The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-17
RUBBER AND
PINES THRIVE
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EAENA. March AT Hama was the
6rSs chance To and cat what the people
os Msui are talking about the most.
Rubber seems 70 be the leading topic
lust Row.
Aiona. the hotsl-keepsr. is one Of the
brightest Chinese On the islands. He
Is also Z practical humorist Catching
on - the prevailing talk Of visitors he
planted y rubber grove in front OF his
ina, explaining 70 in9uirsrs rs 10 why
be selected that tree for ornamental
purposes thus
People all time want see rubber
grow. Now l show them and they sat-
ishsd; Their they stop nay place long
time.
There are owners Of small homeStsSds
who are planting rubber 10 the limit
OF their holdings, For instance, 3 few
u,8sS cut OF Hama. on the edge Of the
NShIku district, Deputy Sheriff Witt
rock has four thousand rubber trees
planted and they are in hns condition.
We passed by there on our Way out
from Hans this morning.
Pinsapplss held rhsir own in the mat
ter OF new industries on this island. al
though they came in for cultivation on
s commercial scale before rubber. On
the lanai OF Manager ChAlmsrS' resi-
isnce Saturday night, where the news
paper men were invited 70 pass the
evening with the Governor party, =
great deal OF the conversation was on
pInsapples and oranges,
Ii was learned that the doctors on
Maui had successfully used pineapple
Juice as s specific for diphtheria when
that disease hSd occasionally appeared
IN their districts. Further. il hSd been
discovered that the curative principle
Of the juice was retained in the waste
from canning, and one Of the doctors
was engaged o. about 70 engage IN
putting the medicine no IN bottles.
This would seem 10 be very impor-
tant discovery both for the good OF
humanity Snd for the pockets OF those
interested in our pineapple industry.
DiphthsriS has been one OF the worst
OF seourges on the mainland. as well as
one OF the most intraetable. II Ha-
waiian pineapple growers can supply in
: by-produet OF the industry, healing
fluid 70 afflicted communities. at the
average price Of patent medicines, a
very considerable addition TO the profits
OF the main industry may be marked
up. especially IS the benefit OF the rem
edy Is not confined 70 diphtheria but ex-
tends 70 throat troubles in general. and
II all probability, to some forms Of
digestive trouble.
Mani raises as fine oranges as are pro-
dueed anywhere. On this trip some
have been sampled which leave the
California article distSneed. Growers
readily obtain three dollars hundred
for the fruit IN the chief island towns.
Oranges are growing wild in the woods.
II sight OF roads and trails
Clarence White. son Of the White Of
sewing machine and automobile fame.
has i've acres OF orange grove planted
in the MakawaO district.
On Sunday afternoon the Governor s
party. accompanied by the District
Magistrate, Manager Chalmers and two
policemen, rode out seven or eight miles
TO Wailua. the jaunt ending in a pre-
eipitous guleh. This Is as far as the
wagon road toward Kipahulu reaches |
The completion Of this gap Is one OF the
chief needs OF Maui for roads. together !
with the further extension OF the road /
beyond Kipahulu.
Rain was falling in torrents when the |
ride began, but after a little it let up !
and the slieksrs were she'd. They have 1
not since been required although many /
miles have been ridden today over
pals reeking with moisture
from greater heights.
Some Kaslsku cane was passed on F.
the road and beyond were the lands
u the tefupct Hamoa plantation.
Some OF these are in pasture. with 4
here and there cultivated plots. The 1
soil would undoubtedly be good for
pinsapplss or rubber and Il Is a pity
70 see so much OF Il Idle. Further
along are many homes % natives. the !
tree growJhs around which testify TO
oug occupation All the old species
seen The people are a nice-IOoking
Ot. Clearly and appareled neatly. They
,ans out in groups here and there
10 greet the Governor. but nothing
would do. after paying their respects
70 him, save q shake OF evsrybOdy's
land all along the line. Il was re-
'rsshiug % look into the kindly and
smiling faces ot the old men and
women and feel the honest grips OF
heir hands While IL was aloha"
With all the trimmings from the aged.
: was good afternoon" in clear Eng
ish from the happy-looking youngsters
an evidence that the schools are do
ng good work
We turned IN az the gate OF q pros
Isr0us Portuguese ranchsr for a rest
There was Juicy cOc0anut for every
ne, which yielded 4 Tipping full tum-
Her Ot milk Evidently the cocoanut
n1ustry IL invited would find q fine
oothOld along the coast here
There was z pleasant surprise al
he teachers cottage OF Haou school
Il this road. II was such % me 20 /
= welcomed By an old friend In the
szo1 Of the teacher, P. Leveson :
'zilvis. formerly Of Szpoopoo, whose Z
rznsfer 10 this place 1 had forgotten ]
o all the pleasure was at seeing a :
ne sIzmpI= Of agricultural teaching :
! 4 primary school The school plot =;
two acres In size and about half I
2 this is cultivated in bananas and
zs=t potatoes, with mora ground pre-
arsd for planting. They are quite
nall children, Mr. Ogilvie told Us. =