The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-29
GARFIELD HOPES
GREAT THINGS
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at the public hall when the Secre-
| tary and the Governor returned from
| Kealia. The Lihue band greeted the
| arriving party with The Star Span
gled Banner" the Secretary removing
| his hat as soon as the selection began.
Paul Isenberg made the presentations.
There was a brief address by the
| Secretary, one of his pleasantly sin
| cere talks which commands respect
and confidence, and the party started
for Laval, leaving Lihue, where SO
much that was interesting and i'm
portant in the matter of forestry was
learned.
Near the Koloa schoolhouse a train
was waiting for the party, which had
now greatly increased by the addition
of large number of Lihue and Koloa
people. The train took the party to
Laval Gulch, the beach home of the
McBrydes, where another large COM
pany, including great many ladies
from Eleele, Makaweh, Waimea and
even beyond, was assembled. Here
luau such as this place is so cele-
brated for, was served. There were
all the delicacies which go to make
up an affair of this kind. There was
music and after the luau there was
dancing, the Secretary dancing the
first dance with Mrs Gay.
THE LAVAL LUAU.
Paul Isenberg very happily introduce
ed the Secretary who made very BRIEF
address. mainly of appreciation of the
kindness, and hospitality, and aid in
his work, which he had received ev-
erywhere in the Islands; of the pleas
ure and satisfaction it had been to him
to come here, and the hope he had
that his visit would enable him, UNI
Outstanding conditions better, to help
the Territory to help itself along lines
of Americanization and betterment,
which he had found SO much striving
for.
Those who were to continue with
the Secretary and the Governor fur
Their on the tour, left early while the
remainder of the guests tarried longer,
continuing the festivities
By train from the gulch the party
returned to where they had left their
autos near the Koloa school, and the
start through the Kalaheo homesteads
and to view the Eleele breakwater, be-
gan. The Secretary and the Governor
were in Mrs. Gays splendid auto, w.
A. Kinney and H. d. Wishard being
seated with the Secretary to explain
the origin and development of the Ka-
laheo homesteads. While the primary
object of aiding the homesteaders TO
take up these lands was to secure
permanent and reliable plantation Ia
Dor supply, it was recognized from the
start that the object would not be
accomplished in any real way unless
not only the homesteaders were indie
pendent, but felt that they were.
THE KALAHEO HOMESTEADS.
The location of these particular
homestead lands was especially fortu-
nate in this respect as they are so
located that three plantations are ac-
cessible TO them, and with improved
roads and Improvement in other trans
portation facilities, will be increasing
Iy accessible. At first there was diff
ficulty in getting the people to believe
that there was not some Interior pur-
pose in view. and only about twenty
families took up homesteads then.
These are now harvesting their second
crop of pineapples, for which a ready
market at the market prices is pro-
vided by a cannery now in operation,
and which last year packed six thou
sand cases. There are now about nine
ty homesteaders. and the demand for
land to homestead is increasing. The
homesteads present a very striking APP
pearance, and the grouping of houses.
many of them exceedingly well kept.
is almost unique in the Hawaiian Is
lands
From Kalaheo the party went on to
Eieele where the breakwater and the
plans for the creation of better ship
ping and transportation facilities, were
shown:
ROAD MAKING ON KAUAI.
The road from EIeele to waimea is
much of it magnificent. Wherever the
Board of Supervisors has undertaken
to improve the roads they have done
ii in the most substantial manner.
Grades are reduced to a maximum of
five per cent. Bridges and culverts
are made of concrete. Perfect drainage
is secured. and on top of the macadam.
is sprinkled. at whatver intervals of
Itime is necessary. a light dressing of
sand, which is found TO be vastly
superior substitute for sprinkIing,
keeping the dust down. saving wear on
the macadam, forming a better sur