Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-03-11

abeut fifteen miles. Manager Chal-
mers and Bookkeeper George Cooper
of the plantation accompanied the
party to point out places and facts OF
interest.
The road goes out through Kaele-
ku plantation, past the abandoned
fields of the defunct Hamoa planta-
ton, on up the hill to the Catholic
church that crowns the summit.
from there 1t runs past numerous
little homesteads, uphill and down
TO Wailua Gulch--a distance OF
about seven miles from the starting
point.
Eaou School
When Haou school-house was
reached, Schoolmaster X. l.. Ogilvie,
the teacher there, had the flag fly
ing in honor of the Governor, and
was out waiting to greet the men,
bers of the party. He took us in and
showed us school-yard from which
the pupils, under his direction, have
carried all the rock, cleared away the
lantana, and planted trees and
shrubs and all sorts of growing
things, which are prospecting finely.
the fences were whitewashed and
everything looked to be as neat as a
pin. The appearance of everything
suggests that Mr. Ogilvie is not of
the opinion that all knowledge and
learning is to be got from books. lie
teaches his pupils to use their hands
and their brains together.
Cocoanut Milk
Farther on, is the small farm" of
the Drummond brothers. Here we
stopped and drank cocoanut milk.
Every man was given n nut and told
to take his jack-knife and get busy.
Mott-Smith concluded she was past
the milk age, but he gave the liquid
to some thirstier member of the
party and nibbled the solid contents
of the nut.
Wailua Gulch breaks suddenly on
the view from n sharp turn in the
road above, much as the Pail on
Oahu does. Standing there, one can
look directly down some hundreds of
feet upon the luxuriant mass OF veg
citation that fills this water-worn
valley. Near the seashore waving
cocoanut palms mark the location OF
a number of kuleanas.
Above the gulCh towers the noun.
tain, today, Us usually, gloomy and
handicapped, and down its bold
front dash two snow-white, foaming
waterfalls. The water from these
| collects into the stream which flows
through the gulch and gives rise tC
the rank growth of vegetation. The
| land, except for the kuleanas, II
Government-owned, but the watcl
rights are leased, so there is nothing
in the way of homesteading which
can be done here.
The road winds down the face o
the cliff and through the shade,
gulch--the most beautiful spot w
have yet seen. Almost every kind o
tree and other plant that grows ii
the Islands can be found there. w
saw breadfruit trees towering fort
and fifty feet into the air and will
a spread OF branch that would almos
rival the monkeypod--all heavil
loaded with fruit. There were pa
paias and guavas, mangoes, lauhala
cocoanuts,, bananas, century plants
and many others, all reaching abnor
NAL proportions, while the banks o
the stream were solid masses o
ferns.
The wagon road ends in thi
Gulch. From here in there is only
bride road along the pail to Kipa
hulu plantation, the green cane field
and busy sugar mill OF which are Il
sight from the bend in the road aboy
the gulch.
There is practically no Govern
ment land in this district eXcep
such as is under long lease. so moth
ing in the way of land transaction
is liable to result from the visit t
Hama. But Governor Frear is doin
more than examining Government
land. He is getting in touch wit
the people, learning their needs an
desires and their attitude on the va
rious questions that affect them d
rectly and closely.
On returning from Wailua, tn
party rode down to inspect the Han