The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-09-10
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nets the proprietors between eighty
cents and a dollar for every tree. The
trees are about ten years old and the
market is in San Francisco. Copra is
produced by splitting open the cocoa
nut and leaving the meat exposed to
the sun for few days when it curIs
up and is easily taken from its shell.
That is copra and it is used in the
making of fancy soaps. Much of the
Riverside product goes to Berkeley
factory.
Molokans and Centipedes.
Then the Kapaa homesteads, famous
as the place where the Molokans, a
Russian religious clan, were placed as
settlers, was seen. The Kappa section,
once flourishing with green sugar cane,
is now barren looking place. 1t is
| government land and is being set apart
! for homesteaders and until it is fully
settled it will be bleak and barren. The
new schoolhouse shows up well there
and many houses of settlers can be seen
| from the steamers deck 1t is said
that the Molokans were disagreeably
surprised when first they entered the
canefields to cut the juicy stalks. They
failed to fasten the bottoms of their
trousers legs as advised, and soon
they were hopping about with cent?
pedes clinging to their calves, the
japanese laughing at the predicament
of their field rivals.
Beyond rose the backbone of a noun
tain range, and near the highest peak
the passengers were shown a hole
through which daylight could be seen
on the other side. Representative Rice
| of Kauai told many legends of the
coast and of this hole Two Hawaiians
! Of ancient days, hostile to one another,
found themselves facing each other
through this orifice in the peak. They
waited for favorable opportunity
which one finally seized. He threw his
great spear through the opening and it
sank into the neck of his rival on the
opposite side. The opening is several
hundred feet long, but Hawaiians in
those days were giants, they say. Even
DR.. Barchfeld, the six.foot fve.inch
representative from Pittsburg, is only
medium sized in comparison with those
massive warriors before Kamehameha s
time.
Into Beautiful Hanalei Bay.
Passing through center of what
was once n great crater, half of which
has fallen into the sea, the Mauna Kea
steamed on and around the point to
Hanalei bay, which is one of the most
beautiful anchorages in the islands.
1t is almost a perfect horseshoe with
a sandy beach and sea-bottom unmar.
red by the smallest particle of coral.
Waikiki beach is ugly in comparison
with Hanalei. Those aboard the
steamer were conveyed to the shore in
small boats and near Deverill's place
they found the overland party, which
arrived in autos, in a circle listening
% speeches made to an audience of
enthusiastic Hawaiians. Prince Kuhiu
made brief address, telling the ma
tives who the visitors were, and their
purpose, responses being made by
Messrs. Dawson and Good. The entire
party embarked aboard the Mauna
Kea and the party made the trip to
Walmea by the sea route. The finest
coast scenery on all Kauai was passed
en- route and the little Island of Mi,
hau, where the finest woven mats are
made and the prettiest of beach shells
are found, was seen.
Welcome at Waimea.
When the Mauna Kea came TO al
anchorage in Waimea bay, a beautiful
half land,ocked harbor with tree
trlnged shores and the Waimea rive
emptying into the basin, it was seer
that unusual preparations had beer
made ashore to receive the visitors
The end of the wharf was decorate,
with bunting and bamboo and mail,
and as the visitors stepped on tn
wharf they We're laden with leis boil
of flowers and shells by comely Ha
waiian women, and given a royal wei
come. At the shore end of the whar
"a big Welcome sign greeted thei
oYcs and further cordial aloha wa
extended.
Waimea was found TO be a tow
typical Of the islands and quite
large community. Congressman Nj
Lurhlan suidi
''licro Is what appeals to me as
typical village Of Hawaii where ON
sees the people ms he has heard o
them, On Oahu We found eVorythn
had been Amercani1od aud much q
me picturesque side of Hawaii nei hu
been wiped out"
Sheldon Makes an Address,
representative ~, H. sheldon, on
of Eauai's members of the Hnwaiin
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