The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-31

the Promotion Committee, relative to
giving Moving Picture Expert Bonnie
assistance in taking pictures of scenes
on the islands of Hawaii, John Mcguire
of Huehue. Kailua Hawaii, writes that
ssthere are some beautiful craters on
Hualala that very few people have
SEEN The craters contain so much
coloring matter; the walls show red,
blue. green and yellow coloring that
one can almost imagine they are stu
active. There is so little mention made
of Hualalai,' he says, ''and we think
it is the most interesting of all.
"There are fully two dozen extinct
eraters and one travels through forests
and old lava flows, and from the top
the view on a clear day with Mauna
Kea, Mauna Loa and Haleakala tower
ing above is grand, especially If there IS
snow on the high peaks. -
As to Mr.. BONNIE, Secretary Wood
has heard of him and his moving pic
ture work from both Kapapala Ranch
and the Volcano House. Of his ex-
perienees at Kapapala Ranch, Julian
Monsarrat s place, he writes:
~ have just been making lot of
the best cattle scenes ever made any
where in the world The light has been
fine for most of them and since our
arrival here on Friday morning, We
have been hard at it and today (Sun-
day) [ secured several more.
Tomorrow morning early we start
for pen some seven miles from here
toward Pakala. where I may secure
some still different things, and on COM
pletion here Will return to the volcano
for few new things and then return
to Hilo and 'clean up Puma, and
not 60 by the way of Kona this time
owing to the great drive and the team
which I have, but will go Kona way
later by boat. I have just received a
letter from Mr. Hosmer in regard to
some slides which he was to have TAX
en- with him but did not call for before
I left on Tuesday. The slides are made
and l regret that cannot turn them
over to him in time to be taken with
him, but as l shall likely return earlier
than | expected. [ will forward them
to him Immediately upon my return to
Honolulu, and still reach him in ample
time.
"You win be delighted when you
~. Il
other incidental scenes | am getting
here, and on my return to the volcano
I am in hopes of getting a few new
additions to my volcano scenes, and win
then proceed to clean up the interesting
scenes of Puma. y
From the Volcano House he writes
as follows:
s'Since my letter of Sunday from
Kapapala Ranch, we made an early
start again yesterday morning for
big branding pen some eight miles
from the ranch toward the sea, where
with an excellent light | secured a
lot of still different scenes from those
made at the ranch, and feel now that
I have the most interesting lot of Cat
tie Ranch scenes ever made anywhere.
So. after a four clock breakfast this
morning we packed and shipped for this
place where we arrived about ten-thirty
after an unpleasant experience in
heavy rain and this has continued here
ever since.
"The Volcano House is over flowing
and will feel quite fortunate if [ am
able to get cot for tonight. If the
weather clears away tomorrow | shall
attempt something of the lava foun-
tains and lot of Sx10 and large PIANO.
rama films, and when Mr.. DAILY and his
sister return from Mauna Loa, [ will
have them crawl down this trail into
the pit and make a moving picture
showing them making the deseent-also
anything else that may add an interest.
"With the present team I am quite
certain it would require fully month
to get around the Kona coast, and as
the road around the Kau coast is very
long, uninteresting and rough, | shall
return to Hilo and go on to Puma and
gather in everything of interest to be
found there, and as soon as possible
will make the Kona trip by steamer.