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in all sections amount to about $500
Gu. yards About million feet of
Northwest and redwood lumber and
timber has been used on construction
and building the various fumes,
camps and permanent buildings there
on.
Owing to the mountain system be-
ing inaccessible to wagons for trans
portation purposes, 80 miles of pack
trail had to be made about 5 feet
wide and paved, for taking in supplies
and materials used on the work. and
also throughout the plantations pack
trails run alongside the line of open
ditch. Survey trails traverse the Wal
pic mountains for 81 miles being built
in the first instance for preliminary
survey work when the survey was be-
ing run by Mr.. Jorgensen. In some
instances these we're widened and
converted into regular pack trails,
where it was convenient.
Transportation About 100 draught
and pack mules were used conveying
supplies and materials to the various
jobs. After the continuous nine miles
of tunnels had been driven, the heavy
timbers for the fumes connecting the
four gulches were sent through on
cars hauled by mules.
Glass of Labor: This was chiefly
composed Of Japanese, Hawaiians and
Koreans, with fair sprinkling of
Chinese. The average monthly pay
rolls show 1900 men employed, day
labor averaging 81 per. day, while con-
tract labor, of course, amounted to
more, according to conditions. The
majority of the work was done on the
contract basis; tunnel work being
paid at so much running foot, and
increasing the price on fixed rate for
each 100 feet that the tunnel extend
ed in length, the laborers paying fol-
all ammunition and lighting used, this
being found to be more satisfactory as
it made the men more economical in
using materials to the best advantage
Materials used on construction work
were; Powder, 200 tons; caps, 10000;
fuse, 1,225,000 feet; candles, % tons
Hospital Medical attention and
drugs together with suitable building
were provided for the laborers, ant
each man assessed SOC per month t.
help upkeep of this necessity in this
dangerous work.
Camps: Suitable housing, being / !
II N. w. boards, 2 X 3 uprights, CORFU
gated iron roof and OF. duck were
found to be satisfactory and these arr
scattered all over the Waipio hills anC
along the plantations, being renewed
wherever necessary when the rain!
conditions were found to be playins
havoc with same.
Boarding House: A boarding hous,
was instituted for the staff and var
ious lunas or overseers employed, AM
gave general satisfaction in the &C
commodiations and food furnished TO
the amount assessed on each man.
From the commencement of cor
struction May /, 1909, to the time o
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lions which may later connect with
and receive water from the system. 1t
is whether or not the water sources
may not fail in time of prolonged
drought to supply an adequate amount
of water, and the plantations be made
to suffer in consequence. The amount
of water to be diverted to the use Of
the plantations is a mere bagatelle
compared to the large volume falling
and conserved upon the mountains.
investigations and tests of competent
engineers, extending over a period of
years, have proved beyond question
that the supply of water in the very
dryest periods will exceed all possible
requirements many times over. Mr..
McCrosson supplies the most positive
assurance that at no time will any of
the plantations in the system expert
ence the danger of water shortage.
Turning again to the journey: From
the intake above described, the party
re-entered the great tunnel and ex-
plored the remaining sections. For
once it must be recorded, the scheme
of Saving the best for the last" was
reversed. Up to this point the floor
of the tunneling had been fairly dry.
Some sections of it were wet-mighty.
mighty wet. The water started in an
inch deep, gradually rose to the shoe
tops and then flowed over-visions of
bad colds, grippe or pneumonia aris-
ing in the minds OF the timid the
while. But it did not stop there.
Deeper and deeper it got until the
knees were reached and the sound
of the firm tread of the procession
changed to that of the plump, plump.
Pumping" of blind horses fording
still stream.
Don't worry, gentlemen; there's
Scotch and hot coffee at the end Of
this section. It's only an hour ahead"
The voice was that of Mr.. McCros-
son, away up at the head of the line.
1t was refreshing, and the weary. wet
trampers stepped up livelier-and high
| err.
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THURSDAYS TRIPS.

On Thursday two exploring parties
went out-one over the same route
traversed the day before and the other
over to the upper Hamakua ditch. In
the former party was Civil Engineer
Jorgensen, who, in the afternoon,
opened three of the intake gates which
let big water into the tunnels for the
first time. It was calculated that this
water would begin arriving at Kukui-
haele and the plantation ditch in ten
hours.
The upper ditch party travelled about
sixteen miles in autos and then had
horseback ride of about two and a
half miles to the first intake. The
rain became too severe, however, and
the return was made from that point
The upper ditch has been open since
January /, 1907, and is pretty welll nm
derstood
Thursday evening pleasure tests
We're held at the home of Mr. Jorgen-
sen-presided over most acceptably
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lewis; and at
the club house of the Ditch Company.
In the late afternoon J. w. Waldron,
of F. A. Schaefer & Co., Manager
Ahrens, of Kukuihaele, and a half
dozen young men from neighboring
plantations Joined the party. The
high jinks" at the two places were
kept up until late hour for country
districts. During the evening Mr.. Jor-
gensen and his men returned, report
ing that the water mad arrived at a
point short distance from Kukui-
haele and was being allowed to waste
away through the side gates into Wal
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pic valley. All was then ready for
turning it into the plantation canals
, BOULDER BREAKS LOOSE.

Nv EHGN BtN-fNfNS Ivy o.
Friday morning a boulder weighing
all of fifty tons broke loose from the
mountain side, at an elevation of
about 1000 feet, and rolled down into
Waipio valley, sweeping trees and
everything else away from it's path.
En- route it struck one of the big
fumes of the Hamakua Ditch a few
hours before the water was due to
arrive and smashed through the
bridge like a big shot.
Men were hastily rushed to the
scene and shifted the course to two
other flumes-provided as a safeguard
against accidents Of this sort-just in
time to meet the down-rush of the wa
tiers
The damage done by the boulder
will reach into the thousands of dol
lars.
1t was a refreshing (?) reflection to
Honolulu visitors that they were on
this bridge Wednesday and the day
before the great smash, oblivious, how
ever, of the agent of destruction hang
ing hundreds of feet above them.
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PROPOSALS FOR FORAGE AND
straw, Honolulu, T. H., July 1, 1910
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will be
received here, until a. m. August 1,
1910, and then opened. for furnishing
forage and straw for posts and stations
in tins Hawaiian Islands.-Informatio
furnished on application to the under
signed M. N. Falls, Captain and Quar-
termaster, U. S. A., Depot Quartermas-
ter.
6ts-July /, 2, 5, 6. 20. 80.
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TODAY'S STOCK
TRANSACTIONS

No special feature developed on the.
stock exchange to-day, excepting
drop of dollar in Waialua to 1888,
also a fall of On eighth point in Oahu
succeeded by quick recovery.
There is no other fiuctuation to re-
port and the market may he called
steady and fairly active.
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completion on July 1, 1910, "a ga
miles of ditch has been constructed,
for irrigation water, with a carrying
capacity of 100 million gallons daily,
and costing as estimated about $780,
000
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NOTICE.

c. Q. Rwunyou has been appointed
Manager Of the Kai Chez Sun 30, (Chi-
nese Newspaper and has full power to
act as such on behalf of the Company.
c. T. LUNG,
Retiring Manager.
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THROUGH MUD-LANE.

Young Beckley had the reputation
of knowing every foot of the many
miles of "Mud-lane," and the driver of
the second machine steered so that
his wheels followed precisely in the
tracks of the pathfinder" Thus the
procession navigated this highland
marsh, part of the time on the dim
lines of an ancient roadway but most
of the while in the mud and slush and
boulders of a most inhospitable prai-
RE. At one point the press machine
skidded off its course into a wash-out
and a couple of newspapermen, as
we'll as a pair of Thurstons, landed in
the mud and had to walk until the ma
chine reached firmer ground. A mile
further along the newspapermen over
took the advance machine, which had
gotten caught in between two bould-
ers and was in serious plight. Luck
lily a gang of Japanese were at work
near by and responded promptly to
the call for help. Men were massed
at the whees and practically lifted the
big machine into a position of safety
The headquarters of the HamalIua
Ditch Company we're reached little
after o'clock, and there the second
breakfast of the morning was await
| ing the Honolulu visitors. Already
present there were Harry Lewis, wife
and son, R. w. Single, w. r. Earring
ton, Photographer Moses of Hilo, ant
several people from neighborine
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OUT OF DAMPNEss AND DARK.
NESS.

Mr.. McCrOsson was right. A light
like distant star appeared ahead and
it grew bigger and bigger until the
weary, wet, bedraggled bunch clam
bered out upon a ledge far up on the
side of the mountain, being the loca-
ton of cozy camp where a few of
the laborers slept. Ready prepared
was a feast of cold meats, boiled eggs
and other essentials. There were
drinks for "prohibitionists" as well as
the temporary majority, so that all
We're satisfied.
Saddle horses had been led up 70
section 50. which was only matter
of half an hour below. The members
-of the party selected their favorite
animals and began the descent. The
drop" was from a dizzing height and
was down a corkscrew trail, finally
landing, however nj Waipio valley.
Thence to the starting point of the
morning, the trail was over swift
streams, along the edges of cliffs, now
climbing and then descending
finally headquarters, bath, dry cloth.
ing and hot supper were reached.
During this long tramp of inspection
Juhn T. McCrosson led the way and
stopped at every important point to
make explanations. He was question:
ed, at frequent intervals by L. A.
Thurston and others on numerous de
tails of the immense project, at which
'the father of the idea would halt the
procession and enter into full explana
| tions.
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STOCK EXCHANGE
1890 A. NJ.

Nouce-No session Monday July 4,
1910.
Session Sales-t0 Waiaua St33 %;
y Waialua 1913 90; HonoEaa $40 so;
Oahu Sugar Co., s32 70; so oahu
Sugar Co., $32 625; 25 Oahu Sugar Co.
$32 625; Hilo r. r com. S12 1876; s
Hilo r. r. com stz.125; 10 Waialua
$133 90.
Between Boards--1O Mutual Tel Co
$500; So Hilo r. r. com $1,000;
Hilo r. r.. com S12 90: Oahu Sugar
Co., 1872 IS; as Oahu Sugar Co. $92. rs.
$4,000 Hilo 1901 6s, 500 90.
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INSIDE A MOUNTAIN.

Soon after this breakfast, knock
about clothes were donned and the
party proceeded to the foot of the
great tunnel of the Hamakua lower
ditch, where the walk of six solid
hours inside of the mountain range
began. The start was made on mar
row trucks set on rails and drawn by
mules, these trucks being used in the
work of transporting laborers, mate
rial and supplies to all points in the
nine miles of this most remarkable
tunnel, and to the camps established
at convenient intervals in the noun
tains
After about a mile had been travers-
ed in this wise, the trucks were aban-
doned and the party set out on foot
for the balance of tse journey.
Although this underground work is
spoken of as "a TUNER it is in reality
string of forty-five successive tun-
nels. the different sections being Sc
parated by lofty canons or valleys, the
work of tunnels at such points being
assigned to fumes OF equal size with
the underground channels.
Although underground these tunnels
have an immense elevation. Along
the route port holes" were drilled
from the inside to the exterior of the
mountains, through which the rock
and other material drilled out were
discharged; and beneath these holes
all trees and other vegetation were
swept completely away by the thou
sands of tons of rock discharged from
these holes as it rolled hundreds upon
hundreds of feet down the sides into
the valley far below, leaving immense
brown and barren streaks down the
! sides of the cliffs.
AS will appear farther along, the
basis of this mammoth scheme is ii
| streams, falls and water sources OF
the Kohala mountaons. 1t is perhaps
plain from the foregoing that water
once diverted into the system of tun
nels above described will follow ir
these tunnels down to the outlet a
Kukuihaele, where 1t will enter tho
canals, proceed onward into the bis
reservoirs, to be therefrom distributed
upon the plantations at will The
question then comes Glow is the wa
ter diverted into the tunnel SYSTEM
This is accomplished by means o
dams and intakes at important poir
where larger falls or streams or botl
converge. A double iron gate weigh
ing, in some instances, as much az
300 pounds is capped over the hea,
of the tunnel and this is raised or low
cred as circumstances may require
the gate movements being regulates
by machinery.
QUESTION ANSWERED.
Right here may be answered one o
the questions that will occur to an!
financier or any person interested II
Honokaa, Pacific Sugar, Paauhau, Ku
kuihaele or any of the other planta
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Fine Job Prrn,-uS. star omOA
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Kona coffee was in waiting and Just
struck the spot" with the visitors who
had taken their long ride over a some
what tortuous road in the damp,
chilly morning air.
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QUESTION ANSWERED.

Right here may be answered one OF
the questions that will occur to any
financier or any person interested in
Honokaa, Pacific Sugar, Paauhau, Ku-
kuihaele or any of the other planta-
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-23
MADE s1oo FROM 20 CENTS
Peach Trees Planted in Idle Moment Prove Bonanza for a PennsyI-
 vania Man.

Sfegerville, Pa.--An idle moment and 20 cents have just brought $10C to the pockets of Oscar Wotring. su- perintendent of the Lehigh Portland Cement farms Several years ago he planted 20 peach trees in his front yard at a cost of cent each. He wanted to see whether, if they were sprayed, they would die. as all the peach orchards of the neighborhood then were under the ravages of San Jose scale. The trees this year bore their second big crop.
 Recently an enterprising young milkman offered Wotring $100 for his crop, the offer being accepted. cash down in advance. Since then the milkman has picked 2S4 baskets of choice fruit. which he has sold at an average of $1.06 a basket, or total of $293.16. Last year. when the peaches were scarce and netted mort than double this years prices, Wot ring got $40 for his crop. and the man who bought them picked 223 baskets.
 From a peach tree which the late Clinton H. Fuller planted in his yard in this city in 1905, Mrs. Fuller has picked IA baskets of extraordinarily fine fruit, which she sold at SIPS 8 basket
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-23
PLEASURES OF ANTICIPATION
Desire Is Much, but Realization Is Less coIorfuI and Pleas
 ureabIe.

The housewife who complained
 that she had longed for ten years to possess brass bed, but now that she can get one she discovers that she
 wants Napoleon bed in mahogany" !" has unwittingly summed up the whole phenomenon of human life. Practical ly all of our pleasures come from an ticipation. Realization is much less colorful and pleasurable. The woman who had pictured for years a nice solid brass bed sitting on her rose toned carpet beside the mahogany dressing table, and had warmed her spirit in the roseate flames of that anticipation, has practically exhausted all the possibilities in the ownership of such treasure. The treasure It. self amounts to much less.
 It Is so with life. In youth we look forward longingly to the day when we can buy all the chocolate creams that we can eat, but on arriving at that delectable estate we discover that very few satisfy us. Anticipa- tion dwelt upon big round seal huff, but realization shows us that round muffs are passe, and that, besides, mink is the thing. We dream of an utomobile-and before it is realized the flying machine appears on the horizon. Desire is much; realization Is little. Give us our anticipations.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-23
wanted 10 Be Sure.

Bret Harte at one time used to plum der the people from the rostrum in the way of 50-cent lectures, says maga- zine writer. During a trip over the Pennsylvania circuit he found himself one evening in small town. the very atmosphere of which was depressing. Turning to the committeeman who awaited on him at his room in the hotel, Harte said: 'Is this a health full climate?" "Passably," responded .le committeeman. Whats the nor tality of this city?" About one a day" About one. eh," said Harte. ''come this way a minute" and he drew the committeeman into the re- cess of the bay window and then said to him, solemnly, "Is the man dead for today? I am going to lecture here tonight, and it would be a great re- lief to me to know that I could get through alive"
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-23
The out-of-poor Life.

The man who lives an outdoor life
 who sleeps with the stars visible above hm-who wins his bodily sub sistence at first hand from the earth and waters, Is being who defies rain and sun, has strange sense of elastic strength, may drink if he likes. and may smoke all day long, and feel none the worse for it. Some such re- turn to the earth for the means of life is what gives vigor and developing power to the colonist of an older race cast on a land like ours. A few gen. erations of men living in such fashion store up capital of vitality which accounts largely for the prodigal activity displayed by their descend ants and made possible only by the sturdy contest with nature which their ancestors have waged. That such a life Is still led by multitudes of our serves to keep up our pristine force and energy-Dr. s. Weir Mitchell.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-23
STARED AT PROF. BRANEFo6
Absent-Minded Pedagogue Didn't Know Whether He Had Put Baby
 or Wife's Hat in Oven.

The people didn't merely look at Professor Branefog-they stared. He knew he was absent-minded at times. and he wondered whether he had rub bed his face with boot polish instead Of cold cream after he had shaved, or whether he had forgotten to change his dressing-gown for his frock-coat-
 But kindly policeman put things right
 Are you aware, sir, that you are carrying joint of beef in your arms?" he asked
 Goodness mel" said the professor. T knew something was wrong. My wife told me to put her Sunday hat on the bed, to place this roast in the oven, and to take the baby and the dog for a walk
 You've not put the baby in the oven. surely?" said the laws guardian.
 T put something in it," said Brane- fog; but don't know whether 1t was the baby or the dog"
 With bated breath they hurried to the professors house. Here, on tn bed, lay the baby and the dog; but h was just as bad for Branefog. It was his wife's Sunday hat that was in tho oven!
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-23
HOW THE EYES ARE ABUSED
Headaches, Which Often Mean Eye Strain, Put Down to Liver or
 indigestion.

Many a woman who takes great
 care of her diamonds lets her eyes take care of themselves. often to their
 lasting injury Seldom, too, are the eyes of young people watched as they should be. Headaches, which may and often do mean eye strain, are put down to liver trouble or indigestion, and home remedies are administered for these ailments when what is real ly needed Is a visit to the oculist And going to an optician merely Is not enough. since his business is to suit the eye with glasses only-which they may or may not need. The oculist suits the treatment to the eye, and 1t is better to err on the side of going to him without reason than to stay away when there may be need to go.
 Considering the delicate mechanism of the eye, it is astonishing how much abuse 1t bears. Women go about peer ing through wells of heavy and intri- cate patterns, most harmful to the vision. Both men and women read in street cars. than which Is worse Children are al lowed to read in insufficient light and In the. gloaming. And seldom indeed does anyone take care, when reading pr working, to be in the right position with regard to the light.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-23
Sunrise souse En DishabIII..

hington.-Dwellers in the fash. ionable West End of Washington were aroused early in the morning by the cheering and jeering of milk men, newsboys and other early risers. They raised the blinds and what a sight met their gazel Calmly parad- ing down Seventeenth street attired in a pink and white blanket and nothing else there appeared a gray haired man of distinguished mien, who was just a little wobbly in the knees.
 He says he is looking for a place to buy drink" announced a raucous- voiced garbage collector in the van of the parade He will have to walk a mile to find it, for there is nothing open in this part of the town yet"
 The disturbance finally aroused a blue-coat, and he arrived just in time to see the drink hunter turn suddenly across the street and scuttle indoors through the side area of a fashionable boarding house. The identity of the sunrise souse" is mystery.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-23
BOOSTERS GOOD WATcHDoGs
Fighting Chickens Guard the Yard Of California Man and Permit No
 body to Enter.

San Francisco.-With a yearly IL sense fee of three dollars on Oakland dogs, and the freeholders in favor oi raising this, residents of the city may have to adopt the plan of City Pas senger Agent H. T. Holmes of the Western Pacific. who has trained two game roosters as watchdogs.
 Holmes lives at Thirty-second and Grove street. He has no dogs. Sev- eral months ago he raised two game roosters, naming them Emmet and Roy, after two officials. As the roost CTS grew up they exhibited all the pugnacity of their race. and fiercely attacked all strangers who entered the back yards.
 When a stranger comes through the gate both chandeliers give vent to strident crows and fly at the intrd- der's face. The invader is generally glad to beat retreat.
 NO one dares to come inside the yard" said Holmes the other day, speaking of his chickens. "The roost. CTS are better than any watchdog Il ever had, and are on duty from early in the morning until after dark"
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-23
JaII Sold for Chicken Pen.

Sioux City, Ia.-The people oi Greene, Iowa, Butler county, have be. come so law abiding that they have no more use for the city jail. Sen ator Wade of the state board of con- trol was a visitor at Greene the other day and while there was startled to see huge traction engine go puff fng through the streets pulling be- hind 1t the city jail. which had been placed on trucks.
 '-That was spectacle person doesn't see very often." observed the senator. q inquired what they were going to do with the bastile. and they told me that some enterprising citi- zen had purchased it from the city for a chicken-house. For department. I suppose. Greene deserves the medal"