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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
HILO FEDERAL
BUILDING SITE
TO Be PARKED

There is to be a general clearing up
of public grounds by the Territorial
Government, including the creation OF
a park on the Federal building site in
Hilo and the razing of the fence that
now secludes the government nursery
i'm Honolulu.
Il have been talking with the Sup
erintendent of Public Works, Mr..
Campbell about clearing up a good
many places" Governor Frear said
this morning.
IAN Act of Congress reserved a
block of land at IIilo for a public
building. 1t provided that the Super
intendent of Public Works should sell
the old buildings on the site and park
the rest of the lot. Some time ago
the buildings were sold and from the
proceeds $500 or $500 is available for
fixing up the lot A portion of the
upper lot in the block is under lease,
but the remainder of the site is ready
for improvements
We want to have things looking
well before the Congressional visit;
A while ago the Superintendent APP
pointed a committee of three at Hilo
to look after the ground and clean it
up, but nothing has been done so far
because the contractor for the Masonic
building had the use of part of the
lot for crushing stone, etc. Material
be excavated was used in filling up the
federal lot Now that impeachment no
longer exists and the work Of parking
the ground will proceed.
Another thing decided on is the re-
moval of the fence around the govern
ment nursery on King street. Moth
ing could be done heretofore until the
ground was put in good condition. Now
fresh earth from Tantalus has been
put on to fill up low places, trees and
shrubs have been planted and the
lawn has been we'll grassed.
There is no reason now why the
fence should not be removed and a
nice little park be made of the place.
I'VE will also look after the little
parks on the waterfront which the city
! fathers have passed up. 1t will be
some months yet before they will be
preached by wharf extension"
N%%%%~%%%A%%He% NA%%%~%%%%%
from the low islands off the coast OF
South Carolina about twelve years ago
and planted near Pearl City. If that
be So the fiber and staple have held
their own even better than was ever
promised by the persons having that
experiment in charge.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
FEDERAL
DOCTOR

The Board of immigration held a
short meeting this morning at which
only routine matters such as the an
swering of correspondence and paying
of monthly bills was taken up. After
the meeting President Tvers stated that
everything was going along very favor
ably in Washington in regard to Mr..
Campbells mission. He stated that
Mr.. Campbell had tried successfully to
enlist the assistance of the Federal au
thorities in his work and to reach a
full understanding with them which
would prevent any friction when the
immigrants started to come to Hawaii.
One of the most important matters
which has been taken up by Mr.. Camp
bell while in Washington is in connec-
ton with the appointment of a mem
Der of the Marine Hospital corps to ac
company him and inspect those bound
for this Territory before they leave
their homes. 1t is understood that
this plan will be looked on favorably
by the Washington officials.
NJ. A. Silva has been sent pack from
Washington to look after the Span
iards and Porto Ricans who are claim
ed to be destitute in San Francisco. 1t
Is expected that the first detachment
of this people will come here on the
next trip of the Alameda or possibly
by an earlier steamer.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08

those are the places to receive i'm
proved water supply. Kaimuki re-
servoir will be advertised, for con-
struction after July 10, or as soon
as the apportionment of money from
the collection or rates can be made
Another thing, after a great deal of
trouble in collecting wharfage dues on
Japanese fishing boats | have made an
arrangement whereby the money will
come in without the employment of a
collector. An understanding has been
reached with the fishermen and the
companies owning the boats and the
dues will be paid in without trouble.
All of the boats are registered together
with the times of their arrival and de-
parture."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
MR.. DILLINGHAM;
HAS REAL COTTON

B. +. Dillingham; had at his offices
in the Stangenwald building this
morning a speciment of genuine Sea
Island mot South Sea Island cotton)
grown at his place in Punahou. The
seed, fiber and staple were nnmistak-
able at a glance. The speciment show
ed evidence of neglect in the matter
of cultivation, the plant doubtless be-
ing established in hard soil and sub
jected to varying degrees or, else, in
sufficient moisture. Otherwise, Meth
er the fiber nor staple have deterioted
to any greater extent than might be
expected of product used 10 the four
seasons and suddenly turned into the
field of perennials.
There is so much cotton in the ISL
ands that is of no value that relief
comes with the finding of specimen
Of the real thing. The Brazilian and
Australian crosses that have been
brought in here so persistentIy of late
years by persons who have only a
theoretical knowledge Of the plant, has
had tendency to retard, rather than
encourage. the growth or the only cot
! tons that are respected in the markets
of the world today-the good, old
american kind"
The speciment shown by Mr.. Dill
bingham at the Stangenwald building
doubtless comes from seed imported
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
NOTICE.

There will be meeting of the
Queens Hospital Corporation at 2:3O
p. m. on Wednesday, July IA, in the
rooms of the Honplum Chamber of
Commerce for the purpose of elect
ing a president and six trustees and
for the consideration of such other
business which may come before it
under the new charter granted.
GEORGE w. SMITH.
Secretary.
4ts--July s, 10, u, IS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
THE GEM THEATER.

AT the Gem tonight the big program
put on last night will be repeated.
The Gem, by the way, is now a big,
airy place-just the resort to visit
these warm evenings. In addition to
the program of moving pictures, the
Japanese legerdemain artist, Nita, will
appear in some Of his great spacial-
ties
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
lat THE THEATERS

Threatening weather cast damper
upon the entertainments at the open
air theaters last evening. In the roof
ed houses, however, the audiences
were satisfactory This has been a
showery summer and the
park shows have had long season of
interment successes only.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
Fine Job Pr g, star once.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Judicial Circuit Territory OF
Hawaii--At Chambers-In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mary
Katie Singlehurst, Deceased.
On Reading and Filing the petition
of William Gibson Singlehurst, of Ho-
uolulu, Island of Oahu, Territory of
Hawaii, alleging that Mary Katie Sin
glehurst of Honolulu aforesaid died
intestate az said Honolulu on the 23rd
day of January, 1909, leaving property
in the Territory of Hawaii necessary
to be administered upon, and praying
that Letters of Administration issue to
him,
1t is Ordered that Monday the 2nd
day Of August 1909 at ten o'clock A.
NJ. be and hereby is appointed for
hearing said petition in the Court
Room of this Court at Honolulu afOre-
said at which time and place all per-
sons concerned may appear and show
cause, if any they have, why said pc
tition shoHid not be granted,
BY the Court,
(Sigued) NJ. r. SIMONTON,
Clerk
Hines, Stanley and Olson, Attorneys
for Petitioner.
Its-Tune 81 Julv \ Ia
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
AT THE ART

Saul and David will be repeatedaat
the Art theater this evening. This is
a refined speciality. In addition to
this leader there will be shorter sket-
ches, of comical and dramatic or
DER The music will be of the best.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
THE ALOHA

Manager Love has a big and supe-
rior program running at the Aloha
park, and it will be repeated tonight.
An hour there this evening will be
we'll worth the while.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
New Advertisements
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
w. c. PEACOCK & co. LTD.

w. c. PEACOCK & co, LTD.
At the Annual Meeting of the Stock
FOLDERS of w. c. Peacock & Company
Limited, held on Thursday, July Sth,
1909, at the Office of the Corporation
the following officers were elected to
serve during hte ensuing year.
X. }. Buchly ............Pr President
e. II. Austin .....Vice President
r. l.. Auerbach ....... Treasurer
T. w. Greig .......Au Auditor
The above officers constitute the
Board of Directors.
GEO. J. ONEIL,
Secretary w. c. Peacock Co, Ltd.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
THE EMPIRE.

The big, new program of last night
will be repeated at the Empire thea
ter. This includes the expert Jug
Cling by the Japanese artist secured
for the purpose by Manager Overend.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
THE PARK THEATER.

His First Flight" will be the fea-
ture film at the Park theater this
evening.
The little girls appearing in appro-
pirate costume will sing.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08

Occasionally you come across a
novel so thrilling that you positively
can't skip more than half os it.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
NOTICE.

During my absence from the Terri
tory Mr.. e. Buffandeau will act for me
under full power Of attorney.
e. w. QUINN.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08

OF WATER

The water works program l an
nounced before the Legislature met is
go, I can tell you that" Superinten-
dent Marston Campbell said today.
Kaimuki, Alewa Heights and Kalihi,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-08
PIANo-TUNING AND REPAIRING.
WANTED TO- BUY
FOR RENT.

First class furnished rooms central
ly located. Hot and cold baths, Ar
lington Hotel, 215 Hotel st.
Douglas Island news., 1909-02-10
The NOrthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

The mines and concentrator at Con- rad, B. C., are closed down.
 Lumber prices at Vancouver, B. C., have advanced g per thousand.
 British postal orders are worthless in Canada, says the Prince Rupert Elm pire.
 The new water system at Fort Sew ard froze up during the recent cold snap.
 Carl Roediger has bought a two thirds interest in the Fairbanks Tribune.
 The application for a patent to the towusite of Fairbanks is now we'll un- der way.
 January was the coldest month in the history of the Klondike, 50 to 70 below all the time.
 The W.C.T. U. has two organizations in Alaska, one at Skagway and the other at Ketchikan.
 Sunday closing is fact at White horse. As the Star man says it is day of rest, in all the word implies.
 Two corpses of white men have been recovered from the wreck of the Star of Bengal, at Coronation island.
 First.class tickets from Seattle to Prince Rupert are being. offered forSl5. A third-class ticket is sold for S7.
 The Maple Bay mines have been sold to London men. Maple bay is situated on the east side of Portland canal.
 Judge George Thomas, of Dome City, who mushed over the trail eleven years ago, is making his first visit to the States.
 It is reported at Fairbanks that Judge Reid will resign and form part nership in the law business with Leroy Tozier.
 F. T. Congdon, the newly elected member from the Yukon, has gone to Ottawa to attend the sessson of par lament.
 Joe Clark, a Klondike politician for ten years, was so badly beaten in the recent election that he will leave the North in disgust.
 The directors of the A.-Y.-P. exposi- tion have raised the price of admission. Seems to be habit in Seattle to raise the price of things.
 It is reported from London that Right Hun. John Sinclair, secretary for Scotland, will be the next governor general of Canada.
 Dick Demars, Greek, defeated Wada, the Jap musher, in Marathon race at Fairbanks. The time was three hours and 2 minutes,
Douglas Island news., 1909-02-10

Nome has a women's club called the Kegoayah Kosga. A ball given by this organization for the benefit of the poor was patronized to the extent of l18 tickets at s per, but the stylish affair cost so much money that there was nothing left for the poor.
 The appropriation of S350,000 for the Alaska road commission was consid- cred enough by most Alaskans, but the | Valdez and the Seattle spirits got to- gether and demanded $1,OO0,O00. The results of this effort have so far been 1 to cut out the whole thing. It doesn't pay to act the hog.
 1 4 Fairbanks dispatch says that Pres ident Roosevelt has wired to James Wickersham, delegate-elect to congress from Alaska, informing him that he de- sires to consult with him in regard to legislative matters pertaining to Alaska and asking him to come to Washing ton. Wickersham will go to the capi- l tai at once.
 Frederick T. Congdun, of Dawson the newly elected member of parlia- ment from the Yukon Territory, paid a i high tribute to James Wickersham, AIaska's delegate-elect to the national congress. "I know Wickersham well,' said Mir. Congdon, "and he is just the mau to represent Alaska. He knows the country and it's needs thoroughly aud he can hold his own anywhere. He knows the methods to use and he is a fighter. He should accomplish much ! for Alaska"
 Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota Is one of the strongest foes to the reap pointment of Judge Gunnison. Sen- ator Nelson is the man who aided in securing the appointment of Judge Moves in Nome, and Moves is the man who abetted one of the most gigantic and bare faced steals in history. Nell son is also the man who worked for the removal of Judge Wickersham, our present delegate Nelson evidently doesn't believe in an honest judiciary. -Skagway Alaskan.
 A Seattle press dispatch says that suit has been brought against John Corson by Burt Northrup, representing a collection agency, to collect drafts aggregating S14,2OO which were drawn by Mir. Corson on Captain Johnston, F.. G. Manley and Albert Mcdonald ln July and August, when Corson was a candidate for the office of delegate to congress from Alaska. He was badly defeated in the election and the men on whom the drafts were drawn have re- fused to pay them, alleging that they never authorized MT. Corson to draw on them.
 4 dispatch from Juneau to the Seat tie Post -Intelligencer says: "Lt is un- derstood here that as soon as it's pres ent contract with the Tacoma shelter expires the TreadweIl mines will cease shipping concentrates to that point, and will put in plant for the treat ment of their own rock. Arrangements are under way for an increased water supply from lake on Taku inlet. The water will be piped and fumed to Treadwell, seven or eight miles. This will necessitate a pipe line crossing Gastineau channel at point where the channel is something more than mile in width"
Douglas Island news., 1909-02-10

James B. Wood, who went to New York Saturday night, received word be- fore leaving this city that in all prob ability the Kougarok will be the scene of very extensive operations next year, says the P..I. Nome men have been buying ground there for year, in the hope of getting tig groups to work on a dredge or hydraulic plan. Immediately when this became known last fall the individual miner got busy again, and before the season closed pay that would permit the old shoveliDg-in pro- cess wac struck along the river for seventeen miles. Since then Windy creek, im which Mr. Wood has big hold ings, has been proved ot sufficient rich ness to warran; working by this old method.
 The report of the department of mines, just issued at Ottawa, shows a miueral production for all Canada valued al $S6, ,138,OO0 in 1907, as com pared with only little over S20,OOO,OOO twelve years ago. In the Yukon he total production of gold in that terri. tory from 1896 to 1907 was S122,95l ,OOO. The immense possibilities of the coal bearing areas of Alberta and Saskatch- ewau are enlarged upon, and it IS pointed out that the extensive amount of railroad construction under way and projected by the three great railway companies must result in great ln- crease in the production of steam coal, so that country, originally deemed purely agricultural, will soon become one of the leading coal mining regions of the dominion.
 A report came to the Miner office to- day that party of something in the guise of man but worse even than can nibals" went over on one of the islands and killed about forty deer the other day. The animals were slaughtered ''not for their meat, but for no other reason than that they were helpless and could not get away through the deep snow." Sportsmen, what do you think of such men as these? Can you class them even as men? We say they have no class. Not even the skulking wolf will kill what he cannot eat. It is true the wolves kill the deer, but when the wolf does kill one he feasts on the carcass. When he has had his fill he hides himself away and sleeps until hunger again drives him forth. Not so with these beasts of prey in the gulse of men. They slaughter because the deer are there "helpless." Alaska has what is an excuse for game law, but so far as the deer are concerned we could be just as we'll off with no law, as little or DO attention whatever is paid to the apology we now have. Does are killed, lawns are killed and brought right into town and carried openly along the streets. If there is no one with author ity to enforce the law "such as we have" we had as we'll have none. Why can't we have lava true sportsman's law-something that will do some good and protect what little game now left the district, so that in time to come hunter can go out and be rewarded with at least finding sign of where a deer crossed a trail less than a week preVious2 live can't have law, let us pray that the fool-killer will pay this vicinity a visit and do his work we'll while he is here.-Ketchikan Miner.
Douglas Island news., 1909-02-10

The Skagway Alaskan estimates that it costs the people of that town about S, 800 month to keep warm. They get hot in Juneau for less than that.
 Brick Lindstrom, 26 years of age, who with seven companions had a station contract on the Grand Trunk Pacific, was caught in snow slide few days ago and killed.
 Mrs. James Wickersham, who recent ly came out over the Fairbanks Valdez trail, when asked about her trip, said that the trail was "eXcitingly, yet humorously dangerous"
 VIII. Parsons, manager of the Wash ingtou-Alaska bank at Fairbanks, says the source of the Panama placer gold has been found in ledge of quartz that has been located for distance of 20 miles.
 The Boscowitz Steamship ompany's steamer Venture caught fire at the wharf of the Iverness cannery and burned to the waters edge. She had just finished loading 5000 cases of canned salmon.
 When a fire breaks out in any of the towns of the Tanana at this time of the year the citizens are quickly on the spot, but not with buckets of water. They go with snow shovels, which in most cases prove quite as effective.
 The Skagway Interloper has taken to poetry. A late efusion goes on like this: "Oh moon, thou pale faced luminary, so grand in the sphere where you dwell, the look on your face makes us weary; pass on, pass on, farewell"
 There are only two mails during the whole winter for Point Barrow. A monthly mail goes to Kotzehue, but only in Decem Der and April are trips made to Barrow. Wales has monthly mail, and Teller gets mail once week.
 An inquisitive citizen of Ketchikan while out hunting got the muzzle of his gun stopped up with snow. He stuck his finger over the muzzle to see if the snow would come out when he pulled the trigger. It came, and his finger went with it.
 Since the cold spell at Skagway the town council has discovered that an ordinance of the city provides that the must attend tO the thaw- ing of frozen water pipes. If that or is enforced it is suggested that it will be necessary for the city to go out of business.
 It is announced that the building of a cold storage plant at Juneau is the first step of the change that is coming to the fish business of Southeastern Alaska. The completion of the C. T. r. railroad to Prince Rupert will be the next, and the shipments of cold storage fish by this route will eliminate Seattle and reach Eastern markets several days quicker.
 Ia Cordova harbor, January b, the Yucatan was on the mud from 10 a. n. to 4:30 p. m. In leaving out she en- countered a northerly gale with a strong tide from the south. A severe squall struck her on the port bow so that she could not be swung into her course. The result was she took the bank. She is reported to have got off any damage.
Douglas Island news., 1909-02-10

The Skagway Alaskan estimates that it costs the people of that town about S, 800 month to keep warm. They get hot in Juneau for less than that.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-11-05

The greed of man is responsible
for much suffering and loss of life.
Official investigations have shown
that very many of the railroad acct
dents that occurred between 1900
and 1907 were due to the defective
rails and that the defects were
caused by the attempt of the rail
makers to turn ont an increasing
number of rails in given time,
The attempt succeeded, and their
bank accounts correspondingly grew
but it was at the expense of the
quality of the rails. The reduction
of the time of the teeming'' pro-
cess from twenty-five minutes re-
suited in numerous defects or pipes
in the rails, with the ultimate re-
suit Of broken rails with consequent
destruction of property and loss Of
life and limb. w.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-11-05

The Country Paper is valuable
one-not appreciated as it should
be. 1t is read with greater care
than any other printed matter. It
is read and re-read and when fully
digested is mailed to some distant
friend and again read with redoubled
interest,
The readers of the country paper
don't get paper every day and
when they do get one, they read
every word in it. 1t is easy, there
fore, for the advertiser to get ac-
quainted with them. They don't
get to the city often and they are
always deeply interested in the city
news-the news from the merchant
as we'll as general news. They re-
spond to advertising quickly and it
is not necessary to advertise bargains
they can be interested in the
better quality of goods the adver-
tiser has to offer, the better store
service, more liberal credit accom-
modations, etc. The low cost Of
reaching this public and The certain
results, makes it possible to build
up a profitable mail order depart
ment for almost any business at
small expense.