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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

since 1905, but it was not until tn
fighting game in the winter of 1903.
10 that he really began to attract at
tention.
First Kilbane met and conquered
the best boys of this vicinity. Then
importauons were made from the East
and West. When Tom McCarey in
1910 promulgated his elimination con
test at Los Angeles, by which was to
be decided who of the native feather
weights should have the right to meet
Abe Attell for the championship, he
was the logical entrant.
Kilbane decisively defeated Joe Riv-
ers, Pasty Kline and frankie Conley,
his closest rivals, thus earning the
right to meet Attell in the battle for
the championship.
Johnny Kilbane was born and rear.
ed in Cleveland. He will be twenty
three years old on April 18th. He is
married and has a baby daughter. His
habits are of the best He is the sup
port of his blind father.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

once more for the America cup and
prospects are roseate for another
great international yacht race. This
is the message brought to Chicago to-
day by Sir William Bull of London, a
member of Parliament and prominent
in sporting and public affairs in Eng
land. Sir William speaks with au-
thority concerning Upton, as he is a
personal friend and was one of Sir
Thomas guests at New York when
the last cup race was sailed.
Il feel sure that there will be an
other race, though l would not say
that Sir Thomas has made the an
nouncement," he said at the Congress
Hotel today. 81 want to say also that
l do not think that there is anything
unsportsmanlike in the attitude Of
the American yachtsmen. They have
a perfect right to make the conditions
for the race. While l feel that it is
handicap to be compelled to bring
boat across the Atlantic, it is
merely a condition that cannot De
avoided"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07
NICHOLSON FlLEs

Their hord.cutting surface and perfect
temper give them a lasting quality.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07
SPORTS
AND
COLIN LANDED

An English 4urf writer, in writing
about American racing thoroughbreds
as they appear today in their English
quarters, states
Colin, almost beyond doubt the
most brilliant performer that ever
trod the turf in America, has already
had two seasons at stud in England.
Colin has steadily improved in APP
pearance-not that there was much
fault to be found while he was in
training. He is a rich brown horse,
very shapely and showing beautiful
quality. His activity is one of his
characteristics. Everybody by this
time must know that in America he
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07
WHAT'S DOING

o Q Q o o . q % q 9 o Q o Q O Q c
O Benefit Dance.
O March 16-All-Chinese base
Q ball team, Young Hotel.
@ Boxing. c
@ March 9.-De Mello VS.. Gil c
. more, 10 rounds. c
o March 12.-Kakaako Clubs {
. bouts, p. m. {
@ Athletics. c
O March 3O.-Boys' Club annual c
g meet, Boys Field. c
G March 9.-Kams vs.. High C
o School, c
0 March 16.-Triangular inter c
0 scholastic meet.
@ March 17.-Fleet sports, Ath- {
@ letic Park.
@ March Effort Ruger Ar
O tillery Company meet, Kapio- {
0 lani Park.
@ March 23.-Grammar School {
@ Athletic League field and track {
q meet, Alexander Field.
@ Tennis.
@ March wall Cup tourney {
@ March 17.-Ewa VS.. Manoa {
@ r. c., Eva.
. Golf.
9 March Second round la
. dies tournament, Country Club.
o March 24.-Clysmic Cup.
10 Basketball.
10 March 7.-Colorados VS.. Ca
10 hus, Y. NJ. c. A., 1880 p. m
20 Baseball.
10 March 9.-South Dakota VS.
0 Al-Chinese, Athletic Park, $3.50
| Q p. m.
Q March 1O.-AllHawaii VS.
| @ Colorado, $3.50 p. m; P. A. c.
o VS.. California. 1880 p. m, Mo
@ iliili.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07

HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.
Agents for Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-07
HOW KILBANE
ROSE TO FAME

Two years ago Johnny Kilbane, the
new feather-weight champion, scarcely
was known outside of Cleveland. He
had been a contestant in minor bouts
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-25
WILL MAKE TIN
CANS At ROANOKE
rACToRY TO MEET GROWING
DEMAND OF CAN<ERS In
SOJTHW EsTERN SECTION
OF VIRGINIA.

ROANOKE, VA, August 24.--Coh-
tracts have been signed for ne"
factory Of the Virg MIA Can COMPANY
- ba built at once and TO be ready
for operation for next season ousi-
uess. The new plant VIII mean az ~
vestfnent OF from $4,000 10 sAop,VoV'
MIR O. (. Huffman. president ot w.
virginia Can company, anu ALSO oA
ttha United States Can company at
Cincinnati, closed negotiations for the
new niaut on August 9Th. Roanoke
was selected on account Of its con
venient location for the rapluiy
growing canning business Of TINS avs
trtct. For several years Botetour :
county, Virginia. has been recosfl%ou
as the second largest canning Soun1'
In tina United States. The cahh.ns ~
Etiustry is spreading To Roanoke, Nom
/ pnmnry. FRANKLIN and Bedford coun-
( los along the Norfolk and Western
and yirginian railways, and IL Is esli-
mated that probably fifty new can
neries have been established TINS sea
son. altogether. this district now mas
inward OF 500 canneries. Ihe new
Tin can factory. which Will be houses
/ in a two-s;ory brick building ooA-VV
( feet In size. will be on LOT near ing
business center OF Roanoke on poIh
the Norfolk and Western and virgin
(
for from ten to twelve ears.
! From July /, 1910, to June SO. lsl@,
| thirty new industrial enterprises
were established in Ronnoke. employ
| Ing an average Of twenty-one per
| sons each. of these thirty new en-
| terprises, nine were built by local ca
pital ten by local and foreign capl-
| TAI and eleven by foreign capital THIS
shows that Roanokers themselves nave
/ faith In their city, and also shows that
the attention of outside investors is
heing drawn to the Magic CITY. Among
/ these thirty new industries are the
( consolidated Tramway company, DO
/ IN MON Metal PRODUCTS corporation
Lemon Kola Sales company, Niagara
| s,rayar company. Roanoke Brlage
company. Roanoke Hardwood Floor
ling company. Roanoke Overalis com
panv. Pirates company. Twine Mills
CORPORATION, Roanoke Truck company
/ Rockhi1l Machine works and salVa-
ton Match company. These snow q
diversity that is interesting. and they
are further Indications that Roanoke
IL growing beyond the railway cen
Ter" into a busy hive OF industries.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-25
ADVERTISE SOUTH
IN MIDDLE WEST
ADVANTAGES AND OPPORTUNI.
TIES OF THIS SECTION TO BE
DISPLAYED AT FAIRS.

Especial to The Richmond Virgtnian-)
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. August ia
The advantages and opportunities
which the Southeastern States offer
TO Industrious homeseekers will be
strikingly displayed during the next
few months at fairs and expositionS
In Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois.
Indiana. Ohio and New York which
la st year had an aggregate attendanco
of over two million people and 1T
the great annual Canadian exposition
at Toronto, running over two weeks
with an average daily attendanca
above / 600, by EXHIBITS which viii
be made by the Southern railway
system.
Exhibits will be made at more than
twenty five fairs in the states named.
each one OF which has been selected
with Il view to Its character. attend-l
ance. and probable interest in Local
tons in the Southeast on the part o.
the people attending. Four sets o.
exhibits have been prepared. Each
set will be shown at from six to nine
.differaut fairs covering. wide stretch
Of country. A special exhibit Will be
sent TO the Toronto exposition The
exhibits will consist Of fresh fruits,
cotton. tobacco. potatoes and truck
crops and colored pictures showing
farm and orchard scenes will be dis
played Representatives of the, land
and Industrial department. OF the
Southern system will be with each
exhibit. Attractive literature giving
full information about the Southeast
has been prepared especially for these
fairs and a set OF inc Southern viewr
wi ha IistrtbtIfrd souvenirs.
By these exhibits the Southern rail-
way will reach a large number Of
farmers of just the type that is want
ed in the Southeast and 1t Is going
TO the heavy expense involved in max
ing the exhibit for the purpose OF at
tractine such settlers to the country
along its lines.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-25
TO DEVELOP BIG
TyE RIVER TRACT
NEW COMPANY WILL WORK 10000
ACRES OF TIMBER AND MIN
ERAI, LANDS.
WILL BUILD RAILROAD
TYHo DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
WITH CAPITAL OF ssoa.eeo.
WILL MAKE AN EXCURSION
INTO VIRGIN PROPERTY.
WILL. BUILD RAILROAD

The organize ton OF the Tyro De-
velcpment company. formed for the
purpose OF developing a io,ooo-acre
timber and mineral tract in the 1ye
river valley. in Nelson county. has
been perfected, and application will
he made for a charter as soon as the
legal papers necessary can be pre-
pared by the attorney for the con-
Germ.
The company is to have a capitsali-
cation OF 100000, considerable
amount of which has already been
sold: and in a short time. IT is un-
derstood work will be started on the
construction Of ssandard-guase rail
way from I've river station, on the
Southern railway, up Tye river TO the
property, which Is socated ten miles
FROM Tye river station.
The right OF way has already been
secured, and the surveys for the rail
road have been made. The tracks will
be laid on water level, with a mini
mum grade OF ! per cent, The pre-
liminary survey was made by 4. l..
Cornell, formerly assistant engineer
OF the Norfolk and Western railway.
but who Is now in charge OF the con-
structipn OF an extension of the Dur
ham and Southern, the railway own
ed by the Williams Mcclellan In
terests OF this city. The report of
! the engineer shows that the cost of
/ construction of the road will be very
cheap. owing to the good grades and
curves.
| 1t has been known by some people
that the promoters OF the syndicate
! have been quietly at work on the
/ project for the past eighteen months,
/ The result OF this work is that the
syndicate owns 5000 acres OF timeer
| land and has timber rights on the
! naming 5000 acres, which run for
ten twenty and thirty years
II IS the purpose of the company
Ito construct the railway into the
property as soon as practicable, and
| then four or five large sawmills Will
be located and put INTO commission
The cruisers report as to the pros
pect CT timber on the property, which
was made hy r. sR. Meier, promi
nent forester and timper expert o.
New York city. shows tina. there i,
available upward of 100000. 900 feet
Of timber on the property. The repor'
! Ito be exact puts the estimate al
10l, $50. SEQ feet Il also shows thai
the property contains timber Of the
4 following species: Poplar. hickory
chestnut oak red. white and hiacl
oak. hutternut. locust, cherry. chest
nut. black walnut Eastwood and ssh
Poplar and chestnut. according to tn.
cruisers report. predominant: but the
other timbers are TO be found Their,
in large quantity and OF unusually fine
Quality.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-25
OLD GUARD KEEPS
THE WHEELS GOING
QUIET WEEK IN REAL ESTATE
APPARENTLY. nut MICH BE-
MEATH THE SURFACE.
SOME BIG DEALS ON
NOTHING OF PUBLIC INTEREST RE
PORTED, But SOME OF THE
AGENTS HAVE THINGS up
E..s. - n
THEIR SLEEVES.
SOME BIG DEALS ON

Notwithstanding the absence of
slauy spectators. dealers and real
oetute agents on vacation. enough OF
tue old guard remained behind to
keep the wheels moving. While the
past week has been very quiet from
surface indications. there IS a good
deal going on beneath the crust,
though agents We're somewhat shy In
divalglug the details until the coin
had actually passed and the sales
had been recorded. II Is understood
that a number of interesting small
transactions were closed during the
week. but particulars were withheld
until the transfers have been glued
down.
No sales OF great consequence or
public interest were reported. Agents
are a unit in the declaratio that
inquiries are good and indications for
an early fall business and record
breaking fall business We're never
better in the history OF Richmond.
j. Thompson Brown g. Co. reports
the past week not so lively as the
previous week. but IN every way sat
isfactory. The sale of q West Grace
street home at $4,000 topped their
list and number OF minor transfers
brought tho weeks business mp 10
$50
Robinson & Philips had good
week also, their headliner being the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-25
ALTAV|STA A TOWN
WITH FINE FUTURE
NEW MANUFACTURING ENTER
PRISE UNDER WAY-PRET~
T1 CHURCH EDIFICE
COMPLETED.

Especial TO The Richmond Virglnian.)
ALTANISTA, VA. August ga
The largest church ediflce OF this lit
tie city is nearing completion 1t is
being built by the Methodists at a
cost Of So 900. The dimensions are
s0x4o feet with high castellated tower:
church and Sunday-school audito-
rum with seven Sunday-school class
rooms III addition. The two audito-
curtain by raising of which the audi
forum space can be doubled on spe-
oiR occasions
This building witt be dedicated
about October LIST.
The Red Cedar Chest company. Of
Altavista. has Just been incorporated
with the following officers;
Mr. ]. 4. Lane. president; Mr +
II Lane Yice-presidenf. and treas
treasurer. Mr. +. +. Harrison, secre-
tary,
The company will devote itself en-
tirely 10 the manufacturing Of cedar
chests. The beI machinery OF the
Kind IS being Installed.
The concern Ia capitalized at $40.
o00 and will begin operation septem-
Der 18th.
Cary N Rcby, Nirginia's most extern
siye dealers in horses and mules. with
headquarters at Danvilie, have select
ed Aitavista as branch shipping
po nj and are now putting the nm
/ ishing touches to large livery and
sale barn on Seventh street 40xl0o
feet
! Mrs Julia Spencer II building a
$4,000 residence on Bedford avenue,
! The $4,000 bungalow Of Mrs. Flora
/ McDavid, Of Rochester. n Y. is al
/ most completed. II contains eleven
rooms. Material used for building
are powders and stucco.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-25
Splendid New Structure VIII
Be Turned Over to Cow
eminent Within a Month
NO CEREMONIES TO
ATTEND OCCUPANCY,
Not a Day Will Be Lost and
Public Will Not Be In
convenienced-Descrip-
ton of Building

Before another month has paggo4
the splendid new Federal buildtnG
conceded to be the abandonment South
of Washington, will be occupied bL
the postoffice force and the courts
customs, revenue authorities and
other forces that make up Cncla
Sans activities in Richmond. No
formal ceremony will attend the occu-
patton OF the new quarters. The
work of moving the records and nccos-
sary paraphernaiia from the present
shack at Seventh and Franklin VIII
begin the first part OF September and
by the middle of the month such bus
mess Of the Richmond public as has
to do with Uncle Sam will be trans
acted at the great structure whiCM
occupies nearly the entire block bA-
tween Tenth and Eleventh and Main
and Bank streets. Not a. dav Will b.
lost In the operation nor the rublio
inconvenienced one fota.
The virginian today presents tha
first picture of the completed build
ing-the front view. Some wit re-
marked yesterday that the Mary Ann
part OF the building''-that IL the bank
street side--'was a darn sight pref
tier than the Queen Anne 'front.'" ana
there is some truth in that observA-
ton The two colonial porches In this
rear add much to the attractiveneSS
Of the Bank street side and relieve
the massive effect of the building.
The magnificent new Federal home.
which invites comparison with the
best postoffice buildings In the coun-
| try, il solid city block Of lengthy
vislas, graceful arches and airy rooms.
EVERY Office and floor space il SPLEEN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-25
APPLE CROP BIG
IN ROCKINGHAM
PRESENT SEASONS WILD OF
FRUIT WILL YIELD CHOW
ERS A QJARTER-MiiI-io \.

y;ApNSoSBURG, VA, August -.
TIN annie crop Of 1912 IA Rocking
ham will be worth in round numbers
naar a cuArter of n million doIIats'
This reure includes the price paid Tor
the fruit, the barrels, the cost OF PACK
inn and other necessary expenditures
before the apples are placed on tho
cars. Each barrel Of apples, whicA
ss .nipned from Rockingham this
year. win represent an outlay OF sl''"
on tho part OF buyers and snipper~'
though the grower VIII scarcely aver
age 81 bushel for his crop.
There has been a good demand to2
Summer apples and over thirty chfS
al this fruit have already beeh s"ip
ned from various stations in the couh~
* The shippers are just now turning
,Gci- attention To the early fall pro-
lnc, which is getting in shape. TIE
winter apples promise TO De pleht''"'
GA will represent this year the iafS-
sst outlay since 1910, which gaze
rockingham "A "bumpef" crop.
In view of the fact that the APP
rla crop in other sections or 'l%
country has been coed, the prlce '''r
the Rockingham fruit has mol oeoii
so good as in former years. al'hous'i
ths summer apples have found really
market in Ohio aud Western Pennsy'-
yania summer apples were scarce
In ohio, although winter apples are
plentiful there ,s,.
{. n. wenger, one OF the leading
annie dealers of the county, last eve
ming told a Daily Record reporter thtt
he thought 500 carloads "ouio
H.. a conservative estimate of the TO-
tai shipments OF Rockingham ap-
pies this year. This means loo'o"v
bushels. as the cars will average eoo
bushels each. Mr.. Wenger SAID ne
expected the price or winter appies
To remain in the neighhornood OF
n barrel, although extra fine orchar"s
would bring better price.
For the purpose OF supplying bar
rels in which to ship the Rocking.
ham apple crop, there are five barre
factories now running at various
points in the country Those barrels
cost the shipper on an average o.
-S35 n hundred. SO the barrel manu-
facturers will come in for over $5o.0te
If the proceeds OF the apples crop
The remainder of the quarter - =
million, after the orchard owners &c
theirs, goes to the packers.
So far during the season, Dayton
has been the largest shipping polr'
for apples, ten cars having already
hee, sent cut from that station.
Among the apple buyers who have
mad. extensive shipments and are
nrAnariny TO handle portions of m,
fall and winter crop from Rocking
ham. are C. .. Wenger OF Dayton
Mauck & Miller. OF Stanley. Page coun
~. A. G.. Heischman. OF Broadway
and Bowers s. Hoover. or Timberviiln
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-25
Roanoke Gets Big Contract.

Especial 10 The Richmond FirgInian.1
ROANOKE. VA. August 24.-I9e
Roanoke iron works. Inc of this Guy,
have closed a contract with the Chesa-
peake and Onto railway for all the
architectural and structural material
required for a large. new passenger
station which the company is 70 build
at Huntington. ". Va
This is one of the largest contracts
for this class OF material which has
been booked for this class of material
in this section Of the country for a
long time.
The company has also eonractei
with the general contractors OF THIS
Norfolk and Western for all architec-
tural and miscellaneous iron TO be
used In five large structures at Lam
bert's FONT. The firm is also fur
nisning the iron work for the Methc-
dist SUNDAY school building at Sa-
lem
These outside orders speak well 70.
the Roanoke enterprise. and VIII
doubtless be the furertrners OF maas
other lucrative orders In the future
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-25
OHIO SETTING THE
PACE FOR VIRGINIA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AL
COLUMBUS HAS SYSTEM THAT
THIS STATE MIGHT ADOPT.

The college OF Agriculture OF the
Ohio State university. Columbus. Is
arranging to hold boys and girls
week, February 8 to Z. 1913, to give
Ohio boys and girls an opportunity
to study agriculture and domestic
science and TO visit places of interest
at the State capital. For the boys
there will be lectures on farm crops,
soil fertility. dairying, animal hus-
bandry and horticulture, Judging live
stock. Identifying fruit, insects aad
other branches OF up-to-date farming
The girls will be given practical les
sons in bakin, cooking, home decora-
ton and household economics. Illus
trated talks will be given BY men and
and women who are experts on i'm
ptovement OF home grounds. school
grounds and country churchyards.
Visits will be made to the university
museums, public institutions and the
legislature. In addition TO calling on
the governor. The children will he
housed In private residences near the
university. and there will be no fees.
The expense for the week, not in
Guiding railroad fare, need not ex-
coed $40. Further information Will
be given TO any one who may be in
terestsd by the agricultural extension
department of the university.
In addition to the above the State
experiment station at Worcester, o.,
co-onerates with the local fairs by the
sending OF attractive exhibits and with
the local schools throughout the State
in the furnishing OF lectures and 9th
ers who talk to the students on agri-
culture and home economic and man
Zuai training. Why cant tncse same
features he introduced hero In VII
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-25
TOWN GROWING BY
LEAPS AND BOUNDS
REAL ESTATE SALES BRISK IN THE
TOWN AND THE RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING SECTION.
.SUB-IRRIGATION PLAN
THE LATEST THING rv DRAINAGE
TO BE TEsTED--BIG SHIP
MENTs OF POTATOES AND
wATERMELoNs NORTH.
SUB-IRRIGATION PLAN

Especial 10 The Richmond virginian.)
WEST POINT, VA, August IL
Yes. lust as was remarked, West
Point Is stll on the map, ana Is nov
growing less. Real estate saies con
tinue brisk both in the town ana
through this section. Two heiutiIui
building lots have been sold TINS week
facing the Pamunkey river, and TWO
ten-acre trucking lots over on the Mat
taponi side Of the Taylor tract. mrs.
\ r Stall and daughter, Miss Der"
nice Stall, have recently visited MT.
and Mrs Philip Hoffman, and hrs,
Stall was SO we'll pleased that she ana
her daughter viii spend this week
end with the Hoffmans, again Mrs
Stall bought the lot adjoining those
selected by Crosby Thompson, presi-
dent OF the Old Dominion industrial
corpora ton, for his home, She states
that she expects to build bungaio"
facing the Pamunkey river. LOOKING
DOWN tho York In full view OF west
Point This bungalow. she further
states will be Of the best type ana
design. LAD
West Pointers will soon see the ia''
oct thing in sub irrigation and drain
age in operation here, and VIII see
u thoroughly tested in wet and "Iy
weather. One OF the ten-acre uaala
or n part of 1t as a starter, WIN po
undertiled at depth OF e'gnleen
inches and several feet apart. 1hese
will be filed. when moisture Is need'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-25
WEST VIRGINIA GREAT
ApPLE-GRoWiNG couNTNN

Four contiguous counties in W.
ginia and West Virginia in the Mar
tinsburg and Winchester zone VIII
this year. according to present in4A~
cation. produce more apples than TN
entire apply crop of the much-tA
ed-of apple producing States e.
washington and Oregon in 1910. I113<
Is one OF the very interesting btu
information given in the illuminat1
article on the apple industry OF M
Virginia by ]. II, Stewart, agf1a
tural agent OF the Baltimore y e.
railroad. published in last weeks
sue. Mr.. Stewart, moreover, mMMM
the statement that i'll Few yeG
when the new trees now growing
gin bearing, the apple productton
West virginia will exceed in vntu4#
wealth producer the coke tNg
tries OF that state. which u
known 70 the public for Its coke N
coal more than for anything eiuok
opportunities for successful ~
growing in the South. OF which
Virginia gives many shining exasI1l
are so great that Ii seems tbs ~
az folly for men TO be lurcd iuk6
Northwest 10 raise apples whal
ter apples can be raised Mtxnrne0
at larger profit. This apple uro9
OF The country 10 not only mt
pace with the pepalatien, hst n
Ing far behind sssas ss|a3