The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-07

HerbertS suggestion is the best vet
and We shall certainly aid him in the
carrying cut of his plans The New
zealand idea of accommodation huts.
that charge fifty cents a night lodg-
ing and fifty cents a meal, with the
privilege TO pedestrians of carving
their own lunches would prove a boon
to our schoolboys and youths here in
general. and 1 hope soon to see this
plan started at Mr. Herbert's and ex-
tended all over Oahu. In fact, only this
morning some ladies who have excel
lent hotels and boarding houses in
Honolulu came in to say that too
often the time dragged with visitors
because there was no evening diver
sion or week end recreation place out
of town except the HaIeiwa Hotel
they hailed with delight the project of
accommodation huts out of town and
assured me that their tourist guests
could certainly be persuaded to ex-
tend their stays in Hawaii, If only
such plan goes through. Mr.. Her
bert and the boys are right, let us give
the tourist something to come for be-
sides climate, and at the same time
benefit our own travel loving people
at home. / am for good roads, good
trails, good modern priced hotels,
transportation RACES no higher than
elsewhere in America-then tons of
literature telling the tourist what we
have accomplished for his comfort.
Il understand that a number OF
active young men have offered to place
light sign posts along certain trails, If
we will provide the signs. We will
take that up with the government,
and I believe it can be done. AT
present many of our trails to splendid
view points are scarcely discernable to
the tenderfoot. We have the safest
mountain trails in the world. but it
seems hard to convince our own peo-
pie that they would be largely used
by the visitor If only kept in orders
New Zealand has set US a pace 1 be-
lieve in following. The boys can rely
on our aid and so can Mr.. Herbert"
Alexander Hume Ford of the trans
portation committee and the world at
large, alludes to our mountain trails as
"Hawaifs great neglected opportuni-
ties" sit is a mistake" he declares,
ito believe that the visitor to Hawaii
cares to see only those things that
one day in Hawaii ten years ago, and
most of that day in Pauoa valley. To
this day / delight in taking tourists
up this wonderful little valley. There
are native grass houses there. How
many Honolulans know that? / have
seen world famous globe trotters stand
thrilled with the charm of Pauoa val
ley-one of the daintiest little beauty
&c anyx1yhara Ka1ihi iE another de-
lectable valley. / visited it only recent
ly with Mr.. r. K. BONNIE, Mr.. Herbert
was our host. his home is attractive.
unique and well worth a visit. 1t has
its counterpart nowhere. The agile
octogenarian host stood on the bridge
he has built across the falls of Kalihi
to welcome us. The welcome was re-
enforced by a rousing salute from the
ships bell that hangs beneath a flower
laden statue of Venus. After we had
given the pass word he had sent us.
Mr.. Herbert ordered the stairway low
cred and we were admitted to Wal
lele. There were grass lanais there,
hau tree shade spots, and Swiss villas,
all conglomerate as Mr.. Herbert had
built them at odd times. but. oh, how
comfortable. Before the front door the
river poured over a precipice into
deep pool, and here Mr.. BONNIE made
moving pictures of a score of Hawai-
ian boys gliding down the falls and
dropping from the cliffs. 1t was the
trail up the hill behind Wailele, how
ever, that most attracted us. For
few hundred yards it was a well kept
carriage road, that ended before a rest
cottage with a lanai, and bougainvillea
planted about it. Then began the foot
trail. This is being bordered with a
hedge of hibiscus. Every few hundred
yards there is a site for grass hut,
to be used as a resting place. Almost
at the crest of the ridge is a house,
excellent for camping purposes. From
this point to the ridge, is but hun
dred yards of easy walking, at the end
of which there bursts upon the eye
one of the most beautiful views con-
to man. On one side is Mo-
anaIua valley, rich from top to bottom
in Hawaiian native forest trees, on ,
the other Kalihi valley in all its gran
deur and varied coIoring. There is
perhaps one more beautiful mountain |
vista-from the summit of McKinnon's /
pass in New Zealand. where, from |
a height of Eve thousand feet you look /
up to other mountains as high again, |
and eternal in their wilderness, as the |
two valleys below, eternal in their robe |
Of somber green-but that green Is of Z
one shade, while here at Kalihi 1t is i
of hundred varied hues. One is awe |
inspiring and sublime, the other de- |
but for a constant companion |
I believe I prefer ever smiling Kalihi. !
"You miss the snow clad peaks. the /
roaring avalanche and the placid gla-
cier, but there is the magnificent blue |
Of the ocean and-Honoiulu. I fairly /
ran down this mountain side to say /
to my host that such a view should be- +!
long to the whole world and nor to /
one man. Mr.. Herbert agreed with /
me and promptly offered 70 make over /
q six foot trail from the roadway to /
the mountain top. including half an /
acre on the summit, to a board Of five l
trustees who would hold the property /
for the free use OF the public More
over, he has two donkeys to place at i
the service of the trustees to carry at (
nominal charges. women and children /
I'D the mountain trail.
IT understand that the High School /
boys have offered TO make for the Pro- /