The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-01-16

afterglow brings to you the golden
trimmed clouds, the beauty Of which is
seen nowhere else, the ozone from the
sea, the distant music Of the waves
mingled with the high-keyed but en-
chanting songs OF the natives, accom-
panied by their rude stringed instru-
ments, and makes you whisper q wish
that you might dwell there always.
One night after the meetings a party
OF young people arranged an outdoor
supper for US on the top Of Bunch Bowl,
an extinct volcano overhanging the
city. 1t was not difficult climb and
what glorious view there on tho top,
bathed in the soft light OF the moon,
and perspective Of the electric light
ed city and system of street cars like
portable lights gliding in all directions,
from the navy yards the flagship New
York casting the bullseye of her search
light oil notwithstanding both land
and sea az If in wakeful search for her
prey, the dark halo OF the bush and the
ghostly appearance Of the long necked
and feathered topped cocoanut trees-
all in one view before us. An evening
was spent-the kind that makes you
think.
Pacific Heights Another panorama!
An electric car carries you up in fifteen
minutes. Honolulu below with it's gar
dens, avenues, airy cottages and man.
sions. Beyond in the harbor are ships
and launches. To the left further arc
the docks Of the navy yard with battle
ships resting quietly in their moorings
or maneuvering by day and night; be-
You'd that still is the blue sea stretch
ing off to meet the sky. Then Pacific
Heights is only the beginning Of a
mountain crib" that ascends gradually
as it recedes to meet the long range.
The top is only wide enough to permit
footpath from which the sides descend
at such an angle that a person could
hardly hold fast should he step aside
from the path. Facing three tropical
showers that came that afternoon we
followed and climbed this path for
three miles back and then wider view
still is obtained. 1t is all so beautiful.
so novel, and so unreal. Amid the soil
tude OF the mountain height, to look
down on the painted silence of the ten
der sea and waving green, with the
plumed topped cocoanut trees lifted
high and the broad fields Of sugar cane
and banana groves on the slope that
reach of so gently to where the spark
ling waves kiss the golden sands.
From the Pail (precipice) scene of
historic interest," view is obtained
reaching from shore to shore across the
island. The drive is beautiful one up
the valley. A good government road
way has been built. AS guests Of the
Templeton family we drove along this
incline to the top where suddenly an
abrupt, CHASTITY precipice, reaching sheer
down hundreds of feet to valley be-
low that stretches wavingly off to a
rock bound coast. This valley was the
scene Of decisive contest between the
island tribe and that Of another of the
islands under Kamehameha the Great,
Honolulu then was native village.
1t was built entirely of grass huts
among the shady trees. The Oahu
tribe were driven up the valley and
gradually beaten back from each rallv
ground, until they became completely
disorganized, when the enemy forced
them bodily to the head Of the valley
and showed them, to the number of
three thousand, over the precipice to
certain death. Mr.. Wilkinson and
climbed down this precipice, taking
three hours for the journey, returning
an easier way. At places we had to
swing from one precipice, on the
branches of Kukui trees which reached
up from rocky bases beneath. In tho
valley bones are to be found ocassion-
ally human bones Of the slaughtered.
The Kukui tree, found here grows nut
the kernel of which is oily and used to
be utilized by the natives for lights.
To the songster who sings from ma
lures pages what source Of inspira-
tion here, but to the cold reasoning sci
enlist there are but few points on the
globe furnishing material az interest.
ing as tho active volcano Kilauoa on
Hawaii. The journey from Honolulu il
by boat and is about forty-eight hours
distant. Here is Witnessed the process
OF ages. From tho island shoreline
where tho steamer docks a train carries
passengers up long gradual slope. This
is the side OF MAuna Loa. From tho ton
OF this mountain, $4,000 feet high, which
is reached from the end of the railway
line by stage, the descent begins into