The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 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. 1.-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. At
last count there were more than 200
tents and small shacks in the camp.
1t will be seen by very little figuring
. what fat income the So and 81 rate
would bring in. I have been told to
levy rents for Lake but I 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.
ST am told that this property is
owned by several persons but it is diff
ficult to get at it's 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
I understand that portion belongs to
an individual and is now in litigation,
in 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 to onlIant 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. IT told him what l thought of
him No camp was ever better pro
vided with supplies than this one, but
the people never get fraction OF
what belongs to them. Lake knows
where it goes to. We don't. We can
only guess. and go hungry"
Il have not been asked for rent,
said Mrs J. L. Dexter. because l. with
Mrs r. Reese. have been working for
that man Lake since April 18th, cook
ing every day for him and his assist
ants and not getting a cent for our
Yesterday we quit, worn out
Meanwhile we have had to depend up
on our outside friends for donations OF
food"
T. 2. Bowker stated that he moved
from camp TO a vacant lot when 50
was asked of him, about three weeks
ago. He decided to get outside the
jurisdiction of relief camp landlord.
Mrs A Moore. in tent 5, refused TO
paw for refugee quarters and referred
Lakes emissary to her husband. but he
lid not call again Mrs. Moore resent
ed Lakes action in asking her To sign
an agreement to pay rent.
5. II Tayor knows of several in
stances where rent has been levied and
paid and states that several tent
Iwellers have been threatened with
election if the money was not forth
coming by a certain date.
The following story, in the Examiner
IF 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 a majoritv Of the refugees whose
shacks and tents cluster at the root
# the hill are now united in mutiny
gafnst the Lake regime.
Determined to defy their superin-
-endent in a law-abiding and official
manner. the campers circulated a petit
ion addressed to the finance commit
90 of the National Red Cross Society
.anuestfng the removal of j. W. Lake.