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5 ESTABLISHED 1904. VOL. 9. NO.
TO INVESTIGATE
Attorney Rawlins and W . F.
Drake came up on Wednesday's
Kinau on an investigating trip re
garding the Hanalei wharf. It is
claimed that while the same is
substantially constructed it is s o
low as to be entirely submerged
during high tide. A suggestion
will probably be made in the re
port o f the investigating com
mittee to add at least three feet in
height to the present structure.
Pretty Birthday Party
The Carter home was the scene
of juvenile festivities last Satur
day afternoon w h e n Charlotte
Eileen celebrated her fifth birthday.
The little hostess, a dainty picture
in pale blue mull, received her
small guests at three o'clock with
greptenthusiasm and was a happy
recipient of many pretty remem
berances. The table, spread on the broad
lanai midst potted plants, was
prettily decorated with nastur
tiums and maiden hair fern, and
the little favors, consisting of a
variety of small toys and ribbon
trimmed, baskets, filled with
candy, delighted the eyes of the
little folk. After regaling them
selves with ice cream and cake,
the children proceeded t o the
garden while their mothers partook
of refreshments daintily arranged
at small tables placed on the front
lanai. The invited guests were:
the little Misses Leilani Rohrig,
Alice Broadbent, Catherine Mo
ragne, Thelma Hopper, Isabella
Hogg, Dora Rice, Harriet Rice,
Alice Wilcox, Barbara Hofmann,
Florence Waterhouse and Masters
William Allen Waterhouse, Sam
Wilcox, Glen Hopper, James
Hogg, Arthur Hyde Rice, Albert
Wilcox, Reinhard Hofmann.
The Waimea Concert Program
As the time for the Waimea con
cert draws near, the clever little
Misses who will take part, are bend
ing every effort towards perfecting
themselves in that particular line
which is to be her lot. A special
treat is being planned by Miss
Silva who is preparing special
music for the dance which is to
follow the concert. April 5th.
will be red-letter day for Waimea
theatrical goers, who should, by
way of showing appreciation for
good music and encouragement of
local talent, turn out en masse to
here them.
Pjioguam
Ovcrtu ro Selection by Orchestra
Opening Chorus Moonlight
Bay 1 P6rcy Venrich
Glee Club anil Orchestra.
Anvil Chorus from II Travutoro
Verdi
Gleo Club
Who's Afraid of You? Lew
Brown or A. von Tilzlo Duetto
by Victor Apuna and Magsio Kamai
Alertly waltz instrumental
Orchestra.
Haena Hula.-L. Glee Club and
Orchestra.
The Lonesomest Girl in Town...
Davo Oppenheim Joo Cooper
Vocal hoio Helen Annua
Musical Sketch Do It Now!
Glee Club and Orchestra
9.
10.
11.
12!
Hawaiian Solo Julian Kamai
Serenado Schubert
Gleo Club
Oh, YouSilv'ry I?ells...Sloigh ride
Jean v. liarvoy, ueo. notstoni
liallct Divertissement Love l-ay
II. Wuyts.
. Dance petite I'ua Wright and Helen
Anana.
A Souk to Hawaii 13. Kaai
13.
It.
15.
and Redding.
Ouartetto four little cirls.
In Dear Old Honolulu, Far Away,
J. MacConald, Capt. Herges
Glee Uluu.
Good-bve Koso Hallad
H. .Ingraham, A. IJurkhart
Ouartetto select.
16.
17.
18.
Sketch Comiquo . Original. ..Club
Honolulu Lon...Sonj;.Gleo Club
Thats Baboon Baby Dance
Club and Orchestra
Closing Address. .Angelina F. Silva
19.
20.
Dance anil Heiresiimenis,
Mr. W. H. Stuart, of theHono
lulu Electric Company, is now and
will be for some time, located at
the Fairview Hotel and will be
pleased to quote you on electric
wiring and fixtures, generating
nlants and a 1 1 other electnea
appliances. You will find him by
HANALEI
ringing up 22L..
12.
LIHUE,
The Land Laws of The
Send an Appeal to
Regards to Present
The following communication
has been forwarded to various leg
islators by the Kalaheo Homestead
Association, and it speaks volums
for those with the courage of their
convictions:
Waimea, Kauai', T. H.,
March 21st. 1913.
Honorable Charles A. Rice,
Honolulu, Oahu,
Dear Sirs: v
A mutual friend from your dis
trict, called the other dav and in
discussing the matter of homestead-
mg he very strongly advised us to
write to you and place before you
a homesteading proposition which
a number of us are interested in.
He spoke so convincingly of your
willingness to take this matter in
hand that we are more than nleased
to have the opportunity of forward
ing to you, various data of infor
mation which I hope will be useful
to you.
I am glad to note that you also
are interested in the successful out
case of homesteading and I wish
to thank you on behalf of myself
and associates for any and a 1 1
efforts which you will put forward
on this homesteading measure.
You are undoubtedly aware that
a bettlement Association was re
cently .formed here, applying for
Homesteads in the Kalaheo Tract,
the applicants comprising residents
of Waimea, Makaweli, Eleele and
Koloa. A request was extended
to a great number of people to join
this association. A great many
refused; some for lack of means,
others fearing they could not live
up to requinnents and others de
clined, stating as their reason that
they feared to do so on account of
the positions they held with different
plantations, who they feared were
not in favor of homesteaders of our
caliber. The membership was not
restricted to any class or
Nationality.
The membership as it now stands
consists of Portuguese, Hawaiians,
Part Hawaiians, Part Chinese and
Americans. All, however, are
citizens. In fact any one who was
at all desirous of becoming an ap
plicant was taken, none refused.
Will further state that this Associa
tion had been discussed for more
than three months, by people from
Waimea to Liliue. and no attempt
was made to keep the matter a
secret.
When this proposition was first
broached, we received only words
o f encouragement from almost
everyone, especially so from the
Sub Land Agent, Mr. W. D. Mc
Bryde, w h o seemed more than
anxious that such a n association
be successfully put through, and
gave it as his opinion that this was
the only way that homesteading
could be made a success with any
degree of certainly, further stating
that it was practically the only way
that the better class of homesteader
could be secured at all, as in this
way homesteaders would be assured
of a fair size tract, and all the mem
bers of- the Association would be
congenial, which would be con
ductive of success in any enter
prise. Upon his, Mr. W. D. McBryde,
application t o the Land Office,
steps were taken toward the survey
of said tract; the Land Com
missioner, Mr. J. D. Tucker com
ing fo Kauai in person. While in
TERRITORY OF HAWAII. TUESDAY. MARCH 25, 1913.
Territory Administered to
The Legislature Asking
Policy, and Demand Absolute
Waimea, Mr. Tucker stated to a
number of residents, most of whom
were signers to our application,
that he very much favored the As
sociatiou Plan, and if he had his
say in the matter of size of home
steads, none would be smaller than
60 acres. That evening Mr. Tucker
stopped with a prominent citizen
of Eleele for the night, and during
their conversation regarding the
matter of homesteading, his talk
was all in favor of the Association
Plan, and the' large size holdings.
This was on Friday at this time
the Sub Laud Agent, Mr. Mc
Bryde was in Honolulu, but re
turned the next morning, Satur
day and Mr. Tucker called upon
him at his home. After leaving
Mr. McBryde, the Land Com
miasioner was approached b y a
member of our association and was
greatly surprised to learn that his
views of the dayl previous were en
tirely changed. He stated that the
lots would be only 20 acres each
and would not be given out to an
Association. He was immediately
taxed with being influenced, b y
having pressure brought to bear
upon him, which accusations h e
did not deny, merely stating that
he had to do as he was told. The
attitude of Mr. Tucker is better ex
plained by his own letter Which
reads as follows:
"I have for acknowledgment
your letter. Upon my return t o
Honolulu, the matter of the size of
the new Kalaheo lots was gone in
to very thoroughly, and it was
deemed best for all concerned to
have those lots divided into an
area of twenty acres. And again,
these lots will be opened only un
der the special homestead agree
ment form and not under the
settlement association plan. It was
at first intended to bave them in
larger areas but all matters having
been taken into consideration, this
final decision was arrived at that
is. twenty acres each.
Yours very truly,
Joshua D. Tuckur,
Commissioner of Public Lands.
The Sub Land Agent was then
sought and asked for an explana
tion, and was also asked if he had
recommended lots of 20 acres each
and whether he had objected to the
Association Plan. He stated that
he had strongly advised Mr. Tucker
to grant no association request,
and recommended lots of a size oi
not more than 20 acres. Each ques
tioned tor a reason for so doing in
view of his former assurance o f
goodwill, he stated that his reasons
for so doing were; The granting
of lots of a larger size than 20 acres
would be auinjustice to, first: The
Kauai Fruit & Land Co. Secondly
The.McBryde Sugar Co., and last
the Present Homesteaders,
We cannot see where theCannery
or the Plantation should be con
sidered at all, in the slighest de
gree. The matter of the present
Homesteaders, certainly has some
merit. But inasmuch as, it is con
clusively proven by these same
present Homesteaders that home
steads on the present plan and size,
can only result in failure, we take
it that the Government should pro
fit by this very example and not
persist in its present suicidal policy
regarding future homesteads. The
size of future homesteads, be they
large or small cannot possibly
Suit the Feople Instead
For Protection Againt Corporation Influence In
benefit the former homesteaders at
Kalaheo. If smaller i t will only
mean the anchoring of 40 more
laborers in that vicinity, where
they will be of benefit only to the
interests who are opposed to suc
cessful homesteading, a n d upon
whom the present homesteaders
are dependent, and would only
serve to put the homesteading ques
tion in a worse light, which seems
to be the desire of many. In fact
the desire of those whom we should
reasonably expected to be interest
ed in making homesteading as at
tractive and as profitable as is con
sistent with good government, and
not a land policy that -serves mere
ly to anchor labor to some planta
tion. It would seem to be the aim of
the Sub Land Agent, the Land
Commissioner and others, that by
refusing an association, and grant
ing only small lots, the members
of our association would not wish
to obtain homesteads in this" dis
trict. We however proceeded to
ward the forming of our associa
tion; two of the members going to
the expense of making four trips
to the district securing the sig
natures of those who had expressed
a desire to participate.
One of the members again called
on Mr. McBryde at his office at the
Cannery and contrary to his former
expressions to another member, he
again seemed to be in favor of the
association plan; even suggesting
that we employ a good attorney to
handle the matter for us 111 Hono
lulu. .He was asked regarding
some names he had proposed, and
stated that he would call up by
phone after he had consulted with
them again, and in case they still
wished to join, he would so report,
which he did the next day and the
form was sent over tor their sig
natures. A few davs after this the Direc
tors of the Kauai Fruit & Land
Co., -McBryde Sugar Co., and the
Hawaiian Sugar Co., visited Kauai,
and immediately after their de
parture Mr. McBryde experienced
another change o f heart. T h e
counter petition was then started
by Mr. McBrvde and one J. S.
Chandler who was supposed to circ
ulate same. That McBryde was
instrumental in circulating this
petition is proven by his.own letter
which reads:
Honorable W. J. Sheldon,
House of Representatives, .
Honolulu,
Dear Sir:
I enclose herewith petition to the
Governor and Commissioner of
Public Lands signed by some one
hundred and fifty citizens and pro
spective citizens of the District of
Koloa and Territory of Hawaii.
The petition, as you will note,
requests that the lands of Kalaheo
now being surveyed by the Govern
ment be opened to settlement by
anyone entitled to a home and that
they be not allotted to any Associa-
tion to be formed to take the m
over.
I would call your attention t 0
the fact that the signers to this
petition are all residents within the
district of Koloa. The land of Ka
laheo being within the said district
it was not deemed advisable to se
cure petitioners without the district.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.50
of a Favored Few, And
I would most respectfully request
of you that you, as one of the
duly elected Representatives from
this Island, present this petition to
the Governor and to the C o 111 -niissioner
of Public Lands of the
Territory of Hawaii, and request
of them its consideration.
Very respectfully,
W. D. MCBRYDE,
Manager Kauai Fruit & Land
Company.
Upon submitting our application
to the Land Office, we -requested
the Representative from this dis
trict, Honorable W. J. Sheldon, to
call upon the Land Commissioner
and the Governor and put the
matter before them. We have been
informed by Mr. Sheldon that the
Land Commissioner from the first
positively refused to consider the
association plan, giving no reason
for his objection, and well know
ing that this very week drawings
for a like association on Maui had
taken place. Neither the Com
niissioner or the Governor h a s
given us a reason for refusing us,
or have they offered to explain the
difference between our association
and that on Maui. The Cora
niissioner did state however, that
he was not adverse to the grant
ing of 40 acres, and further stated
that he would place the matter be
fore the Governor. M r . Sheldon
then interviewed the Governor,
who in turn stated he would con
fer with the Land Commissioner
and give his answer later. The
Governor also stated that he was
not adverse to the granting of the
privilege of selecting one, two or
even three lots, if it was desired.
We are just in receipt of the
final answer of both the Governor
and the Land Commissioner, which
speaks for themselves. The Gover
nor's letter is as follows:
Honorable J. D. Tucker,
Commissioner of Public Lands,
Honolulu, T. H.
Dear Sir:
I have received your letter of the
25th. ult., transmitting form y.
consideration the application o f
James McClellan and others, form
ing the Kalaheo Settlement As
sociation, for lots of not less than
40 acres each in the land of Kala
heo Kauai, which is about to be
opened for homesteads.
Honorably W. T. Sheldon also
on the 4th inst. urged upon me the
granting of these lands to this
settlement associat'on. I acknow
ledge also the receipt this day of a
petition signed by J. S. Chandler
and many others requesting that
these lands be opened to all and
that no association be given the
preference to them.
It seems to me that under nil
the circumstances these lands
should be opened to all and that
every one should b e given a n
equal opportunity to secure a
homestead in this tract and that
the settlement of the homesteads
should not be confined to the
members of any particular associ
ation.
Respectfully yours,
Governor of Hawaii
Mr. Tucker's letter is as follows:
Continued on page 5,
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frepreseuts
Kauai.
PER YEAR 5 CENTS PER COPY
EASTER SE
WELL
The special vesper services held
in the church during the past
week have been more than usually
well attended and more than
usually interesting and helpful.O
The meeting on Thursday after
noon w a s made more strictly
vesper with the setting sun for a
back-grouud, and some of the
finer evening hymns sympatheti
cally rendered.
On Easter Sunday, the church
was more than ever beautifully
decorated with white carnations,
lillies and daisies, against a rich
back-ground of Johannis-brod in
generous masses of green. The
service was well attended in spite
of the steady down-pour of rain
which lasted through the whole
service and into the afternoon.
Those with automobiles, played
the good Samaritan with most
welcome grace in conveying the
audience home in relays.
Ball Directors Meet
The annual meeting of the K.
A. A. A. was held in the parlors
of the Fairview Hotel last Satur
day evening, and the following
officers were elected for the ensu
ing year: President, B. D. Bald
win; Vice-President, G. P. Wil
cox; secretary, A. R. Ulaisyer;
treasurer, H. D. Wishard. Repre
sentatives were present as follows:
Makaweli: B. D. Baldwin, J. K.
Hayselden, J. Hayselden, H. A.
B. Fergie, M. Johnson. From Mc
Bryde: R. Smith, R. Pillar. From
Koloa: R. Whittington, C. Girvin,
H. Honan, H. Richert. From Li-
hue: William Dean, H. D. Wis
hard, R. L. Wilcox, C. S. Dole,
A. R. Glaisyer. From Kealia: G.
Wilcox. Allen Wilcox, H. Shel
don, Mr. Baer. Charley Gray.
The Kilauea representatives
were unable to be present, but the
directors were assured that they
would have a team in the field.
The treasurer's report showed a
deficit of approximately $60o.00, a
part of which is covered by unpaid
pledges, reducing the indebtedness
to about $500.00. The deficit is
said to be due to the fact that the
greater part of the monies raise
by subscription in 1912, was used
to make up a deficit accruing
in 1911 which amounted to about
$850.00. The president named
the following as a committee on
finance to raise funds and t o
report at a meeting which will be
held April 5th: Charlie Gray, G.
Wilcox, C. Girvin and H. D.
Wishard. The question of supply
ing umpires was taken up and
after considerable discussion, it
was decided to allow the umpires
salary of $2.50 per day, pay
their transportation and lunch
bills.
The selection of Ben Baldwin as
the new president for the asso
ciation, 1 s most commendable,
since Mr. Baldwin has been one
of the prime mov.ers and most
strenuous advocates of the ball
game since its first inception, and
it would have been impossible to
have appointed a man which
would give more universal satis
faction to the people. The new
officers are, i n every instance,
from among the best men on the
island and their election assures
the people of a continuation of
our record as the leading baseball
island of the group.
An Interesting Performance
Rev. Johns, assisted by Ensign
Lyman, gave an interesting
sterioptical exhibition in the Ha-
namaulu school. More than four
hundred persons attended, which
indicate the wisdom of the bill
which was recently passedallo1
ing the use of our public school
buildings for exhibition purposes.
The exhibition was the first of the
kind to take place under the new
law. No admission fee was
charged.
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BORN
Bom March 18th., a son, to
Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Fernandes, of
Makaweli.
ATTENDED
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