The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-06-21
Secretary Ean6 Returns FROM
Hawaii WITH Befihite IDEAS
On Public land Question

lN"ou yoSipruhyi morning from the Big
Upland, after five days spent in almost
continnops travel and questioning. :.
a. Just what eonelusion the secretary
Of the interior bBs reached Is not
knowpi bht this may be, set down for
an aeeomplished fact. The Legitimate
homssteader y 70 Be given q, better op.
poftnqity FROM now on than be has
ever had III Hawaii, and the day OF
the fake homesteader, the plantation
dummy and the speeulator Is over, IL
official obstacles in HE way are to be
SasSsss ana fAliurs
4, Sectethry Lane - anxious to have
Hawaii populated with q hpme.owning
people AZ Far as practicable. At the
same time, he wants every available,
inch Of afhble land put to real use.
He has seen many acres Of homestead,
ed lands that are yielding good crops
and on which the actual owners are liv-
ing. He hks,seen, likewise, many acres
Of homesteaded lands, lying idle, weed
grown and Profitless both to the home.
steRder and to. the, Territory and the
Nation at large. He wants more of
the former and no more OF the latter.
a The above is not from anything the
Secretary. has said, nor from anything
the Rssistants to the Secretary who are
with him have said, but Is a deduction
from the known, attitude Of the Secre.
tary in, dealing with such, questions on
the. maitland and such generaliEations
as he, has Jindulgedl IN while travelling
over; the, Island Of Hawaii.
Land F6iiciss Agree
G6yernor designate, Mtcarthy is a
hoTestead .adyocate; Secretary Lane
kat made ~ Plaiu in his general atti.
tudes that BE hndk Colonel Mccarthy in
fpll accord With him, and ii was notice
able, tiki the Secretary took particular
interest in The homesteading successes
s.~"f, sRali pEoBabiY have something to
say about the land question at the time
Of tie Inauguration Of Governor Nc.
earthly, says Mr., Lane in a formal
statement, to The, Advertiser, and the
probabilities. are that Ills "something"
will Cover. the ground, very generally
In the meanwhile, il is the tip Of The
Advertiser that prospective homestead
ers who really want homestead to farm
get ready for the general opening of
public lands, that is, to come. It is like
wise the tip Of this paper to those
eatii6ufl6Ee homesteaders Of Hawaii to
prepare their cyclone cellars. Some
thing, seems likely to hit them.
Strenuous But Enjoyable 1852
3 Tie Secretary 8 oiicial party return
ed yesterday morning on the Mauna
Kea, which made a special call at Ma
hukona for them. Their trip had been
a strenuous one, but one which proved
to be thoroughly enjoyable and instruc-
tive. There was practically no enter
tanning of the party in formal ways
but at the same time no opportunity
was lost by the residents of the Big
Island to show their hospitality. At
no time, however, was entertaining al
lowed to interfere with the business
which had taken the. Secretary and
two Of the members Of his immediate
departmental staff to Hawaii
Madame Pele was inclined to be sulky
and the fire display in Halemaumau
vas not up to recent standards. While
this was most disappointing to the ka.
maainas in the party, the lack of real
activity was not noticed. by the visitors,
who manyelled at the phenomena and
we're. enthusiastic over the occasional
fountains.
Earthquake Helped
On arriving at Waiohinu. the party
WEB informed that the district had Just
experienced a quarter Of an hour be
fore first class little earthquake. The
temblOr had shaken things around for
fifteen seconds in Rau and Kona and
APPEARED to be general, Hilo having
been Jared as hard as at any time
dnring recent months. This earthquake
had escaped the notice of the Secretary
and those with him in the speeding
automobiles, but during the rest of the
day there were plenty of reminders,
the road across the Kau lava flows
and into Kona being literally sprinkled
With fallen. rocks from tumbled fences
and cut banks, calling for careful driv-
ing. One great boulder had left Just
enough roadway to permit big car
to- serape. past, 1t had to scrape past,
becRuss all the men Of the party com
hiped failed to bulge the rock.
Pians Disarranged
.W0rse. thar, the earthquake was a
cablegraIn delivered to the Secretary
at Wai0hiru, of the contents Of which
no intmation escaped to Unauthorized
ears. bnt which was sufficient to cause
a hurried establishment of the plans
Of the Secretary. It was decided by
him that he should return at once to
Honolulu, to catch the first available
boat for the mainland, and the Inter.
IS'and was asked to send the steamer
Mauna Kea from KaWaihae to Kailua
TO pick up the Secretary and Private
Secretary Sohaffer. while the others Of
the rartv. headed by Assistant Secre.
tnry Bradley, were 10 complete the tour
of Hawaii and Maui as programmed
alter it was learned that there would
be no steamer leaving for the Goa st
which Mr.. Lane could catch, and the
Secretary decided to complete his visit
on HNwaii. after which the party
would return direct to Honolulu, elimi-
mating the Maui trip. This was decid,
cd un"n with a,Rrent deal Of regret
w. I nro and the Others with him from
Wn"hir0'nn having been particularly
r"~'nuF "a view the sunrise from Hale,
"'"'N "?h to see the beauties of the
'"""v Is'e. of which they had heard
CIV wH"m Drais". When the Maunq
Ken ru'led into Kailna. at ten O'Clock
on Friday night, and the Kailua resi-
dents rubbing their ewes had tnmhIef