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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
DOLLAR
CASE WON
STEAMER STANLEY DOLLAR MUST
PAY JAPANESE WHOM SHE FAIL
ED TO TRANSPORT.

a cable was this morning received
by Attorneys Charles f. Chillingworth
and George Davis announcing a deci-
sion in their favor by the Ninth Cir
cult Court of Appeal, California, in
the claim for damages of forty-seven
japanese who booked passage to Seat
tie aboard the S. S. Stanley Dollar and
were then unable to go inasmuch as
the Dollar had no license to carry pas
sengers between American ports and
it developed that the steamship people
had intended landing the emigrants at
Vancouver.
Attorneys Davis and Chillingworth
took up the case for the forty-seven
Japanese, who had been led to believe
they would be transported to Seattle
aboard the Dollar and sued for S5,OOV
damages and costs. The matter was
taken to the United States District
Court here and was appealed to Califor-
MIA.
The cablegram received this morn
ing announces damages in the sum of
fifty dollars per head for the Japanese,
together with proctors fees and costs
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04

The Internal Revenue office has vir
tually gone into the dairying business.
1t has in its possession nine cows and
five or six calves, besides buildings and
paraphernalia for carrying on the work
of supplying milk to customers besides
a lease on pasture lands.
All this unusual property came into
possession of the Office through the
raid on the Illicit still up Nuuanu Val
ley on Saturday Hashimoto, the Jap
anese who is charged with being the
financier of the okolehao business, was
the proprietor of dairy, and it was
under the mask of this industry that
the Illicit trade was carried on.
By the seizure of the still and con-
traband liquor, however, the govern
ment under the law comes into posses
sion of all other property of the Of
fender by confiscation; hence the rea-
son that Collector Drake is running a
dairy. .,,.i.
1t is estimated that the cattle ana
apparatus will equal sum of about
$1,000 and the lease which is from the
Along estate will also be worth some
thing. All this property will In due
time be advertised and sold at auction.
Two more arrests were made yester-
day in connection with the moonshin-
ingl Higaka and wife, Japanese ser
wants on the dairy, are the parties, but
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
PACIFIC CLUB
HAS ELECTION

The annual meeting of the Pacific
Club was held last night, with election
of officers. Ex-Governor Cleghorn
was reelected president as a matter Of
course and Senator Isenbers was chos-
en- for vice-president. For treasurer
A. w r, Bottomley was elected and
George Potter was made secretary
The new directors are George Davies,
II. Focke, L. e. Pinkham, H. M. Whit
ney and G.. p Wilder.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
NEW KING
in CONTROL

(Associdicd Press cable to The starr
LISBON, February liking Manuel
H. is improving and is able to exert
his influence in controlling the criti-
cal situation following tine assassina-
tions. Premier Ferreira has assumed
the conduct Of the ministry Of the IN
terror, while Franco, who retired as
Premier, is said to have taken refuge
from his enemies aboard a British
cruiser.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
INTERESTING THEORY
or THE SEWALL'S LOSS
MISSING AMERICAN
ADoLPH oBRIG. WHICH SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN KEEPING
HER CoMPANY-Two VESSELS OF WHICH TRACE BEEN
rEPORTED

The theory is advanced by Mrs, Gra-
ham, wife of Captain Graham of the
splendid American windpammer Frs
kline M Phelps now at Kanului that
the American ship Arthur Sewall, Cap
tain Gafffrey, concerning which as
many different versions her presum-
ed loss have been advanced, was lost in
collision, in the neighborhood of the
Horn, with the bark Adoiph Abrig,
Captain Ross.
The Arthur Sewall sailed from Phi
ladelphia on April for seattle and
has since not been definitely heard of,
the silver bell of Lloyds having knelled
her official death The Adolph Obrig
sailed from New York, seven days after
the Sewall left the Quaker City, bound
for San Francisco and has not since
been reported.
1t is not improbable that the Sewall
and Obrig kept somewhat near to each
other and in bad weather in the vicin-
ity of the Horn they may have been in
collision and sunk. 1t is peculiar that
no definite report has been made OF
eitherI Neither has been spoken or
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY
ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS.

Every mother should know that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is per-
fectly safe for children to take, as it
contains nothing harmful. For sale by
all dealers, Benson, Smith G Co., agents
for Hawaii
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
AN ENTERPRls1NG MERCHANT

X. Yamamoto is the biggest importer
Of Japanese goods IN Hawaii Every
steamer from the orient (tramp or
passenger) brings him the largest ship
ment consigned to one firm. BY get
ting his goods in large quantities the
freight and other charges are greatly
reduced which enables him to undersell
all competitors.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
VERY RETIRES.

Read Admiral S. W. Very, command
ant of the Honolulu Naval Station. re-
tires on April 23 of this year. Coin
cidentally, Read Admiral Robley d.
Evans, now bringing the big Atlantic
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
DANCE At SEASIDE

On the arrival of the transport
Thomas, a dance will be given at the
Seaside Hotel for the officers and
ladies' of the Fifth Cavalry.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
MILLIONS
FOR FAMINE:

(AssOcidtod Press Gable to The Stdr.l
ST PETERSBURG, February A.
Three and oue-half millions dollars
have been appropriated by the Govern
ment for the relief Of the famine suf-
ferers in the interior
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
Continued on Page Five.J
REPRESHMENTS

Ice cream soda, Tutti-fruitti ice
cream, candies, Nessirode Puddings,
assorted cakes, are best at Young Cafe.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
GREAT BARGAINS.

in printed Batiste, Corset covers,
white dress skirts. Everything below
cost Sachs big after-stock-t taking sale.
Begins Monday
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04

Manuel IL who King of the
brother of the his
He Duke of Ba
he a
This Honolulu published
telling family
torial comment that there profound
s
killed
policies
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
CAMERON FOR ARTISTS MODEL

Mate Cameron Of the American ship
Eclipse, abandoned at sea on January
II, is suggested by waterfronters as
splendid subject for the model of "ye
ancient mariner" some time ago
sought by Artist Wilder.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
For ASSaSSinS' Victims
= G . \ ~ \
6 o
= = = 4 . Q =
Q G.

Memorial services honor the
held
morning of
high the
which the sacred rite benedicon Bishop
The full choir of the Cathedral will the
Silva will be ceebant the the
and SubDeon will be
Territorial officials, Federal officials
been invited attend the
. the service
c0 O.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04

Best cup of coffee In the city. New
England Bakery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
TO BOYCOTT
ASIATICS

CAssOciGted Press Gable TO The Stdr.)
JOHANNESBURG, February A
movement has been started here to
boycott all Asiatics engaged in busi-
ness
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
GUARDING
PENSIONS

(A8sOcidtcd Press cable to The Starr
WASHINGTON, d. c., February A.
The current pension bill provides for
concentrating all pension agencies in
this city.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04

sighted, nor has wreCkage from either
been reported.
Several vessels have reported un-
identified ships ashore in the region of
the Cape and lnere have been more or
less weird stories of ships ashore and
resultant feasts, but in the event of a
vessel going on the beach some tan
gible information would by this time
have reached the news centers of the
world.
The absolute disappearance of both
the Obrig and the Sewall and their
sailing within seven days of each other,
headed on the same course, sailing
from neighboring ports and getting
practically the same weather and being
kept reasonably close, are facts that
lend color to the theory of collision.
The Sewall had her name branded
all over her, on spars, boats, gangways,
taffrail, capstan bars, buckets oars, life
buoys and skylights besides bearing
her name on either side forward and on
her stern. Had she been driven
ashore and broken up, some piece of
wreckage bearing her name would
probably have bee discovered.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
BIG FLEET TO CALL
AT VALPARAISO
(Associdted Press Cable to The Star)

PUNTA ARENAS February American battehp will
make an informal call at Valparaiso which had
The torpedo dodla has entered the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-04
TURKEY
MENACES

(Associdted Press cable to The starr
ST. PETERSBURG, February A.
Five thousand troops have been sent
to the Persian frontier in anticipation
of trouble with the Turks.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15
BELLlNGHAM HAS A PLAN.

In recent issue of Golfers Weekly,
the following editorial mention is
given of the plan of the City of Bel
bingham to solve the problem of the
unemployed and the problem of clear
ing the logged-off land at one and the
same time. States COllier's
From Bellingham, Wash, comes
this letter written by one interested in
the problem of the unemployed:
Recently we were as sorely af-
flicted by the financial stringency as
any other city in the United States,
and the closing down of our mills
owing to complications in the lumber
industry further aggravated the con-
dition. At that time several of our
public-spirited citizens were appealed
to by the Chamber of Commerce to
come to the aid of the unemployed.
A scheme was eventually agreed upon
by which tremendous areas of logged
off land were offered for clearing, pay
ment for the same to be made in land.
The usual proportion was half and
half if a man cleared two acres OF
land he was given one acre as his
own, title free, and to hold forever.
AS the land is easy to clear, the three
dozen or so earnest men who, having
sufficient capital to provide for their
livelihood during the winter and
spring, took advantage of this offer
will have by next year some of the
best agricultural land in the world.
There is still much of this land that
was offered that has not been taken
up, and that is still open on the same
terms. Any man who is not afraid
of a years hard work can have this
land for the asking"
This is the best device for reliev-
ing the unemployed that has come out
of the winter; for there are few ends
more important than to increase that
ratio of self-supporting homes which,
of late years, has gone steadily down
ward through the drift from country
to city. These three dozen men are
in the way of securing content and
comfort for themselves, and character,
health, and confidence for their Sec
ond generations.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15

party. Second, the nation is not and
should not be interested in industries
primarily local in their character.
Only such businesses as touch the en-
tire body of the social organism should
have the attention of national pub
lie officers. Any matter that takes
the time of Senators and Congressman
from the consideration of strictly ma
tional affairs is useless waste with
consequent loss to the community.
Unless every section is aided alike.
there is a necessary favoritism de-
moralizing to any real growth of the
sentiment of patriotism. If postOf-
fee building is erected in Seattle.
Everett or Tacoma, it should be not
because those cities think they have
need of it, but because the United
States needs it in it's business. Third,
no normal community needs any ma
tional aid in local affairs and is bet
ter off without it, Western Washing
ton has all the men and brains re-
CURED to clear all the logged-off lands
as needed. The only thing wanting is
means whereby may be set free the
energy of brain and Drawn now held in
leash by the lack of a circulating me-
dunn of exchange that shall evidence
to others the fact that John Smith
has produced wealth or rendered serv-
ices which he wishes to exchange.
We all remember the story of the
lark in the wheatfield. So long as the
owner spoke of calling in his neigh
bors to help him, she had little con-
Germ for the safety of her young; but
when he said that they themselves
would start work in the morning, she
knew that the time had come to get
busy and move POGO tempo. Instead
of wasting our time begging Senator
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15
EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILE
ERS ON PRUNES

The Oregon Experiment Station has
recently published the results of some
experiments with the use of fertiliZ-
erS that were conducted for a period
of four years on an Italian prune or
chard. The soil is the characteristic
loan found in most orchards in the
Willamette Valley. Alternate rows
throughout the entire orchard were
treated with nitrate of soda, Thomas
Stag muriate of potash and sulphate of
potash, either alone or variously COM
bined. AS may have been anticipated,
no marked effects from the different
combinations of fertilizers were no.
ticed and the results were not decided
enough to allow one to draw any other
conclusions than that the conditions
of the experiment were not such as to
afford practical information.
There were two reasons which may
be assigned for the failure of secur-
ing valuable results from the use of
these combinations: First, the soils
of the Willamette Valley and the Pa
cific states generally, are nearly all
rich enough to grow young fruit trees
amply without fertilizers; second, the
trees with which the experiment was
conducted were young and these not
only grew WELL but also produced good
fruit without fertilizers. The expert
ment should have been conducted up
on an old orchard instead of a young
orchard 1t is only under such condi-
lions that any practical deemonstra-
ton could show results of Importance.
The experiment is of such import
ance that it should be repeated in the
manner indicated. There is little ques-
ton but that the combination of fer
tilizers including all three elements,
and especially nitrogen and potash,
would show very favorable results on
old prune orchards as we'll as upon
old apple orchards in the Willamette
Valley.
GEORGE WRIGHT.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15
HOW SHALL WE DO 1T?

w. S. Varnum, author Of the var
mum Idea" for clearing the logged-off
lands, is not inclined to favor the idea
of federal government aid. Inasmuch
as the Agricultural Department has
merely agreed to send an expert to
the Coast to look into the matter and
has made no other definite arrange
ments, and inasmuch as even II the
work were taken UP by the federal
government, there would still be a
field for the working of other methods
to clear the land, Mr.. Varnum's COM
munication is exceedingly interesting
and significant. 1t is by far the most
novel and at the same time practicable
plan that has yet been submitted to
The Ranch. His letter published in
previous issue, recommending the is
suance of Land Clearing Certificates
was undoubtedly read by our sub
scribers with interest. A further COM
munication follows:
Editor The Ranch.
There is, 1t appears to me, far too
common a tendency to beg help from
Washington when anything of public
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15
THE LOGGED OFF LAND DEPARTMENT


ern part of Washington and Oregon.
Left to themselves to do the work
without resources and machinery, it
would have taken many years for the
individual settlers to clear away the
heavy underbrush and the great
stumps that cover thousands of acres
of valuable lands. The agricultural
resources of the logged off land coun-
try would have remained dormant for
long time to come and development
would have been slow. With federal
aid, the work will be taken up by eff
fective machinery that will clear more
land in week than settlers could
clear by hand in a year land like unto
the transformation of the desert that
is taking place under efficient work of
the Reclamation Service, the logged
off land country will be rapidly
changed from wilderness into great
and fertile and productive garden
tracts which will be the homes of
thousands of prosperous and happy
homecrofters.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15

or semi-public nature is desired in the
community. There are many reasons
why this habit should be discouraged.
First, it takes by far too much time
and energy to interest the nation in a
local enterprise in proportion to the
benefit received. If this is not done,
then, it compels a resort to log roll,
ing in Congress with it's consequent
and necessary waste of public money.
If Jones has a creek dredged in his
district, Smith must have similar
job in his, though it is quite possible
both are only schemes to enrich few
contractors of the dominant political
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15

ington during the coming summer to
look into the work and to make COM
prehensive and extensive plans for the
pursuit of this great undertaking.
Thus The Ranch, working hand in
hand with Mr. Johnston and other men
who have been interested in this
movement has accomplished in few
months time a great work, not only
for the farmers of Western Washing
ton, but for thousands of future set
tiers who will be able to take up lands
which will be rapidly made available
for agriculture.
The beginning of this work by the
Federal Government means ultimately
the rapid clearing of vast areas of fer
tile farm lands west of the Cascade
mountains. 1t means that Western
Washington will rapidly come to the
front as an important agricultural
community. 1t means prosperity for
scores of thousands of farmers and
rich and developed territory surround
ing every city of any size in the west
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15

An important milestone has been
successfully reached and passed in
the fight that The Ranch has been
making for the cooperative and rapid
clearing of the logged-off lands of the
Pacific Slope. Advices from Wash
ington, D. c., received by The Ranch
this week, are to the effect that the
Agricultural Department has informed
United States Senator Piles that it has
definitely decided to take up the sug-
gestion of Elmer e. Johnston, Secre-
tary of the Everett Chamber of Com
merce, as outlined in the Snohomish
County edition of The Ranch, that the
government should make investigation
into the most economical method of
clearing logged-off lands in the West
for the benefit of small farmers. The
Agricultural Department has had the
matter under consideration for some
time, and has decided that it has full
authority to proceed with the work
with the funds already available. An
agent will be sent to Western Wash
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15
CONVENTION THIS SUMMER.

In accordance with the work
ing out of "The Snohomish
County Idea" as outlined in pre-
vious issues of The Ranch,
convention is to be called some
time this summer, probably in
Everett, for the purpose of get
ting together those who are in
terested in this tremendous
movement, and giving definite
consideration to the numerous
plans which have been brought
out by The Ranch and from
other sources. The call will be
issued by Elmer E. Johnson,
secretary of the Everett Cham
Der of Commerce, through the
medium of The Ranch, and it is
expected that the response will
be quick and enthusiastic.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15

Piles to try to do this or that for this
city or that county, and thereby TAX
ing his attention from the considera-
ton of national problems as they af-
feet the State, we should devise ways
and means to employ the energy now
daily going to waste in each COM
munity. In so far, and only so far,
as the United States has direct inter-
ests in each locality should it be
known industrially. Custom houses,
mints, etc., are national; school
houses, churches, roads, etc. are not.
1t is at least debatable if irrigation
schemes, transcontinental railroads
that extend through several counties
or states may not be properly carried
on under the supervision of the gen.
eral government as agent for the en-
tire body of society.
In clearing the logged-off lands of
this section there is only one real
need-men. But men must have tools
with which to work if they expect to
labor effectively, and they must have
food, clothing and shelter-at least so
long as they are employed. The first
item is legitimate subject for the
public to provide in it's cooperative
capacity. The second group of items
must be provided by the various indi-
viduals in the different communities
who expect to profit in varying degree
from the clearing of the land. In
order to bring together the man who
feeds and the one who clears, the first
must have evidence that the second
has performed the work. And this
evidence must be of such a char
acter that it constitutes a perpetual
lien on the land cleared and claim
against it's owner until such time as
he takes it up and redeems it with
goods or services of equal amount.
The plan heretofore outlined of pay
ing the clearers in County Clearing
Certificates provides such an "evi-
dence" that answers all the require
ments OF equitable exchange of serv-
ices. "This certificate is issued in pay
ment for services rendered and it will
be accepted at it's face in full satisfac-
ton Of all obligations due the issuer."
Such bill is certain of redemption
1t will perform all the functions of a
medium of exchange. 1t, in a small
degree, frees the laborer from the
domination of those merchants who
buy and sell money. BY this device
any political unit can provide for the
equitable exchange of goods and serv-
ices between any of it's members-at
least to the extent of their local self
supporting capacity. 1t places in the
hands of any community the power to
settle permanently and fairly the prob
lem of the unemployed within it's own
boundaries and with advantage to both
the individual "cell' and the organism
of which he is part.
Fourth, the foundation of Anglo
Saxon capacity for self government
was laid in the town meeting which
met to consider how and what to do
in local interests. The apparent lack
of that power among the Latin races
is to be found in the fact that they
have been taught to look to a central
head to direct individual and munich
pal energy and provide the good
things of life. Every county, canton
and city is, in very real sense, a
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15

microcosm of the greater organic
body.
Now, since we learn to do only by
doing, it is clear that each political
unit should direct and control its
purely local activities and thus learn
how and acquire power to do the larger
work. AS little occasion for King
County to ask aid of Washington in
clearing our lands as in Washington
asking aid of Europe in building battle
ships or canals.
w. S. VARNUM.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15
RHODE ISLAND RED EGGS.

Thoroughbred Rose Comb r. l. Red
eggs for Matching. Head of flock won
lst at Lewis d Clark Elk. and other
coast shows. At Bellingham this year
won everything in Reds except I'd
cockerel. Birds large, vigorous, good
layers; chicks easily raised. The ideal
fowl for the farm. Eggs $3.50 per IS,
$3.50 per %, $500 ner so, $3.50 per 100
Cedarmere Poultry Farm Park, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15
DO YOU WANT SOME?

DO 1OU WANT SUMEY
of my superior Barred Plymouth Rocks,
White Wyandottes, S. c. White Leg
horns, and my unparalleled strain of
SLACK Minorcas are line breed, and bred
have them at a reasonable price.
Stock can stand close inspection. Bel
bingham Bay Poultry Yards, o. L. Giese,
Prop r. r. ID. No. l, Bellingham,
Wash.