Mesa free press., 1898-09-30
MESA FREE PRESS
W. D. MORTON. A.P. sHEwMAN.
MORTON & SHEWMAN
Publishers
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

reese lSihnuS are situated III tiV
Pacific ocean, aud extend from ie
degrees 30 minutes north latitude,
20 % degrees 90 minutes north lati
,ud !, and l54 d. grc+s So miuu.es tr
l6l degrees | 5 minutes west Longitude
The groupe consists Of eight princip.l
islands. Hawaii. Maul, Oahu. Kauai,
.Molokai, Lanai. Niil,au, Kaboolaw4,
and srv. al small i>l'ts. Nihoa is al
|int.resting hut uninhabited islet ahou'
l20 milNs northwest Of Klpi. 1t il
he most northerly of the gro ~ /
was recently visited by q scienti' {
exploring party for the HswaiiAl
government. It. is the breeding place
f innumer.fle birds, and contains
81 vs,ral rare ferns and plants Nihoa
is ps pnlarly k"own as Bird Island
IT, is Of vo cinic origin, AS inde4d. are
all The isl,nds Of the group, Lehu..
Is a sma.l islet off The northern point
Of Niilan, having an elevation of
1000 feet. Molo's nj is an extin,
vnlcano, hav,n. one side of the crater
or.n to the sea. 1t lies in the chan
NJ midway betweel. NJ and K III
oolawe. x .ula, the smallest islet oi
the groupe, is litnated seven miles
southwest from Eihua. Or the Isrg y
5 ands 81 ven only ar inhabited, K IN
% lave having b.en abandoned s-vrral
y ars ago.
These islands present great vari-
-ty of soil climate and natural pro
ductions. Su!tr is the stapl. pro-
iuc,. Rice is s. con'l in I'm por anc.,
and bananas have become n ,roit .ble
export u may he grown on
most soils up 10 an e'nvation of zoos
feet. The cotf raised on K. ,na dis
tricf. of Hawaii, is unsurpassed III
quality Tob.ccn h., b.came al u ,ss
a weed, but is crl iYatrd by the ma
tiv-s for ,h ir own ne. Experts in
tobacco culture i lsa have visited the
islands express the opinion th.t the
finest quality of leaf may he rai,' d
here, Among the o,h,r natrra' pro
ducts which have been introduced
and which have run wild are inl.gc
and sutnac. There are ,nsny medlci.
nal pants indigenous to the isl.nds
and an almost end ess variety OF Il
brous plans Whereyer ramie has
b en lntrodmcpd it is diff .uit to erad :
icale. Indeed it is not tn> much tt
say that he sill and eli Of tbs
Haw allan islands render certain tht
growth and parfectiny OF every pi.nt,
shrul AMI fru.t co.nm N to sub trop
| ical countries, while on the u ghei
elevations of Hawgii and Mau, tn
fruits, cereals AMI grasses Of the
tempcrate zCne do we'll. Gurus fruit'
! rev TO prrfe ,tion, as do also 'oqua'
mango, tamar.nd, Ollla or niou"taii
apple. bread fruit, pspaia or pawpaw
| Of the West Indi4s, ayacado or alli-
gator pear, pineapple, native straw
berry, and raspberry, ohtlo or native
huck' 'lb.rry, CtT- COOS berry, etc
Th"re are srvrraI varieties OF tors 81
; ire. predicting fu nit,re and Iull Z
ny timber. but s,ln ial wood onc'
! pie .tlfnl has E,.tn Exhausted.
The nati.e grasses have been near
lv xxi, ruin lttd hy cat lc aud sheep
! bat their p,e has !, e n taken b,
imported grasses, much 10 ,hr i'm
! d ovrM"n' OF ,he g azrg The Islands
| are now fairly VII. gfassed, prirc,-
pal.y by nansn'e or B. mazda grass
Sta,is! clever does we'll. aud wh.rt
care is taken in estab isIing it. alfalfa
or TIA, fnrn'a lurr,n-. also thrves.
G.ae abourds in the mountains
| nearly all having h-en in,roduc,gd. o.
| winged game. pencorks ere M st cop
non ON Maui. Turkeys, pheasapss
C,I,f rnin q'ail, llov+r. ducks, e'e.
ire tn b. fou, d on all tn. islands
-. II h, rds of deer have beer estah
,~hed on the islands Of Hawaii am
Molodai. Wild goats aid cattle affore
,,aod shooting on Hawaii and Maui