Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1919 — HAWAIIAN BOOZE HOT STUFF [ARTICLE]

HAWAIIAN BOOZE HOT STUFF

“Okolehea” Is ths Product of Island's Moonshlnoro—Decoction Has Nuts's Kick. Washington.—The Hawaiian moonshiner has developed a product that is said to have a worse "edge” than any produced, in- continental United States. It is “okolehea,” which pronounced Is not unlike the melody of a Swiss yodler. Prince Kalanlancole says It means'in plain vernacular "hot stuff,” and has a kick that would put “old settln* hen,” “stump rum” and "mountain dew” In the shade. “Okolehea” is a gin made from the root of a “tl-plant” or “draecena.” It is distilled in the mountains and as there are but two or three revenue agents for the locality, the Hawaiian mountaineer has a comparatively easy time.