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Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21
WAIERWORKS IS
ASKINGS25O,OOO
FOR NEEDS
Supt. Kirchhoff Proposes to
Spend $15o,000 for New
Nuuanu System

Six urgent waterworks improve
ments and q improvements and eA
tensions that will be required in the
near future for the city and county
calling for a total Of more than o
quarter OF q million dollars. are out
lined in the estimates Of expenditures
of the waterWorks department for next
year submitted by Fred X. kirchhotI'
superintendent, to Z. A. Mott-Smith'
chairman Of the finance committee OF
the board Of supervisors. The report
will be brought up at the special
budget-making meeting OF the board
Sunday.
The urgent improvements tor 1919
which will cost $l5,50O, are given In
the reports as follows: New boiler
tubes and travelling crane for kallhl
pump, boiler for Beretania pump, re-
pairs to Makih pump, Mokauea
street, Ena road and Saratoga road.
Included in the extensions for the
near future are the following: Ffltra'
ton or artesian pump system for Nuu'
anu valley, $4,000; Makiki district
improvements, $7,S00;s Waikiki dis
trfct, $4,000; Kaimuki district, 1860;
Palana and Kalihi districts, $3.50, ana
central districts, $50,500.
, In the waterworks improvements for
the central districts are the following.
I2.ihch main for Bishop street from
King to Allen, $4,000; 6inch main Tor
Halekauwila street from Fort to South
$4,000: 6-inch main for Punchbowl
street from Lusitana to Ala Moana
$4,000; S-ineh main for Liliha street
from wyllie to Judd, $1,000; 6inch
main for Hustace street from Souti
10 Cooke, S1700; 6-inchs main for ka
waiahao street from Ward. to Kama
kee, $500; S-inch main for South
street from Queen to Ala Moana,
$4,000; 6-inch main for Matlock avenue
from Piikoi to Keeaumoku. $4,000, and Q
6.inch main for Elm street from P1ikoi
y Sheridan, $2500.
Estimates of expenditures for the
sewer department, money for which
viii come out OF the new sewer fund
are set at SAG, ,667, Of which $S677 Is for
urgent improvements and $4,000 for
improvements and extensions In the
near future. es !
The payroIls for the waterworks de.
partment for next year are estimated
at s6S,S70, and operating expenses oil
the department are figured at 70.2Q0,
I Payrolls for the sewer department are
estimated at S16,925 and operating ex'
penses at SIC, IFS.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21
Gull DER SHRINKS IN S. F.
so DUTCH SEAMEN
STAY CLOSE TO SHIP
ny Associassd Prsssl

SAN FRANCISCO, = The reason
why Dutch scamen stick close to their
ships while in this port was explained
by the third officer of Dutch vessel
which arrived here recently.
II am paid 100 guilders a month.
he replied. 'tIt is q big salary in Hol'
land and twice as big in the Dutch
East Indies. Recently / changed a
months pay here and received $50 in
American money. One dinner and a
taxicab and II was all gone.
The guilder is said to be worth 81
in Holland and much more in the
Dutch West Indies. . ~
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21
j. 5. EXPORTS in
OCTOBER VALUED
AT HALF billion

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. s.
American exports made a great gain
IN October, reaching total value OF
$542, 100000. This is an increase OF
$50, ,000, 900 over September according
to statement made public today by
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce Of the department Of COM
Inerce. The exports for the ten months
ended with October of this year
amounted to ,S5,14s. 900 900, as against
"a, ,443, ,000, 900 for the corresponding
period last year.
October imports are placed at $221,.
100000, a falling off of $15,o00,0 900
compared with September. For the ten
month period ended with October the
imports into the United States were
valued at $2,5o4, ,o00, 900, as compared
with 5000, 1000, 900 for the first ten
months of 1915. Seventy-six per cent
of the October imports entered free
OF duty. #@ga~
; Gold imports in October amounted
TO only s4,000,000, while exports total
ed $11 zoo. 200. For the ten months
ended with October gold imports
amounted to s532,000,00o, against
s4S0. 100000 for a similar period in
le16 Exports of gold, on the other
hand. were valued at $3.50, 1000, 900, as
compared with $101, 100000 for the
first ten months Of 1916.
Silver imports amounted to $5,000,.
600 In October and to $4,000, 900 for
the ten months ended with that month
while the exports of silver were val
ued at 81 .00g,n00 for the single month
and at s69,0o0,o00 for the ten-month
period.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21
Sugar 5.92cts
Henry Waterh0use Trust Co,
Ltd.
Members Ho7oIuIu Stock and Bond
Exchange
>. Fort and Merchant streets
49,. Telephone i2CD
ATTORNEY HOLMES DENIES
HAS PLAN FOR RETIRING

A report current in local court and
legal circles states that Henry Holmes,
one of the oldest and best known at
torneys in Honolulu and now head Of
the law firm of Holmes & Olson, Is to
retire from the profession after the
first of the year and possibly leave the
territory. When asked regarding the
report Attorney Holmes simply said,
1T Is not true"
It has also been reported that A. G..
M. Robertson, whose resignation as
chief justice of the supreme court has
been accepted, is to become associated
with Attorney Holmes in law practise.
The chief justice, however, says he
cannot announce his plans for the fu-
ture at this time
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21
100000 TEXAS CATTLE s.
STARVING, DUE 70 oRouTh

CHICAGO, Ill.-Two million head Of
cattle, sufficient to maintain 600, 900
American soldiers In France for two
years, are starving to death in Texas,
because OF a record breaking drouth.
An area as large as Germany Is being
devastated by lack of rain, according
to statements OF DR.. Charles Mccarthy,
member Of the commission of the food
administration, who returned here re-
Gently from the stricken region.
The loss In cattle, cotton and for
age, he said, is estimated at $400, ,0O0,-
O0O., Parts of New Mexico and Colo
rado also are stricken, he said. An
embargo against shipments OF cattle
feed from those regions is said to be
in favor.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21
:: Business And Financial News .:
Thirteen Million BUSHELSO
GRAIN TO Be SAVED FROM BOOZE

ment OF the brewing industry in this
country claim that If the e0.000,0 900
bushels Of barley were milled and
made into bread 1t would produce a
pound loaf Of barley bread per day
for 100000 people. The same num-
ter OF bushels Of barley now used in
the beer industry is equivalent to 50,-
00O, 900 bushels OF wheat, based on
their milling ratios. These same ad-
vocates declare that the food admin
istrator has stated that IL we are to
feed our troops in the war zone and
our allies as we'll. we must be ready
to supply them with at least 100000.
600 bushels of wheat this year. for
which there can be no substitute.
Therefore, if We could substitute this
barley for wheat on an even basis by
abolishing the brewing industry. 1t is
contended, We Should still need to
save 170,6oO.00O bushels of wheat to
send abroad.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21

President Wilson received General
'obregon. former Mexican minister of
war;.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21
BY c. s. ALBERT.
tspseiL star. Bunstin carreESondsuns.)


WASHINGTON. ID. C., Dec. 1.-The
order OF President Wilson in reducing
the volume Of grain to be used in br
the volume of grain TO be used in brew
ing to approximately 10 per cent OF
The amount at present employed in
the making of beer. will result in a
saving OF 13,400.O0e bushels Of grain
in this country. the greater portion OF
which represents a consumption OF
barley for the production OF malt.
In 1916 there was used in the pro
duction Of matt for the manufacture
Of beer for home consumption and ex-
port about 60,OOO,O00 bushels of bar.
ley, $4,000, 900 bushels Of corn and g..
000,00 bushels of rice. This was
about 80 per cent OF the normal bar
ley crop and one-hah OF one per cent
Of this years corn crop.
Those who advocate the abolish
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21
UNLISTED SECURITIES.

Sales: 100 MADEIRA, 40; $50 5lng-
ham, .3a; 100 M. Products, 10; 500
Bingham, SO; 500 MADEIRA, 80; 100 En-.
gels, 400.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21

Go to Thrum's for Address, Engage.
-ent and Line a nay, R6oks.-Adv.a
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21

Between Boards: Sales: so oIaa,
AIS; 10. s Hawn. Pines, a; IS, 10 Pio-
neer, %; 22 Oahu, 29.50
Session Sales: so oiaa, 4.s7I2; 10
WaiaIua, 22.25; 10 II. c. & s., 20; IL
McBryde, 8.
Dividend Dec. 21: Me5ryde Co., so.
Latest sugar quotation: s6 deg. test,
5.92 cents. Or $11S.4o per ton.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-21
ADMITS $4,000 SHORTAGE.
MONTGOMERY. Ala ,

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Elmer
Dwiggins. New York manager of the
Bankers Life Insurance Company. ar.
rrSted here, made a full confession
to federal officials before being taken
back to New York.
+ Dwiggins is accused of shortage in
his accounts of more than $40, 700.
He said it all went in the stock mar
ket He was arrested, after boarding
train for New Orleans. He was GO
ing under the name of Dunham.
Dwiggins said he has accounts of
something like $4,000 owing him and
he is willing that the sum go toward
decreasing his shortage.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
Mr.. Gobbe, Cousin Of Mr.. Gobbler,
Had Begun to Speak.

pale. and often, often they had not
quite as much to eat as they needed.
My father turkey was sent to this fam
ily" The turkey paused, gobbled three
times. then began to talk again.
"Ah, when my father arrived, there
was such joy! The four children
looked at the feet peeling out of the
box, and there were some feathers left
on his handsome legs and around his
neck. He has fur hoots,' they shout
ed. and fur collar. Oh, what rich
bird he must have been! Isn't he too
rich to eat?'
'They called MIN Il rich bird-tney
didn't know he was still greater than
n rich bird-one Of the turkeys of the
great Thanksgiving day. But their
daddy told them how Mr.. Turkey had
come from the country, and that he
would be cooked and would be eaten
that day for their dinner-as soon as
he was nice and brown and while he
floated in little pond Of gravy!
Nov, wasn't my father the lucky
one? He was used for children who
had never known a Thanksgiving din
ner before. And weren't they thank
full? NOh. weren't they happy! Such
surprise as my father give them.
such meal rs he made for them, and
how Happy the little pale children were
that there was dny In tlle three hun
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
PRETTY GOOD KIND OF MAN
Deacon Opdyke's Action Showed He
Was Only Properly Appreciated
by His Neiqhbors.

"Well, he is this kind of man."
said the livery stable keeper, when
asked him about his townsman, Dea-
son Opdyke: Last year the deacon
had some extra work to do on his
farm on the upper road, and l hired
out my old Bill to him. AT the end or
a month the horse came back In good
condition, the deacon paid the price.
and everyone concerned was satisfied.
including Old Bill, guess. Along
about Thanksgiving time the deacon
dropped In here and inquired about
the horse. Seemed real pleased when
told him Bill was spryer than usual
after his summers work. Asked to
see him, but the horse was out on
job. Quite a member of society, that
horse is,' he said, anC went away after
inquiring how many horses l had in
the stable, bOarders and all.
Thanksgiving morning there wasn't
much doing here after the regular
chores were done, and we all sat
around the office stove, when the dea-
cons hired man drove up and unload
ed gunny sack fuli or something. 1
remember thinking he had borrowed
that kind of satisfied smile of the
deacon's, as he said / would find q
note inside the bag. l did; and this
was about what it said:
"'You will find enough carrots here
to give every horse in the stable
good dessert after the regular feed
today. Be sure and have them cut
fine enough so they won't choke, and
tell the horses that Old Bill is stand
ing treat
THAT'S the kind of a man I've found
Deacon Opdyke to be-" said the livery
man, with what I thought was con-
siderable conviction.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
Increased Food Supply.

81 see" said Mrs. Perkins, whose
Iucubrations appear in the Windsor
Magazine, that Lord Whats-is-name
as been a-writing to the papers to tell
people to keep rabbits and grow cab
bages in their back yards to keep up
the food supply of the nation.
Il only 'ope ell do it 'imself, and
I wish i'm joy. l don't want to dash
mo- opes, but l tried it myself in a
tumble way, you understand, last sum
mer.
Il gave a pair of Perkins boots and
fourpense for two small rabbits, and
that just left room in my garden for a
dozen sprOuting broccoli.
For the first three weeks | thought
the broccoli was going to die of heart
disease; but as soon as they started
to sit up and sprout the rabbits broke
out of their hutch and ate every bless
ed one up, and expired next day of In
ternal combustion.
"All I got out of it was the rabbi'
skins, which 1 will say, made and
some necklet.
"'When | wear 1t on Sundays / ear
people saying, Fancy FER buyin' them
expensive furS in war timer
Its ard to bear, but l reckon I've
done my bit toward increasing the foo6
supply" Companion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
As Old as His Son.

Sixty days in the workhouse was
the sentence, but it had nothing to
do with the startling reply of the pris-
oner. standing before Judge Pugh to
receive justice on charge of assault,
relates the Philadelphia Press.
The usual number of questions was
asked Then the judge inquired:
Your father living?"
"Yes."
"How old is he?"
"Same age as me-"
Judge Pugh glared.
az said how old is your father"
"As old as l am, your honor"
take careI'' warned the court.
Snow, answer properly"
81 have" said the prisoner. "He be-
came my father the same day became
his son."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15

dred and sixty-five set aside for
Thanksgiving-and for turkeysi
"While you creatures In the barn
yard got so many Of the goodies left
from the Thanksgiving table, SO did
old Dan, the dog, get the bones from
my father-such bones as he had new
err before tasted. Even Dan knew the
meaning of the day!"
1--WE were both right" said Mr.. Cob
bier. my farmers children were
thankful because they knew they new
err had to long for food. They always
had enough. They never needed to
long for fresh air and place for play
ing. And they did not wish for some
thing they did not have. So were the
family to whom your father went
thankful. They were happy they had
each other and they were delighted
to share your father and to have such
q meal and treat. For them, too,
there was Thanksgiving turkey. And
they talked of better days ahead.
EYES," said Mr.. Gobbler proudly,
Thanksgiving day Is we'll named-a
holiday of giving thanks because we
are eaten. Our fathers were eaten In
both those homes-the poor and the
rich. and in both made happiness
equally great. And so will we make
happiness in very few days"
But back of Thanksgiving day, back
Of the idea that eating turkey is the
great and important event of the day,
there is something else.
In 1921 the Plymouth colony in New
England set aside one day of thankful
ess-thankfulness for what they had /;
not for what they thought they should
have. They had known hard days Of
self-denial and struggle. Yet they
were thankful, for in new land they
saw great things ahead, and 1t Is our
duty to see that their hopes were not
in vain.
Thanksgiving day-the day to give
thanks. But are we to be thankful on
one day only, and then return to three
hundred and siXty-four days Of grumb-
ling and of regret for what we don't
possess? No! Let us have one day as
simply the first day of many, many
others in which we are thankful for
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15

Orinin Of Thanksaixina.

In colonial days 1t was customary
to appoint days of fasting or feasting.
of player or thanksgiving, when pub
lie events seemed to warrant this rec
ognitiOn.
In 1880 Washington ordered day
of thanksgiving for the adoption of
the federal constitution. Subsequently
various days in November were recon-
mended by presidents and governors
until, 1863, the regular observance Of
a national Thanksgiving day was in
stituted through proclamation OF
President Lincoln.
The presidents proclamation does
not make it a national holiday. 1t
applies legally only to the District of
Columbia and the territories. 1t Is
the governors proclamations that at
feet the states. The day is observed
in all states, but in some 1t Is not q
statutory holiday.
Thursday was originally selected by
the Puritans probably because, being
near the middle of the week, it gave
opportunity for the scattered members
of the family to come together and to
return without desecrating the Sabbath
by travel.
November was selected as the month
when the fall harvests were all gath
cred. Other countries have Thanks
giving days for special occasions such
as success in battle or the deliverance
of the people from national calamity,
but the fixed annual Thanksgiving day
is 4 custom belonging to America
alone.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15

traction, and when he was brought In
on the platter, piping hot, the rosy
faced children screamed with delight
and said:
"'Oh, isn't he beauty!' The two
boys ate as much as they could, so did
the two little girls with the blue eyes
and the soft brown hair. And so did
the mother and daddy. But even then
my father had not entirely vanished,
and with one accord they said that
they had never had UGH q Thanksgiv-
ing dinner"
The turkeys, as =. I'll as the other
creatures in the bDs yard, had gath
cred around to lisisit You are so
proud of being ea'on' said the pigs
and ducks, land how can you enjoy be-
ing prouG-your joy is SO soon over?
Why do you want to be fed 50 much
when it only means that soon you can
have no more to eat, because a hun
CRY family has eaten you"
"That's because YOU don't under
stand turkeys" said handsome Miss
Turkey. "We consider it such SPLEEN
did honor to be eaten on such nota-
BILE day We are not eaten any time
at all. like some creatures know of"
The other barnyard animals hung
their heads. They knew of whom she
spoke, and they were suddenly much
quieter, clucking, quacking, grunting
and squealing in low voices.
Mr.. Gobble, cousin of Mr.. Gobbler,
had begun to speak: "Your father
was very fortunate in being the one
saved for the farmers family. And a
great treat he was. But listen to my
tale of q greater treat" They all
drew nearer. "Gobble, gobble, COB
ble," repeating his own name and the
call of Turkey-land, ''my father served
n far better purpose.
"The farmer knew of u family in
the city, far from here, where there
are no barnyards and where there are
streets and houses everywhere, instead
of hayffelds and meadows and woods.
The daddy of the family had once been
Il school friend Of the farmer, but he
had gone to the city to live, and he
had had very hard time. He, too,
had four children, but their faces were
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
The Thanksgiving Spirit.

Every normal person enjoys good
Thanksgiving dinner, yet there Is not
half so much pleasure in the menu as.
there is In the spirit in which the din
ner is served and the happiness and
Thanksgiving spirit of the guests.
1t means so much to live the sacred
ness of this day. Thanksgiving day
Is worth nothing TO the person who
does not spend 1t with heart Of
tllankfulness and partake of his noon
day meal with cheerfulness and praise
to both the giver of all gifts and the
housewife who has SO ably prepared
and served the meal. 1t is true we
cannot all. have gorgeous feast on
this day. and many of us would not
eish such meal. But we all can have
q few of the extras intended for
Thanksgiving day and make 1t one to
please the children and our guests.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the III
fiammation of Il sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation in the bronchial tubes,
insuring Il good nights rest. free from
coughing and with easy exDectoration
In the morning. Made and sold in
America for fifty-two years. A won
derful prescription, assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil
lied countries.-Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
Tonight! Take Dodson's Liver Tone!
Better Than CaIomeI For Liver
Calomel sickensi If bilious, constipated and head
achy read my guarantee

straighten you right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning,
want you to go back to the store ana
get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone
Is destroying the sale Of calomel be-
cause 1t Is real liver medicine; entire
ly vegetable, therefore 1t can not SAIL
vate or make you sick.
/ guarantee that one spoonful or
Dodson's Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
bowels of that sour bile and consti-
pated waste which Is clOgging your
system and making you feel miserable.
I guarantee that bottle of DOdson's
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam
lily feeling fine for months. Give 1t to
your children. 1t is harmless; doesn't
grippe and they like its pleasant taste.
ADV,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
Island or Mindoro.

SO prolific was the Island of Mindoro
In the Philippines at one time In the
production Of rice that it was popular
ly called ''the granary of the Philip
pines" Sugar, cotton, hemp, and 9TH
er crops thrive on the island, when
properly cultivated. Yet its economic
conditions are extremely backward,
and large part of its population Is in
constant state of poverty. 1t has al
together about $4,000 inhabitants.
Among these are $4,000 Tagalogs, 1900
Mangyanes, 1000 Visayans, and of
Iocanos less than 1000. OF the whole,
over 1000 are pronunced savage; a
large proportion of the remainder are
densely ignorant.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS


There il only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as q medicine for
curable ailments of the kidneys, liver
and bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root stands the
highest for the reason that It has proven
to be just the remedy. needed in thou
sands upon thousands Of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root physicians prescription for
special diseases, makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect Is
soon realized in most cases. 1t is q gen.
tie, healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles Of two sizes, medi-
UNI and large.
However, IL you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, n. T., for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
Gift to British.

A munificent gift to the British ma
ton Is being made by Leeds gentle
man, In the form Of his famous collec-
ters, including notable examples by
Rubens and Vandyck. There are up
wards of fifty pictures in the collec-
ton, which will be handed to trust
to be known as the National Collection
the country. 1t is estimated that the
value of the collection Is something
like three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
COMING Universal Thanksgiving.

This war will be flood without
promise if only the selfishness of the
balance of power survives. But what
a universal thanksgiving will that be
when, after the flood Of blood, the bow
81 promise of new day Is seen in
which the nations Of the world shd1l
know that peace and honor lie In the
spirit which recognizes that when one
member suffers all the members suf-
fer with ii. when one member IS hon
orcd iii The members rcjcicc with III
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-15
Horserace Proves Mans AGE.

A mans age was decided in a pc
culiar manner before Greenwich,
England, court recently. The military
authorities claimed that man, George
Frederick Grandeer, was mot forty
three years old, and therefore still
liable for service. The mans defense
was that he was past his forty-third
birthday. In support of this defense
he stated that he was born on June
3, 1874, the day George Frederick won
the Derby, and that he was named af-
ter the horse. The defense was ac-
cepted, and the mani was discharged.