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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08
SCHOOLS ARE FINE.

we were all pleased at the splendid
school system which prevails through
the islands. We visited a number Of
the schools and were greatly pleased at
the work which is being done. In one
of the schools we visited, where there
were over six hundred pupils all as
sembled in one room, there was just
one American child. The rest were
Chinese, japanese, Portuguese, Span
ish and Hawaiian, but they were all
being taught the English language and
sang our patriotic songs for US in our
language. Their watchword is one
country, one people, one language, one
flag.
Il had the pleasure of meeting at one
of these schools Miss Nellie Baker of
this city, who has been for three years
teacher in one Of the largest girls
schools in the city.
THE Hawaiian people are most hos
pitable, and we were treated with the
greatest courtesy and consideration
wherever we went. This was especial
1y true of the native Hawaiians. who
entertained us in their homes, and
made us feel that we were welcome.
1Hey nave very pretty custom OF ueC-
Grating with wreaths of flowers friends
who visit them. At a number of places
we were given native feasts called
luaus,' where nothing but the native
dishes We're served, and where neither
knife, fork nor spoon was used. 1t took
some time for some of our party to
learn to like raw fish, poi live shrimp,
preserved seaweed and other such deli
cacies, but the most of US soon learned
to enjoy their feasts very much.
The two closing features of our stay
were greatly enjoyed. One was the OPP
to attend Memorial Day ex-
ercises. where the music and recita-
tons were furnished by Hawaiians, |
and where young school girls of Chi |
nese, Japanese and Portuguese parent |
age united with the Hawaiian girls in
decorating with most beautiful flowers |
the graves of the soldiers buried there. |
1 was told that there were thirty-nine |
soldiers graves in the cemetery and |
there were at least thirty or forty old |
soldiers who took part in the exercises. |
The address was delivered by General |
Keifer of Ohio, a veteran of the Civil |
War and a brigadier-gener of the |
Spanish War.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08

continually ascends, is located in about
the center. The edge of this pit is
reached by a trail across the lava bed.
Our party had the pleasure of eating
a dinner served at the edge of this
pit, consisting Of chicken, potatoes,
! cabbage and other things, cooked by
the heat which comes up through the
seams and openings in the lava.
"Haleakala, or the House of the Sun,
/ is the largest extinct volcanic crater in
the world. The top of this mountain
| is 10,O32 feet above the sea. The crater
is about seven and one-half miles in
diameter. From its edge one looks
down over 1000 feet to the bottom
of the crater from which number of
small cone-like formations arise, some
of them 1000 feet in height. These have
the appearance of having been vents
from which the molten lava flowed. A
few of us under the escort of the Sec
rotary of the islands, Mr.. Atkinson,
assembled this mountain on horseback
one afternoon and camped at the edge
of the crater over night, in order that
we might not only see the san rise in
the morning, but see it set from that
high point. The remainder of our
party came up during the night under
the escort of guides, and witnessed the
rising of the sun. While the morning
view from the summit was exceeding
ly beautiful to me, the sun set of the
evening before was much more mag
nifcent.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08
RIDE ACROSS ISLANDS.

Zone of these interior trips which
was most interesting to me was a ride
of ninety miles across the island Of
Hawaii. This ride gave us an oppor-
tUnity of studying the character of the
soil and its possibilities at different al
titudes. On this trip we had the pleas
ure of taking lunch on a ranch of 276.-
1000 acres. This was on the table land
between two high mountains and SEEM
ed to be an excellent place for raising
cattle
There are a number OF places of
natural beauty on the islands, some of
which we visited. The worlds great
est active volcano is Kilauea on Mauna
Loa on the island of Hawaii. The
mountain itself is over 1900 feet high,
but the crater of this volcano is on
the side of the mountain not more than
5000 feet above the sea. The crater
itself is seven miles in diameter. The
pit or opening through which an i'm
mense volume of hot sulphurous smoke
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08

ton, and those of US who are charged
with the duty of legislating upon sub
jects in which those islands have an
interest feel certain that we can more
discharge our duty now
that we have had an opportunity of
seeing for ourselves their needs and
possibilities"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08

A meeting of the Waialae, Kaimuki
and Palolo Improvement Club will be
held at the house of A. F. Cooke. Pa
lolo, on Wednesday evening, July 10, at
s o'clock. A full attendance is re-
quested.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08

The following is from a Michigan
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08
NO BLASTING AT SEASIDE.

Not necessary-no coral. Come for
swim where you get new suits, new
surf boards, surf canoes and no coral. =
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08

Given a gas light and twenty other
lights in house you will see all of the
children studying under the one gas
light.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08
RECEPTION BY PRINCE.

Just before we left the islands,
Prince Kalanianaole and his wife gave
US reception. The prince has a beau
tiful home and grounds and the recep-
ton was attended by at least 5000 res
idents of the city, most of them Ha-
waiians. The ex-queen assisted in re-
ceiving, and was greeted most graz
ciously by all. She was always adj
dressed as your majesty While the
natives still remember with a great
deal Of sentiment the days of the
monarchy, they are absolutely loyal to
the government of the United States.
They have accepted annexation as an
accomplished fact, and now ask that
they be treated as a part of this coun-
try and be permitted to enjoy the bene-
fits which citizenship confers. They
are anxious that the government shall
fortify the islands, make Pearl Harbor
a naval base, and maintain an army
post sufficient to securely guard that
far-distant outpost of our Pacific coast.
Those islands away out in the mid
Pacific stand as the outer sentinel
guarding the mainland and seeing to
it that no enemy approaches. If treat
ed in generous manner by the general
government, the stalwart young men
of Hawaii can be depended upon to
render a good account of their steward
ship if danger should ever menace us
from the Far East.
Our trip was more than one of
pleasure. 1t was a study and educa-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08

Everything in the
Curio line from an old
calabash to a rare Ha-
waiian stamp you will
find at that big IS
LAND CURIo STORE
(Steiner's), Elite Build
ing, Hotel Street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08
EARLY FRUITS
Of VISITATION
Member of First Congressional
Party Gives Hawaii
Good Words.

The following is from a Michigan
paper:
Congressman James H. Davidson O.
this city. who returned this week from
a trip to Hawaii with the delegate
from Congress, had an excellent oppor-
tunity to study the conditions in the
islands of the far Pacific, and his OBJ
servations regarding these insular pos
sessions are of value. When inter
viewed he gave an interesting account
of the trip as follows:
The Congressional party which Wis
| tied the Hawaiian Islands was made up
| Of members of the different commit
tees of the House and the Senate which
| have to do with the legislation affect
! ing the islands. The trip was made
| on the invitation of the Territorial Leg
| islature, and without any expense to
| the Federal government.
I'VE spent a little more than three
weeks on the islands, visiting each of
the more important ones We all en-
joyed the delightful climate prevailing
there, which, although tropical, is tenn
pered by the northeast trade winds so
that one does not suffer with the heat
as much as might be expected. The
temperature varies less than ten de-
grees and averaged from seventy to
seventy-five degrees while we were
there.
AT HONOLULU.
Honolulu is the chief city of the
islands. 1t has a population Of about
50, 600, nearly one-half of which are
Japanese. Its harbor, when the pro-
jected improvements are completed,
will be one of the finest in the United
States.
Pearl Harbor, located about seven
miles from Honolulu, has no commerce
but will make a splendid naval base
when suitably improved.
''Hilo. on the Island of Hawaii, is
next in Importance to Honolulu as a
city. It's harbor is practically a road
stead, but it is proposed to improve it
by the construction of breakwater
which will cost about 81 900 000 If this
Improvement is made this city will
have an excellent harbor. A condi- |
tional appropriation was made in the |
last rivers and harbors bill for this i'm |
provement, and 1 have no doubt the
work will go forward and the improve |
ment be made.
THE other islands do not possess any
good harbors, but some of them may
be improved when the commerce will |
justify an expenditure by the Federal |
government.
"A number of additional lighthouses
are needed as aids to navigation in
the channels between the various is
lands, some of which, have no doubt,
will soon be erected.
There is no manufacturing, the
principal industry being that of agri-
culture.
THE sugar industry has been well
developed, there having been about
5l0O,000000 invested, and about $4,000
men are constantly employed in cuIti-
waiting and caring for this crop. The
value of the raw sugar exported last
year amounted to nearly $4,000, 900. On
some of the islands sugar is produced
without irrigation, but in many places
irrigation is necessary and very extern
sive pumping plants have been erected
and extensive bitches constructed for
the purpose of supplying water where
necessary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08
STORY OF A KING.

"On the island of Oahu, seven miles
from Honolulu, is a very beautiful spot
known as the Pail The ascent to the
edge of the precipice is made gradual
ly, up through a beautiful valley, but
at the edge there is a sheer decline
of over 1000 feet. It is said that when
Kamehameha the Great, who was the
first king of the islands, fought his last
great battle of conquest, he drove the
Oahu army up the valley and through
this opening, where over 5000 men were
forced bodily over the precipice and
killed on the rocks beneath. This bat
tie established Kamehameha as ruler
of the islands, and under him the first
government was formed. He retained
for his own about one-third of all the
land of the islands This descended
his heirs and made them all
Some of our early mission
aries who went there to christianize
the natives, had the good fortune to
marry some of the girls of royal blood
and thus inherited some of those splen-
did estates. Another one-third of the
lands was set apart for the mainte-
nance of the monarchy. The income
from these lands supported the throne,
but when the reign of Queen Liliuoka-
Iani ended with the establishment of
a provisional government followed by
annexation, these lands became gov
eminent lands and are now open for
purchase and homestead. The balance
Of the lands was divided among the
ehieftains of the various tribes on the
different islands and these, descending
TO the heirs of those chieftains have
made many of them wealthy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08
AMERICANS :!
THE HAWAII JIYU sH1NBUN

= Asks your assistance in fur
- thering friendship between
Japan and America; send 1T
$500 and it will come to your
b 5; : $ ;:5::' ana ;'; ::s;
H0 Address, s. SHEBA, Mgr,
0 Cor, Bs's'a ates: eaa Na'aahsA
30 f: 4 f. =:s :s: $..:
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Premiums on High Grades
of Cotton Are Reduced.
Those on Lower Grades viii
Be Cut In Same Ratio. u
Revision Of About Fifty Points
Was Discounted.

New York, Sept. 1.-THE regular
September meeting Of the revision COM
nittec Of the New York Cotton Ex-
change was held after the closc Of bust
ness thi: afternoon. Much interest had
been taken in the probable action OF tho
committee, owing to the big discount
at which local contracts had been SELL
ing as compared with middling cotton
in the open market. and he trade had
anticipated thatthe action of the COM
mittee would bring the contract about
80 points nearer par with the middling
grade.
The revision announced reduced
premiums on the high grades about
p points. but gave Increased penalties
on the low grades Of from about 90 to
~ points, with the penalties particular
~ severe on the tinged and stained
cotton. A revision Of about so points
had probably been discounted.
The following will show the present
differences on and off middling COM
pared with those in force previously:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
HOME
Will Be Erected by Red
Men at Louisville, Ky.
The Cost May Be Anywhere From
100000 TO 100000.
May Meet Either at Detroit, Louis
vile or Columbus In 1908.

Norfolk. Va, sept. 1l.-At t"day's
session Of the Great Council Of the
United States, Improved Order Of Red
Men. Baltimore. Atlantic City, y. j.,
and Bridgeport, Ct. were presented as
candidates for til" 1905 convention. The
iinaic" committee reported that Ia cur
ry the session to Baltimore would cost
$2l 900. Atlantic city $22,000 and
bridgeport $4,000. In the interest of
rctrenchmcnt the committee WAS re-
qucStcd to consider Detroit, Columbus,
ohio, and Louisville for tn" convention.
The Great Counciu today decided to
establish its permanent home rr
"LonGhnuSc," 4 structure to cost any
where from $50o.ono to $l,o0o,ooO, in
Louisville. Ky The finance committee
had recommended the selection Of Chi
cagn over Louisville and Washington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
AMID CHEERING BY THOUSANDS,
Distance Only One Mile and For First
Time Parade Is Limited to Members of
the Grand Army of the Republic.

the presence Of a hig flag which COW
cred the body of General Grant on it's
way from Mount Oregon To- the tomb
In the custody of the Grenadier Guard
commanded by Col ~ :. Fowler of
Little Rock. Ark, Col. F. NJ. Sterrctt
of st. Louis of which every man was
over six feet tall and each represent
ing one of the s. departments Of the
Grand Army, this old flag brought up
the extreme rear.
AZ planned the national officers in
carriages with Governor Charles +.
Hughes Of this state, led the line. the
chief of staff in command being j.
Cary WiuanS of Toledo. The depart
mcnt of state of New York. although
entitled by seniority to fifth place, Sc
I"ctrd as hosts the left of the line
which included Il representation of
every department.. including Alaska
ana Of every branch of service.
Starting at Woodlawn Park the par
adc was scheduled to march down
Broadway u Circular street ana there
pass in review before Coy. Hughes. at
tended by several members Of his mill
tary staff and before the national Off
Gers of the q. A. T..
Tnday's program began with a re-
ccpti"n at Congress Hall. the New
York state headquarters, in honor of
Governor Hughes at 1870. At $3.50
luncheon WAS served by the depart
mcut Of New YORK. the governor
Commandcr-in-Ch Chief Robert Il. Brown
and his staff. past National officers and
the other distinguished guests. Mean
Al,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

HoStnn, sept 1.-THE opening today
Of BoSton's schools - almost lo',"o
Pupils. saw the inauguration of num-
Der of new methods looking t" a more
practical course of study and greater
care for the health of the scholars
Many of the changes were radical III
nature. probably the greatest lhn"Va-
ton being the shortening of the sch""i
life in the elementary grades to eiSht
instead If the usual nine years. An
other method which is intended to give
the teachers more time for individual
attention is starting this year, When
each teachers complement Of scholars
i being decreased by two. Two sch"i-
avs viii be dr"prrdtcarh year "Hlh
the school board considers That inr
number is low enough to enable the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Boston Plans for Better Care
of Her School Children.

teacher to give enough personal Httcn-
ton to each scholar
Several new buildings We're opened
today and the scholars were cared for
with little difficulty. with the exception
of the congcstcd districts in the North
end. where a large part of the 5000 ad-
ditional pupils reported fer recistra-
ton. For girls VIII" have completed an
elementary course. 4 ncW school has
been opened today. which teaches
them practical household arts.
The cnildren's health will be cared
for b. q corps Of % trained nurses and
4 stan If physical instructors. ms
grades from the third to the eighth
Years VIII devote moro attention then
Formerly t. t,lr nthl"tic deyel"pmrnt u
Inc children, basketball and military
drills having been provided for them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
NO MORE CRITICISM.
Japanese Press Not Worrying About
Riots at Vancouver.

Toxic. Sept. I'm. RachccO. the
newly appointed minister from Mexico
to Japan. presented his credentials to
the Emperor who granted him an au-
diencc.
The publication Of the extended ac-
counts concerning the trouble at Van
couver. has not developed any further
criticism by the press. The public ac-
ccptS the outbreak az the action of ir-
rcSponSibles who must be punished.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Wellman Not Discouraged
Still Hopes to Reach the Pole.

"The winds during August have av-
cragc1 thrice the velocity of the aver
age August last year. Nearly all are
from the north and blizzard is now
brewing We shall wait few more
DAYS for favorable weather for start
ing. After that the sun will be too low
to permit a voyage.
EFF the America starts the crew will
consist Of but three men-Wellman.
Vaniman and Rosenberg. Major Her
sey will be left out because Of Illness.
The arship is in perfect condition. My
confidence in the ultimate success of
the plan to reach the Pole is unshak-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
F. E. EbersOle
Is Receiver.

Portland, Me, Sept. If. L. Ebcrshe,
general manager Of the Northeastern Tel
erhonc 60, was appointed a receiver OF
=, ahudy at the conclusion of Il hearing on
u bill in equity flied hy the Portland
Trust Co., Monday, declaring that the
company has defaultcd interest on its
lsnIS, amounting To $G00.GG'. ana is in
solvent. The papers arc relurnab!e on
tn" first Tuesday of October.
The Northeastern Telephone Go. is the
largest Independent telephone company in
Maine and uses the automatic switch
luard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
State Exhibit.

There is always n crowd around fine
state exhibits in tn" Coliseum. Prof
T., f. Iiitrhings of the hur"HH of en-
tornology is in charge of tn: ,NhihitS
and is ready to answer questions con-
corning the insect pests which ar,
shown in the cases. Specimens If
PARASITES which prey on III" dreaded
brown tail moth are shown. and th"s"
orc native insects. which formerly dc-
voted their attention - other insects.
hut seem 10 have taken distinct iik-
ing to the hroYntail moth. Their" ar"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

In Melbourne a movement has been
started To erect statue Of John Bat
man. the founder Of that city. Seven
ty-two years have passed since Bat
man. after tying his boat to a tree
close to where the Melbourne custom
house now stands. wrote in his diary:
'This will he the place for village"
The village is now a city with popu-
lation of more than 100000. Batman
did not live to sec more than the small
beginnings of the city he founded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

Among Il number Of trophies taken by
III" l"pau"s,- in IT," lat" wa" and pur-
chased hy NJ. ISnZ1ki. Of SnsChn, We're
induced him to sell thcS, ;.:,1uHhl" flags
+" the I;ISsiu consul al NI@asaki. The
consul VAS struck with H~tnniShn'"nt
when he saw them and. lft".' hoWin.c 10
fnr,. t'rln offered 50 .Gnu n tli.' three.
Tic bargain WIS nearly ""uHpl"t"d ',hcn
the news reached the Itpliv'. WHO at once
proceeded to he roIISIliH1' ana seized the
tla"e. Recently NJ. TSozakI, tn" owner,
applied to the .Japanc@r authorities
through Admiral rryu, "f ring L" con
trl:lt" tn" la&s t. TIL" government rs Il
present. Ting offer wa" accepted. - tie
rn"s viii rrunain in Japan VIZ mrm"rials
of tho war;
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FAIR AND COOLER.

Washington, Sept. 1l.-F"r"cast for
Eastern New York: Fair and co"lcr
THURSDAYS; Friday light t" fresh west
winds.
For Nrw England: Fair ana cooler
in south; showers in nnrrh portion
Thursday; Friday fair; fresh west
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
Boston Torecast.

Boston. Srpt. H. t'cr"rust for E"~-
ton ANA vicinity: Clearing Thursday
morning collier during evening and
night; Friday fair. cast"rly winds.