Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 10 September 1937 — Page 4

THE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic -weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware County ana the 10th Congressional District, The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County. ■ - - , Entered as second classc matter January 15, 1921, at the Postoffice *.t Muncie, Indiana, under Act of March 3, 1879. PRICE 5 CENTS—$1.50 A YEAR 223 North Elm Street, Phone 2540 ^ MRS. GEO. R. DALE, Publisher Muncie, Indiana, Friday, September 10, 1937

A Successful State Fair Another example of increased prosperity is evident when reports from the Indiana State Fair Association show that new records are being made in attendance numbers at the annual exposition in Indianapolis being held this week and closing Saturday night. The new all-time high for a one day’s attendance at the state fair was made on Labor Day when a total of 114,900 was recorded as having visited the 85th annual event. Every day attendance has so far been exceeded over the 1936 number of persons who visited at the state fairgrounds and the entire program has been reported as bigger and better in every Way. Not only has the attendance been greater but concessionaires report that their businesses will net a gaih of ten per cent over last year’s sales. There are approximately 300 concessions on the fair grounds and it is expected that their receipts will total at least $250,000 more than in 1936. Last Wednesday was Education Day and thousands of school children from all parts of the state were entered free to the events of the day. Governor Townsend, who for four years prior to 1937 was in complete charge of the state fair activities, stated that mass education guaranteed freedom and liberty in addressing a large group of Indiana University alumni on Wednesday. Thursday was set aside to honor the farmers of this state and another record attendance was in evidence on the grounds. The State Fair Board is to be commended for their efforts in staging another truly great exhibit of state activities and entertainment for not only Hoosiers but great numbers of visitors from other states of the United States

COUNTY COUNCIL (Continued From Page One) proved a $40,000 gift to *the Ball Memorial hospital and last year did not hesitate to provide for exceptional high priced bridges to be constructed which included a bulk of steel furnished by the local Indiana Bridge Co. The county council members fully approved appropriations amounting to $582,654.04 with which to construct six new bridges in Muncie and Eaton, the latter being dedicated today during the Eaton annual street fair and the others now T under construction, but they would refuse to allow approximately $3,000 with which to fairly compensate deputy workers in the courthouse w r ho share the huge responsibilities of transacting public business for more than 65,000 people in Delaware county and of a $71,000,000

corporation.

It is not believed that any one member of the county council who might head as large a business as that of Delaware county would require their dependable assistants to rendermost efficient service such as must be doue for a salary of $75 per month. It is known that other counties surrounding in this^ community not only pay their employees a better w r age but provide for more deputies than does Delaware county which is perhaps the most prosperous county in easteyn Indiana. The local county officers were not asking for addi-* tional assistants but were insisting for proper compensation to those who are now employed. The importance of savings tax dollars in the county budget and levy did not seem to impress the councilmen w'hen it came to making a donation to the Ball hospital of $40,000 but they just could not understand why anyone employed by the county should receive a living wage and resorted to publicity speeches when it came to attacking expenditures for the welfare of indigent persons in our city and county. Two of the county councilmen are bankers, others are retired business men and farmers who are profiting from the New Deal because of returned prosperity, all of whom have comfortable means to enjoy better living conditions so as President Roosevelt has pointed out all over the nation why should they be interested in the welfare of lesser dignitaries. Without question, the total tax rate proposed for City of Muncie taxpayers must be curbed and reduced but the masses of people do not expect such reductions to be made from underpaid salary workers and the aid of unfortunate dependents upon public welfare. Nearly every wage earner today in every industry and business is enjoying a greater pay increase to conform with the increased costs of living and the more adequate distribution of industrial profits but it appears that for at least another year the important assistants in county offices will have to be satisfied for their small compensations fixed by the Delaware county council during the past week. ASK TOO MUCH

Reddingfi, Cal. — E. A. Kirk, secretary of the local chamber of commerce, thinks that the public really expects too much of such officials. One of his latest requests was from a woman for the necessary information of how to get honey out from between the walls of her home, as there was a bee nest there. o—— TOLEDO TO PUBLISH BOOK

Toledo—A book titled “This Is Toledo” will be published as. a memto of Toledo’s centennial to be held Sept. 17 to 26.

1 STATE MEMORIAL AND

PARK A TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN’S MOTHER

In a setting made impressive by its natural beauty amid the rolling hills of Spencer county, Indiana has created a memorial to Nancy Hanks Lincoln and the boyhood years of the Great Emancipator. Located on Road 162 at Lincoln City, the memorial and state park were established in 1932, now having a combined area of 1,166 acres. , Pictured above is the marker which greets the visitor as he faces the landscaped approach to the wooded knoll on which the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln is marked by a simple stone. The inscription on the marker reads: “You are facing the wooded knoll on which sleeps Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of the President who lived in this Hoosier environment during the fourteen formative years of his life from 1816 to 1830. “Beyond to the north, is marked the site of the humble log cabin where she led him for a little while along the path to greatness.” From the grave a winding path leads to another knoll on which a bronze replica of the foundation logs and the hearth, marks the site of the cabin to which Thomas Lincoln brought his family from Kentucky. The original hearthstones, excavated’ during the placing of the marker, are a part of the memorial. Across the highway from the memorial area is Lincoln state park with its borders encompassing parts of the Thomas Lincoln farm and other points which gain in historical interest from their association with the boyhood of the Great Emancipator. Extensive wooded areas, a beautiful artificial lake, miles of trails and drives and an attractive picnic area are provided for the visitor. The lake, stocked with bass and other game fish, was opened to fishing this year and future fishing is assured by the series of rearing ponds located below the dam. Recreational opportunities formerly denied residents and visitors in this area are provided by the lake and the park. In the picnic areas are tables, benches, outdoor ovens, shelter houses, comfort station, and convenient drinking fountains. This fortunate combinate of a memorial with its historicl associations and a park with its recreational facilities is attracting an increasing number of visitors, many of whom come from other states on Lincoln pilgrimages. o HUSKIES HATE THUNDER

Latham, N. Y.—Raging Canadian blizzards and sub-zero weather are part of ahe day’s work for a team of huskies, en route from Hazelton, B. C., to Halifax, N. S., but a ripping electrical disturbance is another matter. The dogs absolutely refuse to travel during thunderstorms. o PLAN FAILED

Under the masquerade of honoring Thomas Jefferson a questionable scheme bobbed up in Congress last winter to change the National Capital’s famous Tidal Basin and reset half of the Japanese cherry trees. MIXED BLESSING Danville, O.—Relighting of the city’s streets, darkened since July because of unpaid municipal bills now just straightened out, was a mixed blessing. A plague of moths has appeared. o Chinese railroad lines are installing small libraries on pasenger trains for the entertainment of travelers.

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COLONIAL SLURS ON WAR LEADER NOW DISPROVED

Newly Discovered Letters Place Gen. St. Clair in Favorable Light.

Columbus, O., Sept. 10.—History has been unkind to General Arthur St. Clair, a Revolutionary War hero and the first governor of the Northwest Territory, but the Ohio state library has discovered several hundred age-yellowed personal letters of the general which place his private life and character in a much more favorable light. The letters are those which Gen. St. Clair wrote to his family and those which he received from his daughters and sons. They were found by State Librarian Paul A. T. Noon in two dust-covered, forgotten trunks in the basement of the Ohio State House. Noon is believed to be the first person to read them since their purchase by an act of the Ohio general assembly in 1870. They were taken to the rare book department of the state library where they are being indexed by Noon and Miss Bertha K. Krause of the rare book department, preparatory to publication soon. Washington’s Friend St. Clair, a native Scotsman, was a good friend of General ■Washington about the time of the revolution and during the early days of Washington’s administration. This friendship aided him in obtaining the governorship of the new territory. The crushing defeat suffered by Gen. St. Clair on November 5, 1791, at the hands of the Indians brought about his downfall. While his command of about 1,400 were encamped on the eastern fork of the Wabash not far from Fort Jefferson. the Indians surprised them in an early morning attack and massacred almost half of the men in a few hours. History records that St. Clair was inexperienced in fighting the savage Indians, who were unusually hostile at that time because of the white man’s encroachment of their lands and because the British were inciting trouble. He had not been well. Brave In Battle During the battle he had three horses shot from under him and eight bullets pierced his clothing. He finally retreated. Public opinion turned agains St. Clair after his defeat. Even his relations with Washington were said to have been strained. A congressional committee exonerated him of responsibilty for the massacre but he resigned in April, 1792, and was succeeded by Anthony Wayne. The St. Clair letters -disclose that he was opposed to carrying on the campaign against the Indians in the late fall and that he begged to be allowed to wait until spring so he could strengthen his army, which was somewhat disorganized. Family problems also are explained in the letters. He had been long separated from his children. Although not plainly discribed, there is a hint that his wife was the victim of a mild form of insanity. She was unable to come from their Pennsylvania home to join her husband' in Ohio. Family Troubles In a footnote of one of the letters, he mentions that his daughter, Louisa, was granted a divorce from her husband by the Pennsylvania legislature and that a similar decree could have been issued to Jane ,his youngest and favorite daughter, but that she refused it. The daughters lived at his home in Potts Grove, Pa., after their unfortunate marriages. The letters are well-preserved. St. Clair spoke French which aided him in dealing with French settlers of the territory, particularly in Indiana. He often apologized to the Federal government in Washington for his delay in correspondence due to the fact that letters from settlers were written in French and had to be translated and copied in English. Left 1,000 Letters He made a copy of each letter he wrote. Considering that this had to be done in longhand and that he left a collection of 1,000 letters, the work entailed in writing them was difficult. St. Clair was said to have been stoned when he rode from the Ohio capital at Chillicothe after his political ostracism. A story— discounted by some historians— relates that Washington, after hearing of St. Clair’s defeat, told his secretary: “The blood of the slain is upon him—the curse of widows and orphans—the curse of heaven.” St. Clair’s memory will be honored this year and next during observance of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Ordinance of 1787 which established the Northwest Territory. The territory included what are now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota.

Stage Star With New Husband

“The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things; Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax And cabbages and kings.”' —From “Alice in Wonderland” “What maintains one vice, would bring up two children.” But, usually the man with the most vices has the most children.

Speaking of children, healthy babies have been born to mothers as young as seven years of age and as old as sixty-two years.

John Barrymore, movie actor, has a clause in his contract which releases him from studio duties on Fridays which come on the thirteenth of the month.

After being married and divorced twice, Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. McIntosh, St. Louis, Missouri, were married the third time on Friday, August 13th.

LOYAL TO POSTOFFICE

Toledo.— Local industries and merchants have purchased more than 350,000 stamps, commemorating Toledo’s centennial. Germany has banned the use of real rubber in mustache trainers. All shipyards in Norway are working at maximum capacity.

Reports show that American life insurance companies have paid out nearly $42,000,000,000 since 1845 but no one- will ever know how many billions these companies have taken in. Federal law says that whiskey must be at least four years old before it can wear the green internal revenue stamp and be sold as “Bottled in Bond.” Next December fifth about 18,000,000 gallons of whiskey in this country will be able to qualify for this title. Then there will be “bonded” whiskey for one dollar a pint. This is a Christian country but there are different ideas in regard to how much religious instruction should be in the public schools. Twelve states require that all public schools must have a passage from the Bible read each day. Thirteen other states permit but do not require the reading in their schools. And in eleven states there are laws prohibiting the reading of the Bible in the public schools.

New York City has a pension system for its employees. Ex-May-or Jimmy Walker has a position on that city’s pay roll as an assistant consul but should he desire he may retire for the remainder of his life on a $1,000 per month city ^ pension.

^ Mr. and Mrs. John Emery Shortly before leaving Jasper, Ala., on their honeymoon to a cottage in Connecticut, Mr. and Mrs. John Emery, stage and screen notables, posed for this picture, the first after their surprise wedding at the home of Speaker of the House William B. • Bankhetft, father of the bride, the former Tallulah Bankhead. „

loan association. Well, we are more than average in one respect, at least—the age. There are 850,000 names on the federal pay-roll with salaries graduating down from $6,25’0 per month. Grasshoppers are so bad this year in some Of the mid-west districts that they have been known to eat the automobile upholstery. Congressmen are allowed mileage at the rate of twenty cents per mile. It will cost the Government $109,000 to get the Congressmen home from Washington. But no one will object: home is where many of them should be.

“Sittin’ down and washin’ Dosen’ change your fate; Lord provides the fishin; You must dig the bait.”

One hundred four banks have closed in the United Ptates since the federal deposit insurance corporation was organized in 1934 which guaranteed all accounts of $5,000 or less. However, bank depositors are no longer nervous and panicky. The days of bank-runs have passed unless it might be at one of the one thousand and some odd banks operating in this country which have not yet applied for the deposit insurance or in the 41 banks which have been refused it.

Many of the more well-to-do blind of this country are enjoying more freedom and independence by the use of dogs trained as guides. There are about 250 of these dogs guiding blind masters in this country and in no case has either dog or master been injured by passing automobiles even though no street is too busy for them to cross.

It is the excessive cold temperature of the average man’s beer th.gt does him more damage than the alsoholic content of the drink. For one’s stomach’s sake no drink, not even tea or lemonade, should be less than 48 degrees Farenheit.

No matter how tight a man is it is seldom that he conserves on the use of his tobacco. Even the economizing late Calvin Coolidge smoked cigars that cost sixty-five dollars per box of one hundred.

“It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness,” once said Kin Hubbard, “Poverty and wealth have both failed.” Over half the marriages in the world are not preceded by courtship or mutual love but are family alliances arranged by the parents.

“Horoscope Twins” is the name given to babies of different families born at exactly the same time and near the same place. A pair of this kind is being sought to he studied in connection with the claims of astrologists that the same star would govern their lives.

The supplying of free text books in public schools is authorized by law in more than half of the states and ih the District of Columbia.

There are sixty-six books in the regular Protestant Bible. The Catholic Bible contains seven books more. These seven books are: Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, I Maccabees, and II Maccabees.

The average American is thirtyseven years old, spends $72 yearly for life insurance, has $251 in the bank ,and $192 in a building and

NIAGARA FALLS RECALLS FEAT OF LATE 70S

Tightrope Crossing o f Blondin Was a Sensation For Months

Niagara Falls, N. Y., Sept. 10—A throng cf 100,000 spectators lined the American and Canadian sides of Niagara Falls just 78 years ago to watch a Frenchman, known as Blondin, carry a man on his back while he walked across the cataract on a tightrope. Blondin, whose real name was Jean Francois Granele, had mastered the art of tightrope walking in France, and after he had given that country its fill of thrills came to the United States to make the hazardous crossing. Afer long and involved preparations, Blond ine announced he would carry a man across on the rope, strapped-s to his back in a chair. A dare-devil from Chicago, Henry A. Colcord, volunteered his services. Both Were Cool On the eventful day, according to accounts of the incident, Blondin and Colcord were “perfectly cool and confident” as they prepared to make their death-defying stunt. Blondin wore tighfs and moccasins. His companion wore a full dress suit, but no hat. With the rope swaying in the wind, Blondin and “Colcord began their journey from the American side. “Many men and women fainted,” one account said. “Audible prayers went up for their safety from women thrilled to the highest pitch of excitement.” Rest Periods Three times Colcord had to descend from Blondin’s shoulders, it was said, so that the Frenchman might rest his tired muscles. When the pair reached the half-way mark guy ropes broke, adding to the horror of the onlookers. Finally, after a half hour that seemed an eternity they reached the Canadian side and safety. Blondin gave several other exhibitions in this country and then returned to France where he died 40 years ago. Colcord, an artist painted pictures until he reached an old age. o—- — AIDS SINGLE HANGERS.

FILM VERSIONS OF OLD BOOKS FOR TEACHING

Visual Chemistry Course Harks Back to The Days of 1775 Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 10.—Rare books written by two chemists more than a century before dej velopment of motion pictures have furnished the “shooting script” for the first of a series of classroom chemical films to be used this fall in schools throughout the country. The books, written by the 18th century chemists, Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier, were discovered in the treasur room of the University of Rochester library. Lavoisier is credited with founding modern chemistry, and Priestley was the discoverer of oxygen. The initial film of the series, sponsored jointly with the American Chemical society and the Teaching Films division of Eastman Kodak company, will demonstrate the following stages in the development of chemistry: The empirical chemical production, of metal by saVages; the hopeful guesswork of alchemists; the enthusiastic pioneering of the amateour, Priestley; the scientific approach of Lavoisier, and modern application of chemistry. Best Material The chemical society, which announced the series, said standard works on chemical history failed adequately to furnish material for such film. “The first film starts with scenes of iron smelting among primitive African savages,” the society stated, “and shows the alchemist’s endeavor to convert baser metals into gold, and then sketches the experiments of Priestley and Lavoisier.” In the epilogue, modern applications of chemistry in agriculture, medicine and industry are shown. The Priestley and Lavoisier works were published in 1775.

Toledo.—The University of Toledo will offer this winter a new study course entitled “Practicing Law.” It will be an evening subject which, according to Dean Charles Racine, is the first of its kind attempted by a law school. The new study is to aid new lawyers and brush up older ones.

Pottsville, Pa. — A cabbage “quintuplet”—five heads on one stalk—has been raised here by Herman T. Thomas, local gardner.

WILL ORGANIZE SAFETY COUNCIL Every County In The State Will Be Represented In Group j Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 10.—Organj ization of the Indiana Association of Safety Councils will be completed at a state-wide meeting at Purdus university Sept. 22, it was announced today. Each safety council of the state will be asked to send a delegation to the Purdue meeting. The association, designed to embrace every county safety group in Indiana, tentatively was organized at a meeting of northern Indiana councils in Gary last July. Officers elected at the Gary session were; C. C. Simpson, Michigan City, president, and H. A. Van Dusen, Gary, secretary. Police Chief Thomas Martinson of Hammond is the third member of the steering committee. A board of directors consisting of one member elected from each safety council represented will comprise the governing body of the association. An executive committee of 13, including representatives from the state’s congressional districts, will have direct charge of the association’s affairs. Organizers said the association will work closely with state police, city police departments, school officials and civic organizations in a co-ordinated safety program for the entire state. A statistical department will compile comparative figures on traffic accidents.

SHARECROPPERS ON NEW BASIS

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IRRIGATED LAND TO MISS BOOM

ON THIS FARM

Southerner Finds Cash Plan Makes Losing Plantation Pay Oscar, La., Sept. 10—A new twist in attempts to solve the controversial tenancy problem has been worked out by Col. Henry A. I Rougon, liason officer of the U. S. Army during the World war, on Austerlitz Plantation near here. A complete break from traditional practices which have driven the Southern planter into a deep economic hole enabled the retired army man to build up a paying business out of an acreage which a few years ago was far in debt and sinking further each day. Operating on a strictly cash basis which affords his 32 families approximately $100-a-month income each, Col. Rougon believes he has added much to the search for a solution of the sharecropping problem. Abolishes Commissary Abolition of the plantation commissary, abandonment of the daylabor system, institution of diversified planting and adoption of government crop control and soil conservation methods were bis principal changes when he took ever management of Austerlitz in

1933.

Col. Rougon’s father died that year and left the plantation to the retired army officer and four ‘sisters, Bathilde, Ida, Itha and Zoraide Rougon. The estate, he said, was in a sad condition and had not recovered from the disastrous 1927 flood. In addition, he pointed out, the bottom had fallen from under farm prices and his tenants were disorganized. Austerlitz was far in debt. Col. Rougon decided he must reorganize completely the plantation system to restore Austerlitz, founded in 1832 by a free man of color, and thereby place his tenants on a solid foundation. Stops Day Labor He first discontinued day labor because he felt that system was “the bane of plantation life.” “The day laborer on a farm today works for 75 to 80 cents a day,” he said. “Sometimes he may lose two weeks because of fhe weather with no way of making up his lost time and he tries to support his family on a starvation wage.” Col. Rougon then abolished the commissary, long looked upon in the Southern economic system as a necessity but one which, he felt was an evil. Finally he adopted government methods of crop control and conservation of soil, and instituted the planting of four crops, cotton, corn, sugar cane and Irish potatoes. New Division Probably the biggest departure from tradition however, was his method of dividing the crop ’ with the tenant. Instead of the old idea of fifty-fifty—and in some cases more to the owner—Col. Rougon now gives three-fourths to the tenant and keeps one-fourth for him-

self.

The 2,124-acre plantation is divided among his 32 tenant families on the basis of 20 acres for man and wife, and increases according to the size of the family. The tenants plant their own gardens and are encouraged to own one or more cows which have free grazing privileges. Col. Rougon pointed out that his employes were not laborers. “Every man is his own boss and works for himself.” “I think I have reached a solution of the problem both satisfactory to myself and to my tenants by doing away with day labor, disposing of the commissary, treating my tenants as equals and dealing with them an a square cash basis,” Col. Rougon said. o Law Violators To Work in Fulton Co. Rochester, Ind., Sept. 10. — No longer can law violators In fulton county go to jail and enjoy “three squares” a day and clean lodgings while there sentence runs out. From now on all persons sentenced to the county jail must work out the fine at a dollar a day on county roads or any other project under the supervision of the highway department. The county commissioners took this action after receiving large bills for maintenance of prisoners. They said it appeared persons were making a regular practice of being arrested on minor charges and then going to jail to enjoy good meals and comfortable, clean quarters. o_ PROSPERITY IN WASTE

Berkeley, Cal.—This city has found a new means for gauging the growth and development of a municipality. Its increased revenue from garbage last year was 5.54 per cent. o— SPECIAL JOKESTERS’ FINE

Hollister, Cal.—Judge Fred Voll has fixed at $15 the legal rate for practical jokers who think it is funny to lump the salt and pepper into the sugar bowl in restaurants. o Love is blind but a feller usually seize a lot.

Speculation Warned To Stay Out of Columbia Basin Washington — Land speculators are warned to say out of the Columbia Basin irrigation project in eastern Washington by Commissioner of Reclamation John C.

Page.

No land rush to the millions of, acres in the dry plains to be irrigated eventually by water impounded by Grand Coulee Dam is warranted at this time, Page said. Page said penalties provided in the anti-speculation bill recently enacted in connection with the Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin project will be strictly enforede. Anyone purchasing land for speculative purposes will be subject to heavy penalties which will be assessed when the land is sold, and no water can be obtained from project canals until they are paid, Page said. Urges Careful Investigation “It will be to the advantage of anyone who contemplates the purchase of land in the Big Bend country, anticipating that it sometime will be irrigated to investigate carefully and fully,” Page

said.

“In the first place it will be a good many years yet, even if construction proceeds as rapidly as possible, before the project will be prepared to deliver water to any settlers,” he said. “In the second place, the law requires the secretary of interior to obtain an impartial appraisal of all the project lands at their present day value without any reference to the probable availability of irrigation water in the future. “Any land which is to receive water, under this law, either must be sold at this appraised value of dry land or its owners must pay a penalty ranging from half the entire amount paid in excess of the appraisal, otherwise water will be withheld,” Page said. Offers List of Questions Page advised that anyone interested in land in the Columbia Basin ask these questions, the answers to which he supplied: 1. When will water be available Grand Coulee Dam will not be completed for several years. 2. What is the value of the land as dry land? Impartial government appraisals which will govern this have not yet begun. 3. For how much land can one person get water? One adult can get water for only 40 acres. A man and his wife can get water for* 80 acres. . 4. What penalty be-levied if" I buy land wh ^ntually is found to be higher than the government appraisals? Nothing TT you farm it yourself. If you sell the penalty will depend on the profit. 5. Is there any advantage in buying land in the area now? No, if you anticipate irrigated farming soon. 6. How can I keep in touch with the progress of the project and how can I learn when the time is right for settlers? The progress of construction of the project can be followed through the newspapers clamation project office at Coulee or by writing the Bureau of ReDam, Washington. HAWAII VISIONS PEARLING BOOM Honolulu—As the result of the discovery of Paulino Iborraga, a Filipino fisherman, of a black pearl valued at several thousand dollars, the Hawaiian islands are astir again over the possibility of reviving the Japanese pearl industry. Pearl oysters formerly were plentiful in Pearl Harbor, for which the latter was named, but the heavy and continued dredging operations there necessary to construct the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, together with silt from inflowing streams, eventually caused the oyster to migrate. While Iborraga found his big black pearl off the Island of Maui, present plans are to re-establish the pearl oyster industry in Kaneoohe Bay on the opposite side of the island of Ohau from Honolulu. In fact, the fish and game commission has planted a few thousand oysters there and next year it will be seen what they produce in the way of pearls. The same system will be used in the Hawaii Islands as that of Mikimoto, the famous Japanese grower of Japanese pearls. A grain of sand is injected into the oyster shell, causing the oyster to begin immediately the surrounding of the latter with secretions that eventually form the pearl. Hawaiians are convinced that the industry can be developed to an even greater degree here than in Japan, due to the fact that the Hawaiitn waters are warm the year around. As one oyster can be planted to every square foot, a single acre is sufficient for 43,000 oysters and if one good sized pearl is produced in each oyster the returns would be exceptional. Even the oyster shells themselves have a commercial value that would aid in making the industry profitable.

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