The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-30
JUDGE PO|NDESTER
DISCUSSES HAWAII
Gives interview To Home Paper
In Montana and Tells What
Ia He Thinks of U.s.

The war hastt stirred up the people
| Of Hawaii the way II has those on the
mainland, in the opinion Of United
States District Judge J. b. Poindex
ter, in an interview given TO o news
paper Of his home town. Judge Poin
dextcr ieft here recently with the
body of his wife. In q copy Of the
Helena (Montana) independent, re.
ceived here by Cpl. L. o. Hart, son of
State Treasurer H. l.. Hart Of Mon
tana, who is stationed at one of the
Honolulu army posts, appears the fol
lowing concerning Judge Poinde1ter:
! Home Papers Story aar &c.,.
Judge J. B. Poindexter, federal
iurist Of the Hawaiian Islands, came
to Helena yesterday, q little over a
year having passed. since he went to
Honolulu to 20 on the bench. The
Judge brought to his old home ut Dill
lon the remains Of Mrs. Poindexter
who died after a lingering illness of
nearly a year. He viii probably re-
main in Montana a week and then will
start on the return trip TO Hawaii. His
| children did not accompany him but
remained in the schools of Honolulu.
Yesterday he visited the capitol
NHtIb dLIOIhoy kChONbi nC nhu bDtuI
three years before accepting the ap-
pointment of federal Judge Of the Is
lands. Among other officials he called
upon, was State Treasurer Hart, whose
Son was in a regiment of regular army
engineers, stationed at a fort near Ho-
nolulu. He brought word Of the sol,
lier whom he saw shortly before he
started for home.
Climate Ideal, But
Judge Poindexter though somewhat
Inderweight declares he never felt bet
er in his life. Having lived most of
lis life in Montana's rigorous climate,
lie finds the Hawaiian climate some
What monotonous and enervating. But
for all that it Is healthful and in the
coffee country back in the Island, at
an altitude Of about 1000 feet, it is
declared to be ideal. Indeed the eli
nate of the entire island to one who
likes an even temperature year in and
year out, is as near perfection as it is
possible to be. ...
"'For myself 70 commented the
Judge, I continue to favor that of
Montana, where there Is a change oc
'asionally.'
Cosmopolitan Population
| There are two federal Judges at
Honolulu, Judge Poindexter and Judge
Vaughan. The former during the frat
rear of his work took care Of the
'riminaE naturalization and bankrupt
cases, while Judge Vaughan handled the
admiralty and civil cases. This year
The two judges have traded work and
he experience is valuable, Judge Poin.
lexter says.
| The island has n cosmopolitan
| population continued the Judge, and
accordingly there is a gOodly admix.
ture Of Languages. The prevailing
Songue, though, is English; next comes
Japanese then Hawaiian and after
that German, Chinese and Portuguese.
| How the War Strikes Them
" The war hasn't stirred up the
people the way it has in this country,
because aside from the shortage of
shipping and falling of in the tour
st travel II doesn I touch them. There
are occasional reminders in the way
# subscriptions to Liberty Bonds, ia
thrift Stamps and food campaigns
The public generally responds quickly
Being set of as we are away from
he war, there isn't great deal OF
German propaganda, although there il
me small island which is almost pop
Hated by Germans. The largest sugar
company in Hawaii is owned by Ger
man capitalists, but that has been tax
IN over by the government. There
have been few arrests of spies. One
Who was indicted by the grand jury or
six or seven counts, pleaded guilty
One-taking pictures of fortified
ions at Pearl Harbor. He was brought
before me and I gave him the limit
one year in prison.
"LeprOsy which is generally men
Toned whenever Hawaii is discussed
appears to be on the wane in the Is
lands. The colony at Molokai contain,
about 900 people, one hundred of whom
are not lepers but are there to car,
for the victims. The lepers have 4
vote in government affairs, run theil
own towns and live very much as de
persons who have not contracted tn,
disease. They are patriotic too, Judg,
Poindexter says
Lepers Take Thrift Stamp
They subscribed for $4,000 WORT
Of Thrift Stamps he said. They til
the soil of the valley and are prac
tically self sustaining
"In Honolulu there is a government
detention hospital where suspects o
hose in the initial stages of the dis
ease are kept for a period Of sil
months. Some cures have been re
ported and much advance has beef
made toward discovery Of a specif
for the disease.
Good Daily Papers
Honolulu has two daily newspaper
printed in English. They are prett,
;, good papers, too, but rather persona
In editorial policy. Although the toll
are high they publish a skeletonize'
report of the progress of the war An
otherwise give fairly good new
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