Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

pathways. some might go aStfay ana De-
come lost in the lava fields. At the cor
raj the horses were brought out and
found to one short. and later 1t was
discovered that one Of the guides had
taken this animal and gone post haste
to the Volcano House to get milk for
coffee boiled over a hot lava crack. Then
came the long trudge back over the mys-
ferrous trail.
For the first few hundred feet the Wis
itors were solicitous about the presence
OF lanterns but as they went on they
found that the best light was afforded
by the reflection from the volcano itself.
Then came a drizzle and presently
heavy fall Of rain. The rain drove through
clothing to the skin. and the cavalcade
soon looked like the bedraggled exodus
Of lost tribe. And so they trudged on
and when the foot of the cliff upon which
the Volcano House stands was reached
We're just in sight. In the famous old
Fireplace room of the house. one in
which many men and women prominent
In the affairs of many nations have sat
during the long cold evenings a whole
sale drying out Of clothing began.
Where flood of money is being poured
out in the extension of the irrigation sys-
TENS of Hawaii: where the hills are be-
Ing pierced with water tunnels, the
gulches scanned with open waterways,
and the highlands forced to store the
rains for the fields below the storm belt
where engineers. photographers and ex-
pert miners. assisted by hundreds of la
borers, are planning and delvlng to make
two tons of sugar grow where only one
grows now, the visiting congressman
spent two busy days. This was the Ko-
hala and Hamakua section Of the island.
where two great water systems are being
developed and perfected, the Kohala
kua ditch. After inspecting the work
Representative Reeder, chairman of the
committee on irrigation. was forced 10
admit that these islands have nothing to
learn Grom the people of the mainland in
the way of Irrigation and intensive agri-
culture.
AT Pahoa the Pahoa Lumber Mill Com
pany Is located. right in the heart o: the
day visiting the big mill where the great
trees are being sawed. Representative
Ellis OF Oregon. who has been much in
the lumber camps OF the northwest stated
mat the mill was complete and operated
IN manner that could scarcely be i'm
proved upon.
One incident occurred at Hilo which
abounded in tragic features at the time.
Ed Lord, accompanied by three congress-
men. attempted to run his machine be-
tween drove of mules and a mountain
The space between was less than the
width of the car. and as a result Lord
was forced to abandon his machine and
hike for the nearest telephone, where he
called up Manager Ross and told him his
troubles. Ross promptly sent an automo-
bile to the rescue Of the marooned travel
gone on to Hilo, and when they arrived
there they told Manager auckland of the
pilikia in which Lord and his party were
stating that they would probably be along
later. auckland Immediately engaged
rooms for the absent ones, STIMULATING that
the party were to be fed. no matter at
what hour of the night they arrived.
Sometime after midnight Lord and his
party reached Hilo and went at once to
the hotel. 1t was dark. They knocked
at the door-no response: they knocked
again-st1ll no response Then they took
to beating on the door, but nobody came.
One of the party, acting in the only way
that promised to bring results, placed his
foot against the door and showed. The
door opened suddenly with crash and
the party entered. Everything was dark.
They set up cry for food-hot food and
plenty of 1t. Here entered the temporary
proprietor, his hair on end, his counte
nance expressing outraged amazement
that any one should dare to disturb the
peace Of Hilo at such an hour. But he
did not set forth relief, either wet or dry.
Instead he rushed to the telephone and
called UP Sheriff Fetter, and made loud
and vociferous complaint of the roysterers
who were disturbing his SAUNDERS. The
outraged Greek refused to feed his guests
Meanwhile Representative Barchfeld had
been reused by the noise and came down
to find out what the pilikia was all about
When the situation was explained he said
that II the hotel could not entertain his
friends it could not entertain him. and
packed up his belongings, and the dreary
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Hilo night In search of place where
they might lay their heads After wan-
dering around the solemn streets for
while they espied a light in one of the
valleys, and. accommodating. found tina.
it came from cottage occupied by two
youths. They knocked and explained their
predicament-it was enough. They were
promptly invited to enter and their hosts