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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-03-07
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-03-07

WASHINGTON. March T.-offl.
eial announcement was made yes.
terday that Charles % Hillls. as.
sistant secretary 81 the treasury.
is 10 succeed Charles D. Norton as
secretary TO the president. April 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-03-07

Rev. L. X Richardson has accept.
ed a call 10 become pastor OF the
Woodland Park Presbyterian
church. 63rd av. y. and Dayton
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19
Doesn't Want saloons.

Chronicles a communication from
Colonel John p. Wissner, United
States Army, commandant at the Pre-
sidio, has been received by the Board
OF Supervisors and by It referred to
the Police Commission. Colonel Wlss
ner asks the cooperation OF the
Board Of Supervisors in preventing
the granting Of licenses to conduct
saloons near the entrance to the Pre-
sidio, and is supplementary to the
campaign to that end that has been
waged FOR some months by residents
10 the vicinity. In the terse language
Of tho soldier, Colonel W ,snor de-.
scribes the situation as follows:
THE effect CT such co tressions
near military stations is noc a ques
ton of experiment or theory. The past
has demonstrated such effect in this
identical locality with most disastrous
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19

cry Other Sound Interest Of the city
of Honolulu.
He Further Claims that the Dis.
trict is Incapable of Reclamation by
Any Expenditure Within the Means
Of Private Owners
The President of the Board Of
Health Recommends That the Govern
ment, by It's Right OF Eminent Do
main, Shall in an Equitable and Jus,
Manner Acquire Such Ownership ana
Rights in Said District as Shall En-.
able 1t to Transform It Into an Abso-
lutely Sanitary, Beautiful and Unique
District, One That viii Add immense
ly to the Reputation of Honolulu at
Home and Abroad.
No City Can Take Advantage of
the Opportunities, Nature and Art
Present, to Become Distinguished as
a Healthful, Sanitary and Beautiful
City, If 1t Depends on the Caprice of
Individual Owners in Establishing the
Character of and Streets of a District.
Under Such Circumstances No Ar
tistic or Harmonious Plan of a Great
District Can BE Conceived or Execut-
ed
Even the Public Sanitary and all
Other Public Utilities Become Mere
Make Shifts.
In the Long Run Public and Pri-
vate Economy is Impossible.
Future of Honolulu.
Nature, sanitation and human cir
cumstance fix worldwide prominence
and importance on certain strategic
points in commerce, navigation and
defense. Human events have moved
slowly, but are becoming intensely ac-
celebrated, and it would seem Honolu-
lu is now beginning to fulfil her des-
tiny. q
While to us the statement has be-
come trite, we cannot assert too en-
phatically or frequently the univer-
sally acknowledged fact that Homo
lulu and these Islands possess the
combination of Incompatible climate
and scenery, and are directly within
the main stream of world travel,
which can never be diverted.
We possess all that nature can
grant for a charming place of resi-
dence and need only to intelligent
CONTINUED on page ten.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19
WAIKIKI RECLAMATION PLAN
As APPROVED BY BOARD
Of HEALTH SOME YEARS AGO

The continued prevalence Of chol.
era here and the failure Of the anti.
mosquito campaign, have served to re-
viye discussion of plans to reclaim the
McCully tract and other Waikiki
swamps. Several years ago plans were
worked out in detail for the filling in
of these swamps. The plans involved
creation Of a lagoon. which the ocean
tides would regularly enter, and a
park, with blocks of residence lots
where there are only duck ponds
now. 1t was set forth in a commune
cation to the Board of Health by its
former president, l., b. Pinkham, and
was approved by the Board, though
nothing was done to carry it out.
Pinkham's description of the plan.
aside from the technical details was
as follows:
To the Members of the Board OF
Health:
Section 1925 Revised Laws of the
Territory of Hawaii, reads as fol-
lows, and is mandatory:
Whenever in the opinion of the
Board of Health any tract or parcel
Of land situated i'm the District of Ho-
nOlulu, Island of Oahu, shall be dele
ferrous to the public health in conse-
quence Of being low, and at times COW
cred or partly covered by water, or Of
being improperly drained, or incapa-
BILE by reasonable expenditure of eff
fectual drainage, or for other reason
in an unsanitary or dangerous condi-
ton, it shall be the duty of the BoarI
of Health to report such fact to the
superintendent of Public Works to-
gether with a brief recommendation
Of the operation deemed advisable to
improve such land"
| The President of the Board OF
Health, After Months of Study and
/ Investigation, Asserts the Waikiki
District Under Consideration is at the
Present Time 'Deleterious to the Pub
lie Health"-"Is Low, Covered and
Partly Covered With Water"-is Not
Drained At All-"is Capable of Effec-
tual Drainage" and is 'in An Unsani-
tary and Dangerous Condition"
He Further Claims That, as This
Particular Land is Encroached Upon,
it Will Become an Intense and Con-
slant Menace to the Health and Ev-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19
FAIRCHILO'S FIGURES SHOWING
LEASED LANDS ANO REVENUES

Land in cane Cdeveloped), 35,O42.4t
acres; suitable for cane (undevelop-
ed), 2,9472O; agriculture (undevel-
oped), 7,S96.S6; in rice, 1,O3O. rs; leas-
ed for pastural purposes, 119,445:37;
in forests, S4,37S. Il; designated as
waste, 119,6S114; not classified ST.
765.O2.
According TO the foregoing list the
lands to be removed from homestead,
ing purposes in accordane with con-
current resolution No. are less than
10000 acres but it is safe to state that
there are sufficient undeveloped cane,
agricultural and pastural lands cou-
tiguous to the plantations to increase
the territory's revenue, were such
lands leased to plantations, by nearly
two hundred thousand dollars a year.
Fairchild declares the money is need
ed for opening up other homestead
lands and for the general develop
ment of the territory along proper
lines.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19

some time previous to this had an &C
cident which rendered one eye practi-
cally valueless and the chip mentioned
struck his remaining good optic.
Kahului Growing Fast.
KAHULUI, April Amy person
who is generally interested in the
growth of the Territory and in it's
prosperity should make an opportunity
at some time to visit Kahului, to wit
ness the improvements which have
been made in that city in the past
twelve months. The change from for
mer conditions which has taken place
in that length of time is surprising
and shows the result of hard and well
directed work
Naturally the most noticeable inn
provement is seen in the new wharf
alongside of which the Claudine now
lies when she comes into port The
Kahului railroad trains run within
a few feet of the steamer and take on
both freight and passengers and there
is hardly a more conveniently ar
ranged wharf in the Territory. AS
far as convenience goes, the improve
ment is a striking one over the old
method under which the steamers lay
out in the bay and the passengers and
freight were taken ashore in lighters
towed by the tug Leslie Baldwin.
The work of the Federal contract
for the completion of the Kahului
breakwater is rapidly getting into
shape and a Hilo man visiting there
will recognize a great many of the
men who formerly had charge Of
work here, under the Metzger CON
tract. Two big cranes which were
used on the local job may also be
seen there. The actual start in dump
ing stone will commence in a very few
days and then the work will go ahead
rapidly.
The Kahului railroad, which has the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19

Senator Fairchild has a mass cf
figures to back him on the PROPOSE
ton to accomplish the passage of his
bill to ask Congress to amend the
Organic Act concerning the limi-
tation of leases of developed lands Of
plantations.
Fairchild, after much gathering OF
statistics, finds that the total annual
revenue of the territory from gen
eral leases, water licenses and rights
of way amounts to 1901, S45 It is di-
vided by islands as follows: Ha-
wall, $SS,O73; Maui, S66,553; Molokai.
$2.O92; Oahu, $21.929; Kauai, $23,.
297.
These figures are. subdivided in
this manner: From water licenses,
Hawaii, $1,6S2; Maui, $56,1OO; Molo-
kai, nothing; Oahu, $9.O55; Kauai, &C.,
1874.
From lands leased direct to planta-
tons Hawaii, $59,7O6; Maui, $S,SOS;
Molokai, nothing; Oahu, $5,11O; Kau-
al, $13,S91
From lands leased for agricultural
and pastural purposes: Hawaii, $780,
6S5; Maui, $6,645; Molokai, $2,O92
Oahu, $13,674; Kauai, $2,571.
The total from water licenses For
the territory is $67,671 from lands
leased direct to plantations, $S2,516,
from lands leased for agricultural
and pastural purposes, $51,75S; the
total revenue being 1901 ,S45, as above
noted.
The statement Of public lands and
waters as completed from the public
records, shows:
Total area of public land, 1,674S04.-
A acres; leased, S77S41.S7; not leas,
ed, 796,962,57,
OF the 877,S41,S7 acres 42S,1S1,S9
are leased direct to plantations, clas-
sided as follows;
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19
May Lose other Eye.

HILO, Hawaii, April II Engineer
William South, of the Kaiwiki planta-
ton, OokaIa, is a patient at the Hilo
Hospital suffering from a severe in
jury to one of his eyes. The accident
was caused by the flying up of steel
chip which struck the eye and became
embedded there. While Drs. Collins
and Irwin, who have charge of the
patient, hope that he win recover the
full use of the eye, the case is a Sc
rious one, being made the more so
on account of the fact that the patient
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19
ARMY AND NAVY.

results TO the morals OF the garrison,
and to the moral cleanliness and
respectability Of one Of the most at
tractive portions or the city. The
very threshold OF one Of the most
beautiful and instructive military res.
eryations of the country was pollut-
ed with the stencil of moral degrade
ton and rottenness, and this a reser.
walton that contributes Loyalty to the
prosperity and business interests of
San Francisco.
THE most respectable element of
the liquor business does not seek the
soldiers patronage The limited pay
Of the latter negatives a profit in
the sale of the purest and best stock,
and substitutions of brain maddening
connections are usually sold them.
Lewd and depraved women flock to
Continued on page ten.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19

men interested in the game of polo,
Il being understood that this area may
be used for athletic sports, such as
baseball, football, and other games
during such periods as the grounds
are not in use by the polo club.
THE Superintendent of Public
Works has given his opinion that a
portable dredge could be successfully
constructed and operated at a low
cost, and the commissioners are in
hopes that an artesian well may be
sunk on the premises for the purpose
of supplying waters to flush the arti-
fetal lakes and streams and possibly
for supplying part of the water for
irrigating the lawns.
"The item in the Appropriation Bill
before the Legislature would furnish
funds for the construction of the nee
essary permanent improvements, the
county generously donating funds for
the upkeep of the park. One of the
features contemplated by the Park
commissioners is the construction of
a banyan grove on a portion of sec
ton three, adjacent to the property
of Irwin. Castle and Parker.
An Aviary Is Planned.
can aviary is also much desired.
and this would no doubt become a
counterpart of the aquarium, which IS
so much admired by our own people
and tourists. This could very easily
be made very attractive feature, as
the brilliant plumage of the tropical
birds would rival the wonderful mark
ings of the fish in the aquarium, the
desire of the commissioners being
that the park should be made a real
beauty spot and a place to be fire.
quented by visitors and for the pur-
pose of giving ready access to others
showing what can be done In a tropi-
cal climate in the way of foliage
plants, Towering trees and vines, in
connection with the opportunities for
our own people to enjoy being in a
beautiful spot handy to the city.
1--WE have been struggling along
without any money for permanent i'm
provements, only having sufficient for
the maintenance Of what we have.
With the appropriation the permanent
improvements could be extended, and
a real progressive step made in estab-
fishing park worthy of the name"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19
EASY TO PLEASE.

80" said his girls papa furiously,
you think you could make my little
girl Arethusa happy?"
The young man considered his pros
pective pa-in-law, who had govt and
a face like fire engine, and an eighty
horsepower temper.
She's been happy with you, sir,
hasn't she?" the young man asked.
Il think so, my boy-I think So" re-
piled his girls papa. Il certainly think
so. think so certainly. I'm certain
l think So"
We'll" chimed in the young man
sweetly, IF she's been happy with
you, I certainly think I can make her
happy. / think So ! think so GER
tainly I'm certain think So"
Fine Ilh Fsrtutiu. fNr.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19

The wreck itself will have to be
carefully watched as the water level
falls. there being some danger that
as the support of the water and the
mud in which it rests is withdrawn
the hull may careen, just as ships
have been known to do in dry dock
when insuficiently secured.
AS soon as the wreck is fully ex,
posed the work of exploration in
search of human bodies will take
precedence.
1t is practically certain when this
stage of the work is reached a United
States man of war will be ordered to
Havana, and will lie close to the
wreck to receive the bodies as fast
as they are recovered and transport
them to their final resting place.
May Determine Cause.
After that will come an exhaustive
scrutiny of the shattered wreck by eX-
perts, who, in the opinion Of engineer
officers, will be able to determine be-
yond all question precisely the char
acter Of the agency whereby the de-
struction of the Maine was effected.
Probably many months will elapse
before the final stage of the work
the extraction and disposition of the
wreck.
1t is known that the forward part
of the ship, about one-third of her
length, is practically detached from
the rest, and is SO shattered it will
have to be extracted piecemeal. When
the afterpart has been stripped as
far as possible of all heavy weights,
including the two turrets, weighing,
with their pairs of ten-inch guns, about
200 tons each, it is hoped it will be
possible to build a bulkhead across
the shattered end and float the hunk
out of the basin to be sunk, and in
all probability hundreds of fathoms
deep, in the straits of Florida.
Finally will come the extraction Of
the thousands of steel piles compos-
ing the twenty caissons and the
dredging of the material with which
they were filled. This may not be
before the end of the year
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19
INTBR-ISbAND HAPPENINGS

HILO, April Is. 49, Ex-G Governor
George R. Carter paid Hilo visit last
week, coming up and returning by the
Mauna Kea, accompanied by E. Faxon
Bishop, of Brewer & Co. They made
a trip of inspection along the Brewer
plantations near this city and spent
the rest of their time in .Hilo. Gov
ernor Carter expressed himself as
very much surprised at the manner
in which Hilo had improved during
the interval of several years which
has elapsed since his last visit here.
In speaking of this he said:
"Hilo is certainly going ahead re-
markedly and the general appear
ance of the town is a great improve
ment. 1t no longer has the APP
pearance of a little place like Iloilo
in the Philippines, with the houses
set up on a row of stills on the
waterfront The sanitation of the
place has been remarkably improved
and it has a healthy, go ahead aspect
that will mean a great deal. The
Hamakua branch of the Hilo Rail
road will do great things for the
town and with the constantly increas-
ing shipping which is now coming and
which will be greatly added to by the
opening of the Panama Canal, look
forward to a great future for your
city"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19
KAPIOANI PARK Commission
HAS ATTRACTIVE PLANS FOR
IMPROVING THE BEACH PROPERTY

Judge Cooper secretary Of the
Kapiolani Park Commission, when
seen this morning regarding the ne
eessity for assisting the board by leg
islative appropriations, had the fol-
lowing to say:
The plan of the commissioners
has been to divide the park in to sec
. lions, and as nearly as possible, to
keep the permanent improvements IN
contiguous territory, in other words,
TO perfect one section before pro-
ceeding to the development of an
other.
Many Enjoy the Beach.
zone of the principal features Of
the park at present is the beach re-
sort, which is patronized by a very
large number of people, especially
the schools and organizations in
town, the attendance reaching nearly
5000 a month. There has been a
gradual increase in the attendance,
known, each year has shown a larger
increase over the preceding year.
This particular property was acquired
by the county and turned over to the
commissioners as part of the park
proper.
Plan to Make a Lake.
L. faf, or
vanced, but much more can be done
to render It a suitable place for
younger children. Behring'S are now be-
ing made to demonstrate the practi-
cability of dredging out a portion of
the mauka end of the park, or that
portion of the park that is enclosed.
within the old race track, for the pur-
pose Of forming lake. the material
to be used in grading the playground
to be supplied with the necessary ap-
paratus, for which funds have been
subscribed by members of the Park
commission individually.
Funds are needed for the construc-
ton of permanent bridges of artistic
design, to be built Of concrete or
other lasting material, the dredging
of the bayous, the material to be used
for topdressing the lawns, the extern
sion of the irrigating system to sec
tions two and three being towards
Diamond Head, and for utilizing the
polo field that has recently been
graded by earth donated by gentle
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19

HAVANA, April 9-In the driving
of the last few interlocling steel piles
of the last twenty caissons forming
the inclosing wall of the huge basin
or cofferdam surrounding the wreck
of the battleship Maine, the first stage
in the work of removing the shattered
remains of the warship has been
brought to a successful conclusion.
The work was accomplished with
rapidity and it's progress was I'M
marked by single mishap or hitch
until the Introduction of the final pile,
which failed to interlock properly
with those on either side.
This gave rise to a rumor that the
stability of the caisson was endan-
gered, but examination showed the
trouble resulted from the pile being
slightly deformed by an accidental
blow from the iron bucket of a
dredge working alongside. The eX-
traction and replacing of three piles
0Sl GU W repair INC udlliaSt.
The second stage of the work, that
of filling the caissons as fast as com
pleted with mud, clay and rock
dredged from the harbor bottom, has
been going on for some time, and,
now that the ring is completed, Is
being pushed forward with the utmost
rapidity. The steam dredge, Norman
Davis. loaned to the Government by
the Huston-Trumbo Dredging Com
pany, and the United States Army
dredge Barnard. are dumping hun
dreds of tons of material into the
caisson.
Filling the Caisson.
It is expected that the filling of the
caissons will be completed by the end
OF April, and after that the most in
teresting stage of the work-that Of
pumping out the great basin and
leaving exposed the hull of the battle
shin i'm precisely the condition she
was on the morning after her destruc-
ton thirteen years ago-will begin.
AS a guarantee of the security OF
the retaining wall around the basin, 1t
is probable that riprap will be dumped
around the exterior of the ellipse Of
caissons before the pumping begins.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19

CONTINUED on page tenn
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19

Fine 'nn Prtnrlur
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-19

Continued on page ten)
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-02-15

Grand Junction.-A Western frui.
exposition TO be held during July and
August. 1915. while the Panama expo
sition is in full swing. is what the
boosters in Mesa. Montrose. Delta and
Garfield counties are planning. Archi.
tects are drawing plans for one nam
moth center exhibition hall and fou-
smaller ones for each Of the four
counties. Ten thousand dollars will be
used in advertising the fruit festival
and contributions from every person
on the Western slope will be asked.
The Denver & Rio Grande and the Col
orado Midland will be asked for large
contributions. for It is certain that
many thousand more sightseers will
be attracted over these routes by an
exposition here.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-02-15
FOREIGN.

Already nearly 5000 bodies of vic
tins of the plague have been burned
or buried in tn eoutskirts of Harbia.
Manchuria.
Mexican forces under Gen. Luque
have sustained another defeat in the
attack on insurrectos whom they have
been fighting in the vicinity of Mulato
They were repulsed after battle last
ing five hours.
The opening of the new parliament
in London was marked by gorgeous
ceremony and was attenaed by King
George and Queen Mary and their
suites. most of the dignitaries, many
members of the diplomatic corps. and
all others who could crowd within the
door OF Westminster.
The first battle OF Juarex between
federal troops and Nsurrectionists has
taken place. No one was hurt OH
either side and the exhibition" was
viewed by a thousand or more FL
Pasoans who lined the bank OF the Rio
Grande on the American side about
three miles west of FL Paso.