Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
Special Correspondents.

Special 0Ottenp oiutiCt'
AHArNA. Maui, Hawaiian Terri
tory. IAN 15.-Having secured
permission from our mission
president, Elder Samuel r.
Wooley. Elder A A. Elisson of the
West AIaui conference, and myself
undertook to spend the Christmas holt
DAYS i'm the city OF Hilo. our objective
noint being the worlds greatest ac-
tive volcano. As volcanoes seem at
This time to be the focus of public at
tenton, perhaps the story Of the trim
of several Utahns may not be devoid OF
interest.
had previously had the pleasure
OF viewing the crater of Haleakala,
the largest extinct volcano on earth,
and was therefore more than anxious
10 visit Klauea. the largest active
one. especially so at the present time
as it was more active than it has been
for 10 years. The crater nestles down
on the slope OF Mauna Loa. 30 miles
TO the rear Of the city OF Hilo and is
sight which draws tourists from all
points Of the compass. Few indeed, IL
any. arc they who return disap-
pointed.
The evening OF December %, after
bidding good bye 10 "a number of saints.
who were at the wharf to see us of,
we boarded the boat at Lahains. Sub
sequeuuy spending a long but very ac-
tive night, reaching Hilo az noon next
day. The sea was very rough and
Notwithstanding the fact that the boat
was the largest one plying between
the Islands and had accommodations
superior TO many OF the ocean liners,
the stewards were constantly rush
ms the cans" and nearly every one
on board had business Of more or less
pressing nature. which kept them oc-
cupied in their staterOoms. 1 might
relate some amusing incidents relative
% the voyage, but Tor fear that II
might awaken unpleasant remem-
ORANGES OF some OF the readers / win
content myself with saying that we
were an delighted when the boat
locked at Hilo.
DEsOLATE COAST
The shore. along which the boat
ttesms Tor miles WHOM first reaching
tha island OF Hawaii presents "a most
desoatc ana forbiddng sight AS FAR
az the eye can see inland the land is
one continuous pile of lava rock called
o.. aud one is he'd to wonder how the
few Hawailans living there manage
DO exist Dottng the landscape in
every direction like huge ant hills are
numerous extinct volcanic cones.
Upon nearing Huo the landscape un-
dargoes "a great change and ia Boz de
fect contrast 20 that nrst seen, There
De- IA sheer drop of hundreds of feet
from the land 90 the ocean Tho sumo
mit of the cliffs De- completely covered
WIN ferns. wild bananas and Other
Tropical plants except where tho s'l-
worry waterfalls have worn thr'r
COURSES and are dashed into spray
long before reaching the ocean below.
Lhtoudins inland can hc seen the
usht green of the came nelds which
N'.nd masnincenty with the durA
F'iHuro of the forest belt at the foot oi
'l' mountams Towering above eferN-
ming as though nature had NOT al-
ready made picture which we NOR
'N aro unable 40 fully appreciate
''e Mauna kca and Mauna Loa th
snow capped sonuuels of the pacihe
They have respective elevations of
$4,000 ana 1890 feet and as the5
eie snow capped most of me year
" does not take very great stretch
" imagination 10 fancy ones self