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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-13

the second place, / have not in a sim
gle instance exchanged a large tract
of country land, whether developed or
undeveloped, for town land. ] have
acted on the theory that the lands
now suitable for homestead purposes
Should be kept for such purposes until
bona fde homesteaders apply for
them, and that the lands now unsuited
for such purposes might, as already
indicated in some cases by past ex-
perience, become suitable for such
purposes in the course of time through
the advance of scientific knowledge
or the discovery of means of irriga-
ton or otherwise. In my opinion, it
is better to lease than to sell the lat
ter class of land until it is known to
what use it may best be put-unless
it can be exchanged for other land of
approximately equal or greater area
already suitable for homesteading.
During my administration l have
made only three large exchanges and
in each case the exchange has been
of country land wholly or largely un-
suitable for homestead purposes for
country land exceptionally well adapt
ed to such purposes. The aggregate
areas conveyed were 3,521.95 acres
and those received 5,992 acres. In
general, the lands conveyed were arid
lands for which the government had
no water but upon portions of which
the grantees could get water of theil
own at considerable expense while
the lands received were among the
very best in Hawaii for homestead
purposes with sufficient rainfall so as
not to require irrigation, and in one
case, besides the land, a million gal
Ions of water a day was acquired fol
the domestic uses of the homestead
ers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-13
Settling of Americans.

"On one of these lands, 1900 acres
i'm area, thirty-one American home
,steaders are now settling or about to
settle. When tl1 exchange was made
the plantations involved in it init
mated that if the government should
make success in homesteading this
land, they would not only assist in
making the homesteading of this land
road to it or nearly to it, but also eX-
tend the colony of homesteaders by
ihomesteading some of their own pri-
Ivate adjoining lands They are now
isubdividing for this purpose about
! 1000 acres of such adjoining lands and
Extending their railroad as above stat
ed at a cost of 100000. They are
also endeavoring to arrange for the
erection of a large pineapple cahnery
Iby others and for favorable contracts
for the purchase of pineapples by the
cannery from the hOmesteaders.
In another of these cases, the plan
tation, before my administration be-
gan. surrendered a portion of a leased
tract of government land for the pur.
pose of enabling the government to
homestead it. During my administra-
tiOn not only has the homesteading OF
that land been continued but, in order
to extend the colony, 1777 acres of
additional land has been acquired
from the plantation by exchange, to.
gether with the million gallons of wa
ter day above referred to, and now
about 1875 of the homestead lots have
been disposed Of The plantation and
those interested Vim it have financed
the homesteaders, erected a factory
for canning their pineapples, installed
water works Cnow taken over by the
lcounty), and extended their railway
to the homesteads. The homesteader.
in this case are mostly Portuguese
and Spaniards but include a number
of Hawaiians and others.
Checking Homestead Abuses.
The practice was begun before my
administration of inserting clauses il
leases of agricultural and pastora
, lands permitting the withdrawal o
such lands at any time for Homestead
or public purposes, and several year
ago the insertion of such clauses il
-, leases of agricultural land was mad
/, obligatory by an amendment of tn
4 Organic Act drafted and recommend
o ed by me, This practice has beel
>. continued as a matter of policy il
:. leases of pastoral lands also an
, lately the scope of the withdrawal
y, clause has been extended, especial
in the case of such lands, that II
lands upon which the lessees are III
I likely to eXpend much in improy,
4. ments.
Y my chief task, however, was {
e devise appropriate methods of checl
h ing an appalling abuse of the hom
e, stead laws by dummies and specul
Of tors and so conserve the land for rel
n. demonstrating"
In Governor Frear speaks of the {
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-13
Education.

Owing to a large increase in the
number of children without a CORE
spending increase in the revenues,
the public school system had become
in great need of increased funds. |
recommended such increase to the
first legislature of my administration,
but there was not sufficient money 70
meet it and a resolution was passed
for the appointment of a commission
to study the matter and report to me
before the next legislature. l ap.
pointed a sympathetic commission
which prepared an elaborate report
and recommended a bill which was
enacted at the next legislature. 1t was
partly for the purpose of making this
effective that l devised the new sys-
tenn of taxation above referred TO.
The new system is practically auto
matte, an elastic tax being Imposed
to meet the estimated needs within
certain limits based on the number OF
pupils.
CLOSELY connected with the subject
of schools is that of the College OF
Hawaii, otherwise known as the Col
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts. Provision was made by law fol
it's establishment before l took office
but no adequate means for its main
tenance. I succeeded, with great din
Guilty, in obtaining a ruling, REVERSING
two former Federal Department rul
ings, that this institution was entitled
to share in the allotments of the Fed
eral Government to colleges OF thi
character, and have had much to d
with obtaining, through purchase an
law suits, the desired site for the co
= Continued on page eieVen)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-13
GOVERNOR FREAR'S ANSWER
TO DELEGATE KUHIO'S CHARGES

forts of his administration to solve
problems in every branch of the pub
lie service, but says the limits If
this reply forbid reference to many
of lesser importance or more
than brief reference to matters of
larger Importance.
"a few matters will be touched on
here, some of which bear directly or
indirectly on those above referred to
and all of which are of great impor-
lance to the welfare of the Territory.
Financial Reform.
Much attention has been given 20
finances. This matter has become of
superlative Importance, especially in
view of the establishment of local
governments few years ago. The
old tax system remained. The Ter
ritory collected all the taxes at a rate
prescribed by law and paid certain
percentages of the taxes and certain
other revenues over to the counties.
The Territory and all the counties
drew from a common money bag with
the natural result that there was a
lack of responsibility and a tendency
to waste. | devised a scheme and
submitted it to the last legislature,
separating the sources of income of
the Territory and the counties, and
providing at the same time an elastic
tax rate within certain maximum lin
it's, thereby putting the Territory and
/ each county on its own independent
basis and creating clear relation
between the pockets of the tax payers
/ and the expenditures of the public
officers. The recommendation was
enacted by the legislature. 1t revolu-
/ tionized the tax system in the inter-
estn of economy and the sound devel-
opment of local government. Other
measures recommended by me have
been adopted by the legislature, regu
lating the expenditure of public mon
eys, preventing anticipation of reve
nues by counties, prohibiting public
lofIicers who have had to do with the
making of public contracts from be
ling or becoming interested in them
requiring frequent publication o
local government accounts, amending
the laws in regard to sinking funds
and refunds of public bonds, provid
ling for many important public i'm
Iprovements both by the Territory anc
Thy the counties, with special provis
lions to secure economical eXpendi
ture of the funds, providing for de
Iposits of public moneys at interest il
the banks, thereby securing revenue
and preventing financial disturbance
through the withdrawal of large suns
from circulation, besides many othe
, laws relating to public finances. A
previously stated, a law for an add
total income tax for immigration an
conservation purposes has been, eT
I acted The Honolulu water and sewe
. works have been put on a self-suI
, porting basis The appropriation bill
. have been remodeled with the resul
I that they require only a small frat
= ton of the time formerly required {
f the legislature.
7 Education.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-13

WASHINGTON, January 13.-The
covering the resigna-
ton of Robert Bacon as United States
Ambassador of France was made pub
lie at the State Department today,
Under date of Paris, January 2, 1912,
Ambassador Bacon addressed Presi-
dent Taft as follows;
You will forgive me, ! know, for
asking for a moment of your precious
time to read a personal letter, for in
no other way can say to you what
have to say.
The president and fellows of Har-
ward, the corporation so called, have
made me a fellow to fill the vacancy
in their number caused by the death
of Judge Lowell of Boston This ser.
vice to envy alma mater | feel that
cannot decline, besides being naturally
very proud to be given the honor of
this-and Harvard blue ribbon" This
appointment is, as you know, one OF
active service for life, and, as there
/ is much work to be done every week
the corporation must be in close per
sonal touch with Cambridge, and live
within easy reach. For this reason
am obliged most reluctantly to tender
my resignation as your ambassador t,
France
Heeds Call Of College.
IT cannot begin to express my CRATE
ful appreciation OF your great kindnes
in having given me this opportunity
OF which | have been very proud, anC
which l have enjoyed more than ca
tell you. The honor of having repre-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02
BAD EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE
Maryland Station Makes Interesting
Experiments Showing Injurious
Effects on Exposed Manure.

The Maryland station allowed so
tons or manure to be exposed to the
weather for one year and found that
the amount was reduced to q tons at
the end of that period. Professor
Shut of Canada allowed two tons of
manure, containing 1888 pounds of or
ganic matter, to lie exposed during the
four warmest months from April 20 to
August 20 and found the amount re-
duced to 655 pounds, and the nitrogen
was reduced from 1871 pounds to 27.7
pounds, or almost one-half was lost.
The experiments emphasize the ne
cessity of putting the manure on the
land as soon as possible. 1t is some
times piled up and allowed to heat,
thus destroying much of it's value. 1t
must not be forgotten that much of
the value of manure and all forms of
organic matter come from its rotting
while in contact with the soil, and if
allowed to decay before it is gotten
into the sell much of the benefit will
he lost Crop residues, such as corn
stalks, stubble, straw and all other
forms of vegetable matter, should be
turned back into the soil and not
burned, as is the common practice in
some parts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02
Bees and ~
FdpmNOfeS

Do not mulch while the ground is
wet.
Late seeding gram should be top
dressed with long manure.
Winter vetch belongs to the pea
family and is hardy, remaining green
all winter.
Corn that makes 70 bushels an acre
will yield about one and three-fourths
ton for slower.
Mulch the ground when frozen.
Freezing upheaves the soil, thawing
throws the plant out.
The two-horse, low-gear wagon is
largely used by the farmers of the
New England states
Protect from alternate freezing and
thawing. Keep the cold in, not out Of
the soil, to prevent this.
Nearly all, bee-keepers advocate
good stock in bees, but there is di-
versity of opinions as to the best way
to get the best stock.
The area of corn harvested in
creased from 94,9l3,673 acres in 1899
to 9S,3S3,0 acres in 1909, a gain Of
3,469,360 acres, or 81 per cent.
The yield of wheat may be increased
several bushels per acre by thorough
preparation of the ground, careful Sc
lection of clean, heavy seed and drill
ing.
Celery grown in beds for family use
should be gradually earthed. If too
much earth is thrown to the stalks
when the weather is hot and sultry, the
stalks will rot.
Undoubtedly the most valuable per-
manent pasture grass for upland pas
ture is June grass or blue grass, since
it endures better than any nf the 9th
er available grasses.
The vetch grows rapidly. and makes
long trailing vine with an abun.
dance of side tendrils, having many
leaves. the flowers are many and Of q
beautiful blue tint and quite sweet
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02

consists of a metallic box divided into
five compartments. The middle one
is the entrance, the end compartments
contain the food supply, and the re-
naming two compartments are each
provided with go feeding cells, which
are perfect counterfeits of the cells Of
a bee comb. The food, which consists
of syrup made of sugar, is poured into
the end compartments and flows into
the feed cells through notches, in the
bottoms of the partition walls. The
syrup only moistens the lower part of
the cells, and the bees, each one Sc
lecting cell, feed upon it undisturb-
ed by neighboring bees. Two in.
clined runways lead from the entrance
compartment to the cell compart-
ments.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02

AS before stated, the main bust
ness of the B. B. II. is located at the
corner OF Baltimore and Liberty
Streets, running through to Fayette
Street, which is considered the best
location in Baltimore.
The special feature of their New
Building is the improved mechanical
devices for handling their immense
volume of business, which they
claim will reduce their expense OF
handling the business materially in
comparison to what it costs their
competitors today to handle their
business with laborers.
They attribute the biggest part of
their success in business to the fact
that they have always handled their
business more economically than any
Other House and thereby they have
been enabled to live up to their ia
nous motto, MORE GOODS FOR
SAME MONEY-SAME GOODS FOR
LESS MONEY"
The architecture of the building
and the magnificence of its interior
finish make it one of the handsomest
Wholesale Houses in America.
We congratulate Baltimore and the
Baltimore Bargain House upon its
wonderful achievement We look
upon Baltimore as the chief South
ern City and we are proud OF her
and anything she does in the way OF
expansion in the line of business.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02

The Baltimore Bargain House has
just completed a history building
which covers one-third of an i'm
mense city block, with an estimated
floor space of 100000 square feet.
The site is the corner OF Baltimore
and Liberty Streets and running
back to Garrett Street.
This building, added to the adjoin-
ing buildings which the B. b. II
Salesrooms now occupy, extends over
almost IS per cent. of the entire
block.
All combined the B. B. H. build.
ings cover almost three large city
blocks. This includes the building
mentioned above and their big Fay
cite Street building. their Clothing
Factory, their Warehouse at Scott,
Stockholm and Wicomico Streets
(which in itself takes up an entire
block, and other buildings about the
city of Baltimore.
In 1911 the Sales of the B. b. II.
amounted to $13,345, 1880. This
statement was sworn to before a No
tary before being published.
This makes them the Fourth Larg-
est Wholesale House in any one city
doing business throughout the United
States.
Taking into consideration that
they have No Travelling Statesmen,
they sell MORE Goods than any
other Wholesale House in America,
in any one city, without the aid OF
Drummers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02
Old Wish in New Words.

Mr. d. P. SECRECY of Chicago is an
art connoissepr, bat sometimes he al
lows himself to be taken away from
pictures and sculptures, and led into a
concert hall He had yielded to this
one afternoon when the friend beside
him noticed that he looked bored,
weary, and wan, not to say exhausted
and disguised.
Whats the matter?" he asked Seer
ley to which question Seerley replied
with prolonged yawn.
It's true" admitted the friend,
that that piano player. is missing
some of the notes and"
81 wish" cut IN Seerley, "he had
missed 'em all."-The Twice-a-Month
Popular Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02
"EviI Eve" Based on Fact,

Most people have heard of the Evil
Eye" and now we are informed by
Charles l.. Smith, noted New York
refractionist, that the superstition
arose because everyone, without know
Ing it, has one eye that is different in
power and activity from the other. He
designates it the dominant eye" and
according to whether it is the left
or the right children will grow up left
handed or right-handed. 1t is sheer
cruelty, and may entail lifelong mis-
cry, to force child to become am
bidextrous. Such course may result
In wrecking the nervous system, and
can only be cured by reversal of the
process SO that the dominant eye"
may regain natural and undisputed
sway Men who are ambidextrous had
better keep a strict guard over their
actions lest they should be credited
With the "evil eye"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02

holes exactly opposite each other and
place through these holes long bolt,
says the Homestead. Take piece OF
plank or board and cut il to fit be-
tween the two uprights and place the
bolt through this board so it will work
easily. Cut this board in half circle
to fit the sack Drive nails through
this board around, this half circle to
which to fasten the sack. This board
can be raised or lowered to the height
of sack and is held in place by means
of an iron rod which is fastened on
the nprights about two feet from the
bottom
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD SEED
When PossibIe-Good Quality Is
Obtained at Small Cost.

Most farmers can and should grow
their own seed grains. 1t is a very
difficult and expensive practice to de-
pend upon purchasing the proper va
riety and quality from the scotsman.
With thorough preparation Of land
and culture, and very little extra cost
of labor, most, if not all, the seed
grain and most of the common vege-
table seeds may be grown as good,
and oftentimes of better quality, than
seeds bought at twice the cost
AS, for example, certain field Of
wheat might on the average be to-
tally unfit for seed, while some parts
of the field maybe of a very good
quality. By a little extra effort the
seed may be selected from this small
patch, threshed separately and run
through the tanning mill once or twice
to remove all small and shrunkeu
grain and weed seeds. 1t may be best
TO thrash out few bushels of grain
with the oldtime fail and hand pick
the grain. After securing enough grain
to seed an acre-a start with good
seed may be had and the standard can
be kept up by selecting the best land,
properly preparing the seed bed and
giving thorough cultivation and extra
care in harvesting and threshing. The
same method should be followed in the
selection of oats, barley and corn. AL
though the quality of corn grown may
be good, yet by careful selection Of
the best ears an improvement of both
yield and quality of grain may be had,
It will cost no more to grow good
ear of corn than poor one. A good
standard variety will sell for consider
able more for seed. A Scotch gar
dener, known to the writer made
quite neat little sum by growing a
certain variety of sweet corn, lima
beans and tomato seed for a northern
seed finn. His sweet corn seed had a
large sale and at an extra price. The
winter is the time to select the seeds
for next springs sowing. Take time
in making the selection; it is profit
able winters work
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02
ENDED THE SPELLING LESSON
Tutelase, Afterward Proceeded
Under Different Lines.

Miss Thompson, whose form nature
has endowed with all-too-ample
curves, was giving her little nephew
a lesson in spelling the other day. lie
had spelt be, be, and he, he. and
now she was trying to get him to tell
her what me, spelt
Listen, Bobby" she said earnest
ly. Then closing her lips she pro
uounced the sound of a long m, and
opening them. the sound OF long e.
What does that spell?"
Bobby looked at her and shook his
head. Again she tried, and this time,
while pronouncing the sounds, she Wig
orously tapped her own rotund chest
with her plump foretinger.
"Mmum, ee. What letters am say
ing and what do they spell?' she
asked, still vigorously tapping her
chest.
Il don't know what the letters are
replied Bobby, watching the plump
forefnger, but | guess they spell
Fat"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02
MRS. SELBY AND FRIZE BABY

II have always used Cuticura Soap
and no other for my baby and he
has never had a sore of any kind. He
does not even chaie as most babies
do. feel sure that it is all owing to
Cuticura Soap, for he is fine and
healthy, and when five months old,
won a prize in baby contest. It
makes my heart ache to go into so
many homes and see a sweet-faced
baby with the whole top Of its head a
solid mass of scurf, caused by poor
soap. l always recommend Cuticura,
and nine times out of ten. the next
time see the mother she says, oh!
l am so glad you told me of Cuticura. }"
(Signed) Mrs. G. a. Selby, Redondo
Beach, California, Jan. Is, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment~ are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cud-
cllra," Dept L, Boston.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02
GRAND TO LIVE
And the Last Laugh Is Always the Best

And the Last Laugh Is Always the Best
six months ago would have laugh
I'D at the idea that there could be any
thing better for a table beverage than
coffee" writes an Ohio woman, now l
laugh to know there is.
"Since childhood drank coffee free
lyas did the other members of the fam
NY. The result was a puny, sickly
girl; and as i grew into womanhood l
did not gain in health, but was af-
hicted with heart trouble, a weak and
dixordered stomach, wrecked nerves
and a general breaking down till last
winter, at the age of 3S, | seemed to
pc pm the verge of consumption.
My friends greeted me with How
bad you look! What terrible color!
and this was not very comforting.
The doctors and patent medicines
aid me absolutely no good. l was thor
ou8hly discouraged.
Then l gave up coffee and COM
menced Postum. At first / didn't like
IT but after few trials and following
tAH directions exactly, it was grand:
II was refreshing and satisfying. In
Is couple Of weeks l noticed great
'khFpge.
So became stronger, my brain grew
Nerer. was not troubled with for
A1hlness as in coffee times, my
An1Ner of endurance was more than
doubled.
The heart trouble and Indigestion
Nisappeared and my nerves became
kteRdy and strong.
SCI began to take an interest in things
atoht me. Housework and home
ling became pleasure. My friends
hHRe marveied at the change and when
aAsF enquire what brought it about
Aswer Postum, and nothing else in
the world ? Name given by Postum
Coz Battle Creek, Mich.
lead the little Book. The Road to
Weilville," in pkgs. There's reason"
" EVER read the above letterf A new
enc appears from time to time. They
HFN genuine, true, and full OF human
&#<erest. S
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-02

der the brood-frames so that it is the
only entrance to the hive. When the
bees are shaken on a sheet in front of
the hive they must enter through the
sieve, and the queen will be secured.
No sharp lookout has to be kept; in
fact, none at all, for whether one ex-
amines the sieve in Is or &c Icinutes,
which is the usual time foi them to go
in, or five hours later, as l did with
the last hive, the queen is sure to be
in the sieve. All l have to do is to
put in the sieve, shake the bees. and
let them take their time to go in, and
the queen is surely safe.