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AS BUILDINGS GO UP ORYDOK Wl RS RUSHED Service FirstPRACTICAL FURNITURE

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PIANO MOVERSGeneral Offices, 65 S. Queea ZX.

Monthly Pay-ro- ll of Big "In-

dustrial" Plant is Mow $25,- -000: First Section of Recon

B:- structed v Drydock to. EePoured m Few Days; toajStorage Depot of Large Ca

r pacity; Varied Features ofUncle Sm's National! Asset

BY ARTHUR E. BfXBY.Uncle Sara 1 performing a big and

a fine piece of work at Pearl lurbor,Anyone who does : not believe thisstatement should take a run downthere bv' motor or train and see theplace which will be, in June, 1918, thebiggest naval base in the . LniteaStates, and the finest and most complete In the world.

There is activity at Pearl Harbornowactivity with a --capital ADredges are dredging, pontoons arebeing built, the sound of riveting machines fills the air, two great radiotowers loom against the sky, a giantdry dock Is being constructed to replace the former one which caved inbefore. It was finished. Dulldings,stately and modern, built to endureand to house machinery andment to take care, of the fleet, areready for use. '.:.

A Star-ftulletl- n representative visit-ed the new naval base this week andcame away with a strengthened pat-

riotism and a realization that the Am-erican government has done a wisething in establishing the Hawaii navalstation. ;f . , .

CiiMdinga Go Up. .Here are the names of a few of the

buildings erected, in "use or ready forrse' there: ' Metal and lumber store-house, . pattern shop,'. p6wer plant,forge shop, foundry, pipe and plumb-ing shop, machine shops, boat store-house; wood-workin- g shop, paint andrigging loft, marine barracks, admin-istration buNdiner and several moresre going up, built fit steel, well light-ed, designed to endure. They remindcne of a great industrial plant andere' such, the only difference beingthat they belong - to the Americanrcople end to their children and ehildfrcn'a children. ;

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Perhaps the most Interesting of theconstruction work going on today Isthe new drydock, being built to re--I

!ace the former one which went toj leces 'and caved In before It wasKnifed, the bottom yielding to tre-mendous water pressure and buckling.luinJng the entire construction." AH

f this has had tr be removed to makev ay for the new drydock. ' The Ha-- k

alian Dredging - Company has beeni t work more than ! a year . oil - this; re raratory wcrk alone. 'The firmi ; ects to have the debris all cleanedvj by two weeks more1. . ;

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The' new drydock will be about 1000fort lone,. big enough to contain the' :rr:csi fighting craft in the American: ivy. , It is being built In sections,l ut cf water, each section being pour--'

i la a form on board a temporaryi':"t;ac drydock. Wbenthe section

ready it will be lifted from theorydock by a big steel caisson andv ill be towed Into place and sunk onl foundation of piling reinforced byrxk filling.' The first section Is ex- -

:trd to be poured in a iew days.Vi e remanent drydock will be com-- I

Icied In the summer of 1918, probab-ly i;i June. The San Francisco Bridge

are the contractors, andtic contract price Is appoxlmatcly $4,-- 4

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In a conversation with Rear-Admir- al

n::::ri ' J. Dovsh,' the commandant,t' - ::"rrs cf the many different

.Vcur children's part-ies vail be of no botherto ycu at all if yon willarrange, to have themat tn

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care for such" affairs incrder - to assure 'thewholosoinest7 refresh--,

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' Eawley's Pure IceCreams, delicious sodas,

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FC 5000 DEALS

Ti:: Fc!:ce of Sveets

NOTICE.

James A. Walsh, who has solicitedr'e 3 for-piano- s and talking machines,

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HONOLULU MUSIC COMPANY.

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PEARL HARBOR; ACTIVITIES.

4-- - employed, 350!. - -

Monthly payroll, . 25,W0, not Including K submarines or drydockT'lntract employes.

" .Radio station will be completed' late In the summer. Will com- -' 'munl:ate with' Panama and Washington. f

4-- Coalingr plant expected to be ready by close of 1!16." Will be "abler to take care of the American fleet's needs.4-- Drydock to be completed in June, 1918; will be 1000 feet long and

able to contain largest dreadnoughts.plant has Its own water, system, power station, hospital, street

department, fire department, greenhouse.Rear Admiral Clifford J. Boush, the commandant, retires August

12: because cf age.: '

4--" Drydock alope will cost J4.400, 000. Total expenditure will be be-- 4-4- -

'twee n 112,000,000 and $15,000,000. 4--

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items of construction was outlined byhim.- - ,

"The drydock is progressing in ac-

cord with the plans," said the com-mandant "It will be completed inthe summer of 1918, and can take careof our largest warships.Radio Plant Going Along.

"Work on the radio plant is goingalong nicely. We "nope to commenceInstalling the electrical portion of itin July. The plant will be ready latethis summer, and will probably be oneof the most powerful in . the world.It is quite likely that we will be ableto . communicate with : Washingtondirect.

"1 expect that by the end of thisyear our coaling plant will be fin-ished. It will be of sufficient capacityto take care of the fleet's needs. Afterthe coal piles in Honolulu are" clearedout, naval vessels will coal here exclusively.":. v. ;

(The plans, when first given publicity about two years ago. Indicatedthat the capacity of . the coal-storag- e

would exceed 150,000. ton"The . machine shop is quite ready,

and the other shops are nearlng completion. The coal-handli-ng machineryfor the coal-storag- e plant is here. Weare also putting in good roads with acoral and. macadam base, and the artistic, side has not been neglected, aswe have a nursery and greenhouse.and are planting ornamental trees, andsaving the algarobas on the reserva-tion wherever possible." .. -

Monthly Payroll Large. VThe commandant, 'speaking of the

present number of men employed atPearl, Harbor, said it is approximately360, and that the monthly payroll nowaverages 125,000, not Including : the

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submarine division, or the men em-ployed by contractors. "

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DANCING CLASS PLANS;' v

i PRETTY MAY (FESTiVAL

A pretty May festival, to be heldcn the afternoon of May 13 at Arcadia,the' home of - Mr. and Mrs, waiter F.Frear, is being planned by the mem-bers of the aesthetic dancing class ofthe Y. W. C A. The festival urogramwill i include a 'number of .specialdances and will serve to illusrate thework which has been accomplished bythe association classes - during theyear, v..,-,:-.- ' -

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Exclusive corset shop, "The Goodwin," ras. 21-2- 2, Pantheon Bldc-Ad- v.

Fine garden soil for sale cheap.Call up George Yamada, phone 2157.Adv.--":- ' ; .. : ': -- .

An .'announcement of Interest ' topatrons ' of the French. Laundry, andin keeping with Us high, reputation,appears in this paper today. - ' ..

Uon't toret toe Dig Clearing sa(eat Canton Dry Goods Co., Hotel street.near. Fort. . Big bargains in. women'sshoes Ad men' furnish'ngs. Adv.

If . you are Interested even in aemail way. in stock, raising, . you canuse Blatchford's Calf Meal to advantage, : Ask the California Feed Com-pany about it ' v "

Now is the time to buy shoes forthe entire family ' as the price ofleather ; Is I rapidly increasing. Whilethe clearance sale is on at the NewYork Shoe Store "shoes that ; wear"are on sale at . prices nver offeredbefore and practically all below cost8H AFTER AERODOME CONCEPT.

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' The DrozTam tonieht at Vnrt RhaKter Indicates hat the' Aerodome isif anything dolnjr better-tha- n ever.The picture is the special feature"Still waters," with Marguerite Clarkas the star, a film which: has made atreat hit. and a bie crowd Ik innkprffor. The orchestral program issuedIsi " -

. V. : v-- yyMarchA Frangesa ... U .1 .... CostaKag Tbe Buele Call.:..:.. -- ;RiatTwo-Ste- p I Didn't Raise My Boy

to ue a soiaier......w.PlantodosiOvertures-Willia-m Tell "... . . .RossiniSongMy Bird of Paradise BerlinFox-Tr- ot Chin Chin. . .. . . . . ; ,CaryllWalU Sweet Remembrance.'. .St. ClairDance Jack in the Box.. AllenTwo-StepT-B- ig Ben . .1. . . .li i . . . . AllenRag Tarantula . . . . . ... . . . .s. ' PowellSelection Rose of Algeria. HerbertPolonalse-Militair- e . . ; ChoplaOne-Step-Siss- y Giggles..... . . HoweWalU Love in' Venice. .GreyReverie Dream Faces. ..ViHollowellFinale Dixie Girl; . . , . Lampe

The monthly schedule for May is aremarkable one, containing as it doesfour special features each week, plusthe Keystone comedies, the serial"The Red Circle, and many other 1st-t-r

active. Items. It. looks as thoughthere is not a house in town which of-fers such a program, with a change ofpictures every night, plus music by thenow well-know- n Aerodome Orchestra,The people of the Post may well beproud of such a movie house as thatthey have. - ;. :y- - - ; -

; Prices of steel rails have been ad-vanced $5 a ton by subsidiary com-panies : of the United : States SteelCorporation. . . ;.

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Four complete sets of officers quar-ters have been built, in addition to abig concrete marine barracks, andthe large, modern administrationbuilding. The naval station has itsown power plant, water supply, streetdepartment, fire department, green-house, railroad hospital, and every-thing else a municipality needs.;

Rear-Admir- al Boush turned andwalked toward a window in his office,a window overlooking the: reservationand the green 'hills to tb north,wrapped in mist and a half-rai- n, andthen- his face, took on the expressionof a'; philosopher, and he said a re-

markable thing. .j v'lf the mllknium .were to come intwo or . three years, .and a big navywere no longer needed, this stationwould be so complete, from an in-

dustrial standpoint,, that no one couldsay one dollar of the millions our government has spent here, had beenwasted. . y y-'- '. .y 'yPearl Harbor a National Asset! The . American people are proneto talk' about the United States' in-

debtedness,' but they do not stbp torealize its assets. In the Pearl Har-bor station we have one of the biggestassets of our country. It is not froma military; standpoint that I say this,but . from a broader "one, looking atHawaii as. the crossroads of the,. Pa-cific" "y ; .

'I Rear-Admir- al Boush goes on .theretired list August 13, and his succes-sor is not yet known here, v He andMrs. Boush have endeared themselvesto a large number ot Honolulans, whowish that he might remain here andsee Pearl . Harbor become the powerful naval base planned by the government, and to be realized within thenext two years.. ... . .' ' ;

"..The ram Katahdin, a target for 13Inch shell ; fired from k the ' monitorOzark, was sunk in: Chesapeake Bay.An attempt to" refloat"1 the shlp will bemade." .' ' ; y.y yy yy '

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RIATtE CELEBRAriON ATTRACTIVE

Committee is Named and Will

Undertake to Bring inInsular Crowds

Active cooperation In bringing vis-

itors from all parts of Oahu and fromall of the other Islands of the territory: Is being given the - KamehamehaDay Celebration Committee by theBoard of Retail Trade of the Cham-ber of Commerce. That bodyand thespecial committee which it named atyesterday's meeting, will exert everyendeavor: to give the' celebration thefullest and best publicity, to add toits attractiveness and to bring hithera great attendance.Special Committee Named.. At the close of the; meeting of theBoard of . Retail , Trades yesterdayafternoon, the president, S. S. Pax-so- n,

named a special committee com-posed of W. R. Farrington, F. J. Low-re- y,

N. E. Gedge, C Dn Roi and F.E. Blake, with Secretary, Raymond C.Brown, to undertake arrangements forthe board and. that committee lost notime in undertaking the work. It wentinto Immediate session after the ad-

journment of the board.Steamer Fares Lowered.

While then board was in session theInter-Islan- d Steamship Company an-

nounced that it would make a spe-cial rate of 25 per cent less than theordinary on all return tickets fromall of the islands, effective on allsteamers arriving Saturday, June 10,and departing up to ' and. includingJune 15. Numerous. suggestions were,made by members in the debate onthe proposal to take up the Kameha-meha' day matter and the various mo-tions in connection C therewith, andthese suggestions the .special com-mittee considered when it met Sev-eral of them received favorable act-

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To Advertise, Extensively.'

; The program for. Kamehameha Daywhich is to be observed June, 12, Mon-day, since the date of the holiday thisyear falls on Sundai'i-- is to be thoroughly advertised in all or the tapersthrough the Islands as 'will auch otherinducements'" and attractions as maybe offered. : It was determined, to se-cure, and distribute among the busi-ness men stickers, fo'rv(use on the en-velopes' of all letteH going '. to anypart of , the territory, ' This sticker

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hjars the slogan. "We expect to seeiu in Honolulu June 11." The idea

iato have this Invitation spread broad-est on all insular business mall. F.K, Blake has cliarge of thls-'an- willhae the stickers out at the earliest

date. '

Secretary Raymond C. Brown ofthj Chamber of Commerce is to paypersonal visits to the various islandsant call upon their Chambers of Com-mf-c- e

and other organizations, telling:nfAvhat is to he offpred In entertainment and amusement and what will j

beffen-- d the visitors. lie expects toleae nere about May ?2.

"liere are to be special decorationsin tad about thd various stores In ac-

cordance with the suggestion that theholfcay be mada a "dress up day."Hotfs Are Seen.: .:

- Hiving obtained special steamerrate,. the committee will seek siiecialrailnad rates and hotel rates. F. J.Iowjey was named a committee ofone t see the hotels. ;

Otler and further plans later willbe worked out by the special commit-tee aid reported to the board. .:.P.'! Iwrey said this morning thathe hil sent out lettefs to the vari-ous hotels inquiring what rates theycouldbffer to visitors for the five-da- y

period over which the special steamerexcun$on rates extend June 10-- 1 Kehad ajked them to reply by Mondaymornlils so that he can report to thegeneral committee on the celebrationwhich Will meet again Monday after-noon;'. "..:..- - ':

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warehouse, HawaiiConsolidated. . Railroad,Cenlrallv located, Hilo.

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