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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07
THE LIMIT IN
DISTRICT COURTS
CREDITORS WHOSE CLAIMS ARE
OVER $500 MAY SUE ASKING
ONLY $500.

A new trial was ordered this morn
ing by the Supreme Court in the case
of A. w. T. Bottomly, trustee, against
William A. Hall, in which the circuit
court granted judgment for plaintiff,
the action being to collect a note for
1872. so. The suit was brought in the
district court, which is limited to $500
judgments and only $500 was asked
for, and one of the points on appeal
was that the suit could not legally be
brought in the district court in this
way. The lower courts are sustained
in this respect, however. The syllabus
says.
"A deed Of a corporation, acllnowl-
edged and recorded, purporting to be
executed by its president and secretary
and bearing the imprint of its seal,
may be admitted in evidence without
further proof.
"The Identification of the signature
of the maker Of a promissory note to-
gether with a refusal by him to deny
his signature is evidence from which
the execution of the note may be in
ferred.
IAN unstamped promissory note IS
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07
QUESTION 0FsTITLE
IS RULED UPON
SUPREME COURT REVERSES THE
LOWER COURTS DECREE IN
CASE OF CHAIRMAN V. CHAIRMAN.

In the case of Mary Chairman VS..
William Chairman the Circuit Court
decision in favor of the plaintiff was
reversed by the Supreme Court this
morning in a decision written by Chief
Justice Hartwell. The suit was to
quiet TUE to land in the possession
of plaintiff but claimed by defendant.
The syllabus sets forth the rule OF law
involved in the case as follows:
Equity has not jurisdiction to de-
clare a plaintiffs title and to remove a
cloud upon it created by assertion Of
an adverse claim followed by acts Of
trespass and annoyance to the plaintiff
where the respective claims depend
upon the settlement of a legal contro-
versy under a will"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07
THERE ARE NO MOSQUITOES.

Ever since the rooms at Haleiwa
were made mosquito proof the guests
have been more comfortable during
the sleeping hours. On the yerandas
it is pleasant all of the time because
the winds blow constantly and strong
enough to disturb the pests. Manager
Bldgood looks to the comfort Of the
patrons of the place in a manner that
is most satisfactory to everyone. A
day or two, or even a week ut Hale
iva cannot but do you good.
0000O000000O00000O
sued while the War Revenue Act was
in force cannot re received in evidence
until it is properly post stamped in
accordance with section 10 of that act.
81 U. S. st. L. GAL.
"The amount or which judgment is
asked and not the amount due deter
mines the jurisdiction of the district
court"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07
ABOUT
STEAMER SERVICE
CAREFULLY GUARDED COMMUNE
CATIONS ARE SUUN no BE MADE
PUBLIC.

meeting OF the Chamber of Com
merce will be held on Wednesday al
ternoon at lie rooms Of the Chamber
at three O'Clock. me several letters
that were received in the Korea's mali
relative to Pearl Harbor, the steam
ship question and other important
matters will be read at this meeting.
For some reason best known to the
Chamber Of Commerce the letters that
are of interest to the community have
been carefully guarded by the omcers
of the Chambers and any attempt to
find out what they contain have prov
en- fruitless
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07
RAPID TRANSIT
CASE SUBMITTED
TESTIMONY IN LGLIHA SCHEDULE
MATTER COMPLETED AND AR
GUMENTS HEARD BY DE BOLT.

The Injunction suit of the Territory
vs. the Honolulu Rapid Transit &
Land Company, which had been on
trial for the last several DAYS of the
week before Judge De Bolt. came TO a
close Saturday afternoon when short
arguments were made by the attor-
neys Of either side and the case sub
mitted on briefs. 1t will possibly be a
week or two before the decision of
the court is rendered, when it will be
carried to the Supreme Court as a mat
ter Of course whichever side wins.
The case was gone into with much
minuteness, and the proceedings at the
several meetings which had been held
by residents on Liliha street, In whose
behalf the injunction was secured, as
well as the meetings Of the Waialae
and KaimuH citizens and the compro-
mise meetings between the two Sec
tions and the street car company. were
carefully reviewed.
The first day and a half of the trial
was taken up by the testimony of G.
G. Ballentyne, general manager Of the
company, from whom a great mass OF
figures was obtained relative to the
cost of operating the system, the in
come, etc
The following are the witnesses who
testified in the case: &. G. Ballentyne,
Alonzo J. Wilson, E. c. Peters, DR.. G..
B. High, c. V. E. Dove, f. T. P. Wa
terhouse, N. E. Gedge, J. Akau, E. A.
Berndt, J. d. McInerny, Z. P. Fogarty,
Oliver Stillman, w. II. McInerny, p.
Silva, John c. Lane, J. o. Young, A.
F. Judd, w. w. Thayer, G. L. Samson
c. d. Samson, J. H. Schnack, Jas. L.
Holt, G. r. Carter w. L. Howard and
T. 7. ATcCandIecg
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07
WANTED.
HONOLULU.

EDITOR STAR:-There is not an
other community in this wide world
land we are talking plain facts, un-
controvertible) where the loving,
brotherly feeling obtains that is found
in Honolulu. We are so used to the
beautiful spirit we take it all as a
matter of course. Take it of an even
ing, man parts from mau i'm the office.
well, goodbye, goodnight" we hear.
Take it on the street, in the car, on
the doorstep: well, goodbye good
night"
The laboring man parts from his
chum, after the hard days work:
We'll, goodnight, goodbye" To our
ears, those words are a sweet anglical
symphony, more delightful than that
of any orchestra. Goodbye" God be
with you, means something in Homo
lulu. 1t is not that Of sounding brass
or tinkling cymbal." 1t means: We
are interested in God, we have regard
for God; GOD is one of our little COM
munity of Christian people whatever
may be your sect or creed.
How lovely our Honolulu is! It is
indeed the rarest symphony, in which
God and man are true co-wOrkers. He
that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God
and God i'm him." indeed No wonder
strangers fall i'm love with our town!
Take it at the Post Office, at the Gus
toms, in the shops, on the street cor
ners, in the hotels, in the cigar stores,
everywhere the same kindly, friendly
spirit; well, goodbye, goodnight,
so long, good luck to you
ANNE NJ. PRESCOTT.
a-u-a------
Fine Job Pr1nrfug. Star ONCE.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07
sTocK.RooKs CLOSED.
HONOLULU BREWING & Mating
CO., LID.

CO., LID.
The stock books of the Honolulu
Brewing & Mailing Co., Ltd. will be
closed to transfers from October 8,
1907 to October 10, 1907 both dates in
elusive.
CHAS. G, BARTLETT.
Secretary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07
JACK LONDON
TELLS OF SURFING
ENTHUSIASTIC AND ELOQUENT OF WAIKIKI SPORT
BY THE FAMOUS AUTHORIZED STICK TO INTENTION TO
RIDE sURT-BoARD sTAND1 UP BEFORE HE LEFT IN THE
SHARK?

In the current issue of the Woman's
Home Companion, Jack London has a
long article on surf-riding here, in
which he booms the sport as most alb
sorbing and tells of his experiences
with Freeth and Ford, two other en-
thusiasts. London also tells how he
saved a womans life by not allowing
his surf board to run into her when
he was dashing madly sandwards on
the foam, and she was in the way. The
following are from his descriptions of
surfing:
And suddenly out there where a big
smoker lifts skyward rising like a sea
god from out of the weller of spume
and churning white, on the giddy, top
ping, overhanging and downfalling,
precarious crest appears the dark head
of a man. Swiftly he rises through the
rushing white. His black shoulders,
his chest, his loins, his limbs-all is
abruptly projected on ones vision,
Where but the moment before was only
the oceans wide desolation and In
vincible roar is now man, erect, full
statured, not struggling franctically in
that wild movement, not buried and
crushed and buffeted by most mighty
monsters, but standing above them
all, calm and superb, poised on the
giddy summit, his feet buried in the
churning foam, the salt smoke rising
to his knees, and all the rest of him in
the free air and flashing sunlight, and
he is flying through the air, flying for
ward, flying fast, as the surge on
which he stands. He is a Mercury
a black Mercury. His heels are winged
and in them is the swiftness of the
sea. In truth, from out of the sea he
has leaped upon the back of the sea-
and he is riding the sea that roars and
bellows and cannot shake him from it's
back. But no frantic outreaching and
balancing is his. He is impassive, mo-
tiOnless, as statue carved suddenly by
some miracle out of the seas depth
from which he rose. And straight on
toward shore he flies on his winged
heels and the white crest of the break
er. There is a wild burst. of foam, a
long, tumultuous, rushing sound, as the
breaker falls futile and spent on the
beach at your feet; and there at your
feet steps calmly ashore a Kanala,
burnt black by the tropic sun Several
minutes ago he was a speck a quarter
of mile away. He has "bitted the
bull-mouthed breaker" and ridden it
in, and the pride in the feat shows in
the carriage of his magnificent body as
he glances for a moment carelessly at
you who sit in the shade of the shore.
He is a Kanaka-and more; he is a
man, natural king, member Of the
kingly species that has mastered mat
ter and the brutes and lorded it over
creation.
The water that rolls in on Waikiki
beach is just the same as the water
that laves the shores Of all the Ha-
waiian Islands; and in ways, especially
from the swimmers standpoint, it is
wonderful water. 1t is cool enough to
! be comfortable, while it is warm
| enough to permit a swimmer to stay
in all day without experiencing a chill.
| Under the sun or the stars, at high
noon or at midnight, in midsummer
or in mid-winter, it does not matter
i =
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07

when, it is always the same tempera-
ture-not too warm, not too cold, JUST
right Il is wonderful water, salt as
old ocean itself, pure, and crystal clear
When the nature of the water is con-
sidered, it is not so remarkable, after
all, that the Kanakas are one of the
most expert Of swimming races. -"
l shall never forget the first big wave
l caught out there in the deep water
l saw it coming turned my back on it
and padded for dear life. Faster
and faster my board went, until it
seemed my arms would drop off. What
was happening behind me | could not
tell. One cannot look behind and
paddle the windmill stroke. / heard
the crest of the wave kissing and
churning, and then my board was
lifted and flung forward. | scarcely
knew what happened the first half
minute for ! was buried in the rushing
what of the crest But | did not
mind. | was chiefly conscious of
ecstatic bliss at having caught the
wave. At the end of the half-minute
however, | began to see things and to
breathe. 1 saw that three feet of the
nose of my board was clear out of
water and riding on the air. l shifted
my weight forward and made the nose
come down. Then l lay, quite at rest
in the midst of the wild movement, and
watched the shore and the bathers on
the beach grow distinct / didn't
cover quite quarter of a mile on that
wave, because to prevent the board
from diving, l shifted my weight back,
but shifted it too far, and fell down
the rear slope of the wave
1t was my second day at surf riding,
and l was quite proud Of myself. l
stayed out there four hours, and when
it was over l was resolved that on the
morrow I'd come in standing up. But
that resolution paved a distant place
On the morrow | was in bed, l was not
sick, but | was very unhappy, and |
was in bed When describing the
wonderful water of Hawaii forgot to
describe the wonderful sun of Hawaii.
1t is trOpic sun, and, Furthermore, in
the first part of June it is an overhead
sun. 1t is also an insidious, deceittul
sun. For the first time in my life I
was sunburned unawares. My arms,
shoulders and back had been burned
many time and were tough; but not so
my legs. For for four hours | had
exposed them at right angles to that
perpendicular Hawaiian sun. 1t was
not until after I got ashore that |
discovered the sun had touched me.
Sunburn at first is merely warm; af-
ter that it grows superlative and the
blisters come out. Also, the joints,
where the skin wrinkles, refuse to
bend That is why l spent the next
day in bed. l couldn't walk. And
that is why, today, l am writing this
in bed 1t is easier to than not to.
But tomorrow, ah, tomorrow l shall
be out in that wonderful water, and I
shall come in standing up, even as
Ford and Freeth. And if I fail to-
morrow / shall do it the next day, or
the next. Upon one thing 1 am re-
solved: the Shark shall not sail from
Honolulu until l, too, wing my heels
with the swiftness of the sea and be-
come a sunburned, skin-peeling Mer-
curry
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07
FOR RENT
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Pineapple lands and town lots at
Wahiawa.
Beach roperties-Waialae and Hau-
ula.
Several homes at $1,000 and under.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07

B. Murdoch, and Mrs. DR.. John We'd
dick. The following brother and sis
ters Of Mr.. Baldwin are alive and live
in this Territory: Mrs. S. M. Damon,
Mrs. W. D. Alexander and H. P. Bald
win.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07

A divorce was granted this afternoon
to John X. Hiram, Jr,, from Annie X.
Hiram, on grounds Of desertion for
more than three years. The decree
was handed down by Judge De Bolt,
who also gave the absent mother the
custody of two minor children. The
wife and children are said to be on
Maui.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07
MEETING NOTICE.

HONOLULU BREWING & Mailing
CO., LTD.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Honolulu Brewing 4
Mailing Co., Ltd, will be held at the
Office of the company 40. 535 Queen
street, Honolulu, oahu, on Tuesday,
the fifteenth day of October. 1907. at
the hour Of 1920 o'clock a. m.
By order OF the President.
CHAS, G. BARTLETT.
Secretary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-07

The damage suit of Omoto Bunhichi
VS.. Honolulu Rapid Transit and Land
Company, is being argued this after
noon. F.. c. Peters for the plaintiff
appellee and Castle 6 Wilmington and
J. W. Cathcart for the defendant-ap-
pellant
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-28
Value

The figures presented by the Chron.
icle permit of some interesting COM
PARSONS regarding the output of the
various Pold-producing countries. They
show that South Africa and the United
States are responsible for the big in
crease in the output of the yellow
metal. South Africa made n gain OF
s22 900. .0G0. while the United States
y oduction increased about $s.000.000
leaving loss for certain other pro-
Gucing countries. chief among which
ere Australia and Canada. Last year
the South African mines contributed
6.600.060 ounces. or more than one
third Of the total OF 10000, 900 ounces:
the United States produced 4.64S.913
ounces. or little less than one-fourth:
Australians production was 1864. $50
ounces against 4.232. .091 for 1905; Rus.
sia. 1.027.970 ounces against 1,07s.356
:or 1905: Mexico. 775.O00 ounces
against 73S,261 In 1905: and Canada.
604,6S9 ounces against 700.S0 in 1905.
+ rom these figures II is shown that
South Africa, the United States and
Australia produce almost so per cent.
of the gold output OF the entire
world.
1t will be noted from the above table
that the gold production of the world
nas Increased neariy lOO per cent.
a'nce 1895. The greater portion OF the
rapidly growing output has poured into
the monetary supply and circulation
Of the leading commercial nations OF
the world. In view of these facts It In
not surprising that there has been
worldwide increase In the prices Of
various commodities. There has also
been n co.incident quickening OF the
business pulse. Just how long this In.
crease In the output OF gold will con.
tinue cannot be forctold.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-28
HOME MERCHANTS
GOOD REASONS WHY THEY DE-
SERVE YOUR sUPPoRT.
MEANS MUCH TO COMMUNITY
He is at the Head Of the Things
That Are Good for the
Town and Your
self.
Copyright. by Alfred g. clarko

Copyright, by Alfred 9. Clark)
Tbe above head Is subject that
can we'll be treated as open for dis
cussion and consideration at any and
all times. 1t is also a subject that
should interest all persons who have
at heart the welfare Of the community
In which he lives and who wishes to
see it grow and prosper.
No person can afford to do what he
knows will work an injury to the com
munity in which he lives. In justice
to himself he cannot refuse his sup
port to the home industries that are
striving for existence and the welfare
of the town in which he goes to do his
trading
In considering this question it
should be borne in mind that the coun-
try people, like all other American
citizens, are always on the lookout for
a place to invest their money that
will bring them the biggest returns
for the least expenditure; in this they
are right and are justified in SO doing,
but, at the same time they should re-
member that they are dependent on
the home merchant for the money that
they send to foreign markets.
If they should stop to think how
these catalogue houses are operated,
and look into, and know, the trus con-
dition of affairs, probably they would
reconsider the stand they had taken
toward them. In many cases the peo-
pie are ignorant Of the true surround
ings and inside operations of these
concerns and think they are doing
right IN sending them their money.
They are led to believe that what they
get from the catalogue house is the
same article that the home merchant
sells, only at a much lower price. The
ma jority of the people do not know
that they are buying the cheapest
article that can be manufactured and
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-28
Zinc Ores Free of Duty.

The New York Board of Appraisers
has recently ruled that both the sill
cate and carbonate of zinc shall hence
forth be classified as calamine and may
be imported into this country duty free.
I'm The same ruling the board decided
that zinc sulphide should not be
clas sed as a metallic substance within
the Interpretation of the law and that
it, too. could imported as crude ma
terial without duty. Hitherto a duty
of 20 per cent. ad valorem was inn
posed on all foreign zinc ores i'm
ported. Among the zinc operators of
this country 1t is feared that this
ruling may result in lowering of the
present prices of both zinc ore and
spelter.
This decision, however, in reopen
ing the American zinc market to Ca
madam and Mexican blende ores will
undoubtedly result in an increased
spelter output from this country.
On the whole We think that the zinc
industry in the United States will
prosper under the ruling, from which
there is not likely to be an appeal on
account of lack of concerted action
on the part of the zinc ore producers.
Assuredly the mining of the important
blehde deposits of British Columboa
and Mexico will be greatly stimulated.
Mining Reporter.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-28
Camp Bird Report.

A London dispatch says Camp Bird
shares were in demand in London on
the publication of the December report
from the new mill, designed and man
aged by Thomas H. Woods of Denver,
a graduate of the Colorado School OF
Mines. The mill ran twenty eight days
in December having been completed
in the month previous. 1t crushed c.
G16 tons OF ore, yielding 1898 ounces
OF bullion and G61 tons of high-grade
concentrates. Total sales for the
month. $271. .5GS, of which s215,9O4, or
sevehty-nine per cent, was clear profit
In this connection, the public has
been reminded that the chairman of
the company. at the meeting held on
September 9TH last. announced that on
the resumption of milling, high-grade
ore would not be put through the mill,
thereby making larger profits than the
average. so as to readjust the finan-
ciai position as soon as possible. He
cautioned his audience that such re-
turns would be abnormal, and must not
be regarded as average results.
The fact that the new mill handles
high grade and does so successfully,
means that the saving in values is
within small or negligible per cent.
of the assay return. The new Camp
Bird plant is model
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-28
NEWS FROM The MINES and MILLS
Cripple Creeks Low-erade Ores.

The success which has attended the
operation Of several mills in the Grip
rle Creek district for the treatment OF
low-grade ores is full Of encourage
ment respecting the future Of that
camp.
Reports represent that ore so low Ill
grade that the thought of shipping it
beyond the district cannot for min
ute be entertained, is treated at those
mills with a good margin OF profit for
mining, hauling and milling. Accept
ing these reports as true, one sees
great possibilities respecting the enor-
nous bodies of low-grade ore which in
several well-known mines have hardly
been touched.
Some of the most profitable and sue
cessful gold mines in the world pro-
duce ore of very low grade, the de.
posits being large and the cost OF
treatment low, 1t becomes practicable
10 work such mines and make big re-
turns every year to the fortunate
stockholders. In fact, most of the gold
mines that have been successfully
worked during long term of years
have contained big deposits Of low
grade ore.
1t has hot been determined how ex-
tensive the deposits of ore of this
character in Cripple Creek are. In SO
many cases they have been neglected
on the theory that they could not be
profitably worked, that 1t is doubtful
If the management of any large mine
IN the district knows what tonnage
could De produced. That, however,
there is sufficient to keep mines and
mills at work for many years is well
| established.
Further experiments in milling this
class of ole within the district will be
watched with interest, for upon their
success may depend the future of min
| ing of this kind in that part OF Colo
rado. 1t is clearly and unquestionably
shown that five or six-dollar ore can
be prof1tably mined and milled. opera
tions may become very extensive not
alone in the Cripple Creek district, but
also in "a number of other mining local
| tiles in that section.
Investors would do well to keep a
watchful eye on experiments of this
kind, for they may bear close rela.
tion to some of the most profitable
mining ventures of the future. They
| present possibilities which may, II
| they are realized, involve the employ.
ment of large addition to our force
or miners, and the extensive develop
ment ot properties now either un
inown CT looked upon as possessing
little value.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-28
HUNTERS KILL LARGE LYNX.
Animal with Tassels on Its Ears
Makes Attack on Men.

Memphis, Tenn.-An animal weigh.
ing 60 pounds. with tassels on it's ears,
yellowish striped fur and stubby
tail. was shot the other day near Port
Jarvis. Sullivan county. The old in.
habitants say that the beast is a lynx,
and the oldest of them swears that he
has not seen lynx in this section
since he was n boy, rs years ago.
Since then. he says, with chuckle,
they have been missing lynx"
James Cooley and Andrew Van
Dyke were hunting for foxes which
they supposed had robbed their hen.
neries. They came across queer
tracks on the snow. then the lynx
came across them.
The beast jumped from a tall stump
and landed on Van Dykes back. II
ripped the heavy clothing from his
back and lacerated his flesh. Afraid
OF shooting his comrade. Cooley
kicked the lynx In the head with his
heavy boots. The beast turned on
Cooley. fastening its teeth and claws
In his thigh. Van Dyke jumped up
and, placing the muzzle of his gun to
its head. blew it's brains out.