The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-19

TEST|F|ES
Archie Kaaua Makes
Some important
Admissions.

liz . CS1NC1 part VI the CIOSS-SAdIll-
nation OF Archie Kaaua in the Parker
ranch case was taken up with the
question of the understanding of pad
docks. The witness was shy on figures.
he had no choice between FIVE and five
thousand as the number of cattle
short, nor between one hundred and
five hundred as the number already in
a given paddock He knew that the
ranch kept a record and that every
animal put in and taken out was
counted. Why the gate between Wal
xii and Pakili was open at times and
closed at times was a mystery to the
witness. but it was improper anyway.
The witness having been in temper
airy charge at Puuwaawaa was asked
liz he had ever formed judgment as to
whether that ranch was overstocked at
that time, but had not observed it.
Did you ever hear that your brother
l-Eben Low-overstocked that ranch so
that Hind lost thousand cattle and
the rest nearly starved?" asked Kin
ney.
II never heard that it was the over
stocking by Eben Low that caused the
loss"
What did cause it?''
II don't know"
'fWas it the dry weather"
81 think So
Then you think it is proper man
agement to stock a ranch to such a.
point that it requires good weather to
carry the cattle through"
i think it is proper that a manager
should take into consideration times of
famine as well as times of plenty"
"Then what ought the rule to be in
regard to the number you carry?"
MY idea would be to do what was of
benefit to yourself, with which rule
of action the attorney had to be con-
tent
Returning to the Parker ranch, Kin
lney asked:
HAS Carter managed the ranch so
that in good or bad weather he has
never been caught without sufficient
grass?"
IL don't remember any time they
were short" replied the witness.
Kinney questioned the witness as to
the droughts of 1901 and 1903 and the
Occasion when cattle were sent from
Puuwaawaa ranch to Waimea to save
their lives The witness admitted that
Throughout all these times Carter had
never been obliged to refuse an order
for fat cattle.
WAS that chance" asked Kinney,
'for was it the result of elaboration
and thought?"
Il wish you would enIighten me as
to the question" said the witness.
you are in the witness stand to
lenlighten u.s. retorted Kinney.
when the questions are framed so
that L can answer them
'''WeIl, T guess that question will
answer itself" said Kinney and the
round was declared a draw.
Kinney probed gently into the man
ner of the witnesses leaving Eben Lows
employ
Didn't your brother discharge your
he asked.
NO" explained the witness. HE
sent me with a shipment of cattle for
the Kohala market. Several died on
the way, and I was afraid he would
be angry. So I did not go back at all,
but went to Waimea.''
And he never sent for you?"
s'No"
Paul Jarrett was next called to the
stand and examined as to conditions
on the ranch prior to and at the time
Garter took over control. He had be-
come manager before Sam Parker's
uncle died, and had held office while
the trustees were in charge. The mort
gage of $1,000 had been paid off be-
fore he left, but not Sam Parker
mortgage on his half
Magoon asked the witness in detail
concerning each paddock on the ranch
in his time, and how many head each
would carry in dry and wet weather
With regard to fences the witness said
that three miles would fence off the
Kohala mountains, but to fence off
Maunakea would be very costly If the
fence were built it would take a long
time to tame all the wild cattle.
Inbreeding was prevalent on the
ranch when the witnes was in charge.
He did not have the means to stop it
by fencing off the whole ranch, as the
trustees had directed him to be eco
He had snapped bulls with
the other ranches and thus got what |
new blood he wanted. He had seen the |
Herefords that Carter imported, and
considered them good animals
There was considerable ivy on the |
ranch when he took charge. 1t was
very slow growing, and he did not know |
that he had spoken to Carter about it, |
though Carter had seen it. His method |
Of dealing with the dairy was to sus- |
pend operations and turn the animals |
out when it got too wet. He had |
thought of building a dairy at Waimea. |
where conditions were better Alfalfa. |
'ye and pill grass would grow at Wal
rea, also corn in certain seasons. He
had begun raising hogs, but only a few
months before he left.