The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-26
TOUR THROUGH
THE CANE FIELDS
(Contlnued from Page Sd

NSoitihutu age o.l
over again, to the splendid gulch of
Hakalau with the mill set in it close
to the water. and beyond, on the up
land, another beautiful plantation
home. He has his troubles, has Man
ager John Ross of Hakalau. but also
he has his compensation. One thorn
in his side that pricks sharply, odd
times is the thorn of the Portuguese
Settlement Associations, That is a tale
that will be told otherwhere. One of
many compensations is the pleasant
home life that is his-a home life which
the weary wayfarer fortunate enough
to share will find ideal in all its as
poets. 1t is real plantation home at
Hakalau-the managers life sweeten-
ed by the charming presence of the lady
of the manor house. And the house
at Hakalau is one of the most slightly
on the coast-a house of broad lanais
and open doors and cool rooms. How
little of necessity there is in elegance,
and yet how comforting it is and how
well calculated to prolong mans life.
AN AERIAL FLIGHT.
At Hakalau it is that the Inter- Island
steamers lie at the foot of the cliff and
receive sugar, twenty sacks at time.
sent down upon a long wire that reach
es thousand feet from ship to shore.
The Secretary of this Territory made
one trip over the abyss on that wire,
and l never had a more adventurous
few minutes in my life. But my en-
thusiasm did not run the length of
making the trip myself, when my turn
came. / am modest man, content to
shine in reflected glory.
| From Hakalau to Hilo again through
the managerial ability of plantation
man, Mr.. Ross to wit, and through the
courtesy n Mr.. Ronald Kennedy, our
method OF travel changed once more.
and we were whizZed over the roads to
this sleepy and sleepily attractive old
town in a new Winton auto that seemed
as much out of place here as 1t would
have seemed in a town of the Hawaii
of fifty years ago. Yet Hilo. though 1t
has more of the old Hawaiian atmos-
phere than Honolulu, is still not really
old Hawaiian. 1t has merely gone to
sleep-and lies dreaming now, beauti-
full in its rest, peaceful, somno,ent,
waiting for the magic touch that will
come, one day, surely to awaken 1t to
hustling life-to awaken II to a moment
to wonder why it has slept so long be-
fore ii swings busily into the march Of
progress.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
at Washington d v.
The new concrete bridge oyer the Ka-
'pue stream at Papaikou was finished
by Contractor Nunez Fernandez last
! Saturday and was accepted by Super
visor j. r. Molr on behalf OF the County
Of Hawaii IN MnnHuW Ii IL SfNtU fact
> in length and is In every sense cred-
J liable job. II Is the first bridge OF the
} kind built by the county and 1t will un-
doubtedly be followed by others OF sim
ilar construction.
A motion for default 10 he entered
! against the defendant IN the case of the
r First Bank of Hilo against y Peck was
z Heard on Tuesday by Judge Parsons
1 and granted The suit Involves an
E amount of sS3O9.2i.
j, Castle Ridgway the Tribune says
l IA reference to AN item In the Adyer-
, tlser that he was going 10 Washington
go take position, "left Hllo without
} lnnnouncinE his intentions, aud the pub,
a lle generally was surprised al the news
lof his departure Had u been known
that he Was about ~ 81 to Washing
2 ton with the possibilities that he would
= not return, a farewell reception would
lno doubt haye been ace0rded him. Ar
y ,hidgNay occupied prominent position
in iillo ro'lally ana IN tho business
. world ana mad many friends who Fe'
q lsrpiilnT ~ losr him from lhslr midst
I, viii Nish 40 Rlm rlrsNherf the SUGGEST
! ne abilities ihoala command