The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-19


come out Of Kohala and into Hama
kua is TO come out of PUrgatory into
the next higher place-and the road is
as long and as hard. / know this. 1
have been over that road, on the backs
OF horses. And / feel that / have been
injured on the insides Of me. Also. /
have been injured measurably on the
outsides OF me. But a bit of stern
surgery has healed that.
Now ! have met my reward, for I
have come out OF Kohala through Wal
mea and into Hamakua. We left Ko-
hala, three Of u.s. on the day after the
opening Of the big ditch. Kohala Is "A
most beautiful section OF Hawaii, but
a bit behind the times perhaps. II is
primitive. you understand. The civiliZa-
tion Of Kohala is the civilization OF
this Country-but with notifications.
For instance, the hotels OF modern
civilization supply their guests with
things that they can eat. Also. IL is
supposed TO be the province of the
hotels Of modern civilization to find
places where their guests can sleep.
Well. in Kohala. 1t is different. You
will appreciate these things, If you go
to Kohala.
Still. there are desirable things in
Kohala, and much beauty and most
pleasant people. The plantations there.
all OF them small. still make money
and will make more when they get
ready to take the water that the ditch
now brings to them.
1t is curious, about those plantations
in Kohala not being ready for the wa
! ter. They'did not think that the wa
ter would be delivered on time and
they did not prepare the cane I'm plant
ing to receive the water. Now, they
must pay for the water, under their
contract with the ditch company. and
get no use of IL until the next planting
time.
What did think OF the completion
of the ditch?" said n Kohala planter
I'm answer to a query from Hamakua
planter himself anxious to see the
Hamakua ditch put through. What
did think of the completion of the
ditch? / was ready to cry when l saw
it opened. Here must pay for all that
water, and cannot use 1t, and do not
need it. II you ever want to see rain
come. promote the building OF a ditch
in your section"
But the Kohala planters will be
ready for that water next cane-pldnt-
ing time. They do not want to pay
for what they do not get. And 1t is
not their purpose to weep. II Is much
pleasanter to make the other fellow
cry.
As / said before. we left Kohpla.
That was on one OF my wise days.
There are days when / have wisdom.
And we rode out upon the wide, wind
swept uplands, and through lehua for
| ests that are dying, where the cattle
stood knee-deep in lush grasses while
the rain beat upon them like hall
| Away and away, leaving the cane
| fields and crossing the line of the big
ditch. we climbed steadily. the horses
taking the steady dog trot that is call
ed the Hawaiian jog" and that in a
| smooth gated horse is like the motion
of "A rocking chair. When the horse
has not smooth gait. the motion IL
said TO be good for smoothing out the
creases OF an indurated liver. II should
be. For II Is about as unpleasant to
bear as anything within human ex-
perience can be.
| The road over the uplanda leads the
traveller who Is fortunate 10 Puuhue.
the country home of Senator Palmer
r. Woods with It's sweeping view
across the rolling hill lands 10 the sea,
shaded 10 soft colors by the drifting
trade wind clouds. II is one of the most
beautiful homes on these islands-and
the hospitality IL OF the quality that
one reads about IN the old books on
Hawaii, II is generous, ana not
forced, The guest II made 10 feel
without apparent en0rt ~ host ~
hostess, that he is a part ~ the home
The home atmosphere covers him, and