The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-06

l direct examination was finished before
the noon recess and considerable prog
ress made in his cross examination dur
ing the afternoon.
The witness testified on direct ex-
| animation that A. w. Carter had con-
suited freely with him regarding the
| management of the ranch and that he
/ had generally acquiesced in the various
| improvements proposed by Carter.
| In regard to the purchase of Waiko-
| Ioa. Wundenberg had repeated to him
| the rumor that Carter intended buying
| on his own account, but he had told
Wundenberg that he thought this was
| untrue, as it had been understood all
along that Carter was to purchase for
the ranch. The Puuloa deal stood on
a different footing, as there was an
outside bidder and he had instructed
Wundenoerg to be present at the sale
and commence bidding for Parker's
Humuula interests at the point where
Carter left off bidding for the ranch.
| In regard to the Paauhau deal, the
witness told of Politics offer of $780,,
600 and Carriers counter demand OF
s124OOO He said that Carter had told
him that he did not want to sell, as
he did not know what to do with the
money unless he could buy out Parker's
interest in the ranch. 1t was at this
time that the witness came to the
conclusion that Carter was not repre-
senting the best interests of the minor
and the movement was started to put
him out of the management and
guardianship.
The financial arrangements for the
removal proceedings were substantial
ly the same as testified to by Wunden-
berg Parker denied that he had had
any conversation with Low previous to
filing the papers, but said he had talk
ed with Magoon about fee of $1,000
which the witness agreed to pay. Just
prior to the application to the court
for an allowance for counsel fees he
had informed Magoon that he would
not be responsible for lawyers fees
from that time on, though he still sup
posed he was responsible for expenses
of witnesses and was willing to hang
on a little longer on this basis, if the
lawyers did not drag the thing out for
the next twenty years.
The witness told of the efforts of
himself and Carter to find a manager
when Paul Jarrett left. They tried to
get Louis Won Tempsky and George
Campbell before Parker suggested that
Fred Carter, who was already on the
ranch, be continued as assistant man
ager. Carter had stated that people
would talk if he appointed his brother,
and the witness responded Let them
talk"
The cross-examination began upon a
statement of the witness that he had
always been ready to settle the differ
ences over the Parker ranch with Car
ter, but when Kinney offered to take
him up on the spot on a buy or sell
proposition the witness stated that it
would first be necessary to have the
court settle the question as to who
owned the leases which stood in the
name of the witness. Kinney then en-
deavored to show that this considera-
ton had always blocked the different
propositions for settlement, even when
Parker was protesting his willingness
to settle
Parker, on being asked if he had
not consented only with reluctance to
improvements Carter made on the
ranch. admitted that he had taken time
to consider all proposals relating to
expenditure. He had to consult with
Wundenberg and when in New York
he inquired into the price of pipe so
| as to judge of Carriers figures for that
article
Il had to keep watch on my half OF
the expenditures, while Garter had
nothing to do but sit down and draw
checks the witness said 1t was bluff
remarks like this which kept the court
itself, as well as attorneys and specta-
tors smiling all the afternoon.
Kinney pressed the witness for rea-
sons why he thought Carter should
have sold the Paauhau lands last year.
instead of waiting until ''he was forced
recently.
Parker regarded the sale as merely
proving that Carter had changed his
mind, and when Kinney asked why w
q. Irwin had gone over and bought the
lands for $124,000 he answered.:
Billy Irwin bought the lands for
the directors just the same as you or
L would have done 1t was all arrang
ed by Pollitz and the others over in
San Francisco"
Asked about Mr.. Twins reasons for
| not wanting to buy the lands when the
matter was preached last year his re-
ply was:
L don't know, but I'm going to dine
with Billy irwin tonight and will ask
him. and I'll let you know in the morn
ing
Kinney worked hard for an admis-
sion that the witness knew that it
was of vital Importance for the Paau-
hau plantation people to have secured
| the Paauhau lands, constituting APP
proximately half of the plantations
area of about 1000 acres and control
ling the landing. But, though accept
| ing paper and pencil with the remark
! that it was a long time since he went
to school, he stopped short in his cal
culations when asked to answer as an
expert. He refused to testify as an ex-
| pert but only from his general knowl-
! edge of Hamakua land prices. A dis
tinction he insisted on was that the
: plantation company had a mill and
complete sugar-producing equipment
which he held put it out of fair COM
, parison with the minor in her owner
ship of lands merely capable of Gull
tivation.