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The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25
NOTICE

The chairman and ladies of the
Western Kauai Branch of the Ameri-
can Red Cross would like to state
that as soon as the order came from
Mrs. MacFarlane to place the Red
Cross at the disposal of the epidemic
of "fiu" on the island of Kauai, all
orders coming in from Koloa to Mana
were quickly filled without any meet
ings, but placed in the homes of the
members of the organization. Sheets,
pillow cases, towels, pajamas, bed
shirts, warm flannelette gowns, "flu''
masks and other small articles were
provided at short notice. Knitting
still goes on for the Siberians, and
clothes for the layettes.
WESTERN KAUAI UNIT,
RED CROSS
JEAN II. DANFORD,
Vice-Chairman.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25
A Farewell Outing

A very delightful farewell affair
was given the other evening in honor
of Miss Ida Klaiber, who has returned
to Honolulu after a period Of most
efficient and faithful service in our
recent flu epidemic. The party motor.
ed to the Barking Sands at Mana in
time for supper and a very dainty
and delicious spread was served on
the beach.
The party consisted of Dr. and Mrs
Dunn, Miss Paul( the Child Welfare
worker), Mr.. Farney, Miss Thomp
son, Mr.. Stackhouse, Mr.. Staghorn
Miss Buck, Mr.. Little, Miss Wight
Mr.. Paxton, Miss Butt, Mr.. Sweeney
Miss Klaiber, Mr.. Hyden, Miss Arthur
the two Messrs Macfie and Mr. Nc
Kim.
A most enjoyable evening was spent
by all, and the visitors from Honolulu
were very appreciative of the hos
pitality extended them.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25

Revenue agent l.. n. Mac
comisky and deputy, Jack Mac
kenZie, will arrive on Kauai on
the morning of April 4th for the
purpose of aiding taxpayers in
making up their income, etc. tax
returns. Their services will, of
course, be free. Their itinerary
will be as follows:
Lihue, April 4 and 5; Hanalei,
9TH \. NJ; Kilauea, 7th p. NJ.
kealia, Sth; Kapaa, 9th; Koloa,
10th; McBryde Plantation, 18th (;
Eleele, 18th; Makaweli, 14th !;
Waimea, ID and 1G; Kekaha, 18th.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25
Local News
Gathered from here and there

Benson, Smith & Company's
travelling man, w. f. Wallace,
has been with us the last ten days,
making Lihue his headquarters.
II. Faria, representing the Ar.
mand WE'LL Company, of Honolu.
lu, arrived Friday and is visiting
his customers.
Il. Lindner of the Holfschlaeger
Company, returned to Honolulu
Saturday after a ten days visit
among Kauai business men.
J. III. MCLEAN, who represents
the Deere PlOw people of Moline,
ILL.,, arrived Friday and is visiting
the different plantations with
several new things in his line.
Judge G. b. Hofgaard of Wal
mea, was a Lihue visitor Friday
and Saturday, displaying much
interest in the new cottages the
Lihue Plantation has erected
lately.
All who are interested in the
Napali mountain park, summer
outings and that sort of thing
ought to make a point of seeing
the fine pictures of that region
now being displayed in the Lihue
Store window.
Ten Chinese and one lone Japanese
gambled on Saturday night in Lihue
and neglected the usual precautions
with the result of the police surpris-
ing the gamblers in the act. Ten dol
lars bail exacted of each man was
duly forfeited in court Monday morn
ing.
VIM. Henry Rice of Lihue, has had
news from his son, Harrison, who is
student at the Thatcher school at
Ojai, in Southern California, that he
is very active in track athletics there.
At a recent athletic meet Harrison
was anchor man on his school relay
team, and with the other runners
ahead of him, he won out at the finish
with three yard lead, winning the
championship for his school over
eleven other schools.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25
A Notable Wedding

An interesting wedding took place
at Koloa last Wednesday when Deputy
Sheriff Enoka Lowell was married to
Mrs. VIM. Ellis, both parties being
well known residents of Nawiliwili.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
S. X. Kaulili, pastor of the Koloa
church, at his home, and was strictly
private. 1t is not often that a man
is fortunate enough to take over both
the position and the widow of his pre-
decessor. We tender our congratu,
lations and good wishes
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25

1Up STEAMER w allelc, TIE TeS
ular powder and gasoline steamer
for Kauai, came into collision
with the big four-mast schooner
"Kitsap' about 8 o'clock Friday
night and both vessels were wreck.
ed and sunk. The "Wailele" was
returning to Honolulu with 5000
bags of sugar from Ahukini,
which port she left about 4 p. III.
The "Kitsap' was in ballast,
bound for the Coast.
The men of the Wailele were seen
yesterday at Waimea by representa-
tive of the Garden Island, and the
following story was secured from one
of the officers:
"We struck just about 9 o'clock
Friday evening. | had just come
off watch and had eaten Il sand
wich and was going to turn in
when we struck something. and
hit it hard. knew it couldn't be
land for we were about midway
in the channel. ran down be-
low and found everything a cloud
of steam. The main supply pipe
from the boilers had broken with
the jar. The chief engineer told
me to sound the bilge and see if
she was making much water. |
found that she was making water
fast. OF course the power pumps
were out of commission through
the failure of the steam supply, so
we shut off the fuel-Oil supply to
the furnices, and then went for
ward to where the hand pumps
were. There we found that the
impact with the schooner had car
ried away the smoke stack, which
had lunged forward against the
bridge, and smashed it down over
the pumps, so that they couldn't
be worked to any advantage. Any
how that whole section of the deck
was dangerous place, as the two
vessels were locked together, the
schooner to windward, and she
was banging against the Wailele
with every surge, and her masts
and our own threatened to tOpple
over onto our deck. So we had to
keep away from that side.
"The Wailele was Il leaky tub at
best; she would make Is inches
of water day lying alongside
the wharf, and it soon became
evident that she was in a sinking
condition, especially as the
schooner was banging up against
her all the time. In this process
our two boats on that side were
smashed to tinder, but the two on
the other side were intact, and
they were quite sufficient for our
requirements. There were thirty
six men of us all told, and the two
boats were plenty for us.
"With the crippling of the pow
er the dynamos were put out of
commission, and the lights grad
ually failed and then went out
altogether, leaving us in darkness
We had to scurry around and
hunt up lanterns, which at best
gave us very meagre and un
satisfactory light.
"At an early stage the boats
were lowered safely, though there
was Il heavy sea running, and
there was more or less of scram
bic to get into them and away
from the sinking, battering wreck
Most of the men were below asleeI
when the collision happened, anC
when they bundled up on deck il
| light costume, were too daZed tC
know more than that something
serious had happened and that W,
were sinking, so you couldn't eX
pect much cOolness or foresight
from them. Mostly they bundled
into the boats without well know
ing what they were doing OF
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25

FOR THE FAIR

w. +. SanbOrn, manager of
Hanalei Ranch and Fair Com
missioner for Kauai, is working
hard to have Kauai make big
showing at the coming Territorial
Fair. Mr.. SanbOrn took the mat
ter up at the planters meeting at
Libue last Wednesday morning,
putting it up to the plantation
managers of Kauai to help out in
the proposition. The Kauai man
ayers displayed a good deal of in
terest in the fair and have prom
ised to support the measure with
liberal exhibit. They will come
through with the exhibits, they
say, but they would like to know
just what kind of an exhibit is
wanted from each individual plan
tation. This matter Mr.. San
born is taking up at the present
time, and he intends to assign
each plantation some kind of an
exhibit to prepare. An attempt
will be made to make the exhibits
as diversified as possible, assign
ing each plantation an exhibit
appropriate for it's conditions. In
this manner Kauai should be ex-
tremely well represented, and will
come across with the same win
ming spirit to make the fair a
success, that she has displayed
in all public spirited undertake
ings.
Kauai planters are also in favor
of holding a local fair at Lihue
every other year, believing that Il
good deal of benefit could be de-
rived by such an undertaking. A
county fair would require much
less expense, and at the same
time would be a very educational
and interesting attraction for
Kauai people.
According to Mr.. SanbOrn.
floral exhibits will take an i'm
pOrtant part in the fair program.
Tuesday, June 10th will be Hi
discus day, Wednesday, June 18th
will be flower basket day, and
June 10Th will be cut flower day.
Kauai should be able to make a
good showing along floral lines,
and several prominent people have
already become interested in send
ing exhibits to the fair. Mrs.
Chas. A. Rice of Lihue, is mem
ber of the cut flower committee
of the Territorial Fair, and will
help out in stimulating interest
in floral exhibits.
Miss Elsie Wilcox of Lihue, is
member of the Home Economics
committee. Mr.. Sanborn will rec
Ommend that Mrs. Burke of Ka-
paa, Miss Fisher of Lihue and
Miss c. A. Thompson of Maka-
well be placed on the school gard
Ell and domestic science com
mittees.
1t is Mr.. SanbOrn's intention to
have a special space reserved at
the fair grounds for the Kauai
exhibits, and to award special
prizes to all Kauai people who
place prize winning exhibits.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25
The End in Sight

The influenza situation is so
much improved that it now looks
as though the epidemic would
soon be back history. There are 53
cases at Makaweli, an even hun
dred at Lihue, 20 at Eleele, and
25 at KOlOa. There are a few
cases of mild type at Kekaha,
and Il few at Kealia.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25

Mrs. Burke has been appointed
chairman of the committee on school
exhibits for the coming fair in June.
This is satisfactory assurance that
the Kauai schools will be well repre-
sented.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25

Manager Faye explained that
62O feet was by no means the
limit of economical pumping, but
that with the development of more
power up Waimea Valley the
pumping plant could be increased
i'm size to raise water to the higher
levels of highly fertile soil that lie
contingent to the present cult
waited areas. These higher areas
consist of thousands of acres, and
there are also thousands of acres
at a lower elevation above Mana,
that could be developed in a like
manner were there water and
power enough. Mr.. Faye also ex.
planned that the power was not
difficult to develop. BY installing
another power station step
higher than the present plant the
same water could be used to Oper-
ate both plants, operating one
generator after another. In order
to have sufficient water to irrigate
these upper levels it would also
be necessary to develop more
water in the streams that are
tributary to the Waimea River.
According to Mr.. Faye this would
not be a very difficult matter, but
in order to interest private capital
in such an undertaking he thought
that at least 35 year lease
should be granted on these upper
lands. He claimed it would be
six years before the benefit could
be derived from the improvements
and a short lease would not war.
rant any great investment in i'm
provements of this nature.
Having investigated the up
lands the committee proceeded to
the lOwlands where Mr.. Faye led
them through the II mile shoe
string of level bottom land known
as the cream of the Territory, and
called "The Kekaha Gold Mine"
Here Mr.. Faye showed them
fields that produced regularly 10
tons of sugar to the acre, and he
pointed out one field that had
been planted in 1891 and had
never been replanted since. Said
field is yielding bOuntiful crops
to this day.
Further Investigations led the
committee to the mill, which
along with the land, all permanent
improvements such as railways
and irrigation works, pumps and
generators revert to the govern
ment at the expiration of the
lease early in 1921. The mill roll
ers are good and excellent extract
ion is obtained, but the sugar
boiling department and the cen
trifugals are very old and out o.
date.
After the investigation and in
spectiOn Of the entire prOpert,
several members of the cOmmitte,
expressed their opinions as to tn,
proper disposal of the vast estate
which is soon to become the prop
erty of the people.
The general opinion seemed t,
be in favor of the new land policy
as presented in concurrent resO
luton No. %. AS applied to Ke
kaha the mill and all improve
ments on the estate along will
one third of the land would be re
leased to the plantation, the sam'
to be operated under a license
Thereupon the remainder of th'
land would be opened to home
steading. In return for tn,
license granted, the plantation
would agree to mill homestead
ers' cane under a contract for tn,
period of duration of the license
At Kekaha the kula lands and up
per shelves would be best turne'
over to the plantation as the com
Continued on Page b
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25

Manager Ashton Hogg, of Kauai
Garage, has extensive improvements
under way, which, when completed,
will make that garage one of the best
equipped and most up to date one
the island.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25
Solons Inspect
Kauai Lands

llOuSC
No. % may be regarded as th'
crystallizatiOn of land Legislation
for this session of the legislature
This resolution, which proposes
changes in. the land laws
to be effected through ammend
ments to the Organic act prOvis
ions, is the work of Governor Nj
Carthy and was first submitted
to a joint meeting of the lands
committee of both houses at al
executive session attended by the
Governor, land commissioner ant
attorney general.
In order to better acquain1
themselves with the situation an(
with the purpose of investigation
of hOmesteading matters in view
as well, the Public Lands Com
mittee from the House of Repre-
sentatives arrived at Nawiliwil
last Friday and proceeded direct
from there to Kekaha to investi
gate the government lands helt
by Kekaha Sugar Company.
The members of the committee
who made the trip were, Hon. w
II. Rawlins, chairman of the lands
committee; Hon. $. X. Kaahu, Ol
this island; Hon. l.. l.. Joseph, OF
Maui; Hon. Otto Rose, of Hilo
Hon. e. X. Kaaua, of Hawaii anC
Hon. j. S. Kalakiela, of Oahu
The committee was accompanied
by Land Commissioner Bailey anC
r. A. McNally, editor of the Star
Bulletin.
At Waimea, Hans Peter Faye
manager of Kekaha Sugar Com
pany, met the party and proceed
ed to guide the committee Ovel
the entire plantation, explaining
the entire situation in minute de
tail.
The Kekdhd Situation
There are approximately 4,6OI
acres of government land under
cane at Kekaha. OF this abOu
5000 acres is fiat bottom land, ir
rigated with water conveyed b.
ditch from the Waimea Vale.
and other water taken from shal
low wells. The remaining lan(
under cultivation of cane, is Kul;
land and some lesser slopes o
land Oh the shelves above Kekaha
The Kula land and the shelve
are irrigated, with the exception
of few hundred acres on tn
lower slopes, by electric pump
operated by power generated b.
the big plantation power station
up Waimea Valley. BY the system
involved at Kekaha the same wat
er that supplies the power fo
pumping is used for irrigatini
the uplands of the plantation. A
explained by Mr.. Faye, the hea'
of water in Waimea Valley con
sisting of a minimum flow of 30
100000 gallons per "a hours, i
used to operate the power plan
up Waimea Valley. After beini
used for purpose of generating
electricity the water is conveyed
by ditch to Kekaha where abou
half of the water is used on tn
fat and the other half is raise'
by a series of electric pumps t
irrigate the uplands. The elet
tric pumps are operated by tn
power generated up the valley.
The main ditch at Kekaha is a
an elevation of over 500 feet
Large pumps raise the waite
from the level of the ditch to
higher level 300 feet over the mai
ditch, and from this point small
er pumps elevate some of tn
water to IA level 320 feet higher
making the highest ditch on tn
plantation over 100 feet abov
sea level, and the hight that waite
is raised by the series of pump
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-03-25

Nawiliwili Garage received ship
ment of a flock of some 10 Ford cars
last week.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-06-19

local agency and learned that Caudle
was the possessor of three ears of
that particular make. One of them
had recently been fitted with a de-
livery bed and canopy, to BE- used as
a truck.
The truck, ii was learned, was in
service at a store On South BOule-
Webb directed Deputy Homer East
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-10-22

00cUT1tke0s = b,
Attorney Wickerskam and McAdoo
call attention to the extensive investi-
cation carried, on by 3 congressional
committee before the passage Of the
|act. The investigation revealed that
that average rate Of interest on farm
loan mortgages in the United States
ran from 5.3 per cent in New Ham
shire to 8 per cent end even 10 per
cent. in certain southern and western
states, and further that these mortg-
ages were rarely. Of sufficient length
Of time to permit the. borrower to &C
cumulate enough money to pay them
off at maturity. In comparison with
European countries, the. opinion says,
the United States was found far back
ward in rendering government aid
and ercouragements to facilitate farm
credits.
Under the federal farm loan set the
mayimum rate Of interest which may
be charged by corporations organized
under the act, is 6 per cent and tomas
may be made for any length Of time
between five and t~hirty-six years.
Both classes Of banks may also be de-
sigaed repositories Of public funds
and at least 8. per cent Of the federal
land banks must be invested in United
Staes bonds.
The opinion cites many legal deci-
sions to support it and declares that
if the Kansas City suit is carried to
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-10-22
GARDENS TO. CIRCLE LONDON
Plan STARTED In Mltropolis 70 e
tabiish sslf.supportine Agri-
cultural Suburbs.

L~ondon.-Mllions Of pounds : to
be spent In the creation Of a system
Of Industrial garden cities which ulo
mately will rim metropolitan London.
The scheme. just outlined. is the most
elaborate city-building project ever
undertaken in England and y an
adaptation Of the model industrial
town idea originated some years ago
In the United States.
Building on the first of these
flower garden" suburb cities is to
begin next month north Of London, &C.
cording to newspaper announce
ments. The town will be self-sup-
porting and will cover several thou.
sand acres. Within it's precincts will
be an agricultural area. Its populace
will be supported by several engineer.
ing industries to be located there.
The project is an attempt not only
10 solve London's housing system,
which has .become a grievous one
but to prevent an overwhelming con
gestion of the 'city's industries and
other commercial activities.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-10-22

Stock Land Banks, made public to-
day at the associations headquarters
here. Til. former secretary Of the
treasury and director general Of
railroads and attorney general under
President Taft agree that the law will
stand the test Of the courts where
1T is now under fire and assures those
interested in the new system Of farm
credits that they need have no app
rehension.
The test case Hss brought in the
United States district court Of Kan
sas City, Mo-, by a .stocknolder Of 4
Missouri trust company to enjoin 1t
from purchasing lends issued by any
Of tie federal land banks or any of
the joint stock land banks. The opin-
ion, which lis considered one of the
most important rendered by MI. Nc
Adoo since starting the practice of
law, effects holders of securities in
volving many millions of dollars and
has specific reference to. the tax .ex-
emrticn features of the bonds which
are under direct attack.
The act as passed by congress in
1916 and amended in 1918, provides
thai all bonds, securities and mortg-
ages issued by the federal land banks
and joint stock land banks, in accord
ance with the provisions of the act,
shall be, exempt from federal state,
municipal and local taxation. The act
also exempts the income from such
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-10-22
DoN'TBLAME THE CHILD

Don't scold you Children for aok
'oR control over the kidney sscreetons.
It Is not always tho chil1ren's fault
IN many caess Il means weak KID
neys and can be readily rghted. Read
this Devils Lake mothers advice:
Mn. e. Kuienhamp, SIG e. Seventh
st., says: Ono Of my chtStren su6-
fered from the ago Of three nrom he-
ney weakness and continued - Groy
worse. The kidney secret1on0 pass
ed too freely, especially ct niehht. !
tried Doan's Kidney Pulls in this case
- I had often heard Of them and
tho drst box brought greak relief. I
kept On giving them 20 the caad n-
til tho desired results were had
Whenever there has been my sign o.
The weakness since, Doan's KSdne1
Pits have done good work"
Price coo, at all dealers. Don
sinpay ask for a kidney remody-gs
Deans Kidney PILE the same TIA
Nm. Kulepinamp had. Foster MiraE,z'
o. I2rA. buffalo, N. 7.