The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-21

ing to land in the event of the mule |
slipping. That uncertainty bred
species of fear that interfered with the
pleasure OF the journey. At the end OF
three hours we were at the residence |
OF Judge Matthewman on the govern
ment road. Here hospitality stalks
unfetted. Every act of the genial judge
and his wife evidenced that fact. We
were made to feel comfortable and fed
as the prodigal son was on his return
to his home.
By arrangement a surrey and pair
met us at the residence of the judge
and at eleven o'clock that night | was
comfortably located in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Aungst at Holualoa, three
miles from Kailua on the upper road
Good cheer has a prominent place in
the home Of the Aungsts when 1t comes
TO the entertainments of friends; With
out them my trip to the flow would
have been less pleasant and / would
have gone through with less informa-
ton. for they had returned from the
scene the night before and knew what
was doing UP to that time.
ON TO THE FLOW.
The next day, Thursday, L was on
my way to the flow with forty-five
mile ride before me. Kona is less
known to the people of Honolulu than
any other part of the Territory, unless
it be Puma, so they cannot realize the
comfort one feels in riding in phae-
ton over the road from, say Matthew
mans TO the flow. l am informed thaI
the section for twenty miles beyond
Maguire's toward Waimea is quite as
good and even to waimea it is not
half bad, for Mr.. Vredenburg has made
Two trips from that place direct to the
flow in his automobile. ! must how
ever except from this statement the
last eight miles of the run, that near
est the flow. The grades are out OF the
ordinary and it is mostly over a SOFT
lava rock that makes pulling d1fncult
and on this the supervisor OF the as
trict as well as the road supervisor,
has permitted a monument to rear It
self to their inefficiency and the shaft
is nothing less than growing guava
bushes, some of them reaching the
| height of the horses heads and others
shorter. These scrape along the wagon
box with a noise that resembles slap
. ping the side of house with bamboo
poles A little money and little pride
, would do much toward bringing this
part of the island out of the rut And
the road should have been fixed long
, ago, for it is the main thoroughfare
|. over which people travel in going from
Kona to Kau and Hilo. Now 1t is
blocked by a mass of hot, burning
Laval To a section five miles along
the government road nature sent down
l the lava to stunt the guavas and help
4 out the county-in way.
AN IDEAL SPOT.
. Kona district is the ideal spot for
+JaA 70 or tlp h0mpStead6r
2 l have not visited section on that Is
land that will compare with it but
:, am told the soil is not deep enough to
2 nourish many of the varieties O.
= growth which the small farmer is tc
depend upon for his living. Just how
= far that statement viii be borne GU
by the facts L cannot say. saw
Il oranges, lines, mangoes, vegetables o.
every description, papayas, pineapples
coffee and some of the best sugar cane
d | have ever seen, growing along th'
IA route to the flow. Yes, and L saw cat
/ tie and sheep that seemed to hav'
1t something more than skin on thei
! bones. If there is anything more need
IN ed let it step forward. There are mile
: of coffee trees along the road ant
. healthier trees [ never saw. Down be
low the road, near Kealakekuas is tn
big pineapple cannery and taro Or,
= house of w. w. Bruner. Here he no
only cans pines but prepares taro TO
l. flour that is made up in Honolulu INT
poi flour The cane on the lands of tn
: Kona Sugar Company is certainly Yer.
strong looking along the road and
n am told the best of it is inside. Mos
plantations snow the best along tn
n road.
N AQUA VITAE FACTORY.
lie Near Napoopoo is the distiller,
e. where okolehao is to be made tor loca
l. as well as foreign consumption. IN
r building is a large one but the slgl
W tells the story in a smothered way
ID The Agricultural and Industrial Cor
Of poration of Hawaii, Limited" are tn
ID mysterious words painted on a boar
he and nailed over the broad entrance
g. Just why the doorway has been mad
IN so broad may be obvious to those VII
Z have tried the beverage made of tn
s. ii leaf Perhaps the cellarman, Xix
If Dickens character, may absorb
n. through his pores and consequent
j., require plenty of room to get In an
l. out of the place. l passed Mr.. Ed
N wards and his monocle on the ROAD
,s 1 was going toward the flow. Bot
,e looked well but / was informed tina
~ the gentleman was not feeling his oes'
The upper road through kona, yo
=. will understand, is through delight
20 full section. There are few if any mos
"A quitoes, at night the mercury zoe
- down to So degrees, but the middle Q
the day is about the average tempera
ture The road is at an elevation aooV
the sea so that the view is one 10
remembered. On one side is the ocea
re and the other gently sloping hill. In
L road is as level as a floor and as IRE
~ from litter as the one through kaplo
at lani Park except where l have noted
a SOME PLEASANT HOMES.
:. At Holualoa there is private hote
- where travellers are accommodated an
:. another at Kealakekua- The latter
=. =. in a. rather we'll settled place and PEG
- pie from Honolulu spend weeks III In
=. summer at the delightful place. Aroun
- about are the homes OF the Parlses
- Wallaces, Macfarlanes and others. In
-, Wassmans of jelly and jam fame al
,,aa- .1,are and so are the GreeIWelE