The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-02

acquired by the Territory, for settle
ment on the same conditions upon
which the Territory opened its hold
ings. Although Mr.. Baldwin did not
live to see the carrying out of these
plans, the directors of the big inter
ests which he founded are making
active preparations for fulfilling his
promises Surveyors are at present
at work, and within few weeks it is
understood that this additional pri-
vate land win be homesteaded with
the same class of people who have
taken up the government lands. AL
ready there are applications on file
more than sufficient to take all of the
fifteen or twenty lots which it will be
subdivided into.
Careful Preparation.
Much care has been taken in the
opening of the Haiku lands, The sur
veys were completed more than two
years ago, and it would probably have
been easy to have filled the entire
tract at once had it been thrown open
for indiscriminate settlement. This,
however, was not done, and no doubt
this fact has been used against the
governor by those who are now oppos-
ing his reappointment
Governor Frear announced early in
his administration that he opposed the
general use of the settlement associa-
ton plan of homesteading, since some
of the worst farces which have bur.
dened the Territory have been en-
acted under this law. However, he
made it clear that he was willing to
employ it when he was satisfied of the
bona fides of intention of the appli.
cants, and it was thus that finally the
Haiku lands have been opened.
The settlement association plan
makes it possible for six or more quail
fed persons to make application for
lots i'm the same tract, and prevents
others not of the association from max
ing entry on the same tract until the
association members have been ac-
commodated The settlers under this
plan must live at least two out OF
three years on their lands, and have
under cultivation at least twenty-five
per cent of it at the end of three years,
which, with other conditions complied
with, entities them to a patent.
Slow Beginning.
Apparently it was not easy at first
to get twenty or thirty American fami-
lies to join in such project. How
ever, the rapid development of the
pineapple industry in the past two or
three years has had a great deal to
do with convincing humeseekers that
the proposition is a good one. A few
months ago the governor through
Land Commissioner Judd, delegated s.
r. Starrett, the recently appointed
marketing agent of the immigration
Bureau, to recruit applicants for the
Haiku lands, with the result that in a
very short time MI Starrett had or
ganized the California Settlement AS
ISOLATION" of between fifteen and TWEEN
ty members, composed of an energetic
and ambitious class of Americans
about half of whom are lately arrived
from various points on the Coast.
In the meantime another association,
known as the Lindsay Settlement AS
ISOLATION, of some six or eight Maui
citizens, was also organized and these
two associations have divided the lots
available between their members. The
Lindsay people have already taken pos
session of their property, and have
made much progress toward develop
ment.
Make Journey Today.
All of the members of the associa-
tions not already on the ground Will
leave this afternoon by the steamer
Claudine for Maui, where on Monday
they will take formal possession of
their property, as required by law.