The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-02
A, v, CARRIERS STIRRING
ANSWER TO SAM PARKER
He Exposes the Alleged Inwardness Of the Pa
auhau and Hamakua Ditch Dea|s...E ptome
Of Long and Interesting Paper.

as a guardian and served no purpose or
object in promoting his removal as
guardian, and offers no support to and
has no bearing upon the accusations else
where contained in said petition. He
says that said paragraph was inserted
in said petition by the lawyers of said
J. S. Low, to-wit, Messrs. Magoon &
Lightfoot, and was sworn to by ]. 5.
Low by way of admission against the in
terest of said minor and in the interest
of Samuel Parker, the client of said
Magoon & Lightfoot in other issues now
pending against said minor; and that
Low in inserting said admission was
acting merely as the tool and accomplice
of said Samuel Parker and his said at
torneys, and against the interests OF said
minor.
RANCH COMMISSION is REASON
ABLE.
He says that the court after full con-
sideration allowed HIM 31a per cent Of
the income for MANAGING the ranch, as
against 5 per cent allowed to trustees
who were previously carrying it on.
MAGNITUDE OF THE BUSINESS.
That it has been necessary for de-
PENDANT to acquaint himself with ev
cry part and portion of said ranch, and
he has familiarized himself with the
conditions by spending many months
upon said ranch, acquainting himself
with the boundaries of the various
lands and the qualities of different
sections thereof and with the char
40 10 1,1r
on the same. His duties as agent Of
said ranch also require his presence in
Honolulu and the seeking of profit
able market for the livestock and that
he has had to familiarize himself and
to keep constant watch Of the condi-
ton of the markets not only in Homo
lulu but on the Island Of Hawaii as
well.
That the size of said ranch and the
demand for the discharge of active
duties in Honolulu as well as upon
said ranch making necessary a sub
manager on the ranch and an ac-
countant and business assistant in Ho-
nolulu, who is paid by defendant from
his own means.
PARKER WANTED F. w. CARTER.
Defendant admits that for several
years last past his brother, F. w.
Carter, has been sub-manager of said
ranch under salary, but denies that
said F. w. Carter is incompetent, or
has mismanaged the affairs Of the
ranch.
That he has natural aptitude for the
business and was appointed at the ur-
gent request of Samuel Parker, as
shown by letter written to defendant
by Parker.
That defendant preferred to appoint
L. Won TempsFy and offered the posi-
ton to him, and only after Won Temp
sky had declined the offer, and upon
Samuel Parkers urgent request did he
appoint F. w. Carter.
That after F. w. Carter had for
some time held subordinate position
and had demonstrated his ability to
manage said ranch properly and in
a progressive way in accord with the
plans and wishes of this defendant and
of said Samuel Parker as evidenced
by his hearty approval of the work
then being done by said f. w. Carter,
who has performed his duties in a
proper, skillful and faithful manner
That F. w. Carter has been for many
years on or connected with livestock
ranches and made study of the
methods of breeding and handling
livestock and conducting ranches, up
on many of the finest and best con-
Quoted ranches in Oregon, Washing
ton and California.
GREAT INCREASE IN CATTLE.
That under the management of said
F. w. Carter, the ranch has been
greatly improved and it's affairs con-
Quoted in far more businesslike man.
ner than they ever We're before; that at
the branding of cattle upon said ranch
for this year, to-wit, the year 1904,
S054 head of cattle We're branded
whereas the highest number ever
f. w. Carter took charge was 557S,
which shows gain of over A per
cent.
He denies that F. w. Carter is lazy
and indolent, and says that he is out
daily upon the ranch and has a knowl-
edge and familiarity with the stock in
all sections of said ranch that has only
come from continuous personal inspec-
tion of all quarters of said ranch.
DENIES CLASHING OF INTER-
ESTS.
He denies that his interests In the
American Sugar Company, carrying on
business on the Island of Molokai,
clash with his duties with reference
To the Parker Ranch; and as guardian
Of the minor,
FORESTRY AND WATER,
That he has done all possible in the
way of securing proper forest reserves,
and was In negotiation with the gov
eminent for such purpose when this
litigation lnterfered with the negotia-
TONS,
lie denies that he has been negligent
In the matter of tho source Of water
supply ~ said Parker Ranch. ana has
fenced nH certain, SOURCES ~ water
supply canning from mo kuhala Woun-
lAina ana elsewhere.
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