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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21
To Clean Fountain.

The best way to clean drinking
fountains which cannot he reached on
the inside is to use scslding hot wa
ter aud a big handful of shot Fill
the fountain about a quarter full Of
hot water and then pour IN the shot.
Shake the vessel briskly so that the
shot will scrape along the bottom and
sides Of the fountain. This viii re-
move the scum and leave the fountain
sweet and clean
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21
Band for Pigeons.

To place band on pigeon. hold
the hind claw back and press the
front claws through the ring; draw
the ring close up to the knee Joint,
and then. when on level with the
extremity OF the hind claw, gently
pull the hind claw through the ring,
and the ring will be in position and
viii NOT. unless II has been placed on
at too early date. fall
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21
neslrs Meat for Radon.

The observing poultry raiser can
not. fail to note how eagerly young
chicks seize any kind OF scrap Of
meat. They viii pull and tug and
tumble over each other in their eager
ness 10 get bit Of flesh, either raw
or cooked. This indicates the desire
which nature has given them to sup.
ply their wants.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21

a long bar that runs over the animals
back, with the front end fastened TO
his collar. Over the rear end OF the
bar hangs foot support with band
that is fastened around the horses
foot and holds Il MP a. whatever height
the blacksmith desires. also preventing
the beast from kicking
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21
Grads Up Pla stock.

To grade up your pig stock Is a.
important a. grading up the dairy
cows. The most conservative course
Is TO select the breed most popular in
your vicinity and improve on the
common individuals by the use OF inn
proved bosre.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21
RlnaIna Crate.

top a. well as a sliding door at the
rear The sliding levers, a. b. are
made OF / by inch hardwood. with a
notch cut IN each to fit the neck OF
the hog. There should be holes IN the
bottom board. c, to adjust the levers
for large or small pigs.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21
Exhausted Soil.

The farmer who wakes up to the
fact that his soil is exhausted and will
not produce as it once did is in the
position of man who has oyerdrawn
his bank account. He must make good
and that quickly.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21
PARTITION IN CHICKEN COOP
Found Especially Convenient In Foro.
Ing Fowls Toward Door at Eth
or End Of Pen.

A good retaining pen from which To
sell poultry may he had by building
a coop Of the desired size and placing
in It a sliding partition for use in
forcing the fowls toward the door at
either end. enabling a person to take
out one at a time
The sliding partition may he used
for dividing the pen into two compart
ments by placing the partition in the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21
Draining swamps.

A German inventor has put In effect
a system based on the principle of the
hydraulic ram, by which the waves of
the sea do the pumping for the pur-
pose Of draining swamps along the
shore. This should interest the Al.
lantic and Gulf states Of this country.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21
sssmIne Sheen carefllIx

The flesh condition Of a sheep can.
not be judged by looking at It. Al
ways go over sheep with the fingers.
examining every part Of It's anatomy
before sending It to market.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21
pusnscIous nor.st,.

One good quality IN the Dorsets is
their pugnacious disposition which
makes them able to use their big
horns in a defense against dcsA
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21

second. giving a window space At top
pf feet Placing a post at each cor
ner Of every stall gives plenty Of
strength; then by putting In a few
sirts, siding M with No 1 stock boards
nailed on up and down aud stripping
the cracks. you have a good building.
Tho roof should have half pitch. Pieces
~ by 4, 10 feet long. make the lower
rafter and these cut IN the middle
make the upper raftsr.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-08-21

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25
OPERATIONS IN MARCH OF
DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY

or even where INFESTED animals are
kept, has had a salutary effect on
the entire local dairy industry, and
diverse or contrary reports, notwi.h-
standing it must be admitted that the
dGirymen of the city and county Of
Honolulu have responded nest ad-
mirably in their concerted effort -
suppress this most destructive and
dangerous of all scOurges animal as
well as human. The report of this
division for the month of September
1910. when the first annual tubercu
lii test of the dairy herds of the city
of Honolulu had just about been fin
ishcd, shows $50 reactors out of 17l5
animals tested, or 32.42 per cent. The
present test of the same herds, those
of the city alone shows 1861 animals
tested with 81 reactors or 534 per
cent. This latter figure is however
portionately influenced by the mum
Der of reactors in one herd, where
little or no effort has been made to
stamp out the disease, and where no
less than 76 reactors were founl
among 1873 animals. If this one herd
is eliminated in calculating the re-
suits, we find that the percentage of
reactors is only All for the city and
2.S9 for the city and county. In re-
gard to the number of dairies in which
the disease was found, more than 80
per cent were found to harbor the
infection when first tested, while
nearly eighty per cent were found TO
be clean by the present test. Be
sides this highly gratifying result, e,-
cry owner of reacting cattle has eth,
er already sent the infected animals
TO be destroyed or has promised 10
do so at the earliest possible oppor
tunity. Even the one herd with the
~ enty-six reactors was cleaned OUT
the same day, the result Of the test
was reported to the owner II shout
be mentioned that every reacting ami
nal is plainly branded and as nearly
every dairy man has had that same
brand applied to one or more of his
own animals during the past tw,
years it is not likely that there II
anybody left who does not know ti'
brand when he sees it, and is hereb,
protected against purchasing or ad
hitting to his premises, or toleratint
on adjoining premises a tuberculou
animal
The fact that tuberculosis anon
| the local dairy herds has been i'm
CONTINUED on page eleven)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25

Victor S. Norgaard, territorial vet
erinarian, has presented the follow
ing report of the work of the division
of animal industry for March to W.
NJ Giffard, president and executive
officer of the board of agriculture and
forestry:
Bovine tuberculosis Control Work.
As will be seen from the appended
itemized report of the assistant fer.
Iitorial veterinarian more than 40O'
head of dairy cattle have been tNst
ed. with the highly gratifying result
/ that only 1879 head reacted to the test
I that is, were found to be infected with
/ tuberculosis. Without exception the
owners of these infected animals have
| taken steps for their immediate Sc
gTegation and ultimate disposal for
slaughtering, no reactlng animal, so
, far as can be ascertained being left
, on premises from which milk is pro
, duced. 1t seems now to have become
a we'll established rule for all milk
consumers here to look into the
source origin of the milk served N
the table or used in the household,
end to inquire diligently of the ven,
dor or dealer-"Have your cows been
tested. and are they free from tuher.
culosis?"
AS every milk producer is well
tons can be verified in a moment by
calling up this office on the telephone,
there is little to be gained by evad.
ing the truth, and the fact is that
many inquiries are being received by
/ the officers of this division in regard
/ 10 the state of health Of the dairy
animals, as well as of the hygienic
and sanitary conditions under which
milk is being produced by variou,
dairymen. In replying to such in
quiries it has been made rule NOT
J to discriminate or to draw lines a.
TO whose milk is produced under the
most satisfactory conditions, but if =
! dairyman negIects to clean up hi'
herd by removal of reacting animal
or If he fails to disinfect after sucI
removal, or in other ways omits O
forgets to provide mprovel lents
when requested to do so, the fact
will soon reach his customers, a
least those who insist upon havinl
clean milk from healthy animals.
The rule established by the Hone
lulu Dairymen's Association to refus
absolutely to receive or in any wa
handle the milk from diaries wher
reacting animals have been retained
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25
COLORADO DEMOCRAT DENOUNCES
HIS PARTYS FREE SUGAR BILL

who would adopt policy which makes
for the country's woe in order to bring
about a political advantage, even
though of doubtful character
Mr.. Chairman, l hold no brief from
the manufacturers of sugar beets.
Nine out of the seventeen factories in
our State are located in my district
Their owners did not support me in
1908 nor 1910. With the possible ex'
ception of one of the counties wherein
they are located, there came the larg
est majorities against my election to
this body, although my position was
as well known then as it is now
Therefore in giving voice to my posi-
ton in this matter. l am not paying
a political debt, nor am | actuated by
My footsteps are following the path
way which, believe, leads to just and
proper dealing with both the consum
er and the American farmer. be-
lieve in adequately protecting the pro
duct of the "tillers of the SOIL The
industries of these worthy citizens
should be sanctuaried against every
human foe. If this bill becomes a law
the Government will be departing from
settled and time-honored policy
coincident with the birth of the Ma
ton, and flying in the face of the ar
proved policy of the world. It will
be breaking faith with those who, Oh
the strength of tradition and existing
law, have invested over $2,000,000 oil
capital, throw out of employment over
100000 laborers, disturb in general the
equilibrium of supply, and, in addition
this confscatory proceeding will de
stroy the only safeguard of the PEOPLE
against the practices of band OF
commercial plunderers as powerful
unrestrained, and merciless as were
the buccaneers when their black-flag
frigates were mistresses of the high
seas"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25

That system of central mills, like
those of Queensland, will be establish
ed before long in Hawaii, is the lat
est thing in regard to sugar raising
in these islands.
1t is being proposed now that the
first mill of the system be establish
ed on the Hamakua coast, in the vic
unity of the homesteads Of number
of settlers who are growing cane
Should the first mill prove a success,
others will be established.
The cooperative system will prob
ably be adopted, and the farmers who
raise cane will have an interest IN
the mill which grinds their produce.
1t is said that a number of cane
farmers are ready to enter into con
tracts with the milling concern, AMI
that the basis upon which the farmers
will be paid for their cane, will be
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25
BY ]. A. RREcKoNs.

Especial Correspondence of the Starr
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Of par
ticular interest to Hawaii is the demo
cratic presidential situation at this
time. Admitting for the sake of
speculation the possibility of a demo
cratic victory next fall, the democrat
most likely to succeed and his rela-
tions toward Hawaii are now being
discussed by the Hawaiian colony in
Washington.
From present appearances, unless
Clark is able to make strong gains be
tween now and the Baltimore conven-
ton, it seems impossible for him to
have the necessary two-thirds estab-
lished by democratic precedent as
necessary to a nomination. In this
event the second choice, after Clark
and Wilson, looms up big as a pos
sible compromise candidate. This
second choice is unquestionGbly Mr..
Underwood, and wise Democrats are
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25
SPOKANE MAN
LIKED HONOLULU

Spokane Review, Spokane, April
7.-"Spokane always looks good, and
this time it certainly looks better
than anything we saw any place,
said d. w. Twohy, president of the
Old National bank, who returned Sat
urday from a months trip to Homo.
lulu. With Mr.. Twohy were Mrs
Twohy and their children, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. J. Humbird and daughter,
Mr. an Mrs. r. B. Porter and Miss
Helen Jones. F. b. Grinnell and fam
lily, who recently returned to Spokane,
were in the party to Honolulu.
I'VE gave little attention to bust
ness while away" said MIR. Twohy,
"as it was a vacation trip. We en-
joyed ourselves immensely, and l
would recommend Honolulu for a
months vacation to anybody. /
didn't pay any great amount of atten.
ton to commercial conditions, but I
think they are good everywhere now
"On our trip along the Coast com
ing home things looked good. San
Francisco is picking up all of 'le
time, and generally speaking | think
the Coast and the northwest are 1T
excellent condition commercially.
There is activity all along the line
Here at home | understand things are
in fine shape. They certainly lock
good. and everywhere We are favor
ably known and highly spoken Of"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25

sidewise and The vessels side con-
tinued TO scrape against the iceberg
IT is mathematically certain that a
long strip of the vessels side plates
were ripped from the ribs Of the YES.
sci and the sea allowed free ingress
to every bulkhead. In such a case the
hulkheads would be useless and the
sinking of the steamer would be
matter of but a short time.
If the Titanic had struck the ice
berg head on two, three or four OF
her water tight compartments would
have been flooded, but she would
have remained anoat.
At any rate the fact that one OF
the most modern vessels built for the
Atlantic service foundered at the
striking Of an iceberg would indicate
that damage of the most serious char
acter occurred.
Caused Boat to Settle.
The Titanic is so infinitely subdi-
vided by water-tight bulkheads mat
nothing short of a most serious acct
dent would cause her to sink.
The damage was of such a nature
that the water admitted was sufficient
TO cause the vessel to settle by the
head to point where it could not he
controlled or prevented from entering
unchanged compartments through
openings which could not be closed
lefore they were submerged
1t would, therefore, be reasonable
70 assume that water gradually enter
ed unchanged compartments until,
through loss of buoyancy forward and
the further loss of stability on ac.
count of loose water in the holds and
also on account of the reduced water
plane area, the Titanic at last sud
denly partly turned turtle and she
plunged forward and went to the bot
tom. This is the theory of bulk
heads and their purpose.
l will assume that the general pub
Continued on page 12)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25
BY j. A. BREcKoNs.

Especial Correspondence of the Starr
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Charact.
erizing the democratic free sugar bill
as IAN effort to reach the unsophistic.
ated through an appeal to their cupid.
ity," designating it confiscatory and
unAmerican, Representative Rucker,
democrat, of Colorado, told his col
leagues that in his opinion the bill
surpassed all others in offering a bid
for demagoguery." IN answer to the
query when will the bombardment
cease?' MIR. Rucker said:
Are we of the West never to enjoy
the surcease of Federal enfilading of
our industries? Our silver mining was
long since shot to death. Nearly one
third of our public domain has been
apparently forever withdrawn from oc-
cupation and the taxing power The
prospector has been booted from the
trail. The homeseeker has been diven
to Capada Our watersheds have been
denuded of their forests, thus destroy
ing our natural reservoirs, which rap
idly makes way for modern Sahara.
Our valuable coal deposits and water
power sites are covered into the Fede-
raj Treasury. Our flockmasters are
driven from the ranges. And now we
are threatened with having our cereal,
meat, wool, metal and sugar markets
turned bodily over the our foreign
competitors. The wrongs We have
suffered and those with which we are
threatened are chargeable to both
political parties. Yesterday one took
a slice off, today the other a slice, and
it is only the demagogues who will
claim that one of the parties is less
censurable than the other. 1t all comes
from the Unsuitable greed for more
commercial power to our eastern
neighbors, assisted by an inexperienc.
ed and unwise coterie of politicians
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25
STRONG MAN IN TRAP; WIFE
SPINS WIRELESS NET FOR PIRRI

San Francisco Call, April r.
While wireless has been brought into
play to intercept Antonio Pirri, the
atrical performer who sailed on the
steamer Wilhelmina Wednesday for
Honolulu, the performer, no doubt,
does not know that he will be taken
into custody when the Matson liner
arrives at the island port.
Mrs. Pearl Pirri, his wife, appeared
before a police judge Wednesday and
swore to a warrant for her husbands
arrest on grand larceny charge. The
warrant was given to detectives to
serve and they FASTENED to the dock
where the Wilhelmina had been sta
toned.
At noon the vessel cleared the dock
and five minutes later Detectives Cal.
lahan and Furman, out of breath and
almost exhausted from running
reached the pier only to see the pig
vessel blowing its way out to sea.
Mrs. Pirn was married to the the
atrical performer about six mune.ls
ago in Los Angeles. Pirri is called q
strong man" in he language of the
theatrical world, and he balances
chairs, plows, buggies and othel
things on his chin. Mrs. Pirri usual!
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25
CENTRAL MILL SYSTEM
FOR SMALL CANE GROWERS

the same as in Queensland, viz, on
the sugar contents of the juice, as
per analysis. The interests of the
growers would be protected by the ap-
pointment of their own representative
in the mill.
Another proposition is that the cen.
trail mill buy the cane outright by
weight. Still another is that the sugar
extracted from the cane be paid for
at the price ruling on the mainland
or the day the cane is ground.
Governor Frear is considering the
project, and the ideas of a well-known
sugar planter have been submitted
to him. 1t is probable that the whole
scheme will be made public in a day
or so.
The central mill system solved
the cane farmers troubles in Queens,
land, and made an independent col
/ ony of cultivators spring up.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25
NAVAL DESIGNER FREAR
HAS THEORY OF DISASTER

Hugo p. Frear designer of the bat.
tleship Oregon, who, as naval CON
structor for the Union Iron Works,
mas designed every vessel built by
that concern, is recognized on the Pa
ciiic Coast as one of the foremost ex-
perts in marine construction. In the
following article, written for the san
Francisco Examiner, he tells how. IN
his opinion, the Titanic was sunk:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25
BY HUGO p, FREAR, BROTHER OF
GOVERNOR FREAR OF HAWAII


The long list of ships swallowed up
IL oceans mystic silence must owe
the majority of its catastrophes to
the peril of floating ice, against which
mans most powerful construction is
hut as an eggshell.
Those who have read the meager
accounts of the actual sinking of the
Titanic wonder how the greatest of
all passenger ships could have been
sent to the bottom of the sea in a col,
lision with what seems in the popu-
Ian mind a piece of floating ice whicn
ought to split in half when struck by
any object such as steel.
Man has done much in making sea
transportation safe, but he has yet to
discover a means of protecting the
SIDES of a big steel ship They are
the most vulnerable spots in the anat-
Cny of a vessel They are as brittle
as eggshells. Bulkheads in many
forms have been designed and work
successfully under certain conditions,
hut they are useless when a vessel
strikes a rock or an iceberg and her
sides are torn for three-quarters or
the full length of the vessel as some
| times happens.
Thinks Plates Were Ripped Out.
MISUNDERSTANDING from the ac-
counts of the Titanic disaster-the un-
| fortunate vessel struck the iceberg
sidewise.
If the Titanic struck the iceberg
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25

appeared in the sketch and sat on the
chair which Pirri balanced on his
chin.
When they reached San Francisco
a rumor reached Mrs. Pirri that her
actor husband had been married in
the East and she was not sure that
he had been divorced, She questioned
him and they quarreled when he re-
fused to deny or affirm the rumor or
his having a wife in the East.
A day or two later he signed up
with a theatrical circuit for a three
weeks engagement in Honolulu and
the Islands When his wife learned
of the contract she refused to go.
Late that night, the wife charges,
Pirri went to her room in the En-
press Hotel, took her trunk containing
clothing she valued at 5000 and de-
camped while she slept.
When she awoke Wednesday morn
ing both husband and trunk were
missing. She went to the bond and
warrant clerk, swore out a complaint
and took it before Judge Deasy, who
issued the warrant Then the chase
to the steamer began.
Mrs. Pirri declares she will brinI
her Strong man" back by all process
of the law.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-25
AMONG DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
UNDERWOOD SUITS HAWAII BEST

predicting that, in view of the situa-
ton as above noted, the gentleman
from Alabama is very likely to slip in
and get away with the nomination.
Mr.. Underwood has a strong follow
ing in the south, as well as having
New York behind him, and in the light
of possible developments ms probable
attitude toward Hawaii = being dis
cussed. 1t is believed that OF the
three democrats most prominent in
the race Underwood would come near
er representing Hawaii than any other
democrat likely to get in the White
House chair. He is known to be per-
sonally opposed to free sugar, is less
radical and more open TO conviction
than the other two, and democrats
here familiar with Hawaiian condi-
tons generally agree that the islands
could reasonably hope for more con-
sideration from the Alamaban than
from either Clark or Wilson, in the
event of his election.