The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-18
TRIP IN HAWAII
Former Mitchell Lady Writes of Her
Trip to the Volcanoes Over
in Hawaii.

In Hawaii.
Honolulu, T. H.. Aug. II. 1908.
Mr.. G. w. Downey.
Editor. Mitchell Republican:
Having just returned from a trip
Ito the volcano OF kilauea, on the
island of Hawaii, and being So i'm
pressed with the wonderful sights
1 witnessed there, l am going to try
and share them with you, by means
OF a word picture or two, although |
l realize as neven before the inde-
quacy OF words to depict this wonder +
full spectacle. the grandest l have
ever been privileged to see.
The trip of twenty hours by
steamer. from Honolulu, Oahu. to
Hilo. Hawaii. is interesting, although
some of the channels through which
We pass are uncomfortably choppy.
The coast of Molokai (the island
on which is located the leper settle
ment) is rugged and shows plainly
it's volcanic formation, although
back from the shore there are fine
plantations and rich, fertile land.
Maui shows a beautiful coast line
and at inset presented a most en-
,chanting picture to us,-the rich
tropical colorings on her wooded
slopes. many water falls, picturesque
villages, all softened by the sun
set tints and the nearness OF the
beautiful blue waters of the Pacific.
AT Hilo, the chief city of Hawaii,
we visited Rainbow Falls, of which
any city might be proud. A high
fall of sparkling water between fern
covered cliffs comes dashing over in
spray and in the early morning, the
sun forms a beautiful rainbow over
the cascade, hence the name. There
are twin falls e Hilo, which are
Very pretty and the legend goes that
one side, called by the natives the
make fall" ('make" being the Ha-
waiian word for dead) will draw any
venturesome kanaka, who may try
to ride the fall, to his death, there
being a strong u"ndercurrent in the
rapids below; the other fall is safe
and a favorite spot for the native
boys and girls to ride over and
plunge into the river beneath.
There is n magnificent cocoanut
palm tree in Hilo, growing to an
immense height in the centre of the
main business street, a living testi-
monial to the honor that should be
|paid a fine tree.
The Volcano House. 1000 feet
above sea level, is thirty-one miles
from Hilo, twenty-five by rail,
through rich sugar plantations and
nine by stage through a country
rich in tropical verdure. where the
wealth Of ferns delighted us, where
wild roses fill the air with their fra
GRANGE, and where olaa thimble
berries and ohelo berries Frightened
the roads and tempted us to stop
and gather them. AS we neared the
Volcano House, the cool bracing air
was most delightful and the log fire
cracking in the big fire place in the
living room of the hotel made the
writer glad she was alive and there
to enjoy its warmth and cheer.
Now for my first visit to the vol
cano. We started about three
4 O'Clock in the afternoon, found the
trail down the mountain side very
!!good and most delightful, winding as
it does through tropical foliage. in
and out among trees. shrubs, vines,
with lava rock everywhere, down and
!, down until we reached the lava beds
where ages ago Madam Pele had, in
anger, thrown her mantle of red hot
lava over the land. and now we walk
over the hardened rough old fields.
, In places the lava formation is
; smooth like cement, in others rough
and twisted looking like coils of
, rope darkened with time: again it
looks like masses of molasses candy
ready to pull (only a trife dirty as
If thousands Of dirty fists had taken
> part in the taffy pull and left an in
delible imprint thereon): again it is
in hillocks and mounds and here and
/ there it forms a tower or a number
: of little images. II ones imagin-
, alton is good, many a fantastic form
/ can be found there. as is the case
in the rocks in the Garden of the
t Gods. We passed sulphur cracks
I where the fumes are almost sitting
? and where the heat is like a furnace:
. there we scorched post cards to send
/ our friends. just to show them we
) have been to a real live volcano.
. The volcano of Kilauea belongs to
. the "caldera" class of volcanoes, not
4 being cone shaped as is Vesuvius, 1t