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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
SYSTEM IN THE
LAND OFFICE
Land Commissioner Pratt Tells
What He Saw at
Washington.
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"What struck me most in the Gen
eral Land Office in Washington, said
Land Commissioner Pratt, "was the
remarkable system by which the tre-
mendous business of the Office is carried
on. This system has been developed,
understand, largely under Secretary
of the Interior Garfield, and I am happy
to say that James B. Rickard, who was
appointed to the office from Hawaii,
has had a part in the work of systema-
tizing the business.
FThe Office is divided into a great
number of divisions, lettered from A
down, each one of which has charge of
some particular branch of the work.
As matters arise they are referred to
the proper division and proceed right
through the course of business. A com
plete record is kept of everything, so
that the chief clerk can instantly tell
just where any particular matter of
business is. If it is held up, he can tell
why it is held up, whether for an opin-
ion from the Attorney General, or for
resurvey, or anything of that kind
''One of the things l learned is that
in addition to the enactments of Con-
gress the decisions of the Secretary of
the Interior have to be studied to know
what the law is. These decisions are
not renewable, SO that in fact the law
is what the Secretary has decided it to
be. These decisions occupy a great
many books of reports, and | have been
given a complete set of them, which
will come to me through the mail along
with other data.
Gone of the things that these de-
cisions impress on one is the fact that
are required to comply
very strictly with the requirements of
the law. We have been accused here
Of being severe in insisting on require
ments, but it is nothing to what is done
there The decisions declare that resi-
1ence on homesteads requires that
shall be the habitual place
where the homesteader sleeps and gets
his meals. Nor is there any provision,
as with us, whereby, if misfortune
overtakes the homesteader and he is
obliged to give up his homestead, that
his improvements may be sold for his
benefit. There all the Improvements
20 to Uncle Sam"
Land Commissioner Pratt returned
Dy the Alameda from Washington,
where he devoted himself assiduously |
10 the study of the public land system
IF the United States. He expeets |
shortly to make complete report ito |
Governor Frear, and this report or |,
special one viii be available for the
Advisory Land Law Commission ap-
pointed by the Governor.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
PREDICTS CUBAN
ANNEXATION BY
THE PRESIDENT I

That Hawaii may yet have to COM
pete with the free entry of Cuban
sugar into the United States, through
the medium of the annexation of the
Pearl of the Antilles by Uncle Sam,
may be judged by a letter received
from Cuba by w. E. Shawaof this city,
in which the writer, who IS identified
with many interests, states that when
the United States troops evacuate Cuba
in February, turning over the military
control of the Republic to the Cuban
officials, trouble win result. Riots will
follow, prophesies the writer, and these
will be magnified into a revolution by
the newspapers and request will again
be made of the United States that Cuba
be annexed once and for all time. The
writer states his beliefs that one of
Roosevelt s last acts before retiring in
March will be to proclaim Cuba an
integral portion of the Union. At least
that will be the hope of the annexa'
tionists.
Mr.. Shaw leaves on the Alameda on
Wednesday for Cuba via New York, in
response to a cablegram received a few
days ago asking him to go at once to
Camaguey, Cuba, where his brother
Sumner F. Shaw has an option of sew
eral thousand acres of fine agricultural
lands This is the second cable request
Mr.. Shaw has received from his brother
to 90 to Cuba, and he has now severed
his connection with various interests
he held here Mr.. Shaw started the
NahikU Rubber plantation on Maui,
which is now thriving with a vast
number of trees approaching maturity.
His brother. Sumner Shaw, is chief
engineer of the Cuba Railway, with
headquarters at Camaguey. He built
the Guatemala Northern railway year
or two ago. and has been associated
with many railroad building projects.
Several former sugar plantation man.
ayers of the Hawaiian Islands have
located in Cuba. and the most recent
to their number was ]. T.
Moir of Hawaii Another plantation
manager is also said to be planning TO
leave for Cuba to engage in sugar
raising. Mr.. Shaw viii be accompanied
by his wife.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
POL|T| T|C|A A \ S
READY TO
BEGIN
Caucus Yesterdayto See
What Convention
Plans Are.

At ten clock this morning the dele
gates to the Republican Territorial
Convention will assemble to transact
their business in the Orpheum. Eacf
lsland has sent its quota of party lead
Oers to take part in the deliberations
and today viii witness-unless the cal
iber of the delegates is different from
what is hoped-the first steps taken
in the reorganization of the party
which has allowed itself to fall back
Through overeonfdence in its strength
and through mismanagement on the
part of some of those placed in posi-
tions of trust at its head.
The chairmen, temporary and perma-
nent, will be chosen from the Hawaii
delegation, the honor this year being
due that island in its regular turn, and
last night, In caucus, the selected ones
were named. The names will not be
announced until this morning, however
There was a general caucus held last
night as well, q large number of dele
gates gathering in the Young Hotel
for a discussion of what was what
and who was who. At this caucus, at
which all the islands were represented,
a general discussion of the platform to
be adopted was gone into, the warmest
discussion seentering about the immi-
grafton plank. Some of the delegates,
with an eve to the understanding ma
ture of any reference to immigration,
wanted to remain silent on this matter,
copying the Democratic platform in
saying nothing, while other delegates
urged the adoption of a forward policy
plank and the pledging of party sup
port to an appropriation for immigra-
tion purposes.
The nomination of Kuhio as the
party nominee for Delegate will be
formality, and the only time which
will be taken up in the nominating
viii be in delivering eulOgistie speeches
addressed to the Delegate. More time
and a possible contest will result from
the work of choosing a campaign man
ager to succeed a. G.. NJ. Robertson.
There will be an insistent demand for
A. l.. c. Atkinson to head the Terri
torial committee, with good prospects
that he will consent. For secretary, A.
D. Castro, a member of the last House
and a candidate for nomination again.
will probably be selected. Mr.. Castro
is an excellent choice and his name
ought to be received warmly by the
convention. He is good politician,
rustler and a popular choice, while,
above all else. he is for clean politics
and a business campaign.
Fourth's Good Slate.
Mr.. Castro is one of those slated for
Continued on Page Four.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
LEO LINDHARD WILL Be
MISSED WHEN HE Goes

A very charming personality and
handsome presence viii be missed from
the local stage, when the Lumley Com
pany leaves on Wednesday, in the
form of Leo Lindbard, who has play
ed many rather minor parts here with
an ease and knowledge Of stagecraft
that show him TO be destined for the
White Way before his career is very
much longer.
Mr. Lindhard has always been as
sigued the stickish" roles, and for
this reason has perhaps not received
the notice he should have, but in
the part of Steve, in "The Virginian, f"
he played a very clever piece of cow
boy work and was the finishing touch
that made the piece success.
In later plays here he has carried
dress coat and drawing man
ner 10 perfection, something which only
few actors ever arrive at, and this
alone shows that be is of the caliber
that rises above touring shows and an
chors in the metropolis.
Mr.. Lindhard has made many per
sonal friends as well as admirers in
the audience since he has been here,
and there are many in Honolulu who
viii follow his future career with great
interest and hopes for his quick ana
deserved success.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
EXPERIMENTS IN
RUBBER TAPPING
Federal and Territorial Sta.
tions Join in Carrying Out
important Work.

/ As result of the recent tour of
Maui by DR.. Wilcox of the Federal
Experiment Station and R. s. Hosmer
Territorial Forester, some valuable ex.
periments are to be carried on under
the joint auspices of the Federal an
| Territorial authorities in the rubber
plantations at Nahiku. These expert
ments are to determine the best meth
DDS OF rubber-tree tapping from a com
mercial standpoint, the commercial cost
of tapping and the commercial costs
of coagulating the sap and extracting
the pure gum rubber contents.
The trees on the Nahiku plantation
are doing well, although the hope at
one time entertained that tapping on a
| commercial basis could be commenced
this fall has been shown to be prema-
ture, and the real work of collecting
the gum will not commence for wear.
Many of the trees are quite large
enough to be tapped experimentally,
however, and @. @. Bradford of the
Federal station is to be sent to the
plantation to carry on this expert
mental work. For the cost of the
work, Forester Hosmer has agreed to
set aside a thousand dollars of the
appropriations in his hands.
Mr.. Bradford win first determine, by
long course of tests. which method
of incising the bark will bring about
the best results, whether the straight
gashing of the bark, the most conve-
nient and easiest made incision; the
herring bone tapping, a circular tap
ping, or whatever other system may be
thought of. The results of the flows
from each of these incisions will be
noted, the time required to make the
various tappings will be kept track of.
and the results will be worked out in
dollars and cents to see what the cost
of rubber production is to be, some
thing of which so far the rubber grow
ers in Hawaii have no statistics nor
figures.
Experiments in cultivation and fer
tilization will also be carried on by the
investigator, the results on the growth
and hardness of the trees under vari-
ous conditions of cultivation and fer
tilization to be noted for the future
guidance of the planters. 1t is the
opinion of both DIR. Wilcox and Mr..
Hosmer that both will have much to
do with the success of the rubber in
dustry here, much more than the grow
ers have so far supposed.
In Honolulu, in the station labora-
tories, an exhaustive series of expert
ments will be carried ON to determine
the best methods of separating the |
pure gum from the sap mass for cons
mereial purposes. The sap for these
experiments will be obtained from the |
trees at the stations
Through these experiments it is
thought that figures can be obtained |
to determine what the cost of produc.
ing rubber commercially here is going |
to be, figures which will undoubtedly |
have much to do with the future plant /
ng of rubber in the Islands. So far
.he planters here have nothing to go |
Continued on Page Seven.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
EMPLOYE
DIES SUDDENLY

Walter S. Marchant, clerk in the
money order department of the post
office, died suddenly last evening at 10
o 'clock at the home of Mrs. Nelson,
corner of Nuuanu avenue and Vine
yard street.
Mr.. Marchant has been somewhat
indisposed recently, but only on Satur-
day evening did he express any inti-
nation that he was not so well as
usual. Last evening he visited at the
home of Mrs Nelson and was aP.
parently about the same as usual until
toward 10 clock, when he lay down
on a sofa and complained of not being
well. death from heart failure follow
ing soon afterwards.
The deceased had been connected
with the Honolulu postoffiee for about
nine years and during that time was
connected with the money-Order depart
ment. He was formerly a resident Of
Los Angeles. where he leaves wife
and two daughters.
The postoffice employees viii look
after the funeral arrangements.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
LAHAINA JAPANESE
FEAST FISH God

LAHAINA, Maui, September IL
The japanese fishermen here held their
annual feast on Thursday in honor OF
the god who gives them fish and pro-
tects them during the year. The kind
god simply took the spiritual part and
left the material for the fishermen,
their wives and children to enjoy
About twenty boats were decorated
with their national and other japanese
flags for three days.
On Thursday, Mrs. Cannon gave an
afternoon tea in honor of Miss Daisy
Barnes, principal of KOnawaena school.
There were present Miss Barnes, Mrs.
Burt. Miss Burt, Miss Law, Mrs. Simp-
son. Mrs. Kroll and Mrs. Glib.
Cannon Ault of Wailuku came over
on Wednesday and returned on Thurs
day.
The Lahainaluna school opened on
Wednesday with a large attendance.
Four of the graduates of the Lahalna
school viii take courses in this institu-
tiOn. Ernest Cockett, another graduate
of the Lahaina public school will at
tend the Normal school next year.
Mrs. Burt. Miss Burt and Miss Law
returned on Saturday morning from
Lahaina 10 Honolulu. Mrs. Burt will
teach in the new Kawaiahao seminary,
Manoa valley: Miss Burt Will finish her
high school course, and Miss Law will
attend the Normal.
Miss Hose, a graduate of the Kane,
hameha schools viii take a course at
the Normal next year. Chang Hoy.
graduate of the Honolulu High School,
Y 10 passed the Harvard examination
this year returned to Honolulu on Sat
uriav.
Bishop Restarick has sent one hun.
dred chairs for the parish hall.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
CATHOLICS PARADE
THROUGH LONDON'S
CROWDED STREETS
Route Guarded and Noblemen Surround the
Aged PapaI Lesate---Sociaists Create
Trouble in Budapest
(AssOciated Press cablegrams.l

associated Cablegrams)
LONDON September
headed yesterday
guarded parade
passed
The Eucharssic
DISTURBANCES IN HUNGARY.
turbing yesterday
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14

Purser Logan of the Noeau, in yes
terdsv from Kailua. reports having
sighted large freight steamer OF he
ahole Point. steering north, close TO
Mahukona, at P. N, September L.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
BITTER FIGHT PROMISED
AGAINST GOVERNOR HUGHES

SARATOGA New York. September 1A the State Republican
N
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
AUSTRALIA WANTS A
BIG BRITISH FLEET

MELBOURNE September 14Th Premier
sending Austraaan
yerican Atlantic
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
BRYAN WAS GOOD-TAFT
SECURES ROOSEVELT AID

DEER PARK Maryland September 14candidate refused
political addresses yesterday refusing that
he be breaking Sabbath
TAFT STARTS WEDNESDAY.
speech making Wednesday
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS FOR TAFT.
September
suitability
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17
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terly opposed because, in the interests of humanity and science, he stood up for the principle and necessity of vivi- section to ameliorate human suffering.
 What prejudices We take up against people and how cruel and unlovely they make us! Some movement is be- gun for the betterment of society, but we refuse to help it on because with some of its details we do not sympa- thiZe or we are prejudiced against some people who are interested in the movement,
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17
ONLY A DOLLAR AD
 BUT 1T BORE FRUIT
And Now Three New Families Will Settle in This County as the Result of Is

Here is a little story about what a dollars worth of advertising in The Republican did for the Buckeye coun- try. Before the details are given and to inspire perusal it will be stated that the final result to date. is two ranches sold and two more prosperous and up- to-date farmers with their families are preparing to make their homes in the incomparable Buckeye section.
 w. R. Blackmar is the man who put the ad. in The Republican, just lit tie classified or popular want ad. and continued il one dollars worth. It was seen by J. H. Gass. who came here four months ago from Crawford county, Kansas. to spend the winter. Mir. Class did not want to buy a ranch but he knew a man who did. his friend. w. c. Trout of Visalia county. Cali fornia. who was then here looking for something good. MT. Gass told MT. Trout of the little ad in The Repub- lican and together they journeyed to Buckeye to see Mir Blackmer The land sold was for a neighbOr of Mir. Blackmer and the latter gave the wis itors the benefit of his acquaintance in Buckeye while they were looking things over.
 The result of the inspection was that Mir Trout picked out two ranches, one for himself and one for a son-in-law,
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17

AFTERNOON TEA-On Thursday afternoon the ladies of the First Bap- tist church will give Colonial After noon Tea" from 2:3O to o'clock. in the VeStry
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17
POLICE BuslNEss-The city po-

lice yesterday jailed three drunks who will receive the attention of the court today call was received from the corner of Bennett Lane and Second avenue yesterday which was answered by Officers Sullivan and Troutman. There they discovered a Mexican mak
 ing off with some stolen property. consisting of a sprinkling can and a buggy whip. The purposes to which he intended to devote the sprinkler was not learned. though he may have been going to fire, as he intimated. It was thought. however, by the off cers that he aimed to pawn or sell it for something with which to add fuel to the internal fires. Shortly after ward Officer TrOutman was called upon the organize a .neighborhOOd fire department. Down at the corner of Grant and First avenue a small house was seen ablaze. the flames having already burned through the shingles from defective flue. A window was broken out of the attic and the bucket brigade did the necessary work with
 out calling the regulars into action.
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17
CHOPIN, THt SUBJECT
 GF MUSICAL LECTURE
MT. J. Homer Grunn Gives Lecture and Brief Program at School of Music.

The fourth of the series of musical recitals and lectures was given Satur- day afternoon at the Arizona School of Music to a very appreciative and at tentive audience. The subject of the lecture was Chopin, the Raphael of the Piano, whose life and works were en- tertainingly presented by Mir. J. Homer Grunn, and illustrated by renditions on the piano,of the themes of a few of his compositions which were very illuminative to the hearers.
 Chopin was born near Warsaw, Po- land, in 1909 and died in Paris in 1S49 His father was French and his mother a Pole. He was considered a finished virtuOsO at the age of nineteen, and his earliest compositions were dances, mazurkas, polonaises etc. At this age he gave concerts in Vienna, Munich and Paris. Here in this city he began his romantic connection with George Sand In 1883 she took him to Majorca for his health which was failing. Here his experiences were very sad. He later was driven to take up a residence in a monastery owing to the prejudice against one afflicted with the disease, with which he was suffering. George
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17

Sand left him after a friendship of eight years, and he afterward lived in retirement, composed and gave in struction. His dark and unhappy days no doubt helped to mould considerable sentiment into his music The story of his life was very instructive and Mir. Grunn's lecture was well worth hear ing.
 It indeed prepared the assemblage to thoroughly enjoy the brief program which followed, in which MT. Grunn played a number of Chopin selections. MT. Grunn is as refreshing as a sea breeze on a sultry day. He affects no theatrical platform department, but seems to forget himself, his audience, his environment and devotes himself to a sympathic reading and a realization of the poetic ideals of the composer. His playing in this program showed superb musicianship. The first two numbers were Nocturne and a Mazur- ka. The Marche Funebre was very impressive. The Polonaise Op. 5S A Flat as well as the closing number Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Op 22 displayed his facility of technic There were a number of other fine Chopin studies in which the tonal beau ty and sentimental phrases were real ized with cOnsummate skill.
 MT Thomas Francis Hughes was on the program for two numbers, The Maiden's Wish, and My Delights which were pleasing and very acceptable. His accompanist was Miss Grace Abbie Andrews.
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17

who has not yet arrived. The two ranches total 24O, ,acres and are situ- ated near the BlackIner ranch. Both are improved properties and in good condition for the new owners to take possession and begin living life as farmer would like to live it.
 Mir Trouts son-in-law will be here shortly with his family and what is more he will bring along a carload of stock with which to start the stock business in connection with his farm ing. This means a fine accession to the Buckeye settlement. both in peO- pie and in Teal property, and it all
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17

came through a one dollar ad in The Republican.
 But a word should also be said about MT. Class. He came to Phoenix from a mighty good country and was a little bit doubtful if he could bet ter himself. However he wanted some thing a little less strenuous in the way of winter weather than the sun flower state could offer and decided to give the Salt River valley try-Out. He is satisfied. So much so in fact that he is going back home as soon as the weather moderates, sell out his Kansas property and return to this valley to locate permanently.
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17
THE LOST FouND.-It wa.

THE LOST FOUND.-It was re- ported last Friday that a young man had been lost from a surveying party in the northern part of the territory. It was feared that the victim was Harvey l.. Nay who has been stopping in Phoenix but had joined surveying party in the north The story had been brought here by a man who had overheard a conversation at Flagstaff. Precisely what the nature of the ru- nor there was is not known. but it was understood that a member of the Blout surveying party had been lost The Republican yesterday received a telegram from Hayden Talbot of Flag staff saving that the members of the Blout party were all safe at Tuba City.
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17
A VISITOR TO CASTLE CREEK

Rev Donald 2. NacKaye of New York, of the foremost Presbyterian ministers of this country, arrived at Castle Hot Springs yesterday accompanied by Mrs. MacKaye pr. MacKaye comes especially to take the baths the fame of which has extended throughout the east. On account of the increasing business at the springs it was neces- sary yesterday to run the automobile to the junction, something that had not been done on Sundays before.
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17
THE WEATHER.
Local Daily Weather Report for the
 Arizona Republican.

Forecast for todav-Fair.
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17
DEATH OF A. W. NoRLINe-Al,

fred w Norling of Salver. Ills, died here yesterday and his body was talk en in charge by Mohn & Driscoll. A sister of the young man will leave Tuesday evening with the body for interment in the east. He was 3S years of age.
Arizona republican., 1908-02-17
SANTA FEE TIME TABLE. PHOENIX CITY TIME.

AcdNcs AiiNcs "The Diamond Jo," for Hot Springs Junction, Wicken- burg, Prescott and branch points, Jerome, Ash Fork, Los Angeles, San Fran cisco and all points west 200 am. 2:S5 am. "The Daylight Express" for Hot Springs Junction Castle Hot Springs), Wickenburg, A. & c. branch points, Congress Junction, Prescott, Ash Fork, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago and all points east. ......8:00 am. 4:10 pm. No trains on A. & c. Ky. or Poland branch Sun days.