The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-05-12
VOLCANO
WAKING Up
HiIo People Think
Eruption Is
Due.

and vicinity are again watching
IA for an early outbreak Of N. Vol
cano. Recent visitors have noticed in
creased action in the crater. and an
other eruption IL not wholly unexpect-
ed within very short time. ON Wed
nesday the cliffs and floor OF the vol
cano we're mass OF steam, The
clouds were so dense that Uwekahlma.
the Government surveying station sit
uated on the high bluf about mile
from the hotel. was invisible. People
who were present at the lava nows OF
1851 and 1883 report that they never
have seen steam on the Kilauea Xxi
side of the crater, while at present the
considerable smoke is visible on that
side.
Manager Waldron went down into
the crater on Wednesday and made
careful examination of Halemaumau.
Twice during the day, when the wind
blew the steam to one side, he was
able To see fire at the bottom of the
pit The idea that IL was a burning
! sulphur bank was removed by the lack
| of fumes Had II been burning sui
! phur the smell would have been evil
! dence of the fact.
The old native guide, who Is prob
ably the best authority on Pele's ac-
| tions. having been at the volcano FOR
more than thirty years. says that the
volcano is acting just as II always does
before il breaks out. He expects an
eruption in the near future.
Porto Ricans here intend to observe
| the independence day Of Cuba. on
| May Goth, when the emblem of the new
| republic is to be raised for the first
time, Cuban flags will be floated from
the Porto Rican camp near here.
The annual Sunday school excursion
will be given tomorrow, the picnickers
going to Puma.
f. Very and family departed on the
Falls of Clyde for an extended jour
ney on the European continent
Judge Hapai has been hearing an IN
teresting tax case. w. Ross Campbell
refused to pay the personal tax de-
, manded by the collector. upon the
/ ground that he had been within the
r Territory only since the first of Janu-
: ary. and consequently could not bt
held for the tax. Judge Hapai de-
: cidcd otherwise, however. and The 'aN
' must be paid unless an appeal is taken
Professor Leonard is to make bal
. loon ascension tomorrow, and says H.
a will go up 5000 feet.
The Cotillion club gave a most en-
e joyable German Friday evening a
Spreckels' hall. Miss Franc Eaton wal
: chosen queen of May, and was crowned
. by the maids of honor, who We're: Mrs
Meg Deacon. Mrs. f. II. McStocker
IS Lilinoe Hapai the Misses Cheek, Mrs
g Rice and Melinde Canario.
= Tracklaying has begun on the Ia
maiele division of the Puma railroad.
n A team belonging to +, w. Barnar
Is went over the bank near Ookala las
:. week and one mule was killed. ID
. Grace's team met with similar acci
n dent, the Japanese driver going dow
sixty feet. Messrs. Guard and Luca
: had a narrow escape from seriou
- accident at the same place.
n The Olaa mill did a record smashin
" business last week in grinding 1922
tons of sugar in five days of 1917 hour
e each. The run is said to be the bes
~ ever made by any mill in the Hawaiia
Islands. The Olaa people celebrate
the famous run with a meeting at tn
l. mill last Saturday night. There wer
over thirty of the employees present an
they had a jolly good time. Speeche
were INDUCED in and the supremacy @
," Olaa was fittingly toasted.
In the higher elevations on thi
island, where the timber has been Gu
= down, the oona fiber plant grows luz
uriantly During the recent visit {
~ Commissioner Smith the cultivation {
=. olona was discussed by him with Doc
" tor Russell. and the Commissioner re
=, quested the doctor to procure sample
~ to be forwarded to the Agricultural De
partment at Washington. IT is saI
~ that olona fiber is stronger than that {
~ any plant known, and has a CONNER
:, cial value worth considering. Yea
ago Hawaiians used il in making ne
and fish lines, and the old Hawaiia
~ at Seconnet, he whose face has becon
80 familiar as a model for Professor Hell
w shaw in his Photographic work, has
" fish line now in use that was made
his grandfather. The Commission
e. will ask the Department Of Agricultu
~ at Washington to find means of trea
ing the fiber economically, and wh'
vs. the information is secured a moveme
will be set on foot to plant from Gu
~, tings much OF the upland not suited
." cane.