Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-16 | Page 24 | Hope to Save Hawaiian Race

HOPE TO SAVE HAWAIIAN RACE Great Human Experiment on Molokai Island Has Good Chance IK NOLULU,TH .July IB -Hawaii's fcnnt human experiment colonization coloniza-tion of lands on the Island of Molokai by Eiawalians and part Hawallans in an endeaor to rehabilitate the ds ing race has eory chance of success, in the opinion of Dr. Klwood Mead, dean of the college of agriculture of the University of California and head of the' California state land develop-' ment board, expressed after Dr Mead had made a survey of the lands available avail-able l M Mead was brought to Hawaii by the Homes commission, which Is charged with carrying on the project under the Congressional act providing for the experiment in order that tho committee mfghi have the benefit of his advice ui.l experience gained from colonization project In California. IO() MUCH LAN" I) Dr Mead's main criticism of the plans of the commission was ihit the land allotted to each settler - twenty acres would he too large, I ."is It had been ascertain-.-! In California Cali-fornia that a family without capita resources could not cultivate successfully success-fully more than from three to eleven acres of irrigated la nd. Gov Wallace R Karrlngton. cx-offlc cx-offlc o chairman of the Homes com-1 tnisslon pointed out that the rehabilitation rehabili-tation law provides a minimum of - acres of each homsti adi r and thai in amendment by Congress would be necessary before farms of lesser area could be allotted The commission announced that i , , . . 1 AuB,,st four more lots s, , ' ' ,bc ready ror occupancy in September A total of S2 lots will imenIt, 'V,e,,h:fi1 billtatlon setUe" J?n! ,h- " mihd i arc , xp ed o he occupied before the end of the 00