"Corky" Bryan - Hawaii Cattlemens Council

LW:Two different times.CB:Yeah. And then from there I move to Kipu which is right next to Lihue there. Worked for Mrs. Rice.LW:So… tell me about Kauai.CB:Kauai?LW:Yeah, Kauai. Is the ranching there a little different or…?CB: No, same. They got a lot of rain, which is nice, you know. Growing up in Ewa, you know, we werelucky to see green grass three months a year. But Kauai was nice. Of course, Princeville is really wet. Iremember when I went with Jack… 1969 or something. Or late ’68 when I went over to talk to him aboutmoving out there and it was pouring rain. That old corral set-up was right kind of where the end… where thatlittle shopping center is, there at Princeville. Well there was an old stable and a big corral set-up there and thatwas a little house on that makai side of that corral deal and then he said oh, you can live in this house and thenwhen we got there, there was three feet of water running into that house. I mean it was like this from so muchrain. And I said well I think maybe I’ll go live down in the valley with you guys. ‘Cause he had a little housebehind his house there that I could use. But that was pretty wild. I saw the three feet of water sitting there…well, I don’t think so. (Laughter.) I’m a surfer but that’s a little bit too much for me.LW:So what was Midkiff like?CB: Midkiff… you know he was an interesting guy. He’s probably the best cowman I remember. AndRobbie Hind could tell you the same thing. ‘Cause Robbie worked for him… at McCandless after Jack left theold Princeville. Well Jack worked at McCandless for a while first in the ‘50’s… then he went… went andworked at Hawaiian Meat Company and then left Hawaiian Meat Company and went to Princeville.LW:So he was here… first.CB: He was here. He was here on this island first. Any way but… Jack was an extremely good cowman. Imean he knew every cow… almost… he almost had a name for every one. He knew every single, bloody cowon the place.LW:Twenty-five… twenty-five hundred head?