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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-09

The h.J. rto existing British Vice
Consulate with offices at Messrs. TheO.
II. Davies & Co, having row been
closed all British Consular business
will in future be transacted at the
Consulate, No. 1920 South King street.
RALPH G. Il. FORSTER,
Consul Officiating.
British Consulate,
Honolulu, June >, 1909.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-09
WARM DAYS.

The days are too warm to be spent
in town if one has the time to go
down country" This is especially
the case on Sunday when everything
is warm and the town seems stuffy.
Haleiwa offers a warm welcome TO
men who have worked hard during the
work and who have been overtaken by
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-09
CLOSING NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Pa
ragon Market will close at 10 a. m.
Friday, June II. Please place orders
the day before.
f. W. KLEIN,
Proprietor
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-09

brain flag. The delicacies provided
guests at that hotel are always ap-
petizing and served well. There is
that something about Haleiwa that is
not found in the average hotel in Ha-
wall and some of the guests are will
ing to say it is due to the excellence
of management of Mr. Bidgood
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-09
New Advertisements
sTocksooks CLOSED.

The Stock Book Of the Oahu Sugar
Co., Ltd, will be closed to transfers
from June 10th to 18th. 1909, both
dates inclusive.
(Sgd.) GEO. RoDIEK,
Act. Treasurer, Oahu Sugar Co., Ltd
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-09

The Island of Kauai will he repre-
scented at the Worlds Conference OF
the Christian Endeavorers, to be held
in St Paul, by Judge w. Werner who
has been attending the Hawaiian
Board meetings in this city lately.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-09
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that Pete
Higgins is no longer in the employ OF
this company.
PEERLESS PRESERVING
PAINT CO., LTD.
Office, Fort St., opp. irwin & Co.
Telephone 2S1.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-09

Joshua d. Tucker has leased a beach
lot at aKhala next to the Pratt pro-
perty, from Queen Liliuokalani for
ten years at rental of $40 annually.
He win use it for a summer home.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-09
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby gwen that Wong
Let has this day sold all his interest in
the firm of Won Loui Co, to Hee Man
and has no authority to act in behalf
OF said firm.
WON LOUI co.
By Hee Man.
Manager
Honoluln Nav a IQnQ
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-09
Paragon Market
F. w. KLEIN, Prop.

SPECIAL DELIVERY SERVICE.
Give Us a Trial for Prime Cuts.
Beretania and Alakea. Phone, 104.
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Classified Advertising
LOST

Bank Book No 2O9O. Please return
to Bank of Hawaii
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Honolulu, May 81. 1909.
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NOTICE.

Honolulu June S, 1903
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PIANo-TUNiNG AND REPAIRING.
WANTED 10. BUY
FOR RENT.

Two rooms and use of kitchen.
l room cottage. 1928 Emma Street.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-10

width OF the Cape Cod canal show that II
will be OF the same general character as
to size as the great ship canals of the
world, and the dimensions are amply suf-
ficient to accommodate all vessels engaged
In the coastwise traffic at any stage OF tide
and permit them to pass in opposite direc-
tions without hlndrance.
The increase in our coast traffic Of
recent years has been stupendous, but the
conditions under which II Is handled have
changed. I refer 10 the replacement OF the
old schooner with the tug and barge.
To-day the greater part Of the coal
traffic between New England. New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk is handled in
barges, usually two or three in number,
behind an ~oceangoing tug. Reference TO
the statistics OF the Boston hamber Of
Commerce show the extent 20 which this
new method of transportation has super
seeded the old, and the thing that strikes
one In these statistics is the small increase
In vessel number and the large Increase in
vessel tonnage. While the total number
Of steamers remains substantially the same
sailing vessels have decreased q per cent
in number and the bRrges have increased
more than IS per cent In number.
The loss OF life and property In round
ing the cape, where there are an average
Of 100 foggy days a year. has always been
appalling, but IT would be greater in the
future. A schooner might live through the
terrific hurricanes, but a tug could never
expect TO do so, while the chances Of such
a vessel passing safely through the tor
tuous channel Of Vineyard sound on a dark
night with all It's barges in tow are remote
in the extreme.
witt the Cape Cod canal established the
great Source not only Of danger but OF
delay will have been removed and the tow
ing companies can estimate with reason
able certainty upon the time Of Departure
and arrival Of their tugs. IN fact with a
much greater certainty than for a similar
shipment by rail-"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-10
BEAUTY PRIZE GOES TO ESKIMO
Columbia, from Labrador, Won from
ali Corners at the Seattle
Exposition.

SEATTLE. Oct lo-The prize awarded
the most beautiful woman BY the judges
al the Alaska-Y ukon-Pacific exposition at
Seattle was not given TO a white woman,
= negro or an oriental, but TO one OF the
red race. an Eskimo girl named Columbia.
from the southern coast Of Labrador. All
the visitors to The fair were allowed 10
compete IN the beauty contest" All they
had TO do was to visit the exposition in
their best bib and tucker, where they
might be seen by the unknown judges ming
ling In the crowd.
The prize was a aluable piece OF Sc
attic property, a lot in the residential sec
ton. The deed 10 this property Columbia
now exhibits with great pride and her
mother never lets a friend 90 By until he
or she has seen the document
Columbia's mother was one Of the Eskl-
mos brought from Labrador 20 be exhibited
al the Worlds Columbian exposition In
Chicago In 1885. Columbia was born soon
after, 50 that now, while she is shy Of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-10

Is OF glass, which the owner and occupant,
H.. S. Mobley, put in, together with hard
wood floors. The flues for the cooking
range pass out through the mouth OF the
cave and extend outward a distance OF
nearly forty feet. Movable screens permit
the increase and reduction Of rooms at the
pleasure OF the occupants. a fine spring
at the top Of the mountain furnishes water
through a private system Of water works.
This novel dwelling was completed about
two years ago. II is approached by a beau
tful road ascending tho crest OF the noun
tain by easy stages, and the grounds about
the cave are kept in perfect condition. The
occupants declare that II is the coolest
dwelling In summer and the most comfort
able in winter, and they have no fear OF
cyclones, which are frequent in that re-
glon. Neither heat nor cold penetrate the
solid protection Of yards Of granite. Mr..
Mobley says he will live in the cave for
the rest OF his life. The cave is in easy
driving distance OF town.-st. Louis Re
public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-10

effort at canal building. For here lies
a great ditch into which twenty-five
years ago men dumped S1,ooO,OOO with as
little result as though they had dumped
the money into quicksands.
The old work itself remains, but the
connection with the bay Is sealed as closely
IS IL II never existed. The relentless
storms have piled the sand high along the
beach and piled it so tightly into the gap
that men endeavored 10 make in the shore
line tina not even a sign Of it remains.
How these foTaner builders hoped to
overcome the difficulty is not material,
but the present builders have gone deeply
into the subject and after much study
Of tides and winds have undertaken a
renewed strusgle with the elements.
William Barclay Parsons. the chief en-
gineer Of the work, proposes to provide
protection against the winds by building
a breakwater out beyond the j%etties.
This b~reakwater will be 5000 feet long.
running In an east and west direction and
extending to a six fathom curve at low
water so that vessels entering from the bay
even in rough weather will be able to OBJ
tain smooth conditions before going into
the canal, This, Of course. is the work OF
the canal company, but IT is expected that
In addition the United States government
viii construct a harbor Of refuge by the
building OF other breakwnters. so that YES
sells after having passed the canal may lie
az anchor until they are ready to continue
their voyage.
It Is upon this great stone work that the
money Of the company viii be expended
eud that the genius Of the engineers viii
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taking on a definite form from the pile OF
rock that lies out In the bay and another
pile that lies on the beach.
S~chooners with granite from the rugged
Cape Ann coast are daily discharglne
their loads into the devouring sands.
That the beach has already begun to
collect It's toll from the canal builders Is
evidenced by the werckage OF lighters
that may be seen around the coustruc-
ton works.
IDr natives who are familiar with the
conditions Of the coast and have all their
lives battled with It's tides and winds find
an almost endless subject OF discussion in
this effort to control the shifting. treach-
erous sand. They are arguing long and
sealously whether after an the jetties will
not collect sand fast enough 20 choke %
the canal entrance unless II is constantly
dredged.
The old canal, which looks not unlike a
ditch, viii save the excavstors some work.
for II will be turned over 10 the use OF the
new builders, and the line Of the survey
passes through its center for its entire
length. From It's beach end. choke now
with is marsh weeds and grass, to It's end
ing IN = pasture 1t stands as a melancholy
Of the many projects that were formerly
advanced for a Cape Cod canal.
II was a project Of f. A. lockwood,
who had invented a dredge which he had
made an unsuccessful effort 10 sell to the
French government when Il was engaged
IN the construction o. the Panama canal.
tie interested capitalists in his scheme
and for a time IL seemed thai the canal
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-10

would really be built, But the dredge
proved rather poor after all, as it was
out Of order about half the time, and Mr..
LOckwood's death brought an end 10 the
efforts of this particular company. He had
succeeded, however, in digging a channel
one mile long, 100 feet wide and sixteen
feet deep.
His scheme was not by any means the
only one that has ever been advanced for
the building Of a Cape Cod canal. Back as
far as 1916 one OF the citizens Of sand
witch had the idea Of making a continuous
waterway by joining the two rivers. The
records Of the Massachusetts Bay colony
show that an order for a survey of a
waterway at this same point was entered
and that General Thomas Machin, an en-
gineer Of reputation, was appointed to su-
perintend the work. The outbreak Of the
revolution, however, checked this plan at
a very early stage.
In 1871 and again in ISIS the most famous
engineer Of the day, Loammi Baldwin,
made several surveys based upon those of
Machin and recommended the building OF
the canal. Again nothing was done, and
THE project was forgotten until 1924, when
a representative from Massachusetts in
duced President Monroe to recommend IN
his annual message that a commission be
appointed to determine the ACCESSIBILITY Of
the construction OF the cana by the fedora.
government.
In 1860 and again in 1875 plans for the
building of the canal were revived, but
they all came TO nothing. Then followed
a long series OF private schemes either Of
visionary Dreamer or OF swlndlers whose
efforts gave no promise Of success. In
D A.a-a - a. w-.a.aW- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. -
dishonesty were the chief characteristics
and In none Of them we're more than a few
spadefuls Of earth turned. Not until Lock
woods time was actual work on a cana.
project undertaken.
From the land end Of the old Lockwood
canal the survey Of the present cana.
crosses the line between the towns OF
Sandwich and Bourne and continues for
some distance parallel with the old Colony
railroad. Al this point much Of the space
between the canal and the railroad is oc-
cupied by the works Of a car manufactur-
ing company, one OF the industries tina
have already received a great impetus in
growth from the canal propect.
To the north OF this factory, IN plain
view Of all passing trains, Is a high hill
Whloh has been denuded Of vegetation,
leaving 8 great scar Of yellow sand, which
Is confidently pointed out by wise travellers
as the Culebra cut Of the canal, In reality,
however, 1t has nothing 70 do with this
construction work, but has been cut away
by the car company to secure sand for
filling in its land.
The canal passes more than q quarter
OF a mile TO the south from the base OF
this hillside Digging here is easy and
nothing bars the way until the highway
near the Bournedale station is reached.
Here are two small houses. the first along
the line that it is necessary 10 move. It
was feared that the Independent Cape Cod
spirit Of the owners might cause them 10
refuse to sell their property, but they were
quite reasonable about IL and sold their
houses Immediately TO the company. with
the privilege VI living in them for five
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-10

years after they had been moved back
some ten OF fifteen feet.
A short distance further on Is what must
have once been a fine old Cape Cod place,
but the buildings nave fallen almost to
ruins and will meet a merciful end when
they give way to the advance OF progress.
AS is often the case with the building Of
public improvements. the construction of
the canal will bring about the destruction
Of many places replete with the history
and tradition OF Cape Cod people.
The old Perry homestead, which was built
by ancestors OF August Belmont. who once
owned the entire strip Of land through
which the canal will pass, has already been
torn down. The Upper house, which was
built in 1851 and which descended from
father to son for generation after genera
ton, with never a transfer or a mortgage
appearing on the record for 272 years, has
been purchased by the canal company and
Will also be RACED. The old Pope tavern at
Sandwich, which Daniel Webster frequently
visited, will lie just outside Of the canal
zone.
The old station at Bournedale lies in the
course OF the canal and will be removed.
Another landmark which the plans will re-
quire TO be removed is the old bridge at
Buzzards Bay. This will be replaced by a
drawbridge, and the Buzzards Bay station
Will be south Of the Monument river in
stead OF north as it is at present placed.
This railroad win also cause some change
in the appearance Of Gray Gables, where,
It will be remembered, the nations summer
: capital was located during President Cleye-
lands administration. for on part Of the
I nrnnarfv the rau+ raUy-av~ gVatf-- I'm A..
built near the Buzzards Bay entrance to
the canal.
The canal zone is 1000 feet wide. thu
width OF the canal at the top will be from.
80 to 800 feet, and rs feet at the bottom.
The depth Of the canal. as originally
planned, was twenty-five feet, which Is sui,
ficient for the passage Of traffic vessels
But the interest that has Ueen aroused /.
the canal since the beginning Of the worl
aud the talk OF the deep waterways alode
the Atlantic coast may make an important
change in the depth and may require me
digging Of five additional feet for the pass.
ing OF war vessels.
A party for the securing Of data for a
report TO the convention Of the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways association az Norfoih
IN November recently went over IN. Uus
and made an inspection Of the works. Pc.
sides the president Of the association and
several members Of the congressional c m.
mittees, the government was represented
by Colonel j. c. Sanford. engineer Of tbs
Newport district, After the report Of this
body has been acted upon something more
definite as 10 the full extent Of changes ia
plans viii develop.
Upon this, too, will depend to a great ex.
tent the time Of the completion OF the work
Mr. Parsons thinks that II the depth te-
mains twenty-five feet the canal will be
finished in two years. The additional depth
will entail the consumption OF at least
another year Of work.
The canal Is not a channel for local
traffic" said Mr. Parsons In discussing the
company's plans, but is essentially a ship
canal for ocean-going vessels In through
service. The figures OF proposed depth and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-10
A BATTLE WITH THE SAND
Now Being Fought by Cape Cod
Canal Engineers.
NATURE IN HER WORST MOOT
Opposed to Them are storms, winds
and VfIdes-The Issue is, Can the
Entrance TO the Canal
b Kept OpenF

BOSTON, oct s-Theyt are just s~cooping
SAINT along the Cape Cod canal and not
saying a word. Probably no canal OF sim
lar Importance was ever built with less
noise and buster than has so far marked
the progress OF this work.
There are nc great cuts 10 be made, with
consequent use OF tons OF explosivess no
rattle Of machinery drilling through rocks
and Overhanging cliffs, no expensive con-
domination suits to be aired In the courts,
no villages TO be destroyed nor expensive
properties to be torn away TO make way
for the course of the canal. II Is simply a
case Of digging and digging and digging.
n just keeping everiastingly at It from
sunrise to sunset.
II you walk along the line Of the survey,
which is now definitely set forth, you
will understand why this is true. Natur,
has given the builders OF this waterwat
a lot OF assistance. In the first place the
eight mites which II Is necessary to cut
across 10 connect the waters Of BuEzard
bay ami Cape Cod bay is made up In chief by
the Monument river 90 the south and the
Scusset river % the north, while separating
them IS a ridge that al lis hlghts, point
does rot exceed thirty feet above sea level.
In the second place the whole OF this
storm swept arm OF Massachusetts,, from
Where n Is Joined onto the mainland ~
IT'S termination al Proyincetown. is Of a
curious geographical formation. Every
where q IS flat, with but few hills, and is
composed almost entirely Of sand and
gravel.
When one considers the apparent ease
with which a canal here may be built and
also considers the loss q life, Of ships and
OF oargoes which the frequent fOgs and the
exposure Of the low, sandy coast TO north
east storms have caused one wonders why
= channel was not constructed many years
ago TOT me seasoing traffic between the
Massachusetts and down east ports and
those TO the south.
You will nearly have reached the end Of
your walk across the cape from BuEzards
bay before you come upon the real obstacle
that has hitherto discouraged engineers ana
nnanciers- Al the southern entrance 10 the
canal BuEzards bay Is landIocked and AZ
fords an excellent hArbor, but the northern
entrspce is directly from Barnstable bav.
y5ch has no natural protection. This BODY
"a mater, as everybody knows who has seen
IL in winter, is open 10 the fury OF storms
from the north and northwest
The builders Of the canal saw that here.
then, was ;helr most serious problem. II
t&ey had not realised Il from the very
outline Of the coast hey would have dis
covered Il from What remains Of a former
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-10
LIVES IN STYLE IN CAVE
Unique ROOst of Rich Farmer on
Top in okla
hOma,

One OF the most successful farmers of
the Prairie Grove (Okl.) section, who Is an
active member OF the National armer
union, has dwelled In a cave for years. II
is probably the most palatial cave in the
world and is fitted up with all modern con-
v%eniences, including hot and cold water,
electric fans, electric lights and steam
heat. He discovered the cave at the top Of
a mountain, 100 feet high.
1t is seventy-eight feet long by twenty
five feet wide, and thirty-two feet high.
The walls are OF beautiful granite, which
has been handsomely polished. The ceiling
is forty feet thick. The front Of the cave
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-10

telling her exact age, we are certain she
Is in her teens.
After the exposition Columbia's mother
Travelled throughout the United states with
n circus. Later the baby went back 10
Labrador with her grandfather and grand
mother, to live in Eskimo land. Some time
after this Columbia's mother went TO Lab
rador as the agent OF a ompany TO get
Eskimos for the Paris exposition. Co
lumbia and her mother and grandparents
crossed the ocean. They also Travelled in
Africa and throughout Spain.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-10
Msrnthon an PIanEvIiIe.

Pop" said the farmers boy. Il v
been reading a lot about these Marathons
these days and ia like to enter some"
"All right, my lad" FASTENED the old
man, taking a fresh chew OF tobacco, Just
yeou go down TO the woodpile and start a
bookkeeping Marathon and when yeou
are through you can use the sawdust 70
play circus. Now, who says I'm not a con-
siderate father ?"-Chicago News
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-06-15

the information there given, both In
type and picture (the publication was
e%laborately illustrated with halftOne
cuts), was of the sort that reliably
guides the strangers footsteps into
green pastures and beside the still
waters" 1t gave a brief resume OF the
fish and game laws of Colorado, deslg-
mating open seasons for all sports; IT
gave the names of hotels. rates, board
ing houses, ranch houses, and even
the names of persons to whom one
might apply for outfits, tents, camp
ing utensils and the like.
took this little booklet as
my guiding star and went into the
Rockies. l whipped the churling wa
tiers of the South Platte River in South
Park. and, for an amateur, succeeded
fairly well in Turing on an average Oh
eight to ten pounds a day Of rainbow
and eastern trout from their watery
abodes. They ranged in weight from
three-quarters OF a pound 10 loui
nounds. and in some instances larger
but those weighing one, two and three
mounds were more plentiful and, L
seemed, a little easier to o Wis
tied Twin Lakes, seven miles from
the station of Granite on an automo
bile trail. The larger of the lakes il
more than a mile wide, and very deep
At depths varying from twenty-five t.
| seventy feet we caught MacklnaV
trout ranging from ten to twent.
| pounds, the largest one weighing 2lA
| and which, handsomely mounted, ma.
| be seen in a railroad ticket office OF
Seventeenth street in Denver.
Our party crossed the Continenta