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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

We have plenty Of native lumber on
hands to sell. Already sawed out. No
waits. Dekalb & Smith. 24-tf
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

LUMBER-D Dimension and side walk
stuff, barn posts, blocks, lath, doors,
winsaaws. Also sows, pigs and gifts to
farrow soon and an almost new 200 egg
incubator. 29tf. L. HAMILTON.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

Dragging ard otherwise improving
the roads leading to Leon will make it
easy for country people to get to town
next week and see the one best Mil
linery Exhibit of the season. Bring
your friends along and see the newest
fashions in hats at Keller & Pryor's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

Fred C"nrey was appointed as coun-
Gilman in the second ward to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of F.
l.. Jenkins.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

For Sale Timothy seed, seed oats.
Will also take in few cattle to pas
ture. Simon Goodman, r. E. d. 4, Leon,
Iowa. % 1T
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

Next Monday, March 10Th, is the day
we grind lawn mowers. Bring in your
mowers and have them sharpened.
| FARQUHAR & SONS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

Remember Mrs. Ray has complete
line of hats, switches, hair rolls, hair
puffs and MARCEL waves. Call and see
them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

LosT-A 80 calibre Colts revolver in
scabbard, between Kingston and De-
catur City. A reward will be given for
it's return to The Reporter office. 27-4t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

The immense orange crop has pro-
duced some of the fanciest fruit that
has ever come east and the prices Is
and Il cents per dozen at Vogt's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

Next Sunday will be the last Sunday
Rev. Kunz will preach at the Presbyter-
ian church, as he leaves soon for his
new pastorate at Kirk wood, Okla.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

A. L. Ackerley has sold the north acre
of the eight acre tract which he recent
ly purchased at $500 an acre from j. P.
Hamilton to Miss Allie Gardner for $3.50.
That is increasing land values pretty
| ra nidlu
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

Try one of those splendid meals which
are being served everyday at the Park
Hotel
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

The Park Hotel is serving a special
Sunday dinner. Try them once and you
will become regular customer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11
Canton plows please, at Bowsher's.

WANTED-A housekeeper. No children
to care for. Apply to G. W. Jenree
Leon, Iowa. 27tf
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

Go to the greatest of all comedy
shows, eli and Jane" It's one long
scream, yell and roar. Thursday, March
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

Call on Jesse Bennett for cement
caves, cisterns and sidewalks. Leon,
Iowa. 2Stf
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

FARM For RENT-House, barn, lots,
pasture and so acres fine bottom land
for corn. ED H. SHARP.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

WANTED-An experienced farm hand.
Apply to Amos Chambers, Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11
Best harness is at Bowsher's.

Try some of that fine boiled ham and
dried beef at Penniwell's market.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

yiavi system of treatment literature
sent free upon application. Mrs. b. 3
Long, county. manager, Leon, Iowa. 25tf.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11
HELPS FOR WASH DAY
F. M. Cooler

STRAYED-A black boar, weighing
about 300 lbs. Please notify VS.. Bran
naman, Grand River, Iowa. Is 3t*
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11
Millinery Opening.

The best meal served in Leon is at
the Park hotel under the new manage
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

LION, ltMA, MARCH l, lJU)
Mr.. W.. S. BEAR,
DECATUR, Iowa,
Dear Sir: In answer to your inqairy
about my glasses and my health | will
say that | could not get along without
my glasses, and my health is splendid.
For two or three years before got my
glasses ! had very poor health and took
great deal Of medicine. Some of the
doctors said had stomach trouble, and
my stomach did bother me great deal
was tired and worn out all the time.
| was bothered great deal with head
ache and my eyes always hurt me at
night when ! went to school. When
got my glasses quit taking medicine
and in short time | felt much better
and gained in weight. At present my
health is just fine. No stomach trouble
no nervousness and no headache, My
health is very good but my appetite is
better. Wishing you equal success in
every case, ! am respectfully yours,
ROY CuMMINs.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

Three good farms for sale on long
time with small payment. Write
for list. II 6. ARNOLD g Garden
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

Coming soon eli and Jane" the show
you know.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-03-11

When this young man came to me he
was quite skeptical about our being
able to do him any good. When told
him we fit glasses and your money back
if you are not satisfied, he was willing to
give US trial. The letter above will
tell you how we'll he was satisfied.
Yours, ". S. BEAR, Oph. D.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

Steamer lines touch Honolulu from the
ports of San Francisco, Vancouver, and Sa.
lima Cruz on the west shore of the Pacific,
from the Philippines, Chinese, and Japan
csc ports, and from Australia and New
Zealand by way of FIJI in the South Seas.
The Pacific Mail and Matson Navigation
Company and Oceanic Steamship Compa-
MES dispatch steamers at an average of one
each week from San Francisco, while the
Canadian ustralian steamship line, con-
nection Of the Canadian-P Pacific Railway,
has sailing once month from Vancou-
yer. There are also number of sailing
vessels plying between San Francisco and
Honolulu. The rate Of fare by steamer,
first class, from Pacific Coast ports is $50
to SIS one way, $40 to $l35 for the round
trip. Second-class passage is $50 one way,
while by sailing vessel the rate is $40 one
way.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25


~ the industrial and agricultural prog.
ress of Hawaii has been the develop
ment and growth of the Pineapple industry
since this charming group of Islands became
in 1898, a territory of the United States.
Prior to 1890, pineapples in Hawaii were
only raised for home consumption some few
occasionally finding their way to the mar
Bets of the Pacific Coast. Up to that time
the brains and capital of the Islands had
been devoted principally to the production
of sugar, with some attention to rice and
coffee, the labor employed being chiefly
Oriental
About 1890 group of Americans, noting
the remarkable flavor and tenderness of the
Smooth Cayenne pineapples grown in Ha-
wall, secured land on the line OF the newly
constructed Oahu Railway, near Pearl Har.
Dor, imported seed plants from Australia,
at great expense, and attempted to build up
a trade with San Francisco and the Pacific
Coast in fresh pineapples.
Unfortunately the handicaps of these pio-
neers were heavy. The pineapple crop is
one that ripens with a rush and 70 per cent
of the years crop frequently ripens within
a month and a half to two months. This
meant that without frequent steamer SER
be marketed with regularity and complete.
ness. At that period steamer service was
irregular and nfrequent, and three weeks
period between sailings during the harvest
season, meant heavy loss to the growers.
Added to this were the unsatisfactory steam.
ship accommodations for carrying fresh
fruit, causing heavy losses from decay, and
lack of satisfactory marketing system.
rha 1igan nintt MOI
to most of the planters.
Among them one or two keen minds saw
the need for a cannery, the need to preserve
the fruit in tins so that 1t could be shipped
to all parts Of the world and sold by grocery
stores throughout the entire year.
Start Of 1896.
A start In this line was made about 1896
and few hundred cases of canned pineap.
pie were packed and shipped to San Fran.
cisco. At this time, however, Hawaii was
still an independent Republic and while its
sugar was admitted to the United States
free Of duty under reciprocity treaty, its
pineapples paid an import tax, thus tending
to discourage the Hawaiian packers Added
to this was the fact that the new product,
Hawaiian Canned Pineapples, was unknown
tc the consumers or to the trade and these
early shipments were finally closed out at
disastrously low prices. At about this time
the Spanish war broke out, Hawaii was an
nexed to the United States, boom in sugar
followed and much of the pineapple land
was sold or leased to the sugar plantations
Pineapple plants were torn up and sugar
cane planted in their stead
The one cannery was dismantled, planters
became bookkeepers and clerks and the Ha-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

Not only have the American industries
profted by the expansion Of the Hawaiian
sugar production, and the consequent in
crease in trade, but since annexation the
Territory has collected in customs duties
and internal revenue, and Maid toward the
National expenditure, SO, 1872, 02l, made up
as follows:
Customs duties collected. -. SO, 736, 342.
Internal revenue collections. ass, 679.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
Y! HONOLULU, T. 4, 1903
PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY IN HAWAII
BY JAS. D. DOLE

waiian Pineapple industry closed its first era
and was almost forgotten.
Pioneers Held On.
Not quite, for among the pioneers were a
few men with patience perseverance and
foresight They knew the quality of the
Hawaiian Pineapple and they saw that with
the markets of the United States now open
ed to them, and with care and energy in
making their product known, there were
great possibilities. They saw the need OF
putting the product on the market In pre-
served condition, yet with the tenderness
and freshness of the ripe fruit.
They also saw the need of securing for
the economical production of the fruit some
locality where land was cheap and where
q sufficient natural rainfall would obvate
the necessity for the expensive irrigation
which had been required in the dry lands
bordering Pearl Harbor.
Varying Climatic Conditions.
To understand the conditions one must
know that the islands of the Hawaiian
group, while small, give variety of climate
as regards annual rainfall, scarcely rivalled
elsewhere In the world. Thus the district
bordering the famous Pearl Harbor, where
dry docks and Notifications, lies in a belt
which receives only about 10 to 20 inches
of rain per year, while in the mountains,
only or 10 miles away, a yearly rainfall OF
$50 inches is not unusual.
Between these belts lay acres OF pasture
land, covered with coarse grass and sprin
killed. with wild guava bushes, and having a
rainfall of 40 to so inches year
Of
little value were selected by the followers
of the pineapple for their next attempt and
here in 1895 a plantation started. In this
belt also, in the temperate climate that pre-
walls in Hawaii at an elevation of 1000 feet,
the first settlement Of American farmers in
1899 came in and took up homes.
Rapid Expansion.
The pineapple crop takes from 16 to 22
months from the time It is planted until the
fruit Is ripe and the pioneer company put
up its first pack Of canned pineapples In the
summer Of 1900, the crop amounted to only
a few hundred cases. Since then II has
rapidly increased its output and the mem.
bers of the neighboring settlement of Amer
lean farmers, seeing the fine quality Of the
product packed, and believing In the posi-.
bilities Of the Hawaiian Pineapple tended
to abandon the broader line of general farm.
ing and diversified agriculture with which
they had started and to devote their entire
attention to the pineapple.
Some Of the settlers lost out in the race
and others made good, but so much energy
has been devoted to pineapple growing and
canning that the production has grown by
leaps and bounds, until the output of Ha-
waiian canned pineapple In the past year
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
AZ

attends to the brokerage business Oh inc
WaterhOuse Trust Co., Ltd, Of which he
Is the President. Mr.. Shingle Is member
OF the House OF Representatives of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii at the present time.
MIR. Zono H. Myers came to the Islands
from California about 1882. In 1892 he re-
turned to California, but came back In 1901
and identified himself with the Hawaiian
Trust Company, Ltd, and is now secretary
and associate manager OF that corporation.
lie handles the stock and bond transac-
lions for that firm.
lie is also identified with the following
corporations:
The Dowsett Co., Ltd
Judd Building Co., Ltd
Charles Brewer Estate, Ltd.
The Bank of Hawaii, Ltd.
Inter.lslaud steam Navigation Co., Ltd
First Bank OF Hilo
and is Secretary Of the Live Stock Breeders
Association.
Mir. William Williamson is conducting
brokerage business OF his own. He arrived
in the Islands from New Hampshire in 1899
and became a member Of the Stock and
Bond Exchange in 1906. Besides being Sec
rotary OF the Exchange, Mr.. Williamson Is
a Director OF the Honolulu Rapid Transit
and Land Company and President OF the
Hawaiian.AmerCan Rubber Company He
has also served as a Commissioner Of Public
Instruction Tor the Territory.
Mr. Willard Il. Brown Of the brokerage
firm of Halstead and Co. came to Hawaii
in 1890 and engaged in the brokerage
business in 1897
Mr. Harry Armitage one Of the pioneers
In the business, came here in 1871 from New
Zealand and was employed by A. 5. Cleg'
horn a Co. for many years, and then worked
Tor Jas. +. Morgan until he went into bust
ness for himself in 1893. He was for sew
eral years Vice.President of the Stock EX.
change and afterwards President.
Mr.. Jas. +. Morgan came from California
in 1865 and went into the brokerage bust
ness in 1890. Mr.. Morgan Is the pioneer
in the brokerage business, was for many
years President Of the Stock Exchange and
Is now President OF the Honolulu Chamber
of Commerce.
r. r. Reidford is manager of the Bishop
Trust Co. He came from the State of Wash
ington in 1902 and became a member of the
Exchange in October 1906. He has been in
the brokerage business since 1880.
A. +. Along was born in the Islands and
went into the brokerage business Tor him.
self in 1906.
A. ]. Campbell, now the Territorial
Treasurer was born in the Islands and went
into the brokerage business for himself In
1898.
r. Il. Bond is another broker who was
born in the Islands. lie went To Yale Col
lenge and then lived in New York for five
years, became broker in Honolulu in Sep.
TENDER 1908 and handles that branch of the
business for the Trent Trust Co.
+. NJ. Lewis, came from California in
1882, went into the brokerage business
in 1898, is member OF the firm Of
Lewis x Co., grocers and is interested In
the Haawiian Irrigation Co. of which he
is President. This Company financed the
Hamakua Ditch.
The following stocks and bonds are listed
on the Honolulu Stock and Bond Exchange:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

Almost every village throughout the
group has its hotel and the hospitality Of
the people is such that accommodations are
to be had wherever the traveller penetrates.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
$9,192,021.

The customs collections Of the Gus
toms District of Hawaii for the fs-
cal year ending June 80, 1908, were over
81, 5iO,376.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
EVENING BULLETIN INDUSTRIAL EDToN HONOLULU T. H., 1909
BONDS

BONDS Issue.
law. Terri. 1 Criro ClaimsJ 81 $4,000
uaw. Terri 4 10 Rcfunding 1905 . 100000
Haw. Terri. 4hs ............. 100000
Haw. Terri 4RS .............. 100000
Iaw. Terri. 31AD ............... 1,04400O
Cal Beet Sug and Ref Co. 81 E. 100000
Haiku Sugar Co. 80 ............ 100000
Hamakua Ditch Co., upper Och Cs 100000
Haw. Coml & Sugar Co 80 ... 2,500,0O0
Hawaiian Sugar Co. 60 .......... 100000
HilO Il. Il. Co. Consolidated 81 =. 100000
HUnOkaa Sug. Co., Go .......... 100000
Homo. Rapid Tran. Il Land Co 6s 100000
Kahuku Plantation Co. SO ...... 100000
McBryde Sugar Co., IS ......... 100000
oahu Railway a. Land Co, So -. 100000
Oahu Sugar Co. 50 ............. 100000
Oaa Sugar Co. 90 .... ....... 100000
Pacific Sugar Mill Co. SIS ....... 100000
Paia Plantation Co. 90 ......... 100000
Pioneer Mill Co. 90 ............ 100000
Waialua Agricultural Co. 81 .... 100000
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
Capital
Authorized
STOCK

MERCANTILE
c. Brewer a Co. ..............,.$ 100000
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-07
NO YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA.
Surgeon General Walter Wyman De-
MES the Report.

New Orleans, La, July 6.-Surgeon
General Walter Wyman of the United
States Marine Hospital Service wired
from Washington tonight a flat denial
of the sensational reports that yellow
fever was prevalent in Cuba, and that
gulf ports were menaced by the Gu
ban situation.
DR.. Wyman says: Have not seen
Medical Records declaration, but yell
low fever is not prevalent in Cuba;
and do not know of single case, al
though have competent officer on
guar 3D."
Dr.. ]. H White, in command of
the local station of the Marine Hos,
pital Service, says there is no fever in
Cuba.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-07
IS SOUTHERN STATES
Represented at the Convention of the
Southern Commercial Secretaries
Association at Atlanta.
(Herald Specially


Atlanta, Ga, July 7.-Several hun
dred delegates representing fifteen
saie4sgn states faced w. B. REster
Of 0latt5nooga this morning when he
called to order the convention of the
Southern Commercial Secretaries AS
ISOLATION, a society formed a year
ago for the purpose of promoting the
commerce and industries of the south
and its component states.
The convention met in the Audito-
rium-Armory, which was handsomely
decorated with the national colors
and presented a most attractive ap-
pearance Mayor Robert F. Maddox
and Asa G. Gambler, president of the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, greet
ed the delegates. President w. B.
Register responded and Secretary Ed
win L. Quarles followed with his an
nual report, in which he reviewed the
work of the association during the
past year. G. Grosvenor Dave deliv-
cred an address on The Southern
Commercial Congress and its Re-
suits, following which the convention
adjourned for luncheon.
At o'clock this afternoon the con-
vention reassembled to listen to an
address on the subject of good roads
by Gen. Clifford L. Anderson, presi-
dent of the Georgia Good Roads AS
ISOLATION. The sessions will be con-
Guided tomorrow.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-07
RICHARDS WOUNDS ARE FATAL.
Young Man Assaulted and Robbed In
Seed House at LuIing.

Luling, Texas, July 6.-Will Rich
ards, the young man who was assault
ed and robbed in a seed house at the
oil mill here Saturday night, died al
his home near Sullivan last night
from injuries thought to have beer
inflicted with an iron bar which was
found lying nearby 80 arrests iisr>TFee
been made in connection with the
killing, but the officers are searching
for negro girl who is thought tc
know something of it and who disap
peared yesterday.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-07
TWO MEN DROWNED.
Lost Their Lives Near MaryviIIe, Mo.
Flood Damage Is 100000.

st. Joseph, Mo-, July 6.-The heavy
rains of last night and today caused
much damage in Northwest Missouri
Maryville was without train service
today. The flood losses of Nodaway
county are estimated at 100000
which includes $4,000 in bridges de
stroyed. The wheat crop will be a
total loss in Nodaway county on &C
count of the inability of the farmers
to get into the fields. The bodies OF
Charles Daniels and John Brewer
who were drowned in White Creek,
near Maryville, last night, with their
teams, were recovered today. Much
damage was done in the suburbs of
the city. The Missouri river is up to
1913 and still rising.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-07

WHOLE TOWN IMMERSED
Pattonsburg, Mo-, Is Under Ten Feet
of Water-AppeaIs For Boats
Have Been Sent Out.
(Herald Specially

Kansas City, Mo-, July 7.-Pattons-
LJrg, Mo-, town of fifteen hundred
inhabitants, and sixty miles north of
this city, is ten feet under water.
Chief of Police Snow of Kansas City
today received kilograms appealing to
this city for boats that the work of
rescuing marooned citizens might be
instituted. Many people have been
driven to the roofs of their houses,
and three houses are reported torn
away by the waters, and the fate of
the occupants is unknown at this
time.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-07
OIL COMPANY FORMING
To Take Over the Business of the
Waters Pierce Company In Tex
as-Texas Men Interested.
(Herald Specially

Austin, Texas, July Tt is rumor-
ed here today that a company is soon
to be formed to take over the prop,
erty and business of the Waters
Pierce Oil company, and continue the
business of the company in Texas.
Inventories of the property are now
being prepared for the bidders. The
new company. it is understood, will
include porminent Houston and Beau
mont capitalists.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-07
MUST PAY THE WIDOW
Supreme Court at San Luis Potosi,
Mexico, Confirms Death Sen
tence and Assesses Fine.
(Herald Specially

Laredo, Texas, June Tn addition
to confirming the death sentence
against Dario Gonzales, convicted of
the murder of Manuel Iturre, the son
of a wealthy American. the supreme
court of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, has
issued a decree requiring Gonzales to
pay to the widow of the murdered
man the sum of two hundred thou
sand dollars.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-07
TEXAS BASEBALL LEAGUE.

Results yesterday:
San Antonio 2, Galveston 1.
Houston 8, Waco 2.
Dallas 5, Fort Worth 2.
Oklahoma City 10, Shreveport 0.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-07
Airdome Company Incorporates.

The Airdome company of this city
has incorporated with capital stock
of~$2,OOO. The incorporators are c.
S. Bratton, w G. Jameson, Tim
O'Connell and S. X. Devaney. The
company is doing splendid business.
Warren sheaf., 1909-08-19
HEAR OF CUBAN PRISONS.
Members Of American Prison Associ-
alton at Seattle Addressed by
the Cuban Minister.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 16.-One of the
most interesting addresses before the
American Prison association, which
began it's annual congress Saturday
night, was delivered by Gen. Carlos
Garcia Velez, Cuban minister to the
United States. He told his hearers
at some length Of the great progress
made in late years in prison and re-
formatory work in Cuba
Other papers were the annual ad-
dress of E. F. Morgan, of Richmond,
Va, president of the Wardens' associ-
alton; "The Indiana Plan," by DR.. H.
C. Sharp, Of Indianapolis; "These
Men are Going Out Sometime" by J.
G. Sanders, warden of the Iowa state
penitentiary, and County Jails," by
w. A. Gates, of San Francisco. The
report of the committee on discharg.
ed prisoners was received and dis.
cussed.