The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-06
MAY MEAN KONA.
DEVELOP

Referring to the meeting of the Ha
waiian Mahogany Lumber Co.'s direc
tors in Honolulu he said:
"At the meeting on Tuesday an en-
tirely new suggestion was brought for
ward as to shipment, and one whic
may involve the presence here of Nj
J. b. Castle, Mr.. Shinsle, Mr.. Thurs
ton and Mr.. Hedemann, manager o
the Honolulu Iron Works Tney woul(
come to look over ths ground here
IN Puma, at the volcano forest and il
Kona- 1t would probably be a coupl,
of days before this was decided. A
any rate, l look for settlement OF
the shipping question within week. u
The suggestion that new shipping
proposition has arisen that would bring
MIR. Hedemann and Mr.. Castle to Ha-
waii, the Herald says, may indicate an
entirely new plan of operations in
which Mr.. Castle can, perhaps, include
his large undertakings for the develop
ment of Kona with the projects of the
Hawaiian Mahogany Lumber Company
on this side of the Island of Hawaii
HOMESTEADS SECURED.
After twenty-one days wait, from
February to February 21, the Span
iards and Hawaiians secured the farm
lands, under agricultural leases, for
which they had so long been waiting,
all of them, perhaps, with one excep-
ton
All the applicants were Hawaiians
or newly-arrived Spaniards. They all
had more gold coin than was needed
how much he had to pay. This indi-
Gated that they were dummies acting
for others, especially as one man
claimed that he had been paid five dol
lars day all the time he had been
waiting.
Besides the six months rent paid in
advance, Land Agent Williams collect
ed $500 as the value of improvements
on some of the lots. The names of
the applicants and their lots are as fol-
lows:
Upper Maulua, North Hilo-
Lot 81, 100 acres; appraised $3.50.
Improvements, $50. Olivia Kahaipo
Bila.
Lot So, 100 acres; appraised $3.50.
John Kekoi
Lot Sc, 100 acres; appraised $3.50.
Antonio Cano.
Lot 81, 100 acres; appraised $3.50.
Chas. Kameenui.
Lot 80, 100 acres; appraised $3.50. |
Improvements, so. Francisco Alva-
RADIO.
Lot "a, 100 acres; appraised $4OO.
Improvements, $40. Antonio Pretel.
Honomu, S. Hilo-
Lot 5, 26.95 acres; appraised $161.7O.
Jaeinta Estrella.
Lot 6, 31.33 acres; appraised $1s7.9s.
Man. E. Cordeiro.
Lot s, 3l.69 acres; appraised $19O.14.
Ant j. Estrella.
New Olaa Tract, Puma
Lot IL, 1854 acres; appraised
$173.39 Aug Esser.
Lot 226, 1905 acres; appraised
$l22.7O. Not taken.
LABOR UNION.
About forty Hawaiian laborers met
in Firemen's hall on Saturday evening
10 discuss labor conditions in the is
land of Hawaii, and more particularly
in the districts of North and South
Hilo. The opinion of the meeting was
that labor union should be organized
to protect the interests of Hawaiian
especially against the en-
ployment of japanese in positions that
had been and could be satisfactorily
filed by Hawaiians.
Most of the men present were work
ars on the county roads who are dis
satisfied at being laid off when neither
the South Hilo nor North Hils district
had been in debt.
David Ewaliko acted as temporary
chairman of the meeting and the fol-
owing committee was appointed to
prepare a constitution and bylaws
,ased upon those of the unions on the
mainland: David Ewaliko, ]. Kai Jr.,
7. P. Hale, S. K. Kahana, Henry West,
Dan Kaihenui and ]. K. Paahao.
Among the principal speakers were
Kalaiwaa and ]. P.
Hale u
After the meeting, David Ewaliko
old the Herald that it was not the
Intention to dabble in politics noc to
Interfere in any way with business or
business men. The sole object OF the 7
was that the Hawaiians
should help each other. If the haoles 7
rave them work it was only right that
hey should buy their goods from the
laole stores and not patronize the Chi
leSe stOreS Thau tbara por,1d he M