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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-10
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JAP ANESEAS
FOUND AT Home
Visitor in Honolulu After Trip
to Japan Tells of Fine
Treatment Accorded

Japanese in Japan are far different
from Japanese on the mainland, says
Platt Hubbard, American artist, late
of Columbus, o., later of Paris and
latest the Land of Nippon itself.
Hubbard is at the Young Hotel with
Walter p. MCGEE, who halls from
the smoky city of Pittsburg and is
proud of it. Together they recently
toured Japan for six weeks, return
ing to Honolulu on the Nippon Maru.
Both the Americans, thinking they
knew all about Japanese from their
association with them on the main
land. we're very agreeably surprised.
I'VE found the Japanese very peace
full" says Hubbard; quite friendly
and pleasantly polites and courteous
to American visitorsfs -.
And their customs, their way Of
living, so different, SO nearly oppo-
site from ours, makes them most at
tractive and interesting MCGEE con-
tinued. "We found no trouble making
ourselves understood in English wher-
ever we went" r. ::.......: IL.
According to Hubbard, who has an
art studio at IL Rue Malebranche,
Paris, Japan does not afford the op-
portunities for painting that the
islands do, at least for an American
D1o understands thoroughly the ways
of his countrymen and their asso-
ciates. >.,... -. .~
Hubbard and MCGEE were in Homo
lulu for the Carnival and went to
Japan later. They will be here about
month, probably living at the
beach,
Paris will soon sc many pretty
Hawaiian landscapes in Hubbards
studio, for he intends to return to
the warning nation, even before peace,
as COON as he has completed his col
lection here. He plans also to make
some scenes on Kauai before leaving.
He has many now from Hauula,
Speaking of Paris, Hubbard says he
received three letter from there yes
terday and none of them censored,
not even opened. In one was the in
formation that food was rather high,
but the city generally doesn't seem
to know about war, it is so quieC.
Hubbard did not leave Paris until
after the war had started, and says
that although there were no
panics, enough excitement for anyone
abounded. T. ->s - .-. ...- ~.--
Hubbard is slightly under the
weather" but declares he has seen
no place with such a delightful eli
mate as Honolulu in which to recUp-
crate. -. ...-.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-10
Hawaiian Sumatra Plantations.
Will Raise Rubber and Coffee
on East Sumatra lands

Incorporation papers have been pre-
pared and are ready to file for the
Hawaiian Sumatra Plantations, Ltd,
and already, even before its incorpora-
ton, subscriptions are in for over Is
per cent of its capital stock. Rela-
tive to the subscribers the remark
was made that the list ''reads like a
hnapcial directory of the Hawaiian
Islands" Dr. E. c. Waterhouse and
associates have been conducting the
arrangements which have led up tc
the incorporation.
Capital 10 81 100000.
The Hawaiian Sumatra Plantations
Is organized to purchase and further
develop the Kwala Goenoeng and Pan
tai Boeaja Estates on the east coast,
the garden spot" OF Sumatra, for fur
ther planting of rubber. coffee and
other crops, and to take over the con-
cession to sell timber of the Pantai
Boeaja estate. Il will have capital
Of s1se00,000 divided into $4,000 shares
Of q par value of $50 each. Subscrip-
tons thus Far amount 70 s7S5,00 The
stock will be paid for S. on demand
and the balance in three payments of
s. each at intervals of six months.
Location Of Rubber Property.
The Kwala Goenoeng, where II is
Intended to continue the planting of
rubber, consists of 5621 acres of fat
and rolling land in the southerly part
Of the Sumatra east coast 1t is sur
rounded by rubber estates and is but
20 miles from the famous Holland.
American properties OF the United
States Rubber Company. The inter.
vening lands are almost continuously
planted with rubber and mostly pro.
ddcing. Three roads run through this
estate. one government road and two
to other estates. and there is a rail-
road station Y mile from the bunga.
low of the Kwala Goenoeng manager.
Cheaper transportation is obtained by
steamer from Batu Bahra, s miles
away and reached by very good
road.
Location Of Coffee Estate.
In the Pantai Bveaja estate II is
Intended to continue the planting of
coffee. This estate is situated in the
district of Langkat, one of the most
fertile districts on the east coast of
Sumatra. II contains 6795 acres of
fertile virgin jungle land very rich in
humus so necessary to coffee raising.
One-half is fat and the other billy,
and all but 1877 acres suited to cult.
yation, especially of coffee.
This estate adjoins the Besitang riv.
er so that transportation is easy and
cheap. At present il is over a road
made by the Shell Oil Company to
their pier, 3 miles from where the
development was started on the es.
tate OF the new company. A railway
also passes a few feet north of the
northerly boundary of the estate.
Improvement Already Started.
On the Kwala Goenoeng estate
there have already been planted to
rubber $50 acres, lSS in 2 and 8 year
old trees and liz in l year old and
under. Besides this $50 acres are
planted to coconuts
On the Panta Beeaja estate 20S
acres are planted to coffee, 235 fully
prepared for planting and So acres
ready for planting in September and
October of this year.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-10
STOCK SALESARE
LARGER, PRICES
Change LITTLE

Renewed interest in sugars was
shown in the local market this morn
ing After a day of small sales in the
listed securities today showed con-
siderable increases over recent days,
the total being 1928 shares. In some
instances there was a slight shading
off," but generally they stood firm at
prices of yesterday. Olaa, McBryde
and San Carlos were the stocks re-
ceiving most attention from investors.
the first named security accounting
for two thirds of the business.
Mineral Products was stronger and
some sales of considerable blocks
were reported. Quotations of some OF
the other stocks were Honolulu Oil,
$310 bid; Engels Copper. sales at
$3.50 and Mountain King, sales at 80
cents. Duisenberg & Company had
cabled adviceS from New York that
Tipperary was Is bid, 16 asked.
Monday being holiday, there will
be no session Of the exchange.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-10
EXTRA DIVIDEND OF
SIX PER CENT PAID
BY k0l0A COMPANY

Koloa Sugar Company is the third
company during the present week to
declare extra dividend. At meeting
of the directors held this morning
they issued the announcement that
there will be paid on July 1 the reg
ular monthly dividend of 1 per cent
and an extra dividend of per cent,
making at per cent dividend in all.
This will make the July disburse-
ment S52,500 In 1915 it's total divi-
dend payments were $4,000
Waikiki paid its regular dividend
of 81 per share today.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-10
Young Building The Hawaiian News Co., Ltd Bishop Street
HAWAII CITIZENS F|NANCENEW
COMPANY WITHsl, 100000 CAPITAL

Both of the estates are now held
in the name Of Dr. E. c. Waterhouse,
who will transfer them to the Ha.
waiian Sumatra Plantations. The con.
cessions are for rs years, subject to
renewal for so years and the quit
rent is less than AZ cents per acre,
is in lieu of taxes and does not in,
crease as improvements are made The
syndicate owning the estate will trans
fer it for $350,000.
1t is understood that the company
purposes to extend the cultivation of
rubber on the Kwala Goenoeng estate
to at least 1000 acres and of coffee
on the Pantai Boeaja to at least the
same acreage.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-10

In December. 1913, national savings
in Russia amounted only to S350,000;
in December. 1914. however, after the
sale of vodka had been stopped, the
savings had reached nearly S15,00o,-
Con - = -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-10

A total production CT $4,000 bushels
of winter wheat was forcasted by the
Department of Agriculture
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-10

Pianos, as good as new, at SOS to
$50. Rebuilt bargains. See them.-
Adv. =.. .........~ r.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-10

classical or the recent fiction, OF
delight you. Every steamer brings the
IicationS.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06
Memorial Fountain
Presented City

The Butler-Perozzi memorial foun-
tain was unveiled and presented to
the city on the evening of the Fourth.
The exercises we're opened by Sc
lection by the Medford band, after
which II. o. Frohbach, the chairman,
introduced Prof. /. E. Vining, who
delivered the dedicatory address. Lit
tie Lucille Perozzi, assisted by the
flower girls, unveiled the fountain.
During this ceremony the band
played a pastoral selection. Mayor
o. H. Johnson accepted the fountain
in a short, humorous address, which
with a selection by the band closed
the program.
The fountain is made of beautiful
Verona marble. The figure is that Of
Cupid playing with a swan. These
words are inscribed on the fountain:
"Flori di peshi," which is the Italian
for Flower of peaches" The base
is cement and contains some of the
best cement work ever done in the
state. A large cement basin sur
rounds the fountain and beautiful
white cement stairs lead up to it from
Park Drive. Walks encircle it and
lead off in several directions from it,
The fountain and stairs were lit up
by strings of many -colored lights and
made a very pleasing and at the same
time imposing effect. The fountain
was purchased at the San Francisco
exposition by d. Perozzi and G. S,
Butler and has been here for some
time, but was not finished until the
day before 1t was presented to the
city. 1t cost them $4,000, not in
Guiding the freight, etc. 1t is a great
addition to the park and the city is
certainly indebted to the benefactors
for this gift.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06

one. A big red, white and blue bal
loon rose slowly and sailed off across
the mountains. Then rockets and
bombs went up thick and fast which
on bursting turned little parachutes
loose on which hung all kinds of ami
mails, dolls and strings of flags, the
American flag being in prominence.
Some of the parachutes bore little
pans of fire. Some of the bombs
burst with colored smoke, causing
beautiful effects. Everyone who saw
the fireworks will have to admit that
they we're better than they thought
they would be. The reporter would
not have missed 1t even If he had to
hire a jitney to get there.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The following is an open letter.
from B. r. Greer, of the Springs Wa
ter Commission, to the people Of
Ashland and all visitors who have
found so much enjoyment in our
parks and springs;
In this public manner I desire to
express my grateful appreciation to
Mr.. j. p. Dodge, my co-worker on
the Springs Water Commission. for
his untiring and unselfish service to
the people of Ashland and for the
wisdom of his ripe business experi.
ence and his conservative policies in
shaping and helping to carry out the
plans that have resulted so advan-
tageously to our beautiful city.
AS is natural in a large undertake
ing, differences of opinion in the
management will sometimes occur.
and / wish to say right here that 7
have found Mr.. Dodge very firm in
his convictions, with the public good
always uppermost in his mind. MANY
times ] have deferred to his opinions
although holding opposite views nv
self with the result that better sery-
ice has been rendered to the public
and | have ultimately been able to
see the wisdom of his position.
Mr.. Dodge is entitled to his full
share in all the applause and COM
mendation which the people of Ash
land and their generous friends and
neighbors have given to the manage
ment in the dedication and general
enjoyment of the fruit of our labors.
Mr.. Dodge has spent over thirty-three
years of his life in this city. He has
rendered invaluable service to the
people of this community in the ca
pacity of mayor of the city, member
OF the school board and in the promo
tion and execution of many public en-
terprises. Mr.. Dodge enjoys the full
and loyal confidence of all who know
him and feel that we should, indi-
vidually and collectively, improve
every opportunity to show him our
appreciation and express to him our
thanks for his unselfish devotion to
the public good.
BERT R. GREER. ,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06
Fireworks Gorgeous.

FIREWORKS gorgeous.
The most gorgeous and, at the
same time, the most beautiful display
ever seen in Ashland was given by
the Hit Fireworks Company on
Granite street above the lake in
Lithia Park on the evening of the
Fourth. AT 8 o'clock everyone was
| startled by the report of cannon
and Immediately after by another re-
port and flash like that of light
ming. Everyone thought the flash
queer; they had seen no light at the
place in which the gun was fired be-
fore. The cannon went off again just
then and those who looked up were
enlightened as to the cause of the
flash and we're also almost blinded
by the light made by the bursting of
bomb shout out of the cannon. Sew
eral shots of this kind were fired,
some of them bursting with white
light, some with green, some with all
the rest of the colors of the spectrum
separated and mixed. A man with
torch next started along the street.
When he had gone about a block a
row of fires we're burning white. In
a moment the fires touched off at
first began to turn green, and they
all followed suit, dying out a red hue,
Then followed rockets, dancing fig
ures, an American flag, two monster
pinwheels, a lithia fountain, design
on which below bottle the words
Ashland Lithia Springs" were en-
blazoned, and out of which a foun-
tain of fire shot more gun shots and
more fixed designs, all of which beg
CARED description. The same effects
were produced that the people mar
veled at at the exposition, the only
difference being that this display had
different features. No such rockets
were ever turned loose in the sky in
Ashland or vicinity before. Rockets
exploded two or three times instead
of once as ordinary ones do, and
every explosion produced new color
or effect. Some of them strewed
handfuls of diamonds to the four
winds, some of them burst in many
armed starfish effects, some of them
went up like comets, and others burst
into many small comets. The man
with the torch touched off myriads
of Roman candles at one time which
crossed and recrossed in the sky, pro-
ducing an effect which was beyond
expression. The crowd that collected
at the report Of the cannon was the
largest ever gathered together in
southern Oregon or northern Califor-
MIA.
The daylight fireworks on the
evening of the 5th were of course not
as brilliant as those of the previous
evening. but who saw them did not
describe them-they merely said
Obi" and "Ah!" and other like re-
marks. The first five minutes were
spent in an almost literal battle in
he air. Bombs burst many feet in
he air and skyrockets exploded with
/ binding flash in full view Of every
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06
ATTENDANCE OVER $4,000
ROUNDUP ATTENDANCE TOTALS 3O,OOO---CELE-
BRATION GRAND SUCCESS NOTHING BUT
PRAISE HEARD.

AshlaDd's Lithia Park and Mineral
Springs Dedication celebration is the
most successful kind of success. By
midnight tonight Ashland will have
entertained a crowd which totals al
most $4,000 for the three days of the
celebration. And entertained them
royalty. as the total lack of kicks
of any kind and the unanimous vol
ume of unstinted approval bears evil
dence. There has been something
doing every minute" from morning
/ to-well almost morning again. En-
tertainment of a crowd of between
$4,000 and 10000 people in a city of
Ashland's size is an immense prob
lem. and the manner in which the
entertainment was so successfully ac-
complished stands as a monument to
the committees and subcommittee
ability and cooperation. But the
success of the celebration is due in
the main to the cooperation of
everybody in Ashland and shows the
power of cooperation.
AS to results: John NJ. Scott, who
is an experienced man at estimating
crowds, having much to do with vast
throngs in his capacity of general
passenger agent for the Southern Pa
cific, asserts privately that his esti.
mate OF the crowd in Ashland on July
was $4,000, and publicly and unre-
servedly estimates the crowd at 80
900. This means that between 10000
and $4,000 outsiders saw Ashland
park and drank lithia water on the
one day alone. Which also means
that almost all of them will be un-
able to resist the call of Ashland's
attractions and will be back time and
time again. Financially the city is
benefited by between $15O,OOO and
100000 in good hard cash. And
right here let us stop to say that the
roundup instead of taking money out
of town, as predicted by some, left
all that was taken in right
here with Ashland merchants, and
the summer salaries of several score
of cowboys as well. The psychologi- !
cal effect on Ashland is perhaps the
result which will count the most. A
success, immense crowds, the celebra-
ton spirit, have raised Ashland out
Of a state of semi-lethargy and
brought realization to some extent of
The possibilities that lie before Ash
land in making every day in the sum-
ner season a celebration on a smaller
scale which will attract crowds all
If the time.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06
Great Choral
Program Friday

Next Friday, the 7th of July, Chau-
tauqua opens with Rogue River
valley musical day. The choruses
of Medford and Ashland have been
rehearsing for some months past
with view Of uniting the singers Of
the two towns into one large chorus.
A joint rehearsal of the two music
clubs was held at Medford last Tues
day night, in which a hundred sing
ers and an orchestra of twenty pieces
were brought together.
1t has been the desire of George
Andrews of Medford, since opening
his studio last winter, not only to
improve the singers in individual
solo work, but to build up an interest
in choral work in the entire COM
munity from Ashland to Grants Pass.
He is much encouraged with his IN
itial efforts and hopes by another
year to be able to bring together $50
voices for a musical convention, on
which occasion some of the best not
ed musical talent may be engaged
to assist the local societies of tho
valley
E. C. Root, Carleton James and
Harry Howell are doing splendid
work in bringing together their pu-
pills to unite in one big orchestra,
and 1t is their intention to build this
orchestral organization up to thirty
or forty members, which will be used
not only as an accompaniment for
the chorus, but standard overtures.
and some of the symphonies will be
taken up. The orchestra is composed
Of musicians from Medford, Talent
and Ashland.
A picnic dinner has been arranged
for Friday, at which all the musi-
clans and singers are to participate.
and concerts at the pavilion in tho
afternoon and evening.
The program of the afternoon will
be interspersed with solo singing by
Medford singers, also singers from
Grants Pass and Ashland. In fact,
Friday is to be the big musical day
of the Chautauqua, which should re-
ceive the encouragement and patron
age of all music-lovers of the valley.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06
Dedication Ceremony.

A crowd which must have ap-
preached 5000 people gathered on
the lawns and paths Of Lithia Park
Wednesday evening to hear the dedi-
cation addresses and witness the
christening of Lithia Park by Queen
Mary Weisenburger. Professor Vim
ing presided over the evenings cere-
monies and briefly outlined the his
tory of the park and springs develop
valley furnished music Of a most in
spring nature.
Queen Mary, who was seated on
throne on the bandstand, officially
christened the park and project with
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06
Queen Lithia Pageant.

The Queen Lithia pageant, patri-
otic and industrial parade held on
the morning of July was absolutely
the greatest parade ever held in the
state with the possible exception of
Portland. The parade was perfectly
planned, we'll balanced and handled
with precision. Almost a mile in
length, with four bands, several hun
dred horseback riders, scores of floats
and decorated automobiles, wild west
features and great variety of spec
ial features, the 10000 people who
lined Main street from the East
school to the West school cheered
and cheered each and every feature.
The list of prize winners has not
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06
Washington Boys
On Way to Border

Several troop trains passed
through yesterday carrying the
Washington militia. According to
one of the militiamen, the entire
third regiment passed through. One
train was loaded more heavily than
any which have gone through yet,
having 32 cars. One train carried
machine guns. In view of the peace
full aspect of things along the border,
likelihood of the local boys having
to go is diminishing. While the
Washington troops we're in Ashland
they marched up through the streets
and were received with cheers every
where by the celebration crowds.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06
Baby Show.

As this paper is going to press a
large number of promising young in
fants are on display at the baby show
in the Elks Temple. OF course, they
are watched over by their fond moth
ers, who think they are the most
beautiful little pieces Of humanity
possible, and are doing their best to
make the little innocents look pre-
possessing. Mrs. ]. II. Turner is the
chairman of the committee in charge
of the show.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06
THREE DAYS.
S. P. Sends Two
ViCe-PreSidentS

The Southern Pacific Company's s
great interest in Ashland's resort fea-
ture is clearly evidenced by the pres
ence of three high officials in Ash
land for the celebration period. John
NJ. Scott, general passenger agent, de-
livered the address of the evening at
the dedication ceremony in Lithia
Park. Vice President e. o. McCor-
mick. is here for the celebration, but
was unable to speak because of doc
tors orders. Mr.. Mccormick was so
anxious to reach Ashland that he left
his private car at Sacramento and
hurried ahead by automobile. His
health has been poor lately and un-
der Doctors orders he will remain
for several days in Ashland, drinking
lithia water and enjoying our perfect
July weather. w. T. Herrin, general
counsel and a vice-president of the
Southern Pacific and a former Ash
land boy, arrived late last night, an
automobile accident preventing him
from getting here for the dedication
ceremony. He will be here for sew
eral days. President Sproule sent
his regrets, being called to New York
on business that could not wait after
he had made all arrangements to
spend the celebration period here.
The Southern Pacific is now ac-
lively advertising the weekend rates
to Ashland and is taking up wide
advertising campaign of Ashland.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06

Give your children the benefit of
Prof. Larimore's training in the phys
ical swimming lessons on the
side. A season ticket to Chautauqua
will give them the Larimore training
and admit them to the full program
at the auditorium. Children to ~
years, $1.25; above ~ years, $3.50.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-06
Notes Of the
Chautauqua

Chautauqua Park is filling up.
Most of the campers Rad their tents
up before the Fourth, and iiow forty
more are going up today and more
are coming in tomorrow. Chautau-
qua Park will be overflowing and
many campers will no doubt camp at
the auto camp. The largest number
of tents are up that have even been
erected for Chautauqua and the
crowds will be record breakers.