The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-04-09

.s'eh oaEas 70 he abis . comply With
isawiins thought the questions were
getting too dep for The witness
The witness again repeated his as.
seruonh but wanted 10 know again
where the water was to come FROM
me people had TO move from the up
ihnus TO the beach for water and at
a time OF drouth had had 20 20 10
Lahaina for water supply.
Silva asked him how many taro
patches had been on the island ana
was told quite a lot" He did not
Know where that water was going 70
! row and Silva asked him II the goats
frank IL all up. He had understood
lhat they were responsible in some
way.
The witness thought the water in the
Maunalei gulch the same now as I'm
The past. II had never reached the
sea as a stream at any time.
Namil'mili, born ffty-six years ago
on Lanai was another witness. He
was asked particularly about the sprine
at the head of the Maunalei gulch but
could not say what land II was in.
Is evidence, regarding the friendly
Gay was the same as that of the pre-
vious witness.
Mr.. Gay Is the father of us ALL"
said the witness. who added that he
did not want any homestead, because
he never was flush with money and
couldn't afford it,
Nothing will grow on II because
the showers don't come often enough
and there Is no water. The Lanai
lands are not suitable for hornesteads,
for sometimes itsrains and sometimes
1t doesn'trand your crop dries up" was
the parting compliment the witness
paid to the island of his birth.
Kenui, another native son, testified
along the same lines. He also re-
membered the Maunalei sugar planta-
ton. the cane Of which was salty to
taste because the water was bracksh.
The pumps there ran only at day times
and the drying water left salty crust.
That was one of the reasons they quit
the plantation. -p.-
Kuila, who had been one of the men
employed by Gay to Install the pipe line
and pumps. said that the pumps did
not take all the spring water. The
rest of the water flows down the gulch
ito where Silva shot his goat" explain
ed the witness.
He had been an employe also of the
Maunalei sugar plantation, but did nor
remember anything about their water
tunnels. The taro patches in the gulch
now are filled with stones from the
pals. caused by the goats, which had
off he Ctl
and left nothing to hold the rocks.
The only thing they raise in Lanai
now is sweet potatoes, poi and taro
being brought from Lahaina. The cat
tie now get their water from Mr.. Gays
cistern and pipe line. Before these
had been put in Hayselden and Dow
sett had to drive the stock to the beach
for water. man could drink water
from the beach wells If he got used
to it, but before being used to it it
made people awfully sick There is
not enough water in Maunalei gulch
to irrigate the basin. There Is only
enough water to irrigate small
amount of land.
Kaleiopu then put a general quesA
ton to the fifteen natives present as
to Gays treatment of them and others
on the island. being told that Gay was
''pololei."
The evidence of Kahikanaka, an aged
native who had lived all his life OF
years on Lanai, was much
the same as that of all the others. He
was emphatic in his expressions of the
of any one attempting to
farm on the island with any hope OF
success. This man and his wife, an
old blind woman some years his senior,
lived in a primitive grass hut on his
own kuleana.
Sisal planted three years ago in the
basin was doing fairly well, according
10 the opinion of w. Weinrich, manager
of the Hawaiian Fiber Company, who
was one of the Investigating party. A
patch of sugar cane, which had been
growing INTENDED for eight years, was
in about the condition 1t would be IL
eft TO grow unirrigated and unculti-
waited elsewhere in the Territory. Ma
nela, sort of Manila hemp, was the
one fiourishing plant on the plains in
addition to the cactus.
During the visit of the committee
Mr. Gay looked after their wants in a
most hospitable manner, supplying the
party with horses. and accommodate
ions. Throughout the two days he
personally conducted the party to
whatever points they showed a dispo-
sition to see and put at their disposal
his native retainers.