The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-20
PAID Lake FOB TENTS
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oliver. who occupies tent number so
and has been acting as inspector for
Lake. 'The camp is divided by Market
street into two sections. called l and 2.
In both OF these the refugees have
been ordered TO pay rent to Lake. Al
last count there were more than 200
tents and small shacks in the camp.
1t will be seen by very little figuring
what a fat income the 50 and "a rate
would bring in. have been told to
levy rents for Lake. but 1 am deter
mined to wash my hands of such bust
ness. These poor people are destitute
and can not afford to pay anything for
the accommodation they have.
II am told that this property is
owned by several persons. but 1t is diff
ficult to get at its records. The portion
on the south is supposed to belong to
some one in France. whose interests
are looked after by an agent here. The
north section is partly owned by the
State for Normal School purposes, and
/ understand that a portion belongs TO
an individual and is now in litigation.
I'm which case no lease could be held
by Lake. He claims that Mayor
Schmitz has authorized his possession
of the north portion and that he has
lease on the Frenchman's portion, but
he has never produced any such proof
of his right 10 ooiiant rents"
Frank S. Malone, venerable man of
seventy-six years, forty-seven of which
he has spent in California, lives with
his wife in a pitiful excuse for shelter
composed of scrap iron, refuse wood
and tattered gunnysack. which he gath
cred. carried on his aged back, and pa
tiently, bravely fashioned into
"home" Malone is an exempt fire.
man and Mexican veteran.
Lake demanded rent of me-" said
the old man. trembling with indigna-
ton. 81 told him what l thought of
him. No camp was ever better pro-
vided with supplies than this one, but
the people never get a fraction OF
| what belongs to them. Lake knows
where 1t goes to. We don't. We can
| only guess, and go hungry"
II have not been asked for rent
said Mrs. ]. L. Dexter because l, with
Mrs. r. Reese, have been working for
| that man Lake since April 10Th. cook
| ing every day for him and his assist
ants and not getting cent for our
slavery. Yesterday we quit, worn out.
Meanwhile we have had to depend up
| on our outside friends for donations of
| food"
/ T. p Bowker stated that he moved
\ from camp to a vacant lot when 81
was asked of him, about three weeks
4 ago. He decided to get outside the
| Jurisdiction of relief camp landlord.
| Mrs. A. Moore, in tent 5. refused to
| pay for refugee quarters and referred
| Lakes emissary to her husband, but he
| did not call again. Mrs. Moore resent
| ed Lakes action in asking her to sign
an agreement to pay rent.
$. II. Tayor knows of several in
stances where rent has been levied and
| paid, and states that several tent
dwellers have been threatened with
election If the money was not forth
coming by certain date.
The following story, in the Examiner
of July Ii, reads:
Storm clouds broke over Camp Lake
yesterday. Since J. w. Lake assumed
management of the relief work in that
section the clouds have been gathering
until majority of the refugees whose
shacks and tents cluster at the foot
of the hill are now united in mutiny
against the Lake regime.
Determined to defy their superin-
tendent in a law-abiding and official
manner, the campers circulated a petit
ton addressed to the finance commit
tee of the National Red Cross Society
requesting the removal of j. w. Lake
More than hundred signatures testi-
fed to the cordially inimical relations
existing between Lake and the COM
munity in his charge. Then bright
eyed, determined little woman. Mrs. n
c. Evans, chairman of the protest COM
mittee, went to headquarters in the
Hamilton School building and filed the
document for proper presentation to
the finance committee at its regular
meeting yesterday. Camp Lake retir-
ed last night hopeful of results.
Members of the grand jury have
been making investigation into Camp
Lake affairs. 1t is said that consid-
cradle information has been giver
them by persons of responsibility ant
integrity encamped there.