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THE GARDEN ISLAND, TUESDAY. MAR. 25, 1919
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Solons Inspect
Kauai Lands
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plicated system of generating
power and operation of pumps
would hardly work out as a prop
osition for homesteaders. The
plantation might also he given a
lease on undeveloped lands ex
isting ahove Kekaha and Mana to
encourage the improvement and
development of this great tract.
The 3000 acres of highly fertile
bottom land would theu he opened
for homesteads.
Such was the general opinion
of the solons, but later on at a
mass meeting in Waimea, W. O.
Crowell brought up the proposit
ion of turning the entire estate
over to the homesteaders, just as
it stands, and let the government
handle the thing for the home
steaders as far as it would be
possible. He recommended leav
ing no cultivated land for the
plantation, giving them only the
arid waste above Mana and Ke
kaha and letting them go ahead
with the development of the same.
Crowell also favored the con
struction of a ditch from Waimea
Canyon at a much higher level
than the present ditch. Such a
ditch would bring water direct to
the upper cane lauds, thus doing
away with generators and pumps.
llydrographer llardy was call
ed upon to testify regarding the
feasibility of such a plan. lie
clainittd that it was entirely feas
ible, but that he had absolutely no
data regarding the outlay for
such a project, as so far he had
not been authorized to survey
such a line or estimate its cosf!
Mr. Brandt Wants Kekaha
Homestead
Mr. Brandt, of the Bishop Bank
of Waimea, expressed himself as
strongly in favor of the home
steading proposition, maintaining
that Kekaha must be homestead,
ed. He says that it is the will of
the people of this island, and we
have waited eagerly for many
years to get a chance at this home
stead drawing and nothing but
a homesteading proposition will
be tolerated by the people of
Kauai. Mr. Brandt believes in
House Resolution No. 28, claim
ing that the Governor's policy is
a good one, and that by letting the
plantation run the mill and the
pumps and cultivate enough land
to insure cane to keep the mill
supplied, was only a protection
for the homesteader who could
not expect to go into the business
of milling cane.
Preference Right Claims
Heard
While at Waimea the committee
took up several matters regarding
preference reights. Several mat
ters of this nature were settled
for the benefit of Waimea and
Kekaha people who had prefer
ence right claims to present to the
land department.
Situation at Hanapepe
At Hanapepe, Commissioner
of Public Lands C. T. Bailey
pointed out the boundaries of the
public lands there, showing the
committee thousands of acres
that could be opened up for home
steaders at this time, but for the
water rights that are still unset
tled. The water for these lands
upon which the lease has expired,
is claimed by Gay & Robinson.
Without water these lands are
practically useless for homestead
ing, though some small farming
could be carried on here during
the rainy season. The water ques
tion is now in the hands of the
Attorney General for settlement.
Much of the land is now under
cultivation of cane by Makaweli
plantation, under contract pro
visions of the presidential proc
lamation. Walter McBryde, sub
agent for the land department is
at present collecting rents from
the rice planters in Hanapepe
Valley who are cultivating govern
ment land.
Kalaheo Land Situation
Very little government land re
mains at Kalaheo. Walter Mc
Bryde suggests a few matters re-i
garding lands in that section.
Many of the homesteads in this
section are very small, averaging
about five acres. As such small
homesteads are not of sullicient
size to permit a man to earn a
living, there is much dissatisfac
tion. The new land policy, if ap
proved by congress, will permit
homesteaders who have previously
not taken up more than ten acres,
to draw more land, up to Hi) acres.
As this will apply to many Kala
heo homesteaders who have drawn
over the former limit of three
acres and less than ten acres, the
community is very much in favor
of the new land policy.
At Wailua
The committee spent Saturday
visiting Wailua and Kapaa. At
Wailua the committee investigat
ed the new lands in Wailua-uka,
that land commissioner Bailey
says will he opened next fall.
These lands are in Lihue district.
The lots have been surveyed but
the roads are not yet completed.
As the new homestead law states
that the homesteader must get on
he land in 1)0 days, it will be
necessary to install roads before
the lands are opened. There was
much agitation on the part of
Kaahu to have lower, appraisals
on these lands. The committee
looked wefl into the matter of
appraisals and could not get to
gether on an opinion. At present
lion. J. II. Coney has a bill in the
senate to have homestead lands
sell at the uniform price of $2
per acre. This bill is aimH to
aid poor homesteaders who can
not afford to pay the appraised
prices of homestead lands as they
are appraised at the present
time.
The Homesteading Problem
at Kapaa
A thorough tour of inspection
through the Kapaa homesteads
brought many things to light.
Although the roads were in fair
condition at the time, all members
of the committee agreed that a
macadam road as proposed in
Aguiar's bill appropriating $1:1,
000 for seven miles of macadam
road in Kapaa homesteads, would
bo a great benefit to the home
steaders. The bill stands a good
chance to &et through. Lund
Commissioner Bailey is in favor
of it, stating that the money is
there for the purpose.
At a mass meeting in the Kapaa
Court House the committee ami
land commissioner heard the
various grievances of the home
steaders. The meeting was full
of complaints, and at times some
very startling rumors came to
light. The chief topic of discus
sion was on the matter of con
tracts between homesteaders and
the Makee Sugar Company. Ap
parently most of the- contracts
expire this year and with no pro
vision for a new contract in sight
the homesteaders are at a loss as
to what thev will do should the
plantation be unwilling to accept
their cane when it is mature. At
present Manager Wolters of the
Makee Sugar Company is not
authorized to give written con
tracts to grind anybody's cane,
but he has made eibal agree
ments to accept cane from various
homesteaders at a fair price.
Joe Correa made a strong plea
for a government ditch to bring
water from the north fork of the
Wailua stream to the Kapaa
homesteads, claiming that if the"
same were not forthcoming a
water famine would exist at Ka
paa. The present acreage under
cane, he said, along with the acre
age that will soon be under culti
vation, is far in excess of the pre
vious acreage, and irrigated from
the present source of water. There
is much truth in the statement as
in past years the plantation has
fallowed U0 per cent of the land
and with the homesteader coming
onto the land he is required to
cultivate all of his land which
permits no fallaw.
Government control of the
water system at Kapaa was ad
vocated bv mauv of the home
Kauai Gave $2 1,000
to "help the boys over there"
Kauai Y. M. C. A.
needs $7,200
to "help the boys over here"
Support the local
steaders, the claim being made
that there is sufficient water if
the ditches were properly looked
after and the water distributed
exactly in proportion to the re
quirements of each individual
homesteader with no wastage.
Such a measure has been intro
duced in the house, and that an
effort will be made for its passage
was presented by several of the
committee.
Jfegarding water for domestic
purposes at Kapaa, a good deal
of agitation was advanced to
have steps taken to supply drink
ing water to homesteaders in the
fourth series and others along the
main line that supplies the town
of Kapaa. The measure intro
duced in the house by one of our
representatives for the distribu
tion of water for domestic pur
poses was tabled in the house be
cause they considered it a matter
of county supervision.
It is to be regretted that the
legislators had to get back to
Honolulu so quickly for there was
much more to be said on all mat
ters pertaining to homesteading,
and the meeting had to be cut
.diort to allow the committee to
look into some other important
matters before sailing time on
Saturday evening.
How Makaweli
Handled the Flu
The following statement is the
result of an interview with a re
sident of Makaweli, independent
of the plantation who was there
through the whole epidemic and
has had exceptional facilities for
knowing the situation from the
inside
It Came With a Rush .
The Spanish Influenza at Ma
kaweli started on the i'M of
Fclnuary, and came with a rush
out of a clear sky, 22 cases the
first day, and of a very virulent
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