The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-23
THE LAST DAYS
OUTING ON MAUI
Viewing Haiku Lands Which
May Be Homesteaded
---WaiIuku.
(Staf Correspondence

| (Stah Correspondence.
MAKAWAO, March 11.-Today the
newspapermen were invited to luncheon
| with the Governor IS party at Mr..
Aiken s residence here and drove up
from Paia for that purpose, also to
join the party in the afternoon ~en a
tour of inspection of lands that Hon.
H. P. Baldwin proposes to exchange for
the Omopio land adjoining the II. G.
& S. Co. s plantation-the land that was
viewed on the morning the Governor
arrived on the island.
! A delicious luncheon was served on
the lanai, one indeed which could hard
/ ly be surpassed at the highest class
| city cafe. Mrs. Aiken most graciously
joined her husband in dispensing the
| hospitality of their charming home.
From the lanai magnificent view is
| commanded, q rolling and partly wood
ed landscape in the foreground, then
| expanseS of sugar cane reaching to Ka-
hului bay, where steamship at anchor
was visible ON this occasion, and the
grand mountains of West Maui beyond
gorgeous banks of cloud resting about
their SUBMITS, the bright emerald cane
fields of Waikiki plantation lying at
their hither base.
An object lesson of the value of
forest resources, as well as of the rapid
ity with which they develop profit in
these islands, is seen from the seats
around the hospitable board. Piles of
cordwood are lying upon plateau In
the near view, and we are told that
they represent $500 worth of fuel and
that the trees require only seven or
eight years to attain this stage of mer-
charitable growth. After its culling the
forest comes up new without any tree
planting. Mr.. Won Tempsky, it is said,
makes $4,000 a year from this source
for Haleakala Ranch Co.
Mr.. Aiken is rather above the rank
of small farmer, seeing that he has
10000 pineapples growing. About his
home he raises papayas and lines in
merchantable quantities, while a vari-
ETY. of other fruits and wealth of
flowers on the place further attest his
standing as horticulturist.
Although unable to visit the Haiku
pineapple cannery / have seen a large
area of land planted to the fruit in its
vicinity and am told that there are
seven or eight Independent planters be
sides the company operating the can
merry.
Accompanied by Hon. III. P. Baldwin
and Manager Harry A. Baldwin of the
Maui Agricultural Co. Combining Paia,
Haiku, etc.), the Governor and party
IL 4
in the mooted, but not yet formally |
proposed, exchange. The ride was for
some distance through a dense guava |
jungle and some nasty little gulches
were taken. There were two or three |
small tracts either visited or viewed |
from a short distance, the first one
containing 426 acres, and the quality |
of the soil was appraisable to experts |
partly by the vegetation and partly |
by comparison with number of home I
steads owned by Portuguese upon SINH
larly featured lands adjacent.
Some of the extensive tree planting
done by the Baldwin interests on Maui
was among the instructive sights of
the trip. Amidst the guava bushes and
other scrnbby growths were a large
number of grevilla trees, which have
been planted recently and are looking
very well. It is a tree that seems to
have found here a c0ngenial soil and
is said to be a valuable timber tree.
Kueau, native chief, owned 5000
acres of the best land in this region
about the year 1869. when the elder
Baldwin made his advent in sugar
planting on the island. The tract is
now partly included in the big sugar
Along stretches of the main road
travelled on this trip there are many
1omesteads occupied by Portuguese
who bought the land from private
owners The houses are comfortable
cooking and their premises generally
we'll kept and at all or nearly all of
hem children were playing outside.
Neatly clad and cleanly, the youngsters
give every promise of growing up to
equitable citizenship.
Besides corn, potatoes, beans and the
ike these homesteaders cultivate some
PRODUCTS of their own Introduction. For
me thing they raise a, dry land taro
which they imported from Madeira,
nd for another a peach from the same
ountry which, though smaller, has a
letter flavor than the California peach.
'ome, a matter of course, are rails !
ng pineapples. 2
A visit was paid by the party to the ]
winery of the Kaupakalua Wine e. !
liquor Co., its wine being sampled. It (
Fas thought to combine properties of Z
berry, port and white wines. It's 7
aste is agreeable and carries just {
nough astringency to attest its gem +
inc grape derivation. I have been T
however, by Portuguese T
at Paia that the grape T
sed by the company is not the best 7
or winemaking. This is largely an 7
ldustry of the Portuguese settlers
acked by capital from the chief towns
this section. Z
In riding along I mentioned to Mr.
aldwin the elder that I had heard +
2 was in favor of the cause of small
-rming.
Il am very much in favor of small
rms Mr.. Baldwin in substance re-
bonded, and believe they can be es-
he1 vr-f+