Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1921 — Page 2

BEAUTIES OF HAWAIIAN ISLES Told in an Interesting Story Written to Democrat by Jessie Magley-Kane “PACIFIC PARADISE” Is a Fitting Name—But There’s a Longing to Get Back to Adams County Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, January 1, 1921. Decatur Democrat: How better can I begin the new year than wishing my many friends “at home”, an Hawaiian "Aloha" — one of the most expressive and beautiful words in any language? Aloha means: “Good wishes ami sympathy with you in every condition, every thought, and every mood: every sorrow and every joy; every success and every loss; jveicome In your coming, bon voyage on your going, and friendly affection wherever you may be.” Santa Rosa, Calif.. July 26. 1921. Dear Friends: Maybe I can finish the letter 1 be han to write you on New Years and had no time to finish sooner. We are back in California, where we were a yeir ago. and in comparison with this, Hawaii seems truly "Paradise of the Pacific” (as it advertises itself) though we were heartily tired of it when there. "Distance lends enchantment.’ We have been talking of turning around and going bask. But 1 think we will "come east” soon. 1 know we will never be satisfied until we return, if only to make sure we like ft better someplace else. We were returning there when we left here a year ago but stopped several months In the Montana mountains, working at Anaconda, when Tom got the opportunity to go to Honolulu, with transportation paid. So we came. For years and years I had read literature on the Hawaiian Islands and wanted to come, so it was one of my dreams fulfilled. V.Tien our boat, “The Wilhelmina”, sailed away from the Matson dock at San Francisco, Wednesday noon. October 27. we knew- that if we had relatives there to bid us goodbye, as others did. we could never have gone. Confetti and gay streamers were thrown to shore and grasped by friends who followed as far as they could, holding to the slender, frail 'connecting link as long as possible.

THE MECCA TONIGHT “THE STEALERS” B—Bis Reels—B A big Robertson-Coli- su-per-special production featuring An All-star Cast. A powerful human document that in point of superior achievement stands alone in its greatness. Nothing was sacred to the stealers. They even stole in the mission tent. The Stealers is a story of good bad men and bad goqd men. Added Attraction — A Ford Weekly, educational and interesting. Admission 10 and 20 cis. CRYSTAL Last-Time-Tonight “Under crimson SKIES” A Universal production of a red blooded drama of strong men's passion and one woman’s pure love, featuring, felmo Lincoln, the mighty. The story of a sea captain whose boat is used without his knowledge as a smuggling craft — how he unmasks the Gillian and marries the girl of his heart. Also — Good Comedy full of pep arid plenty of laughing matter.

The band played “Auld Lang Syhe"; hnntkerchiefs spared from weeping eyes were waved: and Hind faded slotoly afcay. The Inst glimpse was of two Hawaiian boys, who followed the boat with homesick eyes. We knew just about how they felt. Those experienced, said our voyage was rough, it seemed so to us. Tom didn’t eat for several days, but 1 never missed a meal. Kept pretty close to my bunk, the morning of the second day and felt fine as a fiddle. This was probably due to my “UnhidIng” of a lemon given me by my cab-in-mate, one Mrs. 8. Patterson. She was a seml-lnvalid. afflicted with "rheumatism" as she called it. In her teeth, eyes, ears and head, and was armed with many remedies. Still she was a cheerful soul. Tom’s cabin was across the hall where he bunked with a barber from Minnesota and a drug gist from Detroit, going over to work. Owing to the heavy booking and our late reservation, we could not get a cabin to ourselves. The druggist and liis wife had started across country to ’Frisco in an automobile which they bought for ISOO, intending to 1 sell it for more when they’ reached the coast. They broke down while crossing the Utah desert. In order not to lose his job. the druggist went on. and left Ids wife to “Juhk’’ the car. He stayed only two months in Honolulu, got si<k of the place and worked his way back on the boat.

The six and a half days on the water passed pleasantly with simply lounging in the deck chairs, watching the deck steward, mid-morning and moving pictures in the evening. It was quite cold tlio,first two days, and the bouillon, steaming hot. pasted by the deck steward, mid-niornig and afternoon, was appetizing. We soon passed into warm and sunshiny weather and then everybody donned white garments and gladly exchanged bouillion for sherbet. A quartet of Hawaiian boys sang and played during "chow” periods ami special occasions. Flying fish were common and as we neared the tropics, great porpoise were seen sporting in the waves. Every day we got the latest news by wireless in the ship’s paper "The Ocean Wireless News.” Passengers aliio contributed and Tom was there with a little rhyme. “To the Ship's Barber." As we entered the harbor a launch came and took off the mail. The immigration inspector also came, a little dried up man, with a long beard, wearing a long linen duster and looking like a typical missionary. We were simply lined up and he passed along. I don’t think he even looked at us all. I expected, anyhow, we would have to stick out our tongues.

Anyhow, they dilly-dallied long enough that it was five-three o'clock. Tuesday evening. November 2. Election day. when we landed. Just three minutes too late for fifty men and women of the passengers to vote Not that it mattered much: In a straw vote on ship. Harding got a majority anyhow ! Land looked good, but at first sight. I must say, it had looked desolate and rock-bound. Some natives cried and embraced each other as Old Diamond Head” appeared. “Old Diamond Head" is the crater of an extinct volcano, now used by U. S. as a fortress. As it rears itself out beyond V.laikfkf Beach it looks like the great setting of a Belcher diamond ring It was not until we entered the harbor in the slight warm rain, that Honolulu’s beauties appended. The colors are wonderfully vivid. 1 thought of "The Land of the Sky-Blue Waters." As one said we must be wearing "rainbow" glasses Instead of rose colored ones. Have you ever heard people say "as pretty- as a picture”? Hawaii looks like the picture you have seen —too vivid and pretty to be true. Chains of mountains (or hills, rather) run down to the harbor like spokes to the hub. Between, in the valleys, lies Honolulu. It is raining in some valleys; in others the sun Is shining. Fleecy clouds scuttling past, make light and dark the green of the hills, washed clean by the rains—“ Liquid Sunshine” it is called. Every place you look are rainbows! As the boat nears the shore swarms of native boys, with dark bodies gleaming swim out and dive for coins which passengers throw out. They catch them in their teeth. Here and there a native in breechcloth darts forth in a canoe. He is there to supply “atmosphere." The band plays “Aloha” and passengers walk own the gang plank. Soon they are “Ci”-laden—or those who have friends are. A “Lei" is a wreath From what I had heard. I supposed the kindly, affectionate natives hung them about the necks of all. But you have to pay a dollar or more for one. Native women and men may be span sitting in the market places making them. Then they go to the boats and sell them to the friends of incoming passengers. We did not feel like strangers in a straflffe land Wholly, for out- friend, Newton, a. lindtype ophrdtoti froth Australia, whom we knew in Visalia. Calif., was waitWg for us. Hit face ♦as th 8 only one dttt Os iulßJreds we dnd ft ♦as strahge. of a little mustache! He had thoiiflit-

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fully bespoken a room for us at the Blaisdell-and just in time for the tourist keasbn was on and everything taken. Onr room ripened onto a wonderful porch and overlooked a palmcourt. with great vines of pink flowers clamberkifc up shd bbyohd thb fourth story. "Yon must not call it a “porch” but “lanai” here, we are told, and If anybody calls you a •haole” or a "mallhinl” do not get mad, we were told. "Haole" means white num or foreigner and "Mallhinl," a stranger or newcomer. Very queer the bed looked. At the top. from a canopy rod was suspended a be-lace-ruffled net, tied like a bag. This, we learned, was a mosquito canopy. We proved glad to open it and spread it, in spite of the great heat. They look very funny. Tom raid he felt like a Cupid in a lace bower, and it was really laughable to 11ie sight; but not when hordes of the biggest mosquitos I ever saw. raided us! (I might say here that at no time since 1 away In the past year and a half, have I experienced any heat as great as that c.f onr June. July and August at home! Tel the heat on landing at Honolulu in November, was the nearest to it —a damp, muggy heat, of the clammy sort! I did not notice it later, who we got located in cooler sections. The climate generally posses a peculiar mellow balmy quality —always like May. with a breeze nearly continually mellow, yet cooling. The changes in temperature in a day varies only a few degrees). Houses here have no chimneys—at least I saw none.

After supper at the case of “The Sweel Shop", we visited the office and met our associates. Everybody told us that a half year in the islands was about as long as anyone wanted to stay. (And so* it proved, but I couldn’t believe it then). One of the force had lived in Anaconda and asked all about it. At that time snow fiad begun to fall in Anaconda and the change to us was great. By what we thought then, was good luck, he toiii us of a cottage to be vacated soon by an army officer and his wife. This we got in a week atid were soon at home in "TrenTown" on the beach at Waikiki.

"TrenTown” is owned by the Trent Trust company and is a group of twenty or more little cottages in a jcocoanut grove, which, in five years has been transformed into a beautiful! park, with banana plants, shrubbery and vines of brilliant color, surrounding the cottages. They were originally built for the Pittsburg ball team to live in while training. But they changed their plans about coming and the cottage owners furnished them for tourists and others. They are built in a circle around a “forum” in the center of the park. Each cottage was named —half for birds, half for animals. The bird names were pretty, as “Blue Bird Rest," “Swallow Rest,” “Cuckoo Rest” —but some were ridiculous, for instance ours, “Rhin-* cscerous Rest”, on a little swinging rustic board above the door. In the ■‘forum" were chairs, a phonoraph—and the residents went there and served and visited, or danced in the evening. The yard boy was a friendly little Jap, named Ixmie. He talked English very brokenly and called everything "he.” was a “handy-man-about.” and cleaned the cottages, put the ice in the refrigerators, attended to the yard and everything. It was of Louie I learned how- to cook tro—which he also called "he”. A eo-incident is that out “landlady" or manager rather, was also a lady from Ahaconda, and knew our landlady we had there. She had also heard P.ev. Buxton preach, atid spoke very highly of his ability. I well remember thy visit first “On the Beach at Waikiki.” Louie hadn’t gotten our cottage quite ready the evening we moved in. so Tom and I slipped out through the cocoanut grove—a part of the old royal estates —and over past the most brilliantly colored hedges and beautiful homes, to the beach a block or two away, near the Seaside hotel. Here we sat on a bench and watched the surf board riders afid bathers and outrigger canoers. A short distance beyond was the Moana Hotel, the Outrigger Canoe club; and the beautiful new home of Prince Kalanianaole, who is territorial delegate to Washington; and still further Old Diamond Head. Everybody is disappointed in Waikiki Beach, for there id such a little bit of it and that gobbled up and capitalized by the hotels, in the way of advertisement. Rut its great charm is the even temperature of its waters—warm the year around, yet vital! It makes ft very pretty thing to look at 100, with its blue-green wdtfer, with white tapped waves, and boys hslf a mile out dn the breakers standing up'ofr boards afid coming in.

Chief amoig ttfede is Duke Kahdtianmoku. World's chferfiplOn swimmer. I ' took a of Duke and others : of the flawiflidri hwimtniflg team as ; thhy retiiriied frbft Ant*btp Where j they starred ft the sevehth Olympiad. A great waS glveh their host, tjst brdhglft theft MtcK. WBistick gcrfeeefiSd: thh Rbyf! hrffid phMd aria airplays dropped (Continued on page three)

COVtMISSIOM’H S AI.I.OWAMCEH FOR AVGUST Cltlsens 'Phone Co. m . j. I 54.95 J. U- .MoUegard. clerk s office Knn Democrat Co., do , •; Florence Holt house, clerical iielP J®-®® L L. Baumgartner, <lep. clerk 100.00 Martin Ji»o't«. sal. A exp : . »Ll7 Bi rXord by .Democrat, Auditors office expense E. M .tnberg, clerical help 104.1" Spehus Melchl, boarding pris. and per diem —, * ,5 City of Decatur, surveyors office- - Cotten-11, Itu-wr drain Jacob Huser, do Kenneth Bonk, do -®® C. D. Koos drain -■ Clarence Sputter, do *■“]! Oliver Watters, do ‘•®® Jacob Koos, do - Sylvester Staub. Oilier drain Fred Stelgnieyer, do .... Clarence Spuller, do .. C. I). Spuller. do t John Lehrman, Wagner drain - Simeon Lehrmnn, do ;■ ! Clarence Spuller, do C. D. Spuller, do : Lewis Weber, Weber drain 2.00 Herman Weber, do ... August Weber, do Henry Weber, do ;-®® Otto Weber, do - J.OO E. S. Christen, sal. & exp " u ?. F. H. Christen, nss’t. supt.. ,„!!•- Wm. Frazier. Co. Asses. & exp 127.<0 L. L. Mattox, coroner.. .. ’.in Frank Armantrout. cor. inquest -.00 J. C. Grantlstaff. Co. health com. Henry B. Heller, Co. attorney.... 50.00 It. W. ShOltv, Bd. of Itevlew .... 130.00 J. A. Cline, Wash. Twp. Ass. J.«» J. F. Snow, Wash. Twp. poor. .. ».3< Dr. R. Bums, do 15.00 H. E. Keller, do ”-“® Ferdinand Bleeke, do . — 10.10 Central Grocery. Monroe 1 wp. Berne Lum. Co.. Monroe Tp poor 9.07 .1 I>. Stults, Custodian F.mnin Smith, Ct. House 1ab0r.... 3.6John 11. Porter, court house 17.00 John W. Hoy, Ct. house supplies 9.00 City of Decatur. Ct. house. Fisher & Harris, do L-» Schafer Hardware Co., do -9.80 Frank Betz, Co. farm labor 55.0 Mrs. Frank Betz, do 45.00 Nina Betz, do 25.00 .John Eicher, do Jul in* Behren, do Henry Schlegel, do Jcor James Garner, do Arthur Garner, do Mary Laughlin, do 4.00 (’. L. Haney, do - j.oa ('lias. W. Tinkhani, do 4.UU Mrs. Lew Miller, Co. Farm ('has. Kuklehan, do 160.00 Fred Augsburger, do \lo.ov City «»f Decatur, do * Cay, Zwlck & Myers, do 7.5<» Ray Smith, do LOO Standard Oil Co., do 19.0. Burk Elevator Co., do IJ.3U Fisher & Harris, do Schafer Hardware Co., do 73. G. Lee Hardware Co., do 43.99 Corkins Chemical Co., do Adams Cu. Equity Ex., do . 149.75 A. R. Ashbaucher, do 1.25 Niblick & Co., do 38.00 Lewis Frucbte, Do. of Guardians 5.50 Bonnie Mount, do 6.00 Golda Gaunt, do 10.00 Artie McGill, do 15.00 Louise Hagerty, do 15.00 Anna Trieker. do «??? Katie Schrock, do « Anna McConnell, do 25.49 Grant County, do 193.2 b Mrs. Chas. Elzey, do 7. a 5 Childrens Home Del. Co., do 6.50 Black & Getting, burial of sold. 75.00 Democrat Co., legal advertising 27.58 Adams Co. Witness, do 35.14 .1. A. Hendricks, /highways 5.00 F’ete Moser, Galloway road 5.00 Dick Boch, bridges 36.80 Ralph Roop, do - 5.00 Carlisle Duell, do 20.30 Dick Tonnelier, do 28.00 Julius Haugk, rental 18.00

Yost Bros., Christy bridge 3000.00 11. J. Sells, bridge repair. 790.26 Albert Smith, Andrews road.... 4772.70 Ira Waggoner, Supt. do 28.00 Willard Steele, Bellmont road.. 2.00 Wm. Ileppert, do 8.00 Alex Bell, do 2.00 Ed Ahr, do 2.00 .1. A. Fleming, do 15/10 Wm. Aronld, do 15.00 Adams Co. Witness, do 5.52 Join.' F. Parrish. Bilderback rd 2927.09 Dye Ferguson, do 52.00 Conrad Doehrman, GeHemeier road Btiil Macklin, do 15676.78 A. J. Porter. Huffman road ti-.uu VVarren Striker, do 5285.68 Phil Sauer, Kreuckeberg road 13477.56 Joe K. Yoder, do 6.00 (’has. Pusey, do 6.00 Christ Marbach, do 76.00 C. W. Merriman, Lai sure road 2741.10 Finley Striker, Lehman road 2160.60 Orva Smith, do 4.00 Wm. Baumgartner, do 16.00 Finley Striker, Meyers road 9528. 48 C. C. Beer, M. R. E. road 96.00 Brinneinan & Gordon, do 22002.40 Fred Studler, do 10.00 Daniel Fuhrer, do 10.00 Reuben Shindies, do 5.45 Frank Foreman, do .50 Eugene Runyon, Merryman road 2.75 Henry Marbach. do 3.15 Fred Busche, do 10.00 Henry Gould, do 10.00 .(’baa. Bahner, do .50 Frank Foreman, Scherry-Arnold .50* Fred Ehlerding, do 4.15 Jess Michaud, do 10.00 John Eicher, do 10.00 C. E. Stauffer, Smith road 5217.11 M. L. Smith, do 56.00 John Arnold, Stoneburner road 2399.52 Mrs. Jess Stoneburner, do 4.75 Glen Workinger, Typdall r0ad..7492.10 Miller & Butler. Wolfe road 5997.00 Dick Boch, Roads *203.90 W. Carlisle Duell, do 186.00 Dick Tonnelier, do 60.00 Ralph Roop, do fc 25.00 Dick Tonnelier, O. D. Roads, Pleasant Grove road 8.00 Ralph Roop, do 35.00 Dick Boch. do .. 14.70 J. A. Hendricks, Tpk. Sup’t 144.00 Milo Sales, do 638.87 S. L. Vance, do 224.35 H. J. Sells, do 3841.45 F. W. Spade, do 74 6.56 W. H. Bittner, do 567.88 Otto Boerger, do .* 240.86 Harmon Pyle, do 656.72 Vernon Miller, do 941.61 Democrat Co.. Bienz road 132.22 Adams Co. Witness, do 5.16 Indianapolis Commercial, do 9.30 Chas. Teeple, do 5.00 John W. Tyndall, do 5.00 Democrat Co., Butcher road 105.52 Adams Co. Witness, do 5.16 Indianapolis Commercial, do .... 4.60 Dye Ferguson, do 10.00 J. F. Parrish, do 10.00 Frank Foreman, do 50

Sephus Meletti, do 3.50 Democrat Co.. Christen road 149.87 Sephus Melchi, do 3.90 Adams Co. Witness, do 5.16 Indianapolis Commercial, do ... 4.80 Fruchte & Litterer. do 50.00 Chas. Zwtck, do 5.40 Chas. Johnson, do 3.55 John Miller, do 10.00 Oswald Hoffman, do 10,00 Democrat Co.. Helstand road ... 106560 Sephus Melchi, do 5.10 Adams Co. Witness, do 5.16 Indianapolis Commercial, do .... 4.00 Fruchte & Litterer. do 50 00 Frank Helstand. do 3.15 Chas. Brown,, do 50 James Kelly, do 10.00 Albert Harlow, do . 10.00 Democrat Co.. Mankey road 109.12 Sephus Melehl. do 6.30 Adams Co. Witness, do 5.16 Indianapolis Commercial, do . I.SO Fruehte & Litterer, do . 50.00 Dick Boch, do 11.40 Carlisle Duell, do .... 8.10 John Borne, do 7.25 Herman Reese, do 10.00 Fred Blumenberg. do 10.00 Christ Mankey, do 4.20 Jacob Barger, do 2211.60 Democrat Co., Poters-Ruprlght road 101.28 Adams Co. Witness, do 5.16 Indianapolis Commercial, do .... 9.40 Dick Boch. do 6.70 Clarence Cottpel. do 2.n0 Ezra Habegger,* do j...:.! • 4.00 Jesse do .' ! / 2.00 T. M. Parr. •.&> 2.00 Democrat Co.. 2 bond sales 13.62 Indianapolis Commercial, do .. . 12.50 Marttn Jtberir. roads 210.00 MARTIN JABERG. Auditor ■ _ SfPt. 1 John Tolißer of Mohroe was a husi-' tesS visitor here today. Jacob Qagley of Fort fVayne is a visitor in this city today.

♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦ • DOINGS IN SOCIETY ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦ CLUB CALENDAB Thuraday. I Julies’ Aid of Calvary Church— Mrs. C. C. Kelly. Ever Ready Class, M. E. Church | Mrs. Floyd Acker Mt. Pleasant 1-adies’ Aid — Mrs. Harve Baker. W. M. S., Evangelical Church—H. | A. Fuhrman Home, 3 p. m.J picnic supper, 7 p. m. Phoebe Bible Class Picnic—Postponed. Friday. Woman’s Home Missionary Society, M. E. Church—Mrs. George Klnzle. Mr. and Mrs. 8. P. Sheets from northwest of the city entertained a number of guests at a fine chicken dinner. It was very nicely served by Mrs. Sheets ami consisted of the very best things wfiich are served at country dinners. Those who were present were: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smallback and daughter, Ruth, and Mrs. Nancy Sheets nil of Fort Wayne: Mrs. Fred Hellwig of Lima, Ohio;' Mr. William Smallback and granddaughter of Buffalo, N. Y., and Miss Gladys Sttman.

The Woman’s Home Missionary society of the Methodist church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. George Klnzle. It is dues paying time, and all members are urged to bring their money. ■ a GUESTS ARE RECOVERNG (I'nlieil Press Service). Columbus, 0., Sept. I—(Speciall—(Special to Dally Democrat)—Forty guests at a : dinner given stock owners at the ■ state fair grounds were recovering from ptomaine poisoning in hospitals here today. Eight victims were in a serious condition and physicians feared the might succumb to the poison. The dinner was tendered by the International Livestock Exposition to more than 200 stock owners ' from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky an'd other states. The poisoning, physicians said was caused by corned beef. A perfumed grapefruit has been produced in Florida. FOR SALE —50 acre farm at Peterson, Ind., 4% miles west of Decature on Decatur-Bluffton road; also one grey enameled kitchen range, almost new; 1 Auker Holth No. 3 Cream Seperator; 1 good cupboard and other articles. Inquire at farm. 3t207x

School Days f— — >. $ Any parent that needs a serviceable /' ■ \ school suit for their boy should see our jfvSx/ » stock of suits with EXTRA pants. Boys’ very fine AA cassimeres in the x desirable —~, shades, pleated front and hack with yoke. / M M Suit and extra 75 n All wool cassimere in the best I jA 7 ! / ’ colors, Suit and Qll 7c 77/ /A I - . extra pants *|| ’ 5 /T 7T Iffl) Best all wool cassimere and Jj / worsteds in all colors, Suit and & A KI X — Teeple & Peterson

While They Last 3 1916 Ford Touring 1-1920 Ford Touring with starter and winter top. 1—1920 Ford Touring with starter. 2 Commercial Trucks. The above cars are in A-l shape and we guarantee to save you money on any one of these purchases. SEEING IS BELIEVING Terms if Desired. Shanahan-Conroy Auto Co.

PROGRESS Day by day you either advance or fall back in the ranks of Life’s great army. There is no standing still. A Savings Account is an important step in your progress. Make the step forward today—by starling a Savings Account al this hank. The Peoples Loan & Trust Co Bank of Service.

REPLY FORWARDED ■ (Continued from page one) group of transport workers seized a mill and a bakery and declared themselves a soviet. Placards declaring that the mills were now the property of Bruree soviet workers were put up in the town. They contained the announcement: “We make bread, not profits.” The action followed the dismissal cf two employes of the mill, whom the owners refused to reinstate.

A stray deer swam into Seattle harbor, was lassoed and is now in the city zoo. r "SCHOOL DAYS, SCHOOL DAYS" Do you remember the old song about school days being golden rule i days? It is wrong to send a cough- , ing. sneezing, spitting child to school i to spread disease germs among other 1 ■ little ones. Com mon colds are infec■|tious. Protect your own and other I little ones with Foley's Honey and Tar. This safe family remedy checks i coughs and colds, loosens phlegm and mueuons and coats raw, irritating 1 membranes with a healing, soothing medicine. Sold everywhere.