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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-13
HOMEMADE POST DRIVER.

hculty by the use Of team. A chain
should be fastened about the stump.
allowing a good length to the chain.
The chain should be a stout one, espe-
cially If large posts which are firmly
set are to be taken out When stumps
or posts are to be removed. spring is
| the best time to do the work, as the
ground is then moist and the post
comes out more easily. Sometimes
when boundaries are to be moved.
! fields changed In outline or new fences
erected a great many posts must be
removed In very short time, and I'M
less some mechanical device were
adopted for Fastening the work 1t
would take quite long time.
/ or the many post puilers now in use
perhaps the one here shown is the most
old buggy axle or any other old piece
OF iron of about that size and used as
| shown. With this tool one man will
pull more posts In day than with any
other tool the writer ever heard OF.
and two men with two of the tools can
easily remove the largest telephone or
telegraph poles.
Posts may be driven with speed and
economy on many farms II well sharp
ened and the right method Is followed.
| A real post driver Is one Of the most
easily made things and one Of the most
useful that farmer can get up. Up
rights are bolted across to sled, or
rough plank sled may be made.
The standards may be twelve or IF
teen feet high. To them is bolted
crossbar which supports the hoist for
the weight. For this block of iron o:
lead weighing not less than twenty-five
pounds must be obtained and Ii must
have staple or ring in 1t so it may be
lifted. The post is placed where 1t is
to be driven and the weight lifted and
allowed to fall on it. A little practice
will enable one to drive posts in soil
that seems too hard. The rig Is useful
also In putting down driven wells.
To drive well an inch and quarter
pipe is preferred. The lengths should
not be over six feet. The first pipe to
be driven must have a point of iron or
steel. Any blacksmith who is an expert
| at welding can readily make a point
solid in the end OF the pipe and then
bore numerous quarter inch holes In 1t
for the first eighteen inches of its
length above the point. Before driving
a coupling must be screwed down tight
| and fast on the thread that is to con
meet 1t to its mate, so the thread may
l l. . Ill,
coupling must always rest block Of
lead or seasoned hickory to receive and
distribute the conclusion.
The pipe is driven the same az a
post, another length being attached as
fast as one is sunk In the ground. One
rule must never be forgotten-eacb
lsagth of pipe must be threaded so long
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-13
Farm ana
Garden
MANAGING POSTS.
Easy Methods of Putting Them In or
Taking Them Out of the Ground.

Easy Methods of Putting Them In or
Taking Them Out of the Ground.
One of the farmers problems is how
to look after the many posts which he
has need Of in keeping up fences, etc.
While experiences differ it is safe to
say that white cedar poles last longer
than any other kind. White oak posts
are also good. 1t is said that posts put
into the ground tops downward will
outlast those that are set tops upward.
This is due, so 1t is surmised, to the
fact that they absorb water from the
earth when they are set In the natural
position. but do not absorb II when
they are reversed
II the end of a post Is allowed TO
soak In liquid tar or is treated with
creoeote, ii will last much longer than
II would ordinarily. When 1t is neces-
sary TO draw post out Of the ground,
It may be accomplished with little diff
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-13
KINEO TO OAKLAND

xBingham Village.
DAILY Sundays only.
CONNECTIONS
At Oakland with Maine Central Railroad AT Som
erset Junction, with Canadian Pacific Railway. At
Kineo Station with Coburn Steamboat Company Tor
all points Moosehead Lake. At Norridgewock
with stages for Skowhegan. Smthheld and Mercer
At Arson for 5awyers Mills AT North Arson for
North and West New Portland, Dead River, Flag
staff and Eustis. At Bingham for Forks, Carratunk
Moose River. Mayhed, Kingsbury and Abbott. AT
Lake Moxie for The Forks commencing about July
MORRIS MCDONALD, Vice President.
+. Z. BOOTHBY, General Passenger Agent.
Portland, Me
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-13
Outdoor Helps.

Apples are a profitable crop, but it's
poor policy to raise them for the
worms to eat
A fence around the garden is not
expensive. and 1t saves lot Of annoy
ance.
A row of grapevines across the back
OF the garden will be a great add
ton.
There is just one kind of grating
that is all right. That's the kind that
works well in the orchard.
II you were to 20 to a place where
there is no free delivery Of mail you
might appreciate 1t more.
Good seed is one of the first essen
tials of good crop. Good soil and
good cultivation are two others.
Don't spend all the money on i'm
plements to be used outdoors. Get
some conveniences for the household.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-13
Homemade Cart.

Any one handy with tools can make
this cart For wheels one can use al
most any kind he chances to have
old buggy wheels. light wagon wheels,
wheels from an old corn cultiyator or
any other not too light or too heavy.
The box may be made Of any size to
suit. If one has an old walking Guilt
vator the axle and wheels may both
be used; otherwise get any old axle
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-13

Sweeter than bird songs after show
ers is the laughter that follows tears.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-13
RENEWING THE SOIL.

How o Wornout Farm Has ssen Made
Profitable.
sixteen years ago | purchased a
farm of 100 acres that had been owned
by a widow who rented fields to her
neighbors on shares. and Of course
the tenants took their portion home
and fed it on their farms and returned
nothing to this farm" writes a CORE
spondent.
when commenced to farm 1t. |
found the clay land only produced ten
to fifteen bushels of corn per acre, the
black ground from thirty to forty
bushels. The clover was so light on
the clay land 1t did not pay to cut It. l
put In q good many rods of tile ditch.
fed all the grain except wheat that
grew on the farm. saved all the ma
nure and spread it on the poor spots
and raised one crop Of corn, one OF
wheat and one OF clover in succession.
plow eight inches deep. but never
plow or turn or stock on ground when
wet.
Now the clay land will produce
thirty to forty bushels and black land
fifty to sixty bushels of corn per acre.
wheat fifteen to twenty-five and clover
so heavy that all had to be stirred be-
fore 1t would cure. have never used
pound of commercial fertilizer.
expect to continue increasing the fer
tility Of the farm by the same process"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-13

VIII but look Tor lt.
For mild, easy action OF the bo lis, a
single dose OF Doans Regulets Is 9 igh.
Treatment cures habitual constipat. %
cents box, Ask your druggist for IL IN,
If the new broom sweeps clean it is
habit that will persist when it is an
old broom and worn.
Stops itching instantly. Cures piles, &C.
zema, salt rh gum, letter, Itch, hives, herpes,
seahies-Doan's Ointment. At any drug
store.
1t is easier for a camel to 60 through
the eye Of a needle than it is for a
thread in a mans fingers to accom-
plish the same feat.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-13

A little brown bee, told me that
there is honey in every flower if you
will but look for it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
HAIKU AND PA|A BOND
REDE EMPT|ON MATTER

There will be meetings of the Boards
of Directors of Haiku and Paia planta-
tions this forenoon, to consider the
question of the amount of bonds of
these two corporations which shall be
called in for redemption at this time.
On Monday a similar meeting will be
held of the directors of Hawaiian Sugar
Company.
These meetings have been postponed
for some time to enable Fl. p. Baldwin
to be present. He will arrive this morn
ing by the Mauna Kea.
The Haiku bond issue amounts to
$450,0O0 and the Paia bond issue to
100000. The whole issue is outstand-
ing as this is the first year that under
their terms any of them could be called
in.
The amount of Hawaiian Sugar out
standing is $450,O00
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
uICKY THIRTY TEACHERS
AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING

The Lucky Thirty teachers who went
UP to the Coast on the transport Sheri-
dan have written to Superintendent of
Public Instruction expressing their
pleasure in the trip, and their gratif-
cation at the efforts he made to secure
it for them.
Among other tokens of this appre-
citation Mr.. Babbitt has received pic
ture postal bearing a picture of the
Sheridan. with the following on it,
signed by the entire thirty:
s'We, the Lucky Thirty, send you
our aloha. The trip so far has been
grand success Finest of weather
and accommodations beyond our expec-
tations. Everyone well and happy, and
we feel more grateful than ever to you
for your efforts in our behalf. -
Numerous other picture postals have
been received. some of them showing
buildings of California University
where the summer school is in progress,
and of Stanford where some of them
have been visiting, and of Luther Bur
bank. his home. and his gardens and
some of the wonderful fruits he has
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
KAI AKIELA'S POLICY
IN GAMBLING RAIDS

Kala Chief Detectives explained his policy
gambling raids yesterday his explanation
Officer
summary retirement although Chief different
took said Kalakela, IT made that
gambling that did not about
Taiding
resolved that
I what going
down for making raid couple of
SUNDAYS ago.
and cautioned Apana do
Apana came questioned
the time the raid made there
T refused to the fee
the nformer but did not know
told Apana bring that could them He
that nforme
refuse nformer that do
know I want TO know everything that is going
LMahiwa for making that raid
him the out to raid in another
raid when coming back raided the
didn't
prisoners him let
o again
you right7
y y y y y 80 ~ y y
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01

other minute had not Tom King quickly
put the boat about and before the wind
on the other tack.
They lowered the mainsail and, with
the little boat rolling around in bad
sea, they put in jury lashings for the
broken rigging and made it safe to put
the yacht on the wind again.
After fixing the port rigging they
gave their attention to the mainsail
and put in three reefs. This was no
easy task, for the little craft. INSTEAD
led by her mainsail, thrashed around
in the heavy rollers in way that made
it unsafe to be on deck without some
thing TO hold on to.
! Finally the last of the third reef
points was tied and they manned the
haliiards The iib was taken in and,
with nothing but her shortened mainsail
to take her along, the little sloop was
again headed for HiIo.
During the time it took to fix the
rigging and reef the nlainsail the
Gladys had drifted well to leeward and
she had hard beat up the channel to
clear the northerly end of the island of
Hawaii. But she set herself gamely to
the task and breasted the big rollers
(Continued on page 81
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
GIRL ROBBED A TRIO
Of PAkE LAUNDRlMEN n

Helena, young Hawaiian girl, who
lives with her adopted parents on Vine
yard street, near Liliha, was placed
under arrest last night, charged with
larceny. Helena had gone into the
back room of pake laundry at the
dinner hour, while the three washer
men Were busy with their rice, bowls in
the front. Without attracting their
attention she went through the pockets
or three pair of trousers hanging on
the wall, taking a purse out of each
containing in the aggregate about six
dollars. Then with the purse in her
hands she ran into a dwelling next
door, dashed past the startled oecu'
pants and dived under bed, refusing
either to come out or tell the people
of the house what business she had
beneath their mattress.
Becoming alarmed, these people call
ed for the police and the girl was
dragged out, still cGnging tightly to
the purses. which she had not opened
The policeman examined the money
bags and found some pake notes, which
he took into the laundry to have read,
as a means of identifying the purse
owners. The pakes were much as
tonisbed to see that their purses, which
they had left safely in their pants In
the other room. were now in the hands
of the police and there was much chin
ming back and forth among themselves
until the affair was Strengthened out
and the purses returned,
At the police station, when laying
the charge of larceny. the spokesman
for the trio informed the clerk that 1T
was fortunate that the girl had been
caught before any one of them had
finished his rice, otherwise there would
have been discovery of the theft
and probably big fight among the
three.
The girl is supposed to be insane,
having been i'll for a long time and
her conduct of late having been very
erratic. This is the first time she has
exhibited any kleptomaniacal symp-
toms, however.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01

produced, from some of those who visit
ed the wizard place at Santa Rosa.
In regard to this visit the following
very interesting letter from w. w.
Taylor was received:
The Walworth, Berkeley, Cal, July
Is, 1908, W. H. Babbitt, Esq. Dear
Sir: Eight of the teachers from Ha-
waii were fortunate enough to receive
tickets from DR.. Richer allowing them
to visit Mr.. Burbank s home and
grounds at Santa Rosa. All enjoyed it
immensely There were about hun
dred in the party, and Mr. Burbank
was very kind to all.
We were there over an hour. and he
explained everything in a most inter
esting and simple manner. He gave
each flower and some of his famous
plums. Mrs. Creighton. Miss Judd,
Miss Fleming, Miss Ziegler, Miss Cru.
lick. Miss Wood, Mrs. Taylor and nv.
self were the Hawaiian" party. We
all enjoyed the summer school very
much. Dr. Richer has been very kind
to all from Hawaii.
Respectfully yours,
W. w. TAYLOR.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
POSTAL STATION NOW
At PAWAA JUNCTION

A change in the location of Postal
Station No. 3 has been made, the
change to come into effect this morn
ing. Heretofore this station has been
at the store of Farm Cornn. at the
corner of King street and McCully
street, but from now on it viii be at
Pawaa junction, in the store of Henry
A. Asch, with Mr.. Asch in charge.
Postmaster Pratt, in announcing this
change, states that he believes it will
be found agreeable to very large pro-
portion of the people using the station
and also convenient from the fact that
at Pawaa junction many people leave
the cars and meet there Mr. Asch
has fitted up very convenient place
for the work and is expected to give
the public an excellent service.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01

that there were a number very much
interested who seemed to be objecting
in Hawaii. I asked Senator Newlands
of Nevada, who moved the annexation
resolution in Congress, and who knew
of our conditions here, to speak.
"The Senator stated that the an
nexation of Hawaii had been accom-
plished in hurry and that he realized
that some things had been overlooked,
one of which was the land question.
He endorsed the plank I had submitted,
extending the principles of the home
stead law to Hawaii.
'sIn the course of my explanations,
/ stated that there was no middle class
in Hawaii, no solid farming class, that
we were here either big man or little
man, to which Walsh exclaimed that
there must be law whereby the ma
tive Hawaiians, the children of the
soil, could acquire homesteads. Chair
man Haskell spoke strongly in favor of
the plank, stating that no part of the
United States should be denied the
benefits of the homestead law, which
had been the main thing in building
up the American West.
81 was also helped in the committee
by Dockweiler, of Los Angeles; Gov
ernor Noel, of Mississippi; Samuel Al
schuler, of Illinois, and many others.
The vote in the committee was unan.
imous.
ssOf course the committee realized
that there could be no application of
the homestead law here letter for let
ter. We cannot expect to have home
steads of one hundred and sixty acres,
but we can have the principles of the
law in force here, the homestead law
adapted to our circumstances. The
marveled when I told
them that all the power regarding our
land was in the hands of one man, a
despotic power if he choose to use it
that way. / said that we had a good
Executive, but that the power given
him by the land law in force was great
er than that given to any other man
in the United States.
"In connection with the land laws,
Senator Owens, of Oklahoma, who is
one-eighth Indian, and who was at the
convention holding the Porto Rican
proxy, told me that if we would draft
the land law we wanted and send it
to him, he would introduce it at the
next session of Congress and work for
its passage.
81 note that since we have brought
up this matter in the convention, the
Governor here has got busy and pro-
posed some changes in the land regula-
tion7 The Republicans have been in
power and the Republican officials have
been administering our lands and it
strikes us as being rather more than
a coincidence that there is such a rush
now to amend the land regulations and
make them more adaptable to our con
ditions.
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
HAWAII SHOULD
HAVE No BALLAST
Such Is the Opinion---Sail Area
to Be lncreased---Gladys
Had PiIikia.

The reason for the late appearance
of the Gladys off Hilo is explained by
wireless messages which were received
at the Advertiser Office yesterday after
noon. On Wednesday night, while the
little sloop was in Hawaii channel and
leading both the Hawaii and Gwendo-
lyn, that is between the southern end
of Maui and the northern end of Ha-
waii, she was struck by strong blow
from the northeastward, which disabled
her.
For some time she made good weather
of it until the squall struck her which
put such a strain on the mast and stays
that the latter gave way to windward
and the mast would have gone in an
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
HAWAIIANS IN
DENVER WORKED
FOR THEIR END
They Secured Their Land Plank in Platform by
Unanimous Vote---Return Convinced
of Bryan's Strength.

f'The Hawaiian delegations to the
National Convention had plenty of
hard work to do" says E. NJ Watson,
one of the delegation which returned
on the Alameda yesterday. ''We all
realized that the trip was not a frolic,
especially as we knew that we had to
do some tall hustling to get around
among the various members of the
committee on platform and inform
them about the land conditions here
and explain why we wanted to have
a plank concerning our lands put in
the platform. Our convention here had
Instructed us to do that and we made
that the fight of our trip. How well
we succeeded you know.
t'In this matter, as in every other
matter that we had to deal with, the
Hawaiian delegates worked splendidly
together Every vote found Hawaii
casting a solid six and in and out of
the convention there never was the
least bit of friction in our delegation.
On the land plank the various mem
bers of the delegation interviewed the
members of the committee on platform
explaining what we wanted and why
we wanted it. The result of the team
work was that when I presented the
draft plank in the committee, of which
/ was the Hawaii member, the condi-
tions were pretty well understood and
the plank was adopted by unanimous
vote.
''The first one I saw regarding the
land plank was Charles w. Bryan, the
brother of William Jennings Bryan,
who talked the situation over with me
and advised me as to what course to.
take. He referred me to Governor
Haskell of Oklahoma, the chairman of
the platform committee, who in turn
referred me to another Oklahoma dele
gate. HAlfalfa = Bill Murray, one of
the leading lawyers of the new State
and man who has gone into the land
question very thoroughly. If Murray
SAYS it is all right, it goes with me,
Governor Haskell told me, so it was
up to me to tell Murray about our con-
ditions here. Harvey and | spent some
time with Murray, Harvey making an
excellent impression with him as he
did with everyone he met in Denver.
"Murray agreed with us on the ne
cessity of a change in our land laws
here and the matter was duly presented
in the committee, Murray offering to
address the committee for us if we
thought his help were needed. He
said: Il did not suppose there was
spot in the United States where such
land laws could exist as those you have
down in Hawaii.
t'I explained to the committee what
was needed and after / was through,
Walsh of Montana asked if | thought
that anyone could object to the appll-
cation of American principles any
where to American soil. | told him
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
FIRE DESTROYS A $4,000 PIER
destroyed by yesterday is
MURDERERS PAID THE PENALTY

QUENTIN
of
William Johannes Ftzner
representatives the and
medical
attitude until the
while scafod just
of
scafold.
In written
realized
Hawaiian
in his writings
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
LORDS PASS THE
PENSION BILL AS
COMMONS WISH
Bill Now Ready for Royal Assent---The Turkish
Sultan Proceeding to Garry Out
Ills Promises.
LONDON of
Pension bill
The bill establishing University passed
CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL APPOINTED
ASSOCIATED Press cablegrams.)

coNsTANTINoPIE August 1.-The
Gil
granted to Turkey
much a Moaens 20
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
STRIKE LEADERS ARREST MAKES TROUBLE

PARIS,
the strikers sympathizer
placed under yesterday
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
KETCHEL KNOCKS OUT KELLY


mddweight championship
of scheduled a twenty
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
THE LOST CHARLEY ROSS.

QUENTIN July exile who had escaped
of conviction
burglary, escaped today
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
sw1NBuRNE NOW IN COMMAND.

ISLAND succeeded Admiral Day
of
the flagship West
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
REVOLUTION DECLARED OVER

Salvador
operating
officially suppressed yesterday
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
CASTRO STILL UGLY.

President has withdrawn the
quaturs the Netherlands
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
LEANDERs WIN ON THAMES.

England 3The Leander the international
regatta with Olympic
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
FARMAN'S AIRSHIP FLEW

fight in airhp
which successful.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01
Democratic Delegates
Will Speak at Aala Park

The delegates to Convention
yesterday will public report of their mis-
meeting be held at Aa Park this evening at half
O'Clock
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-01

The German steamer Alesia sails this
morning for Portland.