The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-01

| necessary slight changes in the itine-
| fary.
| After the return to Honolulu Gov.
1 Carter expects to make tour of Ka-
uai. either in person or by proxy. Maui
| will then be visited and public works
| on that island started underway.
WAIMEA's SCENERY.
Waimea is beautiful place, not only
| in itself, but for the views that can
be obtained from it. To the right lies
Mauna Loa, its round top covered with
glistening snow, fleecy clouds lowering
| just above the peak, where few
weeks ago fiery blasts from Mokuaweo-
weo turned them a glowing red. Fur
Their down the smaller peaks, almost
green in the distance lie below the
cloud line, seemingly apart from the
snow crested peak of the higher noun
tain.
To the left is Mauna Kea, it's snowy
slopes extending far above the cloud
line and far down the mountain side.
The snow melts with incredible swift
ness. At 10 o'clock both mountains
were hidden by the snowy banks, at
noon not white spot could be seen.
THE HOMESTEADS.
Gov. Carter visited the Waimea
homesteads Wednesday morning and
was much pleased with their appear
ance. Although small farming has not
been a great success, some very pretty
homes have been established here.
Their owners work on the Parker
ranch. Gov. Carter considers that the
twenty-acre grants are too large for
homes, and, when more land is opened
up it will be in smaller tracts.
Carl Willing, the Honolulu gardener,
is a recent arrival. He has planted a
small acreage on an experimental scale
and promises to be successful. He gets
ahead of the pokos by planting in boxes
and raising them from the ground.
THE PARKER RANCH.
The Parker ranch is of course Wal |
mea. It is nearly a million acres in ex-
tent, although only half of that acreage
is given over to the cattle ranch, of
which Mr.. Fred Carter is the resident
manager. Recently the old Macfarlane /
sheep ranch was purchased by the Par
1er interests and this also is placed in
Mr.. Carriers charge. Altogether there
are more than 10000 cattle on the
ranch, besides thousands of sheep.
The Humuula sheep station is seven
thousand feet above the sea level.
1
registered thirty above
zero, and water was found in frozen
pools. A few thousand feet below
Wild strawberries were in blossom. Not
many years ago the entire ranch prop
.rty was a virgin forest, and Forester
Iosmer will endeavor to renew some
# the trees.
LEASE WILL EXPIRE.
|
PARKER ranch is one for $4,000 acres
INNING from the sea to the top of the
mountain. The rental paid the gov
rnment on this vast tract amounts to
lst $305 per year-no, not per acre
DR. the entire acreage. The lease is
Or fifty years, but fortunately it ex-
Tres in two years. Part of the land
planted in cane, and the net profits $
ON the one tract each year will pos /
bly, aggregate $4,000.
THE OLD JUDD ROAD. I
From Kailua for a distance of prob
bly, twenty miles are the remains of
lie old Judd road. This was built
,me years ago and was intended to l
,nnect HiIo with Kailua. The original
lrveys went on a straight line with
1t regard to intervening mountains
1T the idea was soon abandoned. :
ute bit of the road was built, but
hen work had stopped it touched no.
here in particular. The Governor is
,peful that the old plan may be car =
I'd out. with due regard to engineer
g obstacles, and says that it will do "
UGH to cement the two portions of =
e island, which are now isolated be- :,
use of lack of communication
II am getting a totally different idea =
the country from what I had" said :,
e Governor. II thought that there ;,
as only a marrow fringe of land along :
g coast which was capable of culti-
ton. Instead the planted area eN- p
nds far into the interior and on the ;,
CHER portions the land is wei adap- Il
/ for grazing purposes" is
THE CATTLE DRIVE. 81
Thursday the Governor made an a
ler attempt at cattle drive, and Il