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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-18
BILLS BECOME LAW,

A communication from the Governor
informed the House of the signing OF
the following bills and joint resolu-
tiOns:
Senate Bill 70, Act 81, to provide for
the exercise by counties of the power
of eminent domain;
Senate Bill rs, Act IS. relating to
furious and needless driving;
Senate Bill So, Act SO, amending
CHAPTER % of the Revised Lava:
House Bill AZ, Act 20, providing for
the regulation of barber shops;
House Bill IS, Act Il, to legltimatize
children i'm certain cases;
House Bill 49, Act -, relating To
annuIment, divorce and separation;
House Bill 127, Act 70. to appropriate
money TO pay the claim of police OH
GERS of the county of Hawaii;
House Bill Jas, Act IA, to amend sec
ton 2566A of Chapter 151 of the Revised
Laws;
House Bill $50, Act IS, relating to
change of name;
House Bill no, Act IS, relating to the
licensing of trust companies; and
House Joint Resolution 3, regarding
the Waikiki reclamation committee.
SENATE OVERRIDE.
The Senate not fled the House that
tbav had oyerridden the Governor
veto on Senate Bill A. exempting Ger
tain industries from taxation. Inc
House had resolved to consider this
veto today. but Rice saw no use IN
waiting and asked TO have it then con-
sidered. 1t was accordingly added TO
the days calendar.
MUNICIPAL BILL DEAD.
The last item on the regular order or
the day was the taking of the aye ana
no vote on the Municipal bill. As soon
as this was called Coney moved that
the taking of the vote be deferred untll
April 80. 49,
Rawl:ns appeared to be taken by
surprise but managed to gasp out d
motion to take the vote then
Conev's motion being put was car
rie6 and the CITY and County Of Homo
lulu with it's gilded mayor and hlgh
nriced officials was wiped out of pos
s:bility for the present.
VETO OvERRIDDEN.
The House agreed with the Senate
in overriding the Governors veto DO
ing the same regarding Senate Bill ~.
FREE OFFICIALS NOT WANTED.
House Bill 210 which amends the
present law regarding the Board or
commissioners of Agriculture and Fer
ostrv so as to relieve the Superintend-
ert of Public Works from an eX-othcl"
nosition as secretary and also provides
for a salarfed president. was faVoraoly
reported upon by the Agriculture COM
mittee. the report being adopted. In
part it said:
your committee considers that the
amendments proposed are desirable. in
that the scope of duty and usefulness
Of the Board will thus be enlarged ana
the service involved be of more virtue
and effectiveness than at present II
the case. by its having an active man.
alive 10 the agricultural and other IN
rerests Of the country which come IN
der the boards jurisdiction, at the head
its affairs as executive officer
vorr committee also believes in the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-18
GOVERNOR HAD A CINCH.

Rawlins took little stock in the rea-
sons of the Governor except the last
one.
There he has US on the hip" said
the chairman of the judiciary commit
tee. for we have sent hun some hal1-
finished work and there is a fatal de-
feet in the bill"
Rice interposed a remark, whereupon
Rawlins suggested that the consider
alton be put over until the father OF
high finance Rice could hatch up a
scheme to overcome the defect The
motion was lost.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-18
VETO SUSTAINED.

Roll call found the House divided on
the question of sustaining the veto by
seventeen noes to twelve ayes, the veto
being sustained under the two-thirds
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-18

some other police officer to assist in
the work.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-18
SALARY APPROPRIATIONS.

Senate Bill 80, carrying $1,712,14o
for Territorial salaries and payrolls,
was read for a third time, Pail moving
its passage. The word had been pass
ed around in the lobby that another
attempt was to be made to reopen the
bill and boost some more salaries but
this did not happen. Hughes alone
voted against the bill when the roll
was called
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-18

ed and then suddenly reconsidered.
What will be done with it today will
depend upon the mood of the House
at the particular moment when it will
be up.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-18

the payment Of one-half Of the poll and
road taxes and the same proportion Of
the income tax to the county in VIII. ch
the business is actually carried on. was
returned from the Senate altered to
suit their particular taste. The
amendments were so lengthy that Rice
asked time to look them over before
calling for vote. The request was
granted.
LEPER AMENDMENTS ACCEPTED.
House Bill a. the much amended Ka-
Iihi hospital bill. concurrence in which
had been held over from the morning
was taken up and the House concurred
without further discussion.
House Bill 10 was returned unamend-
ed from the Senate and House Bill 1S4
was likewise returned unimpaired.
Senate Bill 106, an act to provide for
the preservation of the remains of the
sovereigns and high chiefs Of the
islands. was presented and given first
reading.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-18
THE GOVERNORS VETO.

The consideration of the Governors
veto of the Income Tax bill was taken
up by a heated House, this measure
having been a pet one of the majority
of members. The bin was the second
one of the kind the House had passed,
the first raising the exempted income
to $500 and dying in the Senate, the
second the vetoed one, raising the ex-
emption to $500.
ice moved that the veto be over
ridden and Mahoe moved TO sustain it.
Kaleiopu seconded MahOe's motion.
He thought the arguments of the Gov
ernor were sound. The bill needed
amending, an important clause being
left out It was too late to pass new
one. 1t took the House at least three
DAYS and the Senate six weeks to do
so. when the Governor could throw 1t
IN the waste-paper basket. There was
no way of telling what Act this would
be so that a bill amending it TO supply
the omitted clause could be put in.
Rice thought that objection easily
overcome. AS soon as the vote 10
override be taken the BIZ would become
Act 10.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-18
Afternoon Session.

House Bill 213. which switches one
ba1r of all fines and licenses into the
county treasures and also proVloes AoF
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24
HEN MANURE AND CORN.
Big Crop Which One Farmer RaI.ed
by Ito Use.

Last spring | had some 80 barrels
OF hen manur collected during the
winter from $50 hens. writes a cor
respondent of Farm and Home.
planted IA asres to corn, one acre
10 yellow n lA acres to a late
white corn. The yellow corn was
planted May "a. harvested Sept. IL,
and yielded 1863 bushels Of ears. The
white corn vas planted May %, har-
vested Sept. 81 n yielded l75 bush.
els OF ears. all good. sound corn with
but very few small ears.
The land was plowed and thorough
ly fitted three days before planting
n the corn planted three feet apart
each way. In seven days II was ready
to cultivate. In two weeks II was
again cultivated. hoed and thinned
TO four stalks In each hill.
1t was then left until 20 inches high
when the ner manure was put on a
good handful to each hill, not directly
on the hill but a little to one side for
fear IL would burn the tender stalks.
'hS hiiiSA was lHSu run CuCn way,
showing the dirt up to the hill and COW
ering the manure thoroughly. Moth.
ing more was done to II until II was
four feet tall, when it was again
thinned and suckered. taking out
everything but the four stalks. Some
of this corn grew ~ feet and yielded
two large ears to a stalk.
This ended our labor until harvest.
ing time when the corn was cut and
put into stocks of so hills each and
loads of good bright fodder. There
was no other fertilizer used and the
land was not above the average land
In this locality. so that | am fully con-
that the hen manure was the
prime cause of producing this large
crop of corn. Nearly all the farmers
in this section CT New York raise
sweet corn for the canning factories
and 1t does not yield more than FROG
$40 to SIS per acre.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24
FORM AND CONSTITUTION.
w. r. Graham of Ontario Agricultural
College Urges Good Breeding.

When looking over dressed poultry
In some of the exporters shops, /
have often thought how easy 1t would
be to Improve the appearance of much
of the ordinary poultry, and some of
that which is specially fattened, IL the
birds were bred to a proper type. /
have spent much time In examining
different types of birds, alive and
dressed, and in observing the feeding
capacity of certain types, but 1t would
take years to arrive at definite con-
illusions on these points. l am how
ever, of the opinion that one OF the
most important things to be sought
after Is constitution. This may have
no actual market value, but 1t certain
ly has much to do with the birds
ability to grow and put on flesh.
What we want Is a good feeder and
an economical producer. Generally a
bird with a short, stout, well-curved
beak, a broad head (not too long,, and
a bright, clear eye, has a good con
stitution. And / have noticed that
when a bird has a long, narrow beak,
a thin, long comb and head and an
eye somewhat sunken In the head, 1t
Is usually lacking In constitution.
Such a bird is likely to have q narrow,
long body and long legs, upon which it
seldom stands straight. There are
some exceptions to this rule; yet, gem
orally speaking, II a bird has a good
head the chances are favorable for a
good body, and IL 1t has a poor head
the chances are against it. have
frequently noticed In the rose-comb
breeds, such as the Wyandottes, that
a good-shaped one is seldom found
with a long, narrow comb.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24
SINGLE YEAR EXPERIMENTS.
They are Not to be Relied on for Con.
elusive Evidence.

Single year experiments are little to
be relied on. There are so many con.
ditions that enter into the growing of
crops that 1t Is impossible to say that
a certain thing comes from certain
elements or factors, IL the experiment
be conducted for but one year. IL the
experiment when repeated gives the
same results through several years we
may be sure that the results are pro-
dHced by some aus which can be
well defined. 1t is a mistake, says
Farmers Review, for experimenters
to report experiments till they have
ben carried on far enough to mean
something. In the cases of certain
fields there Is always a varia-
ton between different fields, which is
sure to affect the yield. How great
this variation is, 1t Is dific to tell,
and we do not know that any one has
tried to this variation. Thus.
If a field is MANFRED and seeded in a
certain way 1t will not produce the
same amount of seed on both sides Of
1t or on the two halves. It would be
possible by cutting each half up into
small squares to find the amount of
natural variation.
Single year experiments therefore
are of little value as determining the
value Of processes. Yet some of our
formers have allowed themselves to
be directed in the future course In
farming by the outcome of a single
experiment. on their farms. This .s
extremely 'unscientific.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

The governor OF the colony, Sir
Alexander ~Swettenham, assisted by
Sir Alfred Jones, is directing affairs.
The steamer Port Kingston will
leave Thursday with most OF the
members Of the PARTY who went out
with Sir Alfred Jones to attend the
agricultural conference.
Port Antonio rs Safe.
New York. Jan. 16.-The following
cablegram was received at the office
of the Hamburg-Ameriean line here
Tuesday night:
Holland Bay. Jamaica, Jan. Is, 5:3S
p. insight earthquake here yester-
day. No damage. Also no damage at
Port Antonio or to the Titchfield
hotel. Advise people,"
Holland Bay, where is situated a
cable hut from which the above cable.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

Bermuda Tuesday from Newfound-
land, where she has been on special
duty in connection with the New.
foundland fisheries, has been ordered
to proceed at once to Kingston, Ja-
maica, to render assistance at the
scene of the earthquake and fire. The
Brilliant Is coaling and will sail
Thursday.
News Confirmed In London.
London.-The Colonial Office Tues
day night received confirmation Of
the terrible disaster which has
overtaken Kingston, Jamaica, in a dis
patch from Hamar Greenwood, M. p,
sent from Holland Bay at the east end
of the island.
The telegram says that Kingston
has been ruined by an earthquake
which occurred without warning Mon
day afternoon at half past three. A
very great number of buildings and
dwellings, were destroyed, either by
the earthquake or by the consequent
fire.
Forty Soldiers Killed.
The military hospital was burned
and 40 soldiers were reported to have
been killed, together with several
prominent citizens and many other
of the inhabitants Of the city. Sir
James Ferguson Is reported to have
been instantaneously killed, but no
other Englishmen, Canadians. or
Americans are missing.
The city Is quiet. but disciplined
workers are needed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

gram was sent, is about 40 miles east
of Kingston. The Titchfield hotel is
situated at Port Antonio and just now
has many guests from the north.
Reported From Holland Bay.
st. Thomas, d. w. 1.-The cable sta
ton at Holland Bay, Jamaica, reports
that a very severe earthquake occurred
there at $3.50 Monday afternoon. The
cable Office was badly damaged and all
land lines to Kingston were instantly
interrupted. Communication by the
land lines was restored Tuesday after.
noon, to within five miles of Kingston.
That city reports a terrible earthquake
Monday afternoon. The city was de-
stroyed and there was much loss of
life. The shocks continue. Everybody
Is camping out and much distress pre-
walls. Fire started at Kingston imme-
diately after the earthquake.
The Jamaica-Colon and the jamaica
Bermuda cables are interrupted.
Shock Followed by Flames.
The first great shock vas felt about
$3.50 o'clock Mondays afternoon, and
as in the San Francisco and Valpa-
raise disasters, flames Immediately
sprung from the wreckage to carry
OF the work of destruction. Tuesday
afternoon the fire was still burning,
although it was believed to be under
control.
The Myrtle Bank hotel, the princi-
pal hotel at Kingston, which prob
ably sheltered the great bulk of Wis.
itors on the island, is reported de-
stroyed. The great military hospital
was burned and 40 soldiers are re-
ported dead.
Sir James Ferguson Is said to have
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

, been instantly killed, but according
to London reports, no other English.
man, Canadian or American is be-
lieved to be missing.
Hundreds Dead, Says c~abieeram.
Boston, Jan. 1.-THE United Fruit
company received Wednesday in this
city a ~cablegram dated Holland Bay,
Jamaica, January Is, stating that
several hundred persons were killed
in Kingston. The message follows:
Mercantile section of Kingston, In
GLIDING our Office, completely de-
stroyed by earthquake and fire. Sew
eral hundred killed. Myrtle bank and
Constantine Springs hotel practically
destroyed"
Full Truth Not Known.
The extent of the destruction which
has been wrought In Kingston, a city
which already bears the scars of a
number of disastrous visitations of
fire, earthquake and cyclone in years
gone by. is still left largely to the
imagination.
Warships Ordered to jamaica.
At the request of the secretary of
state, Secretary Metcalf Wednesday
wired Admiral Evans at Guantanamo,
to send n or more ships TO Jamaica,
as he may deem desirable. Captain
Beehler, commandant of the naval sta,
ton at hey West, has advised the
department that Tuesday night he in
formed Admiral Evans by wireless
that kingston had been visited by an
earthquake and fire.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24
Immigrants as Farm Laborera.

Immigrants are looked upon as gooc
laborers If they come from farming
districts of the old world. A CORE.
spondent of the Ontario department
of agriculture writes: There are o
number of immigrants in this vicinity
who are learning farm work fairly
well and who get from $50 to 800 a
year." These immigrants are doubt
less willing to work at that low price
TIL they learn the business, when they
will start out for themselves or will
rent farms elsewhere. The foreign
farmer frequently makes greater prog
ress on American soil than does the
American-born farmer. While they
farm by main force" they are willing
TO live on a lower plane than ths
American farmer can endure.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

received instructions from its home
Office in London Wednesday to carry
free to Kingston food supplies for the
sufferers from the disaster there. The
first steamer from New York to King
ston will be the Atrato, which will
sail at noon Monday, January 81. The
next steamer of that line will to sail
will be the Thomas. on February 2.
The local Office of the company has
no particulars of the disaster.
The neutrality-suspicious. Steamship
company announced at its office in
this city Wednesday that supplies for
Kingston will be carried free of
charge on that company's steamer
Prinz Joachim, which will sail from
New York for Kingston on Saturday,
January 10.
Cruiser Ordered to Scene.
Hamilton, Bermuda.-The British
cruiser Brilliant, which arrived at
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

ways in the northern states. II is a
l~ow-growing, perennial plant, not ris.
ing much above the ground, but
spreading widely on the surface. The
people at the south have found ID a
valuable plant for pasturing, as II will
grow on exceedingly poor soils. II is
supposed to have been introduced into
this country in tea chests from ia.
pan and China. II was first noticed
in the vicinity Of Charleston In 1849,
but little attention was paid to II on
account of its insignificant appearance.
1t requires no attention In any way
and SO far as nitrogen Is concerned,
1t is a soil r%enoyator. 1t is a very per.
sistent grower and where 1t once gets
a foothold 1t roots out most other
plants. Being a low grower 1t Is ex.
ceeGingly easy to be plowed under. II
furnishes good grazing from July,
when 1t has obtained a good growth,
until frost comes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

"Hoiland Bay (4o miles east Of
Kingston), Jamaica.-Awful earth
quake. Kingston ruined Monday after
noon. CITY afterward swept by fire.
Hundreds killed. No Englishmen,
Americans or Canadians missing, ex-
cept Sir James Ferguson. Houses
rocked and crashed into streets. All
bAildtngs ruined.
. "6 natives, hundreds roasted UNI
der ruisis, as Kingston was center OF
eruption. Many heroic deeds by the
blacks and whites recorded. Governor
and SIR Alfred Jones directing affairs.
Inadequate discipline. City now quiet.
6ome iooting. but nothing serious.
I "M5litary hospital burned. Thirty
soldiers roasted alive under ruins.
Military doing best work saving peo-
pie.
Shock came without warning while
weather was perfect. AFFECT terror
possessed everybody. Ferguson in
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

the slabs. Dotted line, chains or
strong wire. ID D1. rings to connect
double-tree clevis. Hitch at ID and
stand at c, on a plank laid on the
cross-bars, for ordinary work; or hitch
at D1 and stand at e for ditch clean
Ing or to make the drag throw more
dirt to the left. To nov dirt to the
right. reverse position of driver and
hitch. If working a clay or gumbo
road. put iron, old wagon tire. or
something of the sort. on lower edge
of drag at end of six months; for soft.
er soil, at the end of r. months.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

much damage to the shipping in the
harbor.
In August, 1903, Jamaica was swept
by a hurricane which almost totally
destroyed Port Antonio and inflicted
damage in various parts Of the island
amounting to about $4,000, 900. On
November Is last a sharp earth.
shock was felt in the south and the
north of the island Of jamaica. 1t
was followed immediately by a sec.
ond shock, which was the heaviest
experienced In Jamaica in many
years,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24
EVERYBODY DRAei

When the smiles OF spring appear
Drag the roads;
When the summer time Is here,
Drag the roads;
When the corn is in the ear;
In the winter cold and drear;
Every season in the year;
Drag the roads!
When you've nothing else to do.
Drag the roads:
II but for an hour or two,
Drag the roads.
II will keep them good as new,
With a purpose firm and true,
Fall In line! It's up to you:
Drag the roads!
Would you do the proper thing?
Drag the roads.
Set the system on the wing:
Drag the roads.
Give the drag a lively swing:
Toss he laurel wreath to Kingi
Hats off Everybody sing:
Drag the roads!
M. Albertus Coverdell.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

People rushed wildly about, follow
ing the first earth tremor, which
lasted several minutes, and succeed
Ing shocks, which came quickly but
which were of lesser force, added to
the terror. The crash of topping
houses added to the general fright
and it was some time before the peo-
Pile recovered and set to work to
rescue the unfortunates who had been
caught in collapsed buildings.
The general hospital was not aeri-
ously damaged by the earthquake and
there the injured were taken as fast
as they were recovered.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

Kingston had a fire which destroyed
property to the value of $4,000, 900,
and in 1843 another fire caused dam
age to the amounut of about S15,000,-
900. A tremendous hurricane visited
the island In 1915. The whole island
was destroyed, hundreds of houses
were washed away, vessels were
wrecked and about 1000 persons
were drowned.
In August, 1880. a cyclone passed
over the eastern half of Jamaica, de-
stroying nearly all the wharves in the
harbor of Kingston and also caused
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24
KINGSTON, JAMAICA,
DESTROYED BY QUAKE
official Telegram Says Fire Followed Shock
and Hundreds Are Killed.
I0oe Communication with Island Has Been Interrupted
and Complete Details Hard to Get Practically tie
Entire City Is Wpsd Out of Existence.

Kingston. Jamaica.-Kingston was
overwhelmed by an earthquake at
$3.50 ON Monday afternoon. All the
houses within a radius of ten miles
We're injured, and almost every house
IN ~ city was destroyed.
Fire broke out after the earth
quake and completed the work of de.
ssrnction. The business section of
Kingston is a heap of smoldering
ashes The BiH1 number 900, and
thousands Wei .njured.
The churches. public offices and no
tells are all gone, but there were no
fatalities at the Constant Spring ho-
tel.
Among the killed were Sir James
Ferguson and prominent merchants
and professional men.
London.-The following official dis
patch was received by the colonial
office Wednesday:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24
Green Food for HOGS.

The supplying OF hogs with green
food is a matter OF more consequence
than is supposed. 1t would be well to
keep In mind the advantage of giving
the hogs in winter such green food as
cabbages, sugar beet, turnips and the
like. These are ~succulent and help
the stomach to do its work with least
effort. Green food is particularly ad.
vantageous to animals that are fed
largely on corn all through the winter,
al Is the case on many American
farms.