mile
:. below the place, is the landing know
: as Hoopuloa. The road is bad and
e steep as it is rocky, so the few ms
d who have rigs for hire don't care
:. use it. For horses it is right enougl
e but it is not every tourist who gos
o to the flow who cares to go horsebacl
e 1t was at this place That some OF Il
e Kinau tourists disembarked yesterda
It morning but they went the balant
of the journey in a four-horse r
merely on account of the little strete
: of bad road from the beach.
Less than a mile away Is the Ia
4 house before reaching the flow. 1t
- the last place for water and the natls
: who lives there is doing some In u
= matter of selling it. For some reaso
was not thirsty at any stage OF u
road 1 had cool water at breakfast
: the morning and did not drink aga