Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-15
TOUR Of CARTER

Hilo. T'eb. t2.-After a week of In.
dustrious investigation in Hflo, Gov.
erAor Carter and Secretary Atkinson
left Me city Monday morning early for
a trip through Puma, the great lava dis.
trict. They went by the upper Puma
pDad, reaching Pahoa at IL o'clock
Here a large nAmber of citizens await.
ed them, including bevy Of children
frsm the Pahoa Government school.
The people extsodsd cordial greeting
to the Gubetnatorial party. An hour
was spent listening to the require.
msnts d the Pahoa citizens. Roads
and homSsteads were the principal
topics. The party. proceeded on the
wv to Kahpana. Stops were made
en- Sonte to visit and inspect the Aen
casts or lava chimneSs. which consti.
tMe one Of Puna's greatest natural orl.
riosities. Further on the road Gov.
eRAor Carter descended from his cap
rage and looked into the pit craters
and the cinder cone known as Pun IA 4.
1t was at this place that Governor Car.
ter narrowly escaped serious injury
He stepped on the thin crust Of lava
bubble. which broke with a crash, the
GsverRer falling a few feet. HE
hands and face were cut by the sharp
endees of the broken lava.
Following the Rycroft road to Polio
Xxi. the party was again greeted by a
large number of Hawaiians. The next
stop was at Opihikao village, where a
large number of Hawaiians were In
waiting. At this place the Hawaiians
had prepared a great feast for theii
guests which was thoroughly enjoyed
Questions were asked and answered
relating to the needs of the people
Next at Kekena the people were on,
again in a body and Governor Garter
was steered into another luau. A lit
tie after nightfall the party arrived al
Kalapana. where an enthusiastic re
ception was rendered by the residents
The church bell was rung as signal
to the people that the Governor hat
arrived. The church immediatel,
filled and the officials had one of tn,
most successful meetings of the trip
' The Governor lodged at Timoteo'!
place but the party did not retire I'm
til they had again sat down to a luxu
rious luau.
The party left Kalapana early Tues
day morning. Before starting Gov
ernor Carter viewed the work that haC
been done on the constructed portion
of the road which will connect lowe
Puma with the upper Puma road. Sooi
after, the caravan hit the trail for tn,
Volcano House. At 10 o'clock a. m
the party stopped and annihilated |
luau which had been prepared for thei
coming. They also made a side tril
to "Wahaula'', one of the five Heia'
where in ancient times human sacri
fees we're made.
Early in the afternoon the home o
Pea, a prominent Hawaiian living a
Panau. was reached where anothe
roast pig with accessories was waitin
for them. A side trip was taken I
the great pit crater, called Maka Pt
hi. ten miles from the Volcano House
Steam was issuing from this crater a
a depth of 200 feet. Tuesday nigh
Mr.. Bidgood looked well to the need
of the Governors party.
] Early Wednesday morning Pete
Lee piloted Governor Carter over tn
upper end of Olaa road.
At noon Wednesday tho party lei
the Volcano House on horseback, hea'
ed for Kapapala ranch. They expec
ed to spend Thursday night at Ainapo
hold meeting at Waiohinu Saturda
night and go on through the Kau di'
trict.