The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-02-14
IN SPITE OF
KNOCKERS

F. w. Koch OF Denver, Colo, and J.
H. slattery of Silverton, Colo. return
ed Saturday on the Kinau from Hawaii
where they visited the volcano. Both
gentlemen are gr .tified that they made
the trip and at the same time feel
thankful that they had not listened TO
the KNOCKERS who attempted to head
them off.
81 made that trip when n good many
other strangers here got cold feet
about It," said Mr.. Koch yesterday af-
ternoon at the Hawaiian Hotel. There
is a man here who is a first-class
us from going to Hawaii. He told us
that the trip in little boat like the
Kinau would be a bad one and that we
would roll and toss and land In Hilo
about as sick as ever a man can be.
Furthermore. he said the volcano was
not worth visiting. / don't know
whether he has ever been to the crater
Of Kilauea but he doesn't know what
he is talking about.
There was quite crowd of us ready
to go to the volcano from this and
other hotels, until this 'knocker' got
in his work, and that settled about
fourteen people who decided to remain
behind, and missed the grandest trip
in the islands.
ITO visit Honolulu is only to see n
small portion of the greatness of the
islands. That trip in the Kinau TO and
from Hilo is all right. / am prone TO
seasickness but, outside of a squeam-
ishness for an hour or so, the trip I'D
not affect me- The scenry along the
island coasts is grand, and the tip
from Hilo to the volcano is through
a rich, fertile region, that every visitor
to the islands should see. That is a
vast region of fertility up there. But
IL you people down here want eastern
capital TO come into the islrnds and
develop that country, you have goz to
throttle the knockers in your midst
who hang around the hotels.
1T would be a fine thing f1r M to
go back to Denver and the first ques-
tion my friends pop at me, Have you
seen the volcano?' and I would have
to say No When / go back I wart
to tell my friends that l have been 10
TIE volcano and witnessed one Of the
greatest natural sights the world has
produced. That trip over the lava fields
is one to linger in the memory.
81 have enjoyed my visit to the is
lands and my only regret is that lot
of my friends listened to the 'knocker'
who stopped them from going
Mr.. Slattery voiced Mr.. Koch's SEN
timents in a similar Mariner and was
quite vehement in his pronunciation of
thu knockers at ho.e's why, it's
Ike stopping the tourists here and tell
ing them that IL they are going TO
leave any money here in the islands,
they had better leave IL all in Homo
lulu.
''At the Volcano House Demosthenes
Lycurgus can't do enough for his
guests. In fact, he does too much
much more than is expected. Every
thing is placed at the disposal of MS
guests. When We returned from the
trip to the crater we sat down to a
dinner of several courses, which was
one of the best 1 have partaken of in
the islands. The table was covered
with magnificent roses. which grow
near the Volcano House. The Volcano
House is pleasant place to stay, and
number who went I'D decided to re-
main over another week.
Mr.. Koch and Mr.. Slattery are PROM
inent business men OF the Centennial
State, and both are walking promotion
committees of the greatness of Cole
RADIO.