Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-04-18

From faehaeha to Sprac-r's Rest The
Uaimea rraH Hauss kea abore
the Clouds 4 I~r more o.
I,.. MoruI Hsdxrfiou,

f,ss Hordi Reflections.
aid good bye to Kuhala from the crest of
the hts, ridge above Puehuehu. took Oft my
ha. to the entire district, mapped out in birds
eye panorama below me- and spuued NY good
gray palircy into the UNEMPLOYED beyond.
That sentence. 10y the way, strikes me as
particularly happy one Unfortunately h'il
no, stand analysis. had guide: and had
aef any spurs and which Of the bakers defen
of cattle trails should have taken and where
would have arrived, if Id followed my own
geography or my palfray's nose, don't pre-
tend TO know say "palfrey" because it
falls tnppingly trom the pen and looks well in
print In Gods couniry" they would shorten
it TO "plug in speaking Of "Sooner.' SOONER
| Is 4 most accurate pet name. lie would sooner
| itot that run, sooner walk than trot and sooner
stand still and think than do either. His
average gait on good roads tgood government
rnadl is two miles an hout. ilorscmen tell
me that he is though. believe them. Ills
hide attrsts their judgment, They say he is
"long distance" horse. I think so too II
/ he keeps on improving he'll be able to make a
"lone distance between the Honolulu Pos,
Office and the Hawaiian Hotel. And yet Il
write ior the information OF Mr.. Cmranl Sooner
| is by no means a missionary horse Mt
| Harry purdy Of Waimea raised him, and he
was educated by Portuguese bullock hoy who
can swear fluently in three languages
Sometimes | speak harshly to Sooner and
sometimes ply the ropes end with uneentle
sgnr. But always give it up as a bad job,
beg the poor beasts pardon and am forgiven
With all our faults We respect each other
highly: and Sooners price, il he concludes TO
return 10 Honolulu, will be Sioo.
BY the way, gentlemen Of the Royal Ha.
waian Agricultural Society and horsemen
generally. wouldn, it be good scheme to
offer annual prizes for fast walking saddle
horses--for fast walkers generality
My objective point was puuhue, "Wood's
Ranch" wellknown dairy and stock farm
five miles south of Mahukona and perhaps
1900 fee, above the sea. My companion and
guide was the son of Mr.. l.. J. Low. owner OF
small but wellbred flock OF Angora goats.
His range-far more extensive than the present
needs of his ilock-has its centre a few miles
from the north east end of Woods Ranch.
Mr.. Low seems to be satisfactorily demons,ra'
ting that Angoras find congenial climate and
favorable feed on some of the uplands OF
Hawaii. Mr.. Low thinks, however, that they
take unkindy 10 very bushy OF very rocky
land bu, is confident that no other stock can
be bred and pastured 10 equal profit on good
land. He has been in the business for several
years and has met and overcome many dis.
couragements. His she-goats are nearly all
purebred; his breeding bucks are all SO. He
will gladly supply information abou, his own
flock, the drawbacks and the profits OF the
business, 10 any one interested. His address
is L. ]. Low. Puehuehu, Kohala, Hawaii.
Woods Ranch is managed by Mr.. John
Mcguire, who has the reputation Of being one
Of the most intelligent, energetic and reliable
cattle men in the district His horses and
and found the upland atmosphere delightful
T Passing on towards Waimea, early the fol
lowing morning, passed through the Kahuwa
ranch and near the house and barns Of Mr.. G.
, F. Holmes. l, is a cheerful feature of rather
monatonous landscape. The Waimea trai
winds between low, rounded hills, rising from
. a few feet TO a few hundred feet above the mar
row plateau or shelf which forms the first stage
! of the journey after mounting the ridge abov,
Puehuehu. Passing Mr.. Holmes house !
=, | l,,La,, nd v,,rly ,D,l &c
The mountain side Is more clearly defined ane
the trail skirts it, crossing twenty OF NOR,
5 ravines and intervening ridges. In few o
5 the ravines were running streams, which re
E main so, usually, more than halt the year
T The plateau OF shelf above mentioned was a
5 one time thickly covered with koa, ohia, fern
: and other growth. 1, is now covered by Hill,
c and maniania grass and weeds-fairly goo,
0 pas,urage, but quite unshaded and essential
n dry. Beyond Holmes the woods begin
Z. beauty of VIVA, must once have been a Lowell
] landscape. 1t is saddening, sickening, dis
gushing. As ones mood sways ones judg
I men, Of the criminal stupidity, national an
c individual, that has put this blighted beaut
: beyond repair, one wonders whether Nemesi
y is asleep, or dead, or merely hiding her time
III Your most fortunate man is not he VIII
can make bread of a stone or pay his debts i
S So-eent silver but he who may borrow merri
y ment from grief or fitch a jest from pain. NJ
, man of even sluggish sensibili,y may CONT
|, face to face with the huIying destruction OF Ha
S waiian forests without wincing Yet no humol
ist may review the words and acts Of tn
d " forest.lovers" Of Hawaii without smile.
{. have in mind one typical fores, lover" ii
IS a millionaire. Strange to say he is man c
J. brains Perhaps no other man in the kingdor
S has so exhaustively and so inteligently studie
S the fores, question. lie has George ?. Mars
by heart. lie has the German forestry syster
J.. al his tongues end. He loves trees for the
a beauty and for their use. He is life lcgsls
e NJ lie has brains, influence and money. II
J. might have united the power Of all ,hre
to pass measure that would have added twent
o millions to the water wealth Of these island
!. beauty. know no, Il he has tried and failet
Vi lie Aad bnHaefS 20 fail!
d Bah am permitting myself the in,etnpe
Is anee ofindignation. Calmly, however, shoul
y like to turn out to grass few Of our rich caii
men and a few OF our house Of mobiles and 9TH
legislators and should like to herd them Q
these tIeeless hillsides.
y MI, Godfrey Brown suggests reasonab
+ explanation Of the destructive action Il catt
ic upon large trees. As is well known, mo