Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-03-13
GOVERNOR FINDS MUCH ENTHUSIASM

growing, beside the 10000 hevea in
the nursery.
Both Sylvester and Austin ex-
pressed the greatest confidence in the
ultimate prosperity of the rubber in
dustry. They both cultivate, and
the growth of some of the trees is
remarkable.
rhe Hawaiidn-American planta.
ton contains the original rubber
tree, set out some years ago by Mr..
towel. II is now very large ard
much-scarred, az 1t is the show tree
and is tapped by all the visitors who
come to the place. 1t still yields
rubber freely, however, refuting the
predictions OF some that the trees
will cease to, yield after few years.
Both Austin and Sylvester are enthu-
siasts in the business and are in
creasing the number of trees as fast
as possible.
Improve Landing
superintendent Marston Campbell
was taken down to see the landing,
and the rest of us trailed along. A
new engine has just been installed
to run the derrick, and this will
greatly tighten the work, though the
landing is still a dangerous one. The
surf was rolling in in waves ten or
twelve feet high and beating against
the ragged rocky walls with force
enough to smash any boat ever
built.
We left Nahiku about 2 y. m. and
started for Keanae, where we were
to spend the night. A bridge on the
lower road had been washed out and
We were obliged to take to the
rougher but much more beautiful
ditch trail" above.
On Mountain Trails
This was the first time most OF the
party had ever ridden one of the
mountain trails, and they were a
little skittish about II at first. hut
nobody thought of this long. One
soon becomes used to II, and forgets
everything else in the beauty of the
scene spread out below. At each OF
the countless turns in the trail some
new picture presents itself. And al
ways there is the sea, with the shore
fringed with its lines of white break
ers. Often one could, II he were
suicidally inclined, jump of the
trail and be picked up in pieces over
a thousand feet below.
And along the trail ran the great
| ditch, at the head of which We start
ed in. On the first twelve miles of
this great enterprise over half mil
lion dollars was spent. 1t Is one or
the great engineering accomplish
ments of Hawaii. conveying water
from Koolau sixty miles over into
the great cane lands that lie about
Kahului.
Most OF the riders were pretty
sore by the time they came down on
leading to Keanae. All day in the
saddle, the latter half of 1t on a
mountain trail, is not the easiest
thing in the world for a tenderfooL,
and only the Governor and the Sec
tletary have done any riding for a
long time before this trip. The trou-
bles of Private Secretary Mcbride
and his mule Maud are worthy of u
chapter by themselves,
Worth Aiken, Poobah!
| Charge of the commissariat was
given to Commissioners Pratt before
the party left Honolulu, and he In
turn passed II on to his Sub-agent,
Worth Aiken. A better choice could
not have been made. Mr.. Aiken APP
pears to know every old woman, ey-
cry village patriarch, every young
wahine, and every chubby baby on
Maui-and they all know him. He
Joined the party at Kahului and has
been in charge of arrangements ever
since. When he Is not In the saddle
he seems to be at the telephone most
of the time arranging ahead fol
kaukau and beds. Incidentally. Mr.
Aiken is collector of the port, tax
collector, superintendent of the Gem
etery, and little of everything else
lie says he gets all the salaryles'
Jobs in the County. But chiefly HI
is a good fellow and has the conf
dence both of his superiors and oi
the people with whom he comes IL
contact.
We reached Keanae just as dusi
was deepening into darkness, ant
dismounted with various creaks an,
Isrunts, encouraged by the sight o
D. w. Napihaa, our host, waiting To-
us and by the welcome odor OF roas
pig in the air,
EDWARD p. IRWIN.