The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-08-04
HOM[STEAD[Rs
ON TWO ISLANDS
Applications for Fifty-eighs Lots
Came from Hawaii and
Maui Saturday.

The Mauna kea mail brought me
two petitions for the opening Of tracts
Of land ID Hawaii and Maui for home
stealing purposes, = said Land Commits
sioner Tucker saturday. ~ cannot &c
count for such activity except that Il
is due TO the fact that people in Ia.
waii want to make sure Of tho land
before the European troubles reach
here.v
Both petitions arc explicit and the
proposed homesteaders state in terms
well understood what their hopes are.
The applicants for land at Piiholo,
Maui, say:
Right Land Right Moisture
1--WE, the undersigned, citizens and
persons eligible TO become citizens Of
the United States Of America, resid-
ing IN the County Of Mani and being
taxpayers therein, do hereby petition
you that the government land known as
Fiiholo in the district of Makawao,
county aforesaid, be subdivided into
lots Of not less than twenty acres each
and the Same opened up for homestead.
ing in accordance with the provisions
Of law.
Gin support Of our petition we sub.
nit, that the hand is very fertile and
rich In soil. Plenty Of moisturo--rain
fall heavy. Any kind Of garden truck
win grow there Dairying and ranch.
ing on a small scale will also be success.
full on the land. This we know from the
success Of those living on the small
kuleanas In that vicinity having the
same character Of land and the same
altitude.
eve believe il to be for the best in
terests Of the Territory and its people
that the Piiholo lands be homesteaded
We ask no special privileges except
such as are by law allowed We want
homes for our families and want to do
velop onr lots TO such an extent that
they may provide US with the means
Of sustenance without everlastingly
Staying for others, We firmly helicvt
in the productive character of the land
and also, having confidence in our in
dividual ability to do everything re
| quisite in the premises, Just as the Law
requires, we present this, our petition
with the humble request that il receiy,
your favorable consideration. y
The sianers are:,
Joseph G. AniO, Joe Ambrose, M. NJ
Feiteira, Manuel Dolim, William Coop
Ter, M. q. Ferreira. Joe Ferhandes, II
L. Achune, J. q. Freitas, M. M. Nor
ezra, Manuel ID. Almeida. Frank Frei
tas, Joe JOAQUIN Coya. Manuel Castro
Frank Botelho. Manuel Freitas, Joe p
Freitas. M. o, Ventura. Frank r. Souza
| Antonio Medeiros. v. q. Nause. Chas
Brown, NJ. Pinheiro, JaF. Phillips, II
II Lin, J. +. Morte, Alfred s, Franco
Jose +. Phillips, Jr., John Dolim, JOIN
Gonsalves, A. II. Liloa, Jr., Louis II
| sylvia.
Lalamilo, Hawaii, Application.
| This petition goes somewhat in ad
vance of any fled heretofore, In that
the condition. of ten Of the appli
rants Is stated to be "good,p the in
ference being that in the case of the
others this same "conditionn does not
obtain, Tho petitioners want lots Il
the land known rs Lalamilo in tho
district of South Kohala, Hawaii, "anC
In that portion Of said land which liei
nearest to the main government roaG
from Kalahuipuaa 10 Hapuna Point, re
spect being had TO that portion ans
those portions which are legally avail
able for homestead purposes unde
j rightof-purehas leases.
1.-THE area Of land hereby applied 70
is thirty-six acres to and for each O
the undersigned; provided that in tn
cases Of those Of the undersigned VIII,
are now owners of land in this Terri
tory. as hereinafter noted, plus tn
area APPLYING for. will not excee,
eighty acres, saws the petition.
The applicants are:
Mrs. Kina, Oliver J. I,aau, d. Aukai
| d. b. Kaono. M. Ikaloa. Mrs. Kaiona
ISaloi Mesburg, Joseph w, Pualoa
Mula Bpakea, Ino Puakea, Mrs. Hoohl
hi MesburR, Miss Piilalani Pa, Kalik,
Maialoha. Mrs. Miriam Mana, Mr.. Kai
lapa Mana, Paul Kaopua, Martha Ka
halia, Albert X. Joseph, J. p. Kahalia
Lanakila, J, Kupele, Henry Akin
Waiau Lima, Jos Kaia. Thomas Kama
ana, H. Kamalo, j, X. Naiheauhau, Da
vid Kamalo, Jr,, David Kamalo, Sr
Joseph Kamalo, Thos. $, X. Nakanelua
and Thomas X. Mokulehua.
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