The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 1923 Page: 10 of 12
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MANY BEAUTIES OF
I HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
over a
road running
and forest* of tropical tree* that would
fUt by us a* the engine headlights
flashed upon them while making the
many mountain turns. Without stop-
—mm ! ping, our cars went right over the
8teamshtp Empress of France, Feb. | wall of the crater and down to the
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IS, 1913.
The Beautiful Hawaiian Island
(Special to The Herald)
After leaving San Francisco, our
good ship traveled steadily for a dis-
tance of 2300 miles in a southwesterly
course. On account of oad coal, we
were a day behind time and did not
reach ‘the port of Hilo on the north
coast of Wahaii Island until about five
floor below. This “floor” had a cir-
cumference of nine mile* and as our
cars crunched over its uneven surface
of black lava rock, white volumes of
steam hissed out of fissures on every
side and often directly beneath the
cars.
Traveling over this for two or three
miles, we finally reached the great
fire pit. It was long past midnight
In the afternoon. However at about and dark—very dark. The few flash
two o'clock the great mountains began lights seen here and there in the
to rise up out of the Pacific and every
availbale space on the land side of
the decks was taken to view the pan-
hands of guides and the white steam
clouds that came through lava vents
all around and the yellow hue that
orama unfold as we sailed for three | ;ras cast upward out of the pit itself
hours along the shore line, which was only intensified the darkness. Many
three or four miles away.
It was not a flat land like most of
the islands of the Caribbean Sea; on
the contrary, we were looking at the
northern slopes of two great volcanoes
that rose out of the sea to a height of
nearly 1400 feet. These slopes were
did not like to get out of their auto-
mobiles. Those who did, would feel
for safe footing and grope their way
toward the rim of the great pit. The
lava rock on which we walked, was
hot and sulphur impregnated the air.
We crept up close to the rim of the
gentle and comparatively smooth, with
about the same degree of ascent as the
Haynes Hills near Weatherford. As
we looked from the ship, we thought
the mountain sdes were covered with
green grass, half way up, except where
here and there some ravine or chasm jwlth
awful fire hole and looked down into
its hellish depths. Far below we
could now and then see little flickers
of flame that made their way through
the cloud of steam and smoke that
I swirled half way up to the top. But
all this we were disappointed.
made its way directly down from the We wanted to see this great hell-pot
higher reaches far above. The ‘‘green boll and bubble and throw out its
grass" developed into immense lava! lurid flames far skyward. We wanted
fields which stretch for miles along to hear the rumble of its thunder and
the face of the mountain from the sea smell the vile fumes that come from
•hore upward, until lost to the eye its belly. But all was in vain. Pele
in the distance. The dark looking slept; and all the sighs and wishes
chasms turned out to be streams that of eight hundred visitors could not
had cut their way deep down through arouse her.
the soil into the rock foundation and This fire pit is 600 feat deep from
were madly seeking the sea. Near where we stood to the fire below and
these streams and not far from where has a diameter of 1500 feet. It 1* on
they tumbled Into the ocean, we could■ the side of the great mountain of
aee with glasses, great sugar mills
with little towns clustered around
them. And then as we drew nearer,
the line of a railway appeared, paral-
leling the shore line and a few hun-
dred feet above it, bridging over the
streams and cutting deep through in-
tervening hills, it encircled the moun-
tain as tar as we could see. Then
eame into view a beautiful auto high-
way that runs entirely around the is-
land and connects its many homes
and villages and factories. As it, like
the railway, runs at right angles to
theae longtltudin&l ravines, It is a
wonder to see how It crosses them,
some times working downward around
a precipice to the bottom, then across
the stream on a stone bridge and wind-
ing up to the high ground again.
But by far to us, the most fascinat-
ing feature of the whole scene was the
Mauna Loa which goes on upward to
a height of nearly 14,000 feet To say
we were disappointed in what we saw
is to put it mildly. We had come
many miles over the ocean, &nd had
climbed In the middle of the night
through cold and gloom, to see this
great wonder of the world. Our re-
ward was a blank. The truth is, we
were doubly unfortunate. Our sche-
dule was to leave Hilo In the morning
and spend the whole day In the moun
tains looking at their curfous shrub-
bery, trees and flowers, also the dif-
ferent volcanoes. But being twelve
hours late, we were compelled to go
at night or not at all. The ship com-
pany refused to disarrange the entire
Itinerary of the trip, by giving us an
extra day here. It would have thrown
out of gear all arrangements at Japan,
China and India. So we had to swal-
aurllng smoke that came out of the low our disappointment. This we did
summit and rose far above the dls-| quickly In order to swallow a good
tant skyline and down on the sides two a. m. supper waiting for us at the
there were many places, even among j Volcano Hotel situated on the very
the cane fields, where great clouds
of steam boiled • out of the mountain
and gave one some hint of the infer-
no that must still be beneath.
The bay at Hilo, like that of Colon
rim of the crater. After this, we
quickly descended to the ship again
and crawled into our berths at four
o'clock, sleepy, cold and out of humor,
Had we been able to see the roads, the
fe a large crescent shaped indenture in mountain valleys, the Muna and flora,
land and the government has built a j tho great floor of the crater and its
aea wall that forms a safe harbor for surrounding rim and the solidified
ships at anchor. The town has a pop-
nlatfon of 13,000, and it looked as if
•very one of its inhabitants were there
to meet us. We went from the ship
directly into railway trains waiting
for us and for miles we ran through
eaae fields and villages. As long aa
w» could see; it was cane, cane, cane,
liver; where, cane, even so close that
we could touch ft from the car win-
dows.
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Then we went back to Hilo and
without stopping, began our climb of
forty-eight miles by rail to the great
crater of Hilauea, said to be the great-
est active volcano in the world. For
thirty-eight miles we ran through
eane and darkness to the railroad ter-
minus. Our train, of six open cars
was pulled by two engines, as the
grade Is heavy. As we got higher and
higher, it became colder and many
regretted they had undertaken the
trip at night. We had been warned
to take overcoats, but even these were
streams of lava that so recently had
flowed through openings in the crater
rim, we would have been repaid for
our trip and could have foregone the
wonderful sight of the volcano in ac-
tive eruption. But fate decreed that
we should substantially lose It all. In
this connection, however, I must state
that this volcano has its fits and hu-
mors. Sometimes It is active for sev-
eral days or perhaps only for a few
hours. At other times it is sullen and
sleeps. But at almost all times there
is more or less disturbance, even
though It be only a few spasmodic
flashes, it was our luck to catch her
when she was the most quiet. I made
diligent Inquiry to find out from those
who know, Just what did take place
when one of her ugly moods came on.
They all described it as being simply
awful. To repay us In a measure for
or disappointment, the good people of
Honolulu, tho next night gave us a
BOt sufficient to keep us warm. At
Greenwood we left the train gnd In
open automobiles began another climb
ef ten or twelve miles and at last
shoot one o’clock, tired, hungry and
cold we came to the rim of tho eraser
—four thousand feet above the sea
on the southern side of the mountain
very vivid picture of this same volcano
ff.
In eruption. It was taken just a short
time ago, by three expert photogra-
phers who live in Honolulu, but had
gone to Hilo for the special purpose
of getting a good picture of an erup-
tion. After a few days waiting, word
W3g telephoned down that the volcano
was very active. Jumping into a high
Ford Armature Tester
—Will completely test the arma-
ture of starting motor or gener-l
ator quickly locating any grounds,
shdtt or open circuits. This ma-
ehine is« wonder. We locate your Generator and Starter Troubles
^ kfew minutes. Tts in our shop for your convenience- We use only
GENUINE FORD PARTS. We contract your repair work by the
fob or by the hour. Yours for Real Service,
rim of the crater on s high
cinematograph set and grinding to
take la the whole thing. They were
on the windward side of the pit which |
gave them a qjyar view as the wind
blew back from them the continuous
pile* of black and flame-streaked
smoke that came up oat of the pit.
This enabled them to get a clear view
of the red hot liquid lava that poured
up out of the great hole. They were
half a mile away on the rim. They
gave ua the most vivid, awe Inspiring
scene I have ever looked upon. The
great pit fifteen hundred feet across
filled up with molteu rock, leaped into
flames hundreds of feet high, black
lava flowed out rapidly from lta sides
and ran out over and into the low
places of the great crater flood until
outlets were found that let it pour
down the mountain sides. You could
see these streams of lava running
thick and sluggish between the walls
of rock, boiling and seething and
twisting from side to side as if some
great monster was pushing It from
beneath. It was a great picture; and
yet it could not give the awful sounds,
the sulphurous odors and the coloring
of the rediah yellow glare that even
in day time painted the vast clouds
of black smoke. If this picture should
ever he exhibited in the states, do not
fail to see it, if you get a chance.
At five o’clock in the morning, we
left Hilo and were on our way north
westward for Honolulu. I got up at
eight o’clock and looking out of our
port bole, saw a beautiful 3ight on our
left. Hastily dressing and scampering
up to fbe deck there was (he mountain
of Mauna Kea. Like that of Manna
Loa lows? slopes were covered for
miles up the side with cane—covering
perhaps one third of the mountain.
1 hen came a belt of forest for another
third. Then the last third was cover-
ed with an even, smooth, white coat
of perpetual snow. Most of the moun-
tain snows that last during summer
and winter, are more or less yellow
with dust.
Imagine the picture as we steamed
along for fifteen miles; in the fore-
ground was five miles of the bluest
water—then the light green cane fields
—then the dark green belt of trees
and lastly the great dome of white
that glistened softly in the morning
sunlight. Oh! what a combination of
arctic and tropics, what an eden that
embraced overy clime, every month
of the year and every fruit and flow-
er known to man. This majestic moun-
tain stands 13,805 feet high. Compare
it with Pike’s Peak, which is only
about 8,000 feet above the plane be-
low. Of the latter’s 14,000 feet, it
borrows 4,000 from Texas and 2,000
from New Mexico. It covers 1,000
miles to get Its height. No so with
Mauna Kea. It comes out clean from
tho Pacific and presents all Its dizzy
glory to you in one view. These two
great mountains are really the com-
plete island of Hawaii.
Next we came to the island of Maui
about noon and for two hours sailed
along its southern side. It presented
about (he same general features of
Hawaii, except the mountains were not
so high. We were not close enuogh
to see the houses and factories and
villages, but the great cane fields were
visible everywhere. This Island pre-
sented a beautiful sight for several
miles. A peculiar, distinct belt of
white clouds ran around the face of
the mountain. Above this belt, the
mountain tops poked out rough and
Jagged against tke sky, while below
the green belt were the everlasting
fields of green cane. The clouds were
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lands. Our lecturer claimed' that
within the last few months it has been
demonstrated to be a complete cure.
Be this as it may, the colony has been
greatly reduced and now has only
about" 260 Inmates while in June of
1922; It had almost four hundred. Dur-
ing that time, some have died, but
more than a hundred were discharged
or paroled. I learn also that this dis-
ease is absolutely not contageons and
can only be communicated through the
blood.
enjoyment of all the passengers.
Last, but not least, were the brown
skinned Hawaiian boys, who in water
forty feet deep, swam around the
slowly moving ship and dived for
pieces of money thrown Into thk water.
Half dollars, quarters, dimes and
nlckles were thrown by the hundreds
and never a one was lost, if once seen
by a diver. Sometimes fifteen feet
away when the ■ coin hits the water,
this human fish would dive, catch it
long before it reached the bottom and
After passing this island about foulr P°PD,n« out again and throwing back
o’clock we came in sight of the island b,s head t0 8lln* th« hair from over
qf Oahu, on which is the city of Hono- b,s ®yeB- woul< hold the money up in
lulu. It contains about 90,000 people hl® fln&ers before he placed it In his
and is the capital of the entire Ha- Tncuth, which served him as a pocket
wailan Territory. We approached the bo°k- Before they were through with
harbor about six o’clock In the even- our ahlp. some of them had their
tag.. It, too, is in the shape of a! cbeek« swelled out as if they had the
crescent and has for a back ground, *00*b ache.
tall, forest covered mountains that I the ship docked and the tugs
show their saw tooth sky lines some J Pushed us up to the wharf, the wildest
four thousand feet above the city. | scene took place. The pier was
The mountains on this-island are
clustered more toward the Eastern
half and are somewhat different to
crowded by thousands to see the larg-
est ship that had ever visited their
I port. Banners waived, cheer after
those of the other islands in the fact cbeer was *lven’ ban,lB play#d’ conf#t'
that they are covered with trees and 11 and ribboM were tbrown and “
so compact and clung so close to the , „ ftra
sides that they looked like a soft whlt.lw^ter-edge- They We al8° more un'
shrubbery from the top down to the paB8engers came out’ wrealtbB of flow'
girdle around the towns of Mount Keoieven and dark ,ooklng canyons ran
were thrown over the heads of
many, which Is a beautiful Hawaiian
Kea.
At Hilo a Hawaiian gentleman, high-
ly educated, got on board and as we
passed along the Island of Maul, gave
us an Interesting lecture on
tory and products of the Island. He
was born there and educatod In the
fine schools of the territory.
In a short while we came to the Is-
land of Molokai, known far and wide
for its leper colony situated on the
north side of the island. This disease
back and up towards the divide. A
custom called "leis” and means, ’ "I
large mountain called Diamond Head loVe you‘ WelcomB”
Is on the right, about two miles away! As soon 88 we were out ot the 8h,p’
as we enter the harbor. To the west
we were caught up by hundreds of
.. , and on our left about five miles away ihandBome automoblle8 of the f,n®8t
Is Pearl Harbor, said to be one of thelmakes and wh,rled over 90me magn,f,‘
beston the Pacific, and on which ouriCe11t 8troets and dr,V8B M was ^
government is spending much money inearly dark and we cou,d see but little
for wharves, dry docks, naval station!before n,ght sbut out I everything but
and fortification. j the bright lights of the city. At.ona
- ™ v „ iPohat about*two hundred feet above,
As we came Into the bay, the city, . . . ,
we had a fine night view of town and
built from the water edge far up into tarhor below Mirlada ^
was brought to these Islands from Ithe mountains spreads out like a fan, ,ed ta hou#eg and on „ while
China many years ago. All Ispere ™^ A"*? here and there *™t b*t« or
were required to go Into the colony. the delightful trees and shrub-
The natives did not believe in it and bery whloh coaceftl lt9 many beautiful
hid their little children who were af-
flicted. But now, since they found
us a rousing reception In true western! ’
style. Five miles out, a whole flock <
of aeroplanes came to greet us. For
half an hour they circled over and
around our ohlp amid the cheers and i1
waiving of those on board. Papers
out how kindly they are treated and
how many are being cured, they very
promptly report any appearance of the
malady.
As to the great cure of leprosy,
known as the derivltives of chaulmoo-
hometfv
As we approached, Honolulu gave -
public builq’ug blazed In robes of elec-
tricity.
When our ride was over, we were
taken to tfie Young Hotel (which cost
two million dollars) nad on its foot
garden wefe dined and entertained up
to h late hour.
The next morning we were up early
ready to see this beautiful city and its
surrofcdings. Autos picked us up free
of charge and all day carried us to the
many places of Interest. I can only
fire a'brief description. The city is
clean and modem. It is distinctly
American, with beautiful buildings,
streets and grounds. I believe It was
the most cosmopolitan population of
any place in the world. Hawallans,
Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Span-
iards, Portugese, English and real gen-
uine Americans are the principal resi-
dents and are seen side by side in
business, on the streets and In social
affairs. We took many lovely drives
and everywhere we went was & floral
wealth that certainly can not be excel-
led anywhere. Every 'home, every
park, seefned to vie with each other
in the quantity and variety of its flow-
ers, shrubbery and trees. I never saw
a slovenly kept yard in all of Hono-
lulu, even out among the suburbs. I
regret to say almost everything grown
was a stranger to us as they are en-
tirely different to what we are famil-
iar with in the states.
Thd government has built some very
fine roads up with the mountains. One
of these leads up a canyon to the .
"Pali’’ or divide, above. We followed
this for fourteen miles, now between
great towering rock walls, then tatq a
little Alpyie valley, then around some
threatening precipice, first on ope
side and then on the other of a rock
worried stream that tumbled over cas-
cades and waterfalls from the moun-
tain stretches far above us. When
we at last reached the top and stopped
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sicians In charge who have made, and)
are still making, exhaustive testa,
claim there is no certainty that an
absolute and permanent cure hag been
discovered. • This remedy is being
tested out in every possible way. This
oil is extracted from a bean grown in
India and every effort Is now being
on deck apd as they finally glided
away, a large tug with a magnificent
Hawaiian band, steamed along beside
us and rendered some of the most ex-
quisite music. Each selection was
cheered to the limit and more called
for. There came a regular college
regatta with the long slender boats
made to grow lt in the Hawaiian Is- flying through the water to the great
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