Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-07-16
BLUE JACKETS
IN HONOLULU
SCENES OF RARE BEAUTY WILL
DELIGHT EYES OF SAILORS
ENTERTAINMENT PLANNED IS
MOST UNIQUE.

WASHINGTON. July 16.-The
| American fleet of sixteen battleships
will mark off another stage of it's
globe encircling journey when it
drops anchor in the harbor of Homo
lulu today. Recent dispatches from
! the capital of Hawaii tell of the ell
aborate plans that have been made
for the enterta'nme of the officers
and men of the fleet during their
weeks visit there OF all the places
to be visited by the fleet in its
cruise around the world it IS safe to
say that none offers more attractions
for the visitor than Honolulu and
the Hawaii islands, which We're an
nexed to the United States in 1897.
Tile Hawaiian group. tropical. vol
canic beautiful, lies more than two
thousand miles from San Francisco
and about three thousand miles
from the nearest ma inland to the far
west. Nowhere in the world is there
to be found q more attractive and
deligh full country Eight islands
comprise the group, Hawaii, Oahu,
Kauai. Mani and MoloFai are the
PRINCIPAL ones. Situated within the
tropics, but swept by the trade
winds. with bound'e9s eXpanse of
sea on every side and mountains
| towering thirteen thousand feet
above the ocean level, with an al
most daily gentle rain on the wind
ward and almost absolute dryness
on the leeward side, the whole island
group is a natural saritarium.
Oahu is the PRINCIPAL island of the
group. The city of Honolulu is stu
ated on it, and over two-thirds Of
the population and wealth are on
this island The entrance to the
harbor of Honolulu is one of the
most charming in the whole world.
The water is peculiar deep blue,
and the great crescent bay is firing
ed by rolling hills that rise one
above another and are green-thatch-
ed by thousands OF picturesque CO.
coanut trees. waving palms and ban
ana trees. In the background. rear
ing themselves several thousand
feet high. are to be seen torn and
shattered lava mountains. enveloped
in verdure of the richest hue.
The granduer of the Hawaiian
scenery was thus graphically de-
scribed by United States Senator
Money of Mississippi, who was one
of the party of pubic men from this
country who visited the islands
when the treaty Of annexation was
being arranged.
A visitor standing upon Hafea-
kala, on the rim of it's stupendous
cap, twenty-three miles IN circum-
| ference, and thousands OF feet deep,
can turn from the field of corrugated
lava, shining like satin, and chaos
Of extinct volcanic cones. to n far
reaching view of mountain. plain.
sea and remote islands. TT thOus-
and feet below, the wrinklsd sea
changes its deep blue to border OF
vivid green edged with lace OF
milk white foam, where the surf
breaks in thunder on lava coast.
Along the mountain foot. green
fields and white plantation houses
o~tend down to the vale Of Waikiki.
This is the prospect looking under
! the clouds: looking over them. Molo-
KAT and Oahu, on the sharp horizons
edge. appear like brown stones in n
setting of blue enamel. Strangely
enough the sea seems to have lifted
itself to the mountain height, and
| the islands to float in sea above
the clouds. The tremendous crater
Of Kalauea, .blott'n gthe sky by
dav. and Illuminating the night
with her perpetual fires. sacred to
Pele: the immense fields OF lava flow
from Maunaloa. in their serility and
lonl ness: the wild loneliness of the
deep valley Of Tao-all these are
scenes that All the mind with won
der and delight.