The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-07-28
SHOUTING
HURTS COWS

According to Col. John T. Baker. the
hercuiean Hawaiian Of the island of
Hawaii who posed for the statue OF
Kamehameha the Great. which adorns
the grounds of the Judiciary building.
shouting during a drive is extremely
trying on the nerves of cattle. 1t is his
idea that cowboys who shout. holler
and boot are not exactly the men he
would employ in the delicate task of
driving cattle to the branding pens.
This formed a part of Col. Bakers
testimony in the Parker ranch case be-
fore Judge Lindsay yesterday after
noon. Col. Baker occupied the witness
chair all day. Occupied, is used adj
yisedly, for Col. Baker is one Of the
largest and most imposing looking Ha-
waiians in the islands. He is a witness
for Attorney Magoon. and the latter
put the questions all day. although
frequently interrupted by objections
from Attorney Kinney, who is defend
ing the Carter interests.
Attorney Magoon wanted to know II
the branding was done in the presence
of men only as spectators. Baker re-
piled that at times women were pres
ent. Whether this information was in
tended to reveal a horrible state of
affairs on the cattle ranch was not de-
veloped. AS to Fred Carter. the man
ager of the ranch, Col. Baker said he
was present during drives. but not al
ways about the pens. He might have
given orders to tine lunas, but Baker
did not see him give them. 1t was
Bakers opinion that Fred Carter did
not do his work properly as manager.
Carriers way of doing things was not
his (Baker's) way.
According to your way of managing
a drive, do the men shout, holler and
boot. when" began Mr.. Magoon.
At this juncture Kinney objected and
was sustained by the court.
well, do the men keep quiet, and
say nothing at all?'' insquired Mr.. Ma
COON.
They shout"
'well. how do they shout?"
Loud"
Just one man shouting?"
NO all the men there shout AS for
me, ! don't like shouting, for that only
scares the cattle"
That was the way the testimony was
going when the courst adjourned at
4 p. m.
In the forenoon Col Baker referred to
disease among the Parker ranch cat
tie. He said he had seen dead horses
and cattle rotting away in the Ii reser-
voir from which the live cattle drank
water. He said he had notified Carter
when he discovered a rotting carcass.
The witness said there was need for
more chutes in the pens. He gave some
testimony as to their probable cost,
Kinney objecting to this on the ground
that this was expert testimony and the
witness was not qualified to testify as
an expert.
s. T. ALExANDER'S WILL.
Petition was filed yesterday in the
Circuit Court that letters testamentary
be issued to Lyle A. Dickey, as adj
ministrator of the estate of the late
S. T. Alexander of Oakland, Calf, who
died as a result of injuries received at
Victoria Falls, South Africa, September
10, 1904.
In the petition it is explained that
when the codicil was executed, Mr.
Alexander was sixty-five years Of age,
and that Martha Eliza Alexander,
named as executrix in said will, has
declined to act as executrix. The codicil
and will were duly admitted to probate
in the Superior Court of California, in
and for the County OF Alameda, on
November a. 1904. the original will now
being on file there. Wallace M. Alex
ander, a son, was appointed admins
traitor on November IA, 1904, by Judge
Green of the California Superior Court.
The devisees and legatees named by q.
T. Alexander are as follows: Juliette
Alexander, daughter, residing in Oak
lond; Annie M. Alexander; Wallace M.
Alexander, son; Martha M. Waterhouse,
residing in Honolulu; VIM. d. Alex
ander, James Alexander, Mary j. Alex
ander, Annie Dickey, Charlotte Alexan-
der Ferriil, Charles Frederick Alexan-
der. Helen Andrews Alexander and VIM.
Gardner Cooke. ,it ~
The copy of the will annexed shows
that to each of his brothers and sis
ters Mr.. Alexander bequeathed SIS, 900.
To his nephew, Charles Frederick Alex
ander, and to his niece, Helen Andrews
Alexander. children Of his deceased
brother, Charles H. Alexander, he be-
queathed $4,000 each. To his nephew.
VIM. Gardner Cooke. he bequeathed
$4,000. To each Of his children, Annie,
Wallace. NJ, Juliette and Martha, he
bequeathed 1000 shares of the capital
stock of the Hawaiian Commercial &
Sugar Company, and 800 shares of the
Paia plantation to each.
All the rest, residue and remainder
of his property, he bequeathed to his
wife.
The legacies to his nephews and
nieces' were to be paid out of moneys
belonging to the estate. and in case OF
inc