Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-13

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:. looked upon the representative =
: Democrat and was pleased, and y
u it remains to be seen what effect =
= Fitzgerald will have on the next =
. election in Hanalei, Kauai Three !.
). cheers were given for the Dem !.
!: ocrats three for Republicans, =
!. and three more for everybody :.
Hearty alohas followed the guests
as they returned to the beach TO again
board the steamer for the trip along
the Coast.
Magnificent Coast Trip
Again the wind and sea were kind.
No single passenger sought berth
from discomfort of the sea during the
four hours sail along the magnificent
scenic coast from Hanalei to Eleele.
The cliffs four thousand feet high,
some covered with vefdure to the very
top and others barren and forbiddmg
furnished a constantly changing and
long to aforementioned panorama.
People go to Switzerland for seen
cry and neglect such superior tropi.
cally softened grandeur as this" said
one Congressman. And another want
ed to know If he could buy some of
those mountains with their continuous
chameleon-like changes under a softly
clouded sky, so that he might make
Kauai the tourist haven and summer
resort Of the world.
Conotpr Kpudcpp noinioJ ont Ia
places of interest along the route and
interspersed the routine with various
legends which Hawaiian folklore has
attached to nearly every locality, in
Guiding the Barking Sands of Kekaha.
Senator w. O. Smith, Representative
COney and Mr. and Mrs. Gay and mem
bers of the Wilcox household, who
Joined the ship at Hanalci assisted in
The general fund Of information dis
pensed.
TO Land Again
Anchor was let go off Elecle landing
about 1 80 in the afternoon Landings
without wharves became an item of
increasing interest and at least one
| man NIllC u Ilblll VIC snip W
shore gave an exhibition of what a
Congressman asks when he wants to
know. The depth of the water the
cause for the newly-building breakwa-
ter, the size of the ships, why the
hreakwater is not larger. why they
don't build a wharf, why the landing
is private rather than built by the
. Territory, what the big ships do, what
the little ships do,--furnisbed a few
of running fire of queries which test
ed the local mans preparation to the
limit.
Soda water peaches and star ap.
pies were served the travellers pre-
, yious to their boarding the plantation
train, the cars of which were decorat-
ed with ferns and vines from the
hills, for the ride through McBryde
plantation to Koloa
Through Plantation Acres
This portion or the trip was the
first close view Of a sugar plantation,
y, and as the miles of fertile plain broken
by steep gulches, were covered, op.
portunity offered for a passing glance
at cane culture in all its stages, from
reparation of the land to irrigating,
stripping ard harvesting The exten.
sive feature of sugar production was
in evidence The intensive side will
> he seen later, when mills in action are
! Visited.
: Welcome at koIoa
Arriving at Koloa, rigs were in read.
mess to continue the journey to Lihue.
! Approaching Koloa village, a well-kept
school-house first attracted notice and
q was favorably commented on The
mixed population of the plantation
town was in evidence and also the
, American flag. An arch of welcome
covered with tropical greens and flow.
, els expressed the goodwill of the
, people and pleased the visitors.
, A short stop was made at the Smith
t homestead at Koloa, where leading cit.
. izens were assembled; the Koloa band
Produced patriotic airs and lemonade
and fruit We're served on the broad
+ lawn.
Continuing on for ten miles more or
. less the way led over an excellent road
to which Kauaians point with pride
q as proof Of County government sue
! cess, to improve with age,--through
, plantation fields and pastures with the
| many-colored hills rising to mountains
i'll the distance, and picturesque gulch-
es which punctuatc the gap which al,
lows a belt-road +horOughfare for
!, round-thc-island travel.
!. Land Ownership
!. Questions as to the ownership OF
!. the lands were natural. And as acre
!. after acre was passed, more than one
|. searcher for information asked
!. where does the little fellow come
!. in?" That's too long a story to be
!. repeated here.
/. Lihue had its American flags flying
|. and Old and young were out TO see the
!. caravan go by in a cloud of good red
!. Kauai dust
!. Rices Entertain
I. The beautiful homestead of w. II
!: Rice was the headquarters at Lime
!. Here, as elsewhere on the route, the