Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-14
IT'S LIKE, HOME
TO congressman
Continued from Pane II

bered forty-five when the steamer
| left Hilo on Saturday night. But
the early hour and the rough sea
and the haste to get the steamer
along on its way combined to re-
duGe this number to ten.
Those landing and partaking OF
the hospitality OF the good people
of Hama were Congressman McLach-
Ian, Good and Houston, Mr.. McClel-
Ian. the three sons of Mr.. Prince of
Illinois, Mr.. Reeder's son, A. p. Tay-
lor and W. II. Harrington. They
were met at the wharf by the Hama
reception committee, loaded with
leis and adorned with hat bands
bearing the legend OF Maui's well
come.
The first duty of the visitors was
to plant cocoanuts on the beach un-
der the direction of George Cooper
/ The time will soon be when the Con e.
gressional cocoanut grove will be
the first In sight to wave welcome
to the traveller arriving In the Hama
iiaibor.
Carriages conveyed the party to
the home OF Manager Chalmers,
where q bounteous breakfast await
ed. Mr.. Mcl.achlan was able to talk
Scotch to his hearts content, but
found no one to converse with him
in the old-fashioned Gaelic. His as
sociates became somewhat sus-
picious. however Of his linguistic
with Mr.. Chalmers about Scotch
5anrocks, and they thought 1t was
5onnets he wanted to know about
However. II Mcl.achlan was bluHng
on his Gaelic he Is an artist of>no
mean ability.
After breakfast n pleasant fifteen
minutes was enjoyed on the lawn
talking with the hosts and hostesses
of Hama. All too soon Mr.. Pogue,
who had come to pilot the party
overland, announced that 1t was
time to move on. Too much praise
cannot be said for the Hama people
for what they did.
OF to Nahiku. e.
Carriages were boarded at &
o'clock for the ten-mile ride through
Nahiku. This is n beautiful coun
try, and It was here that the frs,
suggestion Of rain greeted the trav
elers. It was not a downpour, hrt
Just enough TO give them a taste o.
what the district can do. The woa
derful fertility OF the soil was showI
by the cane fields of Hama alongsid'
the road, where the cane appears il
grow luxuriantly out Of the yer!
lava rock. In the Nahiku distric
the homesteads were passed. The
are not attractive in some respects
but they bear tremendous growt,
of forest.
In the rubber section a good view
was gained of the various rubbe
projects. The trees looked healthy
and in some places II was observe,
that tapping had begun.
The ten miles to the end OF tn
road was reached in comfortabl
time so that the start along the trai
on horseback was made promptly q
10. Here again were the evidence
of the splendid arrangements of tn
Mauians. Enough horses were o.
hand to take forty people over tn
trail. Mr. Pogue was assisted fror
here on by Mr.. Peck OF the Maui Ar
ricultural Company and an abb
corps OF assistants.
Great Scenic Route.
The description of this portion Q
the trip Is entitled to a book b
= itself. The man who said that tn
trip from Nahiku along the ira
through Keanae and Honoman
gulches is the greatest scenic trip G
all Hawaii put II mildly. II wa
grand. The scenery is massive an
softened by the most delicate an
varied tintes imaginable. The ma
who had BEEN In the Yosemite an
the man who had enjoyed the seer
cry of Switzerland and he WHO ha
hitherto had held that Waipio wa
the best OF all, admitted that he ha
to change his mind. One can we
afford to travel thousands OF mile
to go over that trail, and when
becomes more widely known thou
ands will flock TO 1t.
An hour and half at noon wa
taken for rest and refreshment 9
Mr.. Pogue's place down in Keana
gulch. Here horses were change
and the ascent OF the "other side