Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-07

walton. more or less, of the road is mag.
nificent even during this season Of
drought. Homestead after homestead
with acre after acre of coffee inters
persed with papaia, bread fruit and
other tropical fruits make a combina
tion that is an inspiration-fo tariff
on coffee so that these people may
make a living. With such a tariff
kona would be the most satisfactorily
prosperous as well as the most beauti
full district in the Territory. Kona
thanks to tropical bounty, is garder
spot. At the same time it reminds the
writer Of Maine town called Holden.
The late Sam Allen was born there.
II Is town Of small farmers whose
forefathers carved their homes from
the forest and the rocks. II is an old
saying that in Holden the farmers hold
their sheep up by the hind legs in
order that they may feed between the
rocks. Many places along the road In
Kona reminded me Of the Holden
story. Kona has a great future but
1t needs a bracer in the form Of pros
porous industry to bring about q, real.
tzation Of its just deserts.
Houses along the route are In all
stages OF repair and decay. They are
oil picturesque. A few vines, coffee
trees and fruit trees can make tum.
bic down relic Of former hopes pic.
turesque though II be unpleasant to
contemplate. The Portuguese boy dri.
YER said there are haoles, Hawaiians
and Portuguese living on some Of the
hcmesteads notwithstanding nothing
hut japanese were in sight along the
roads. II is blessed assurance for
an American to know that there are
citizens or those eligible to become
| such. Small farm advocates have a
great opportunity to make good in Ko
ma.
Put as many white farmers in Kona
as there are japanese and the place
! will not be a doubtful quantity-pro.
vided they have something to do be.
sides eating themselves out OF house
and home.
In the Schools.
The first sight of the American flag
was before the door of the first school
house at Kahalu. II was refreshing
and pleasanter still to find that the
forty to fifty children, principally Ha.
waiians, were being taught the history
Of the flag. zone country one aag."
was the most prominent sentence on
the blackboards. The percentage of
japanese children was small in this
school which draws its pupils from
within the three.mile limit. At Kai.
naliu, in South Kona, the new school
house in which three teachers have one
hundred and fifty pupils in charge had
every appearance of model school,
inside and out The children are large.
| ly Portuguese and Hawaiian with a
liberal sprinlkling of japanese in the
primary room. There will be no diff
ficulty over these japanese children re
Harding the progress Of their associates
on account Of q lack of knowledge of
the English language. AS the visitors
entered the primary room, little Jap.
anese tot was reading sentence from
the board In as prompt and correct
English as could be done by any Ameri.
can born child. Not far from this
school is a japanese institution which
the japanese children attend after
their day in the public school, Time
will tell whether the japanese school
exerts the stronger influence on the
district.
Kona Is great place. Coffee trees
and fruit trees look pretty whether
they make any money for the owners
or not. The Portuguese driver when
asked where the homesteader's occa.
sional COW got water. responded: Cows
up here don't drink any water" Which
would indicate that whatever the home
steaders do their animals practise
strict economy. In South Kona the
Greenwell, Paris and other estates have
all the surroundings Of comfort and
prosperity. Approaching Napoopoo q
splendid exhibition is going on In how
to make fertile land from rock pile.
kona Roads.
Next to the scenery the roads are the
grandest thing in Kona. The poorest
Kona road is better than Beretania
street at any portion Of its sewer rib.
bed length. This Kona characteristic