The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-04-17

81 have Travelled throsSA the rsssn>
sSsz districts q ScssA Azsries. North
Azsstss. and Canada, also thrrGSA tbs
IsskSsA Valley and the AaireHdssks,
and with els sxespsSea. SRd that IS
tie -szsxi-< II PerS. kRew u Ne
zsrs magnificent sesasSv whSeh esa hsi
seen vita sSSl facility sASa these
zsozrsxics o. KxrSi," writes A. Cart
lev 70 the Promotion Committee, in .
letter descriptive q his trip thrVcsAj
shs kzazi scenic sections, in which As
Gzkss the suggestion .AS< john Muir,
tie fxze1s -.oGrssiHser Sai writer Of
California Be invited 10 visit the
Islands As s sces- q the Promotion
Committee IN order rhSt the beauties
% Hx~xnas Gecrsxins Esy be hstinS-
" described in those ESirlsrG publ
cations &c which Mr.. Muir Is con-
trlhzrc-, Srt II the pages q whiea
hs kxs 50 tstirSly portrayed the
charms and beauties Of the Slsrrss>
As s result Of the suggestion IL WAS
decided ss the Meeting 81 the promo
sio-iScs yesterday 10 forward the In
vStSste- 20 Mr.. Muir. and also 70 sug-
sss- - the Inter-lsiSnd Company the
Feasibility and the advantages OF pro
noting S1eh excursions IS Mr.. Gartlsy
outllrsS IN the following letter. Mr..
Gaztlsy writes
NOWHERE MORE BEAUTIFUL
~ kxvs lust returned from s trip
through the wair,ea diSxrie, OF K&u&i.
lzelRd1ns 4 trip 10 the he&i Of the
OlaksIs ditch. which supplies water
- the M4kawsli plantation l &Ea also
familiar with the canyons Of WSIueA
sSis. Ii i NV belief that for sQuxl
area there Is No place IN the world
where mere beautiful mountain scenery
obtains than IN this section OF kauSi,
ard believe that the Promotion Com
ulrtss shogld do everything 20 Pho
note travel IN this section
As s preliminary, NY reeoumer-
d1rIoz would be 70 organize small PSF
ties Of from eight 10 ter 70 make this
rip. II the kinau takes the regular
sailing date Of the MIk&h&lA, leaving
here Thursday and arriving st WSIUe2
Friday AZ shout ; l. II. she could COR
tIEus On around 10 NSp2h and as far
Is E2e12- returning 10 WaImsa~ On
Saturday morning arrangements could
ts made with the WaIusa stables 70 !
drive party up the olOkele ditch.
having saddle horses sent on ahead the
FxrEy could proceed N the ditch trail
for five OF SIX miles returning 70 Wal [
us4 SATURDAY. evening On Sunday = 4
drive could be taken 10 Halsmanu- As I
the rU&d L fairly good. = six-hOrss
team could easily carry eight paSssr-
gers up and back II day This would .
give 3 view Of the great canyon Of i
W1Imea. and the members Of the party i
could also 20 10 the head u kalALau
EUIth- which / probably the third in
est view On the island Monday they
could be driven 70 HAnapepe valley
where saddle horses could DC waiting
10 take them 10 the head Of H4nspspe
Euleh 10 view the Hanapepe falls
From there they could proceed 70 Ii
hue and On Tuesday they could take
IN the special drives around Lihue. in
ending = trip 10 Wailuz falls and
along the trail running under the
Kauai electric pole line Taking the
Khan On Tuesday evening they would
zsriye IN Honolulu Wednesday morn-
uE
HOTEL FACILITIES
Hotel facilities II WaImez are
ysrE limited but I Uudearznd that
Mr. Baker has about SIX 0Ors and
fair zec0umsiztIUn- aIrhOtkh l have
Fsry g004 accommodations r. the Fair
sii=E hotel For teams asi Land trans
1OrIzgICa arrangement sESuld be made
Il NziHez with the Waime4
stables They perhaps could handle q
lzrIy as far a. Hz1zpSpe- W H Rice
5t LIbUs could meet the party al Hal
-zpsps and possibly furnish saddle
-srsss for HzHzpepe valley and teams
to DIVE them from Hzn2pspe TO Ii
-Es He could also arrange the trips
II the vicinity Of Lihue.
u venture 10 say there Is no part I
Il Tie world where the variety OF
ZS11tzia scenery can Be viewed with
=.4Zzl fzeiIITv- providing trips, as 1
ave outlined them, are taken The Z
Er=e gulthes OF Wsimsz- OlOkeIs s1Ii
izzzpepe are Absolutely different in
.EzrsetsE- but I lack the descriptive
over To describe snE one Of them
SIERRAS SURPASSED.
4 would further suggest that the
'r5Z0tIOE Committee extend al inTi-t
ztioz 10. M JOHN Muir, the famous
Ot California, 10 visit the
s-z1ds ard take trips through our
-s11EzIEs- 1sE only On Kauai, but On
Lszi, 1LoLokzi and Hawaii T01, 10
-5ubt- know his great reputation q z
-gEataIEser, and know EEzt his writ
rs have made the mountains q Call
-orEiz and Western United States IA
HOS l an Convinced hoEeTer. that
I he oze@ takes z trip through the
-91Etzins q laval rs much beloved
isErzz VII have far less charm for
IN He has already been approached
. M Frznei= Gay, and has expressed
een Interest
= vii hzye some pictures made upi
y the Promotion Committee Of gone
the Ez1zi mountain scenery, and
n q two Of The mountains OF Hz- Z
-zii, but thsse photographs can in 10 4
az eoEvsy the grandeur Of the scenes. 2
h Wsimez canyons are from 300 TO 7
90 feet deep. and resemble IN char I
erer and s0Ioring the Grand Canyon 4
Z Colorado. The bottom Of Oiokele Il
uIeh lies some 12yO feet below the 4