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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-26
WANT TO BUY HOUSED
Jno. Owen Building Modern Dwellings
for Sale on Easy Terms.

John Owen has just completed a
handsome brick bakery for Adolph
Schneider at Mack and Maxwell.aves.
He has also sold this week house
and lot, Gratiot and Chippewa-aves.,
to Mr.. Snyder and expects to close G
number Of sales on Iroquois-Cve. In a
few days. Mr.. Owen has under con-
struction Ave new attractive resi-.
dences on Kercheval-ave, between Par
ker and Seminole-aves., which viii.
be ready for occupancy about Aug. 10.
These houses have full easements. fur.
naces and the most modern improve
ments. and will be offered for sale on
easy payments. Mr.. Owen is Away
ready to advance money, for anyone
wishing to build home on his sub
division, which extends from the De-
troit river to Gratiotave. There are
no old houses on any OF this property,
there being building restrictions on all
the streets. II Is only Commute ride
70 the center OF the city from any
location in this subdivision. Some OF
the well-known avenues in this plat
are Seminole. Iroquois, Burns, Steph-
ems, Chippewa, Seneca. Newland, JEFF
ferson, Kercheval, Mack and Gratiot
Brooks e Kingon report the follow
Ing sales: For II. Harris. cottage No.
$50 Merrick-ave.. lot 30x100; for Henry
w. Baker, two-family brick veneer fiat
on the north side Of Martson, between
Woodward and Oakland, consideration
$3.50; for w. Z. Gould. lot No. "a
Aberalle-ave., 30x120, consideration
5000; for Charles o. Hoyt, new two
family brick veneer fiat, Nos. 119 and
121 Eucidave.. lot 50x117, considera-
ton $500; for Mrs. Anna b. Mason,
lots Nos. 8 and 8. north side OF Theo-
dore, between eBaubien and Adeline.
$4,000, on which the purchaser, In the
near future. will erect modern six
apartment fiat building; for S. j.
Guiloaz. lots Nos. Is and IA. Hubbard
& Dingwell's subdivision, on the north
side Of Wreford, between Grand River
and Lawton, for s1,650. on which the
above firm are building two modern
houses, to be completed about July
Is; for Harry J. Fox, to John Crossin.
lots Nos. 10 and IL, northeast corner
ofGrand River and Hancock-aves., "A
x120, for cash, on which the purchaser
will erect a double store with five
modern, steam-heated flats above. at
n cost OF about SIS 900.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-02

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hene'on'
During the reign OF Kamohamcha
the First the influence of the white
race began to assert itself and the
whole social and political condition OF
The people became rcyulutiouiZcd. the
power Of the heather priest DESTROYED
and n" way paved for the easy intro
ducuou OF Christian civilization. Tn
to ISL" the religion Of the country was
ldolatry and the religion was so in
t"rwuv"n with the government of the
country that what governmental func.
lions the chiefs overlooked. the priests
took mp, and the government of the
country WAS virtually government
by iabu a system whereby the native
priests, or kahunas ruligiOusly Cd.
pressed the people by mere edict
Of chief or priest the doing of a Ger.
. tain act or the failure 10 do a certain
thing was made tahu. and violation
Of ia, tabu meant the death or great
punishment Of the offender. The tabus
were many and various II was tahu
for men and women to eat together.
II was tabu for IN" women to eat of
III" best fish Of the sea and the best
fruits Of the land and even pork, ba
uanas ana Cocoanuts were denied
them. II was tabu to eat certain
things at certain times. and during
certain periods jabus were general
when no hru could be lighted and no
rano" launched and no net cast, on
pain of death The tahu was some.
times manifested 10y setting up in the
ground Two sticks or rods II these
sticks wcr" placed on a natives land
or before his grass hut. It meant that
be- might not 10 out until the tabu was
taken of. which was usually done
upon the payment Of some kind Of
tax There were other occasions
when II was tabu to poupd moi Inn
1--WE bread or beat tapa native cloth
'"'u'' 'o''' '"e Dark 81 the mulberry
',''' ana 'h''' were tlln's when even
','' ""E9 Had 10 d" hnHzled and tn"
'"''h'hS Shut up IN 'aIabashes, for
1t was 'aDu Tor a sound TO be uttered
III al inc Islands. TINS however, was
vi ,'''n'"ill"l OCCASIONS Tor your Ia.
""''"h naive true to ms Polynesian
'"''' was I"lE on ceremony. Much
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-02
Annexation,

Kamehameha III came to the throne
in 1888 and. acting under the infu.
rnce OF the incoming tide Of civiii2a.
non and recognizing the drfrnselcss
condition Of the common people, he.
few years later, proclaimed BIN
Of Rights which AZ once transformed
i"udal despotism into cunstilu.
tiuual monarchy These reforms wcr,
quickly followed by the organization
OF an executive ministry, tn" creation
Of a judiciary department and the
adoption of provisions for an adjust
m"nt Of land tenure. and in 1852 a
constitution was promulgated. form
ing the basis Of others which followed
and legislative body was created and
universal suffrage granted to the PEG.
pie, which was restricted only by a
property qualification and the ability
to read and write
In 1867 Reciprocal Treaty was con.
cludcd with the United States by
which, for the cession Of Pearl Har.
Dor, sugar was admitted free of duty
10 the United States. This immodi.
ai"iE gave tremendous impetus 70
'h" sugar industry and caused the
country To prosper TO greater degree
than ever before, and was the chief
feature In making possible the Amer
Iran annexation Of the islands later.
Upon King kalakau's death, Queen
Ltlioukalani came to the throne in
1891 About two years after her ac.
ression to the throne she attempted to
force new constitution on the poo.
pie. restoring the old powers of roy.
atty and this resulted in a bloodlcss
revolution In which the queen was de-
posed and a provisional government
established. Upon the failure to 500
cur" annexation 10 the United
States following this revolution. the
Republic Of Hawaii was organized
July the 9Th 1891, with Sanford b.
Dole as President On the 18th Of
August. 1898, annexation to the United
States was finally accomplished and
in 1900 the islands were organized
as the Territory Of Hawaii, and the
stars and stripes have noatcd proudly
above them ever since and will con.
tluuo to do SO
Unlike some OF our other insular
possessions, the Territory Of Hawaii
ls moncy.maker for Uncle Sam The
Honolulu Custom House In the fiscal
year 1905 collected sl550.O0o00 which
went into the United States Treasury
while in that year the United States
Government spent only about $3.50,
ouno0 in the islands giving MS a net
profit Of considerably more than ST..
900 600.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-02
Government.

Government
The islands now enjoy q territorial
form Of government very much the
same as that of New Mexico and Ari.
IONA, having Legislature which
meets bi-cnnially and which consists
OF Sruar" and House of Representa-.
tiycs, the senators being elected for
four years and the Representatives for
two years. The executive dcpartmnt
Of the government includes "A Gov.
rrnor who is appointed by the Presi-
dent OF the United States. as well as
the other necessary state officers. The
judicial department embraces SUI
premc court and circuit and district
courts The territory elects a dele.
gate to the Congress Of the United
States, who has seat in the House
Of Representatives. but no vote. The
present delegate. Prince kuhio Kalan.
iauaolc Ia Prince Of good fellows,
was. in his first campaign. elected
over his older brother. Prince David.
who ran on the Democratic ticket. On
the death of Prince David, few years
ago. Prince Kuhios or Cupid" as he
is Familiarity called. who is a nephew
OF the Childless cN-quc"u. became the
heir apparent to the throne. but SO
thoroughly American has he become
that It is doubtful If he would trade
his seat in Congress for the Hawaiian
Crown. il it were possible to do so.
Yet, Ting" OF sadness might have
been detected in his tone when. on
passing the Queens Palace tnow the
United States Government RuildingD.
he said TO some congressman who
We're with him, as he pointed TO some
second story windows. Those were
my apartments in the old days when
they We're teaching me how TO be a
King"
The native Hawaiian seems nat.
uralborn poet orator and politician.
He manifcsts great interest in the
elections and In the issues of the
political campaigns. Many of the
brightest lights in both branches OF
the legislature are natives. some of
whom 1t was my pleasure TO meet
aud converse with. But. under that
stern law of nature which gives the
control of the weaker to the stronger
race, the Hawaiian has already passed
from the stage as Il controlling fac.
tor in the government of the country
that once was his But under good
leadership. he continues to be the /
good citizen he always was. Crime
was practically unknown to the Ha. /
waiian. There was no such thing as |
a door lock in the islands before civ. /
ili2ation set in, and even today the .
one prison on the island is hlled. when .
iilled AT all, with others than Hawaii.
ans.
Population.
In 1900 the population of the group
l5iO0O. II was estimated
At $4,000 during our visit. When
he islands were discovered the ma.
i've population was probably about
100000 but in 1878 It had fallen away
o $4,000 This decrease was due in
treat part to the destructive inter.
STAND wars for the victorious army
ook no prisoners II was also due
'ery largely TO the blighting influence
# civilization, for with the donning
II clothes the native became subject
o pneumonia and tuberculosis and
Ilso to some other ravaging and there.
ofore unknown diseases that were
'rought from the mainland. Inter
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-02

| served 10 decimate the race as had
| The many other causes which bring
| about the survival OF the fittest." and
! the amalgamation and absorption VI
the weaker into the stronger races
Of people. Following the year 1873.
, however, very rapid increase In pop
ulation was brought about by the i'm.
portation Of lahOrers TO meet the grow.
ing needs Of the planters, due to the
impetus given TO the sugar industry
by the reciprocal treaty. These la.
borcrs were brought in by the con.
tract system and were chiefly Chinese,
Japanese and Portuguese. or the
present population IS per cent are
Oricntals, % per cent hawaiian and
those OF Hawaiian extraction. and the
remaining 20 per cent are about even.
ly divided between Americans and
Europeans
Education.
Education is compulsory. free and
universal. The public schools, high
schools and colleges are as good AS
those on the Mainland "a term which
the islanders invariably use when re-
fcrring To the StatcsI, and they are
eagerly patronizcd by the children OF
all nationalities and especially by
the native children. II is said that 9S
per cent Of the present generation
OF llawaiians can read and write.
Some Of our party visited the schools
Of Hawaii II was an imposing spec.
taClc TO see white children sitting be.
side Hawaiians Japanese. Chinese,
Portuguese. Russians and other ma.
tiOnalities-a miniature parliament OF
the world on the campus at one OF
the schools a most impressing exer.
else was held for our cdihcation In
the center OF the group of school chill.
dren stood little white boy dressed
in the costume of Uncle Sam by his
side little white girl stood impor.
sonating Columbia. with the folds OF
the national cuiors draped about her
and liberty cap set jauntily over
her golden curIs At given signal
a little Russian boy clad in the cos
tune Of Russia. walked forth and
handed tiny Russian flag to Uncle .
Sam who, with bow as grotesquc
as he thought It impressive, passed the
flag to Columbia" who in turn gave
an American flag to the Russian And
so in their order, came little boys
from Japan. China, Portugal. Mexico
and many other countries, inchding .
one from Hawaii dressed in the eos.
tunes of their respective countries. I
and went through this patriotic panto. /
mime, and the flag exchanges were .
closed when little knky.halred ne. .
gro boy rclinquished the Dixie flag .
for Old Glory, whoroupon three hun
drod childish voices broke into the
strains of the Star.
Spauglod Banner.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-02
Climate

Climate.
Owing TO the trade winds which
How continuously there nine months
IN the year and the currents which
cool the oceans about the islands. the
temperature of the group is ten de.
grers lower than that OF any other
part OF the world in the same latitude.
The islands are exempt from cyclones
or hurricanes During the months Of
December. January February and
March the southwest wind blows dur.
ing the cessation Of the trades and
is the storm wind known as "Makani
Kuna' or hot wind and. in this con.
n'ction II was amusing TO find tha'
one Of the gentlemen in our party,
who had a pcnChant for making
speeches Of the sprcad.oaglc variety.
soon found himself nicknamrd by the
natives "Makani Kona, which is the
nearest approach their language af
furds to our slang expression, hot
air"
As rule there is a sharp con.
tr.s' between the northeast or wind
ward side and the lcrward or north
west side of the various islands. On
She wndward sides 1t rams very fire..
puontly. while on the lceward it. never
rains and there Is no water except
such as is carried around by great.
expensive irrigatinE bitches and tun.
nols. But the land when irrigated, is
Just AS fertile and productive as that
on the windward side. At one place
on the kona coast where there is no
rainfall and no irrigation. and where
We went ashore one morning before
sunrise to be driven across country
10 The coffee plantations. many cattle
were browsing on the mountain side
asked the native guide of our car
riage where the cattle got water and
he told us to watch them closely. We
did, and we saw that they were not
eating, as we had at first thought but
We're literally licking the dew from the
leaves and were doing II rapidly. for
they knew from long experience that
IN" first rays of the sun would dry up
III" moisture aud there would be no
more water for them that day.
The height OF the islands above sea
level causes a great variety OF climate, |
ranging from torrid heat AT sea level /
on the lee side Of the group, 10 a
freezing temperature on the snow. |
capped SUBMITS Of the highest noun |
iains. on the whole, the climate is |
n remarkably cquable one. with an
average temperature of 20 degrees the |
year round, and is as nearly perfect |
rs any that can be found anywhere |
in the world. At Waikiki Beach, Hon.
olulu, men. women, and children battle
In the ocean every dav In the year
An ideal climate. coupled with it's
tropical growth. has given the group
The sobrquet Paradise OF the Pa
oitic' The peculiar climatic condi.
tons are such that one may at times
be standing dry on street corner
In Honolulu and see II raining furi-
lusly in the next block. These are
called dry rains and nobody carries
IN umbrella for them for when the
sun comes out few minutes later the
moisture In the clothing disappears
rs If by magic
had always heard the saying:
A rainbow at night is the sailors
lelight," but | was inclined to think
ipI LII
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-02

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Who cam, from IA" southeastern
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-02
Supplement TO

HARRINGTON TIMES.
FAIiNlNGTON MISSOURI
Thursday December lHn9
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-02

y and well, but Kalakau. Ike Old King
Cole, was a merry old soul, but he
seems 10 have called Tor his pipe and
called for his bowl much too frequent.
IT, 1t was during his reign that the
seeds Of discomfort were suHn. though
ID" harvest was not roaprd until after
his death. during the reign OF his sis
ter, Queen L.iluukaiani
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-02
Vegetation.

Inc upper mountain slopes of the
Islands are, in places. covered with
heaVy forest growths, principally OF
koa and ohia, which latter is made
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-10-06

believe that II somebody could In
vent unique ways Of saving money the
public would have an assured future.
Men. women and children would re-
gard snyihg as game and play 1t
with all their heart. There are penny
savings banks where newsb0ys and
booiblacks carry their tiny savings. but
other children regard their penny bank
at home with unfriendly eyes. There
are working girls who put away their
five cent pieces and fatten their small
bank accounts by walking instead Of
riding and making other petty sncri.
fees. But the majority of working
girls spend as fast as they can earn
and declare that they cannot help Il.
One reads OF man who began his
career by regarding every dollar as a
worker and getting all the profit be
could. With that quaint cohceit In his
head saving became pleasure, and he
won riches without realizing that 1t
was a struggle. know of more than
one woman who receives each night
from her husband every dime lie has
received In change through the day.
for He Is careful to avoid spending
such a piece Of money, These. with
her own savings in the same direction.
make respectable weekly showing
Kansas City journal.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-10-06
The Paper Thsy Were Written On.

The average author would probably
laugh at the statement that at one
time in the worlds history manu-
scripts. simply as such. irrespective of
the nature OF the text. were immense
ly valuable In ancient times manu-
scripts were important articles from a
commercial point of view. They were
excessively scarce and were preserved
with the utmost care. Even the usur-
ers were glad 10 lend money ON them
when the owners were obliged to offer
them in pawn. Ii is related in an
ancient tome that student of Pavia.
who was reduced by his debaucheries.
RAISED hew fortune by leating in
pawn n manuscript of d body of law.
and Il grammarian who was ruined by
Il Ere rebuilt his house with two small
volumes Of Cicero through the ready
aid of the pawnbrOker.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-10-06
THE NEED OF SHADE.

During the hot weather of July and
August this year there appeared IN
some of the central western states &C
counts of cattle in pasture being killed
by the intense heat In most cases
where such losses were reported there
was no shelter for the stock from the
glaring rays of the sun. In one in
stance all of a herd of twenty-three
died. while in another some fifteen
persisted. the animals when found be
ing piled up one upon another in an
effort to reach a mere patch of shade
hardly sufficient for a single animal.
Losses of this type would seem to sug-
gest the wisdom of providing shade of
some kind in the pasture lot 50 that
on especially hot days the stock may
find refreshing shelter there. Where
a grove is not available shelters of
some kind should be erected. which
may be left open on two or three sides
so as to permit of a good circulation
Of air. This item is too late to help
out any this year. but it may serve as
4 reminder for next.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-10-06
SOMETHING TO WORK For.

A scad of young fellows don't fare
any better than they do in a financial
way because they spend every cent
they earn Just as fast as it GENES into
their hands. The outcefne of this is
that saving nothing they have nothing
ahead toward which to strive and nat
uraly feel dnprepared to tackle any
business proposition requiring capital
or 10 make definite plans to have a
home of their own. both of which in
fiuences would tend to have steady
ing and uplifting influence on their
lives. The average young fellow. plug
ging along alone without any well de-
fined object in life. often has spells
when be questions whether the mere
feeding and clothing of himself is real
~ worth while. and in too many cases
his doubt would seem to be juStifiable
IL is only when he gets TO working for
something or somebody outside of him
self that life has zest and meaning. A
savings fund laid aside for some def
mite purpose. perhaps the Starting of
home or the helping of some friend
or relative in need. is Il boon which
thousands of young fellows ought to
avail themselves of. The start may
be hard. bu- the rest is easy. The SEE
ond hundred dollars is often easier
saved than the first ten.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-10-06
Tirs Themselves Getting Ready.

Washington Irving tells d story of 0
man who tried to jump oser d hill
He went back so far to get his start
for the great leap and ran so hard that
he was completely exhausted when he
came to the hill and had to lie down
and rest. Then he got up and walked
over the hill. A great many people
exhaust themselves getting ready to
do their work. They are always pre-
pairing. They spend their lives get
ting ready to do something which they
newer do. 1t Is an excellent thing TO
Keep improving ONESELF, to keep grow
Ting. but theirs iiiuSt lie time to begin
the great work of life. know man
who is almost forty years old who has
not yet decided what he is going to
do. He has graduated from college
and taken a number of postgraduate
courses. but all along general lines.
He has not yet begun TO specialize.
This man fully believes he is going 10
do great things yet. / hope he may
Success Magazine.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-10-06
Highest Cross In the World.

The highest cross in the world is
sain to be that which caps the loftiest
peak of the Harz mountains. The
cross is in reality tower. and it com
mands 4 magnificent view of the coun-
try around. The height of the tower
Is 100 feet. and 1t stands on Il noun
tain 1.1I;5l feet above the sea level. A
stair of 200 steps leads to the top of
the cross. but there Is an elevator OF
Which people may avail themselves
who for any reason wish to avoid the
long climb.