Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-17


the right of purchase lease and cash
freehold agreement has been dis
placed in large measure by a new
! form of special agreement, the OBJ
! iect Of which is to prevent the pur-
chase of public lands for speculation
or investment and to facilitate its
homesteading, mainly by increasing
the requirements of residence and
cultivation and making easier the
conditions which the bona fide home
steader usually finds most difficult to
comply with Sales of large tracts of
country land. and exchanges of such
lands for city property, have in the
main been discontinued. Congress,
while extending the period for which
agricultural land may be leased. has
may be taken over at any time for
/ purposes Of homesteading or other
public purposes. This provision, al
though widely misunderstood. Is u
wise one for both the capitalist and
the intending homesteader There
Is being prepared a complete history
and statement of the present condi-
tion of every homestead that has
been sold under the present laws
for the light that IT may shed upon
the operation of the laws. II is plan
ned to prepare soon in convenient
form maps and descriptions of all
lands opened but not taken for home
stead purposes--for the information
%: hOmeseekers: likewise record of
each tract of public land. in which
may be entered for the future use of
the department all information from
time to time acquired in regard to IT,
a complete table of all patents and
awards is about ready for the press.
Homestead Roads.
Although there are about n thou
sand lots laid of for homesteads.
thee Is practically no demand for
them, mainly for want of roads. De-
mand for homesteads is concentrated
chiefly upon lands adjoining or near
to roads. The cost of roads in this
Territory is usually very large. The
law at present permits the use of fifty
per cent Of the appraised value of
iahus opened Tor settlement to be set
apart from the proceeds of the sales
: Of such lands for the construction of
ROADS through ana from them to the
Puollc roads' nut II Is often mad
visable to sell lands before the roads
, are Duilt-t Is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ia
the territory and invites intending
= settlers to take up lands under condi-
| lions which they cannot meet. II
would seem that the use OF the entire
l proceeds from the sales OF landssold
= ior Se.'ieneht purposes should be
Y ""tnorlIeu Tor TINS purpose and that
I authority Tor constructing the roads
''r any particular tract should not he
| oohnheu 10 the proceeds OF sales OF
I 'h"t tract
: AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Il Much exceedingly valuable servic,
n has been performed by this boart
z through Its divisions OF forestry, AMI
& mai industry and entomology. Tn,
= service can be greatly extended will
pfott provided funds are available
d but unless some such arrangement, a,
= Is above suggested is made. It is mo-
d easy to see how this can be accom-
d plished.
= a serious question has been raised
r aS to whether the president and ex
= ecutive officer of the board should no
be salaried like the heads of othel
departments. There could be it'll
d doubt OF the advisability of this |
II there were sufficient funds and II tn,
= department should be permitted I,
r expand its work as 1t ought to. I'm
10 der the circumstances, however, thi
J. would hardly be justified. The worl
/ at present is such that it may be per
n formed by the head OF one OF thu
y other departments, as, for instance
>, the public works, IL 1t requires main
u " an executive officer, or by the hea,
or Some other scientific institution, I
T. requires mainly scientific direc
: tor, Notwithstanding that each of II
ii three divisions is eXDected To he nm