The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-09-19
HOMESTEADERS
AF TER TUCKER
Claudius Mcbride Takes Up Cud-
gel on Behalf of Applicants for
Land in Puukapu, Hawaii to
Have Commissioner Alter Deci-
sion Not to Open Property for
Settlement for Present at Least.
(From Thursday Advcrtiser)

on file the applications of tweuty-scvon |
Hilo people who want the land of Pun |
kapu, near Waimca, in the South Ko |
hala District of he Island of Hawaii |
opened for homesteading purposes. The |
commissioner, replying to Attorney
Claudius Mcbride who seems to be re
presenting the llilo applicants who are
sceking to establish their residence |
seventy miles from the Hawaii county |
seat, wrote him AS follows, under date !
| OF september 6:
81 beg to acknowledge receipt Of
twenty. applications, in due form.
for the opening of the Puukapu lands |
PuuiaplI, South Kohala, Hawaii
81 beg to inform You that there will !
be no tuTtncr homesteading of govern
ment land in this tract until the re
naming lots which have been adver
tised and not taken are taken mp; and
again, the retiring Governor feels that
the opening of these lands should be
| left to his successor.
81 remember when Mr.. Mcbride
called at the office and saw Mr.. Tucker
about this natter said Walter 4
Engle, chief clerk of the public lands
department and sub-land agent for
Oahu. yesterday. "The commissioned
was as cordial to the representative OF
the llilo applicants for the Wamea
land AS he always is to everybody.
| There was no fuss; the applications
were received and placed on file and
Mr.. Tucker gave the attorney n writ,
ten reply a copy of which is now on
file in this office.
Names of Applicants.
"The applicants are all Hilo resi-
dents, with the exception of one man
who lives at Ninole, North llilo, one
in Olaa and another at Paipaikou
These applicants are: Adam l.. Duncan
of Ninole, North Hilo, Edward Austin
Peek of Olaa, Edward f. Blaisdell of
Papaikou, and George Tucker, Edward
j. Smith, Herman j. Ludwig, David Au.
kai, Adam kealakai, Edward A. vii
helm, August NJ Herring, Thomas W.
Kekoa, John Bohnenberg o. w. Rose,
James NJ. Cameron, Herbert X. Nun
don, Raymond p. Lucas, Edward K
Blaisdell, Alexander Lancaster, Pale
Robinson, Phillip A. Victor, Mrs.M
kaioulu lNikela, Max Campbell, J. NJ.
Herring, William 4. Cahill, Hector T.
Morton, William A. Cahill, Jr., and
George Mundon of Hilo.'
Land Commissioner Tucker was not
seen yesterday, as he had left the of.
flee early, being still under the wealth
er, but the statements made by his as,
sistant, Walter A. Engle, differ mater
tally from the story received by The
Advertiser from its HiIo correspondent
and which is as follows
Stories Conflict.
HlLO, Hawaii, September 15.-It
seems too bad that now that the Waia.
kea home tract matters seem well ON
the way to n satisfactory termination
this city should be the scene of an.
other prospective battle with the pub
lie lands department. Still, battle
seems to be imminent in the Puukapu
homestead matter, which originated in
iilo week or two ago, although. of
course, it is possible that the prospec.
tive settlers may yet have occasion to
call their Uncle Josh blessed, as did
the Waiakea people, the other day. i
Claudius Mcbride, the attorney and
official Moses for the intending Pun
kapu settlers, submitted report to
them dealing with the result of his ne
gotiations in Hilo and later on in Homo.
lulu with Land Commissioner Tucker,
Ms well as with Governor Frear. The
modesty, reticence, tact and aversion
to notOriety which has made Claudius
conspicuous, prevented him from Civ
ing out to the press any statement in
regard to the matter. but his clients
have been hampered by no such CON
sideratiOns, at least some of them
have not, and they announce gleefully
and with some show of anticipation.
that they are going to fight it out with
the Land Commissioner. They claim
further that they have little doubt but
that they will win the victory since
they have Governor Frear, God and'I
Claudius on their side.
Statements of Applicants
The way they tell the story is some
thing like like They say that Mcbride
approached Land Commissioner Tuck
er, during his recent stay in HiTo. and
that he told him that his clients. some
twenty-siX or twenty-seven in number.
were. about to file applications for the
! opening of corresponding number of
lots at Puukapu, near Waimea, where
a number of lots. were opened for set
tement a short time ago.
When the first opening took place.
about ten lots, which are said to be
| virtually worthless, were left ON tho
hands of the government, as no one
was tempted to take them. Tucker is
reported to have taken the stand that
the Territory would open no more Puu-
kapu lots until those ten remaining lots
had been disposed Of
Threatened with Pigeonhole
81 will open no more lots there un-
| til those now available have been TAX
en-. can't prevent you people from
filing your applications, but | am GO
/ ing to pigeonhole them. Yes, that s
what | am going TO do is what Tuck
er is reported TO have said, or words to
that effect
So Claudius took a hurried trip 70
Honolulu, arriving there Saturday
morning and leaving there on the after 1
noon Of that same day, in time to al. (
low him 20 make his report to his ex- I
pectant clients on sunday
' The attending settlers tell of the