The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-15
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all the said public lands on the island |
of Lanai for other lands, and i'm pur-
suance of said decision the said res
pondent George r. Carter as Governor
aforesaid, and the said James w. Pratt
as the Commissioner of Public Lands
as aforesaid have issued said advertise
ment above set forth calling for offers
to be given the said Commissioner of
Public Lands of other landse that are
equal i'm value to those of Lanai and of
greater immediate service to the Ter
ritorial Government from any respon
sibe person up to and including the
18th day of December, 1906
And your orator further showeth
unto your Honor that your orator is
informed and believes and upon such
information and belief alleges that the
said James w. Pratt as Commissioner
of Public Lands as aforesaid threatens
to and will exchange said public lands
on the island of Lanai for other lands
equal i'm value to those of Lanai in
case said Pratt receives an offer there
for from a responsible person. and the
said George r. Carter as Governor of
the Territory of Hawaii as aforesaid
threatens to and will consent to and
approve of such an exchange, unless
he the said Pratt, and he the said
Carter be restrained and enjoined
from so doing;
"And your orator further showeth
unto your honor that the said James
w. Pratt as Commissioner of Public
Lands for the Territory of Hawaii has
10,
said public lands of Lanai above des-
cribed, for other lands of equal value.
or any other lands at all and said
George r. Carter as Governor of the
Territory of Hawaii has no legal right
or authority to consent to or approve
of said threatened and intended eX-
change of said Lanai lands;
"And your orator further showeth
unto your Honor that the intended and
proposed exchange of said Lanai lands
as aforesaid is not proposed by way of
compromise or equitable settlement of
the rights of any claimants, nor by
| way of exchange for parcels of land
acquired for any road or roads, nor for
a site or sites of a government build
ing or buildings, nor for any other
government purpose or purposes;
"And your orator further shows un-
to your Honor upon information and
belief that the said public lands of
Lanai are of great value, the said land
of Kamoku containing about 5000
acres of land which is good grazing
land, and Having about miles of sea
frontage with a good harbor; said land
extending inland about 6 miles and
having a value of $4,000; and that the
said public land known as and called
Paomai which is good grazing land,
| having about 1-2 miles of sea 'front.'
age including a fair harbor or landing.
| and extending inland over miles, has
a value of $4,000.
! "And your orator further shows unto
your Honor that the tracts of said
public lands of Lanai other than said
lands of Kamoku and Paomai are also
of great value each of said tracts of
land being worth more than the sum
of $4,000"
The petition further sets forth the
fact that the governor was about to
direct the Land Commissioner to make
a transfer of the governments holdings
! on Lanai and prayer for the issuance
of temporary injunction restraining
! Pratt from making the transfer or
| Carter approving such transfer.
Judge Robinson issued a temporary
/ injunction and a bond of $1,000 was
given by McCandless. Service was
obtained today. The matter was sub
mitted to Attorney General Peters by
/ Governor Carter.
Today, December 10, was the final
day when tenders for the transfer of
the land could be made. The upset
price of the government property was
placed at about 100000.
1T consider" said Judge Gear the
| attorney for McCandless "it is an out
rage that such exchange of public land
should take place. Senator McCand-
less has shown himself to be a public
spirited citizen in seeking to prevent
the transfer. There is at least one
good harbor about that island and the
government loses entire control of the
water front and harbor facilities of the
island, if such an exchange is made.
There is nothing to prevent any pri-
vate owner from selling that land to
the Japanese if he chose, and giving
them a foothold in these islands l
consider the situation quite serious
one and / think that every influence
should be brought to bear to prevent
the transfer, on political considerations
1 aside from the actual value of these
government lands which are shown in
the governors report to be exceedingly
valuable assets.
II believe that the President would
order the sale stopped, if the facts
were presented to his notice"
A FINE TREAT.