The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-19
CHARMS OF souru KouALA.


/ anu lnfitt.
/ Little is known OF the district OF South
kohala. Beyond the raising Of horses
and cattle nothing has ever been done
to develop the resources OF this district.
In former years many white people re-
| sided here, and, when the yearly Jury
term was in session, many strangers
found their way TO the Waimea plains.
These days are gone. No Jury comes
now to break the monOtony of our exist
ence, and Wamea has stepped few
PAGES closer to active oblivion.
Few people know the immense agri-
cultural possibilities oi this district
You speak Of Waimea to anyone, and
all he says is: ooh, that beastly place !!
Nothing but wind and drizzle, and cold
~ bazes; don't catch me there again !"
'Tis this drizzlc and cold readers,
that makes our wealth. Beautiful
pastures, streams OF water in every
ravine, timber on all sides of you.
Mauna Kea, with its lofty peak. brilliant
with snow, Mauna Loa and Hualaai in
the distance, all these blend into one
magnificent view. Windy, you say
not one-half as windy as either Kohala
or llamakua.
What healthier place is there to be
found in the whole Hawaiian Isles? In
the Waimea English school, for eight
years there has been but one death out
OF an attendance Of sixty children; and
that one died from coming i'm contact
with the contents of an old musket
We have our colds and coughs like in
other places, but as we have no doctor
We all manage to pull through.
In all nurts At thn Iisf,.i.t tln ,inIpst
OF soils can be found. The finest Of all
is to he found on the Puukapu home
steads recently given out to the Ha-
waiians. But alas, what can soil do,
without that labor, knowledge and per-
severance, so necessary to make it give
forth its qualitesP
Every vegetable, tree and shrub OF
temperate climcs, ii planted according to
its nature, will grow and mature in
Wainea; not only at one time OF the
year, but ut any season one may choose.
Magnificent potatoes, corn, cabbages,
celery, caulillower, sorghum, wheat
barley, clover, alfalfa, grow luXuriantly,
but i'll small quantities. Why i'll small
quantities?
Lack on capital, lack of enterprise, lack
Of every quality both material and moral
that tend to make the population use
ful part OF the nation. These are the
reasons why everything is in small
quantity. Let us hope it will not be long
before some people will see the great re-
sources that this country has stored up
in its uncultivatcd lands. Willing hands,
experienced in all branches of agricul-
ture, can be found to start and develop
these resources ii the capitalist will only
come out Of his lethargic slumber.
Here we are importing caulitlowers,
celery, etc, from San Francisco, when
we should be exporting these articles by
the tens of thousands, not only to San
Francisco, but also to Vancouver, where,
during the cold and wintry months,
vegetables would fetch fabulous prices
Waimea will yet spring up from its
poor and insignificant station. AS u health
resort for those OF limited means who
wish to shake the city dust from their
shoes during the hot months, no better
place could be found. The altitude is
$500 feet, and thick overcoat will
always be found comfortable.
What is needed Why, some enter
prising person who will put up con-
venient hotel, keep a few horses, adj
vertise literally, and there will be dozens
of people who, to conform themselves
with the "hard times, )" will much prefer
spending Il couple OF weeks in Waimea
than taking trip to the Coast.
This is an era OF progress and reform,
Will it extend as far as South kohalaP
CoGITo.
wAIMEA ITEMS.
Out OF all the home,tcads given out
six months ago, five have been fenced in
and cultivation commenced. Here are
the names OF the five homesteaders: j. W.
Pa, Keawekanuha, Balaunu, Il. W.
Lyons, Nihuo * Vredenburg.
The balance OF the homesteaders are
~ -? ? The writer's pen at this
point broke its point, thereby leaving
out the main point. Unless the Road
Board comes to the rescue pretty soon,
travellers to and from Kawaihae will