The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-09


Maunaiei EuIch the same nov az n
the past IL had never reached the
sea as a stream az any time
NamnirulIi. born nfty-six years are
on Lanai was another witness he
uas asked particularly about the sprins
Al the head o. the Maunalei Euich but
could not say what land IL was IN
HE evidence regarding the friendly
-statson~hfp between the natives and
CAV was the same a. that q the pre-
vious witness.
-Mr. Gay A. the father % IN an
aid the witness. who ADDED that Z
did not want any homestead. because
he never WAS nush with money ana
couldn't afford a.
Nothing Wfl grow GA q becan.@
the showers don't come often enough
and there ~ no water. The lanai
lands are not suitable Tor hornestea1M.
for sometimes Ia rains and nometiner
IL doesn't and your crop dries ~. v@s
he parrinx compliment the witness
paid 20 the island % his birth-
Kenui another native son. testified
Long The same lines. he also re-
uaubered the Naunaiei sugar planta-
ton the cane n which was salty 10
taste because the water Was bracksh-
Tn. pumps there ran only al day times
and the dryiag water left a saliy crust.
That was one q the reasons they Gun
the plantation
Kuila. who had been one q the mes
employed BY Gay 70 install the pipe line
and pumps. said thai the pumps dAo
no, take an the spring water. The
reSt OF the water h0us down the gslch
10 where silva shot his goat expia n
ed the witness.
he had been an snpioye also q The
Naunaiei sugar plantation. but DID not
remember anything about their water
tunnels The taro patches In TIE gulch
row are nfled with stones from the
nails. caused by the goats. which had
eaten the trees and ferns OF The sides
and let moth ng % bold the rocks
The only thing they rai~s Tn Lana
now T. sweet potatoes. poi and faro
beinE brought from Lahaina- The cat
tie now get their water from Ar. Gays
/ civ-ern and pipe line. Before these
had been put in Hayseiden and Dow
I set had 20 drive the stock 20 the beafa
/ Tor water A man could drink water
fro-, TIE beach wells ~ h. got ues.d
10 IN. but before being used TO u a
I made people avfuily SICK There ir
No. enough water in Maunaisi Euiei,
90 f-rizafe the basin There q o.
I enough water 20 irrigate a Small
amount q land.
! Ka1eiopu then put a general aues-
Y ton 90 the fifteen natives pressnt an
10 GAYS treatment - them and others
ON the ISLAND. being told that Gay va
''polCiei-~
The evidence q Kahlkaraka. an agec
native who had lived an has NE .,
eighty-ssven years on Lana. vas much
~ same a. that q all the others Re
,.as emphatic IL his expressions q 10
/ r4s..leEsuess q any one atternptinE "a
farm on ne island with any hope ~
sscre-s This man and RS wife. an
ola blind woman some years hs ssri'r,
I lived ln q primitive grass hut on -
au-n kgieaua.
~isal planted three years aEp Dr. ne
T aasf- was doing fairly vel. Accord ,fl =
70 rha opinion q ". Weiurich- mara gsr
x the Hawaiian FIber Company Hhq
WAS one q the Investigating party \
/ match Il sugar cane. whlch ha1 peeh
s--avrtrr INTENDED Tor eight years. Haa
I In about the condition b. would D. =
Gs@t % grow unirriEated and uncaiti-
/ waited elsewhere IA The Territory Ma
r.Ia a sort q Manila hemp. waE ne
one aourishlnE plant or th= plains "a
Z addition 90 the cactus.
During the visit % the C1rrrlltfe"
1 ~ cay looked after their wants On =
I most hcsritahIe manner. Supplying n
Marty VIII horses. and aeon nod a.
tlo-g. ThrouEhout TIE two Gays -
ra-rr-arr conducted the parry ~
7--a.er.- points trey showed a d-spo-
r-ira 20 see ard pzr az thei- t-rposa.
rr native re-aiuers.
In these days of the Japanesf lnta-
sim p vas r-ztIfyf-E O. n1-e that Ha-
NAL 70 ar-r we're e-ploTei 90 Lana.
--a eshf-r rights even beng reaerFed
r-- rha-r a1rr7-r- sere-ll tl-7eH hi-'
80 --- -r-.s have b-f1 tr-ler-l fh.
owners ~ tire ene-Esf. fft'-
men.