The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-07-22
MANY TOURISTS
At VOLCANIC HOUSE
Honolulans at Resort Enjoy Cool
Air and Natural Wonders
Of District.
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VOLCANO HOUSE, July l1.-Either
by reason Of fhe seductive advertis-
ing Of the Hilo Board Of Trade, or be.
cause OF the inherent merits of the
cool, brating climate at the volcano, an
unusual number Of Honolulu people
have already come to this delightful
RESORT this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter NJ. Giffard, ac-
companied by bonse party, are occu-
pying their beautiful bungalow, stu
ated in a nook carved out of the tree
fern forest, a mile down the road from
the Volcano House. They have their
auto with them, and the roads to Hilo,
the crater and to Kau have been 70
much improved of late that they are
enjoying their stay to the full.
Attorney General Thayer, his wife,
mother and sister.in-law, Miss Green,
accompanied by Miss Mossman, are also
spending month at the Volcano House,
and enjoying extended tramps. Mrs.
Thayer Senior, a lady of sixty-eight
years, surprised the volcano colony the
past week by keeping pace with a
tramping party of young folks to XII
lauea-iki; thence down the almost per
pendicular pail to the tableland between
that crater and the main crater Of XII
| lauea, to the 'headwaters - of the lava
flows of 1892 and 1868, which popped up
out of the ground at this point, later
pouring down into both the main crater
and Kilauea-iki. Many tree moulds
were formed near the lava fountains of
1865, the molten lava flowing through
Igrove of lehua trees and congealing
around the stumps. A number of these
stumps are still visible, in partially
charred and deeayed condition, although
the action took place forty-five years
age.
The party afterward climbed down
the eastern wall of the main crater,
approximately 200 feet high inspected
the 1868 cataract of lava, which broke
ont part way down the crater wall and
poured down in fiery torrent. Thence
the party meandered across the main
floor of the crater, inspecting lava sta'
tactic caves, steaming cracks and nu-
.merous odd and unusual lava formations
seldom seen by tourists, winding up for
lunch at the volcano observatory on the
edge of the inner pit. The latter was
breathing explosively and smoking like
a whole roomful of college boys, but no
fire was visible,
After lunch, FIVE of the ladies', in,
cluding Mrs. Thayer, returned by auto
to the Volcano House, the other mem'
beers of the party, including three ladies,
l.proceeding to the southwest bank of
the main crater, scaling it-inspected
i the immense cracks in the wall of the
crater which opened at the time of the
great earthquake of 1868, and which
still extend to the sea-and speculated
on the origin of the great deposit OF
lspongy pumice stone which covers the
Landscape in that vicinity, returning by
way of the Uwekahuna Bluff, the
Highest point on the rim of the crater
This completed nine-mile tramp. The
younger ladies of the party came down
stairs with great deliberation-to put il
mildly-for several days thereafter, hut
Mrs. Thayer was as spry as cricket
; She is looking for new worlds to con
quer.
Mrs. DR.. Charles b Cooper and chill
dren are occupying a cottage at the
"29.mile colony Just below the Vol
cano House, while "HeliOtrope Lodge,
next door, has been occupied for a cou
pie of weeks by the honeymoon couple
Mr. Hughes of Eleele, Kauai, ant
Mrs! Hughes, who was Margaret Scot
of Hilo They left this week for theii
: Kauai home.
Mrs. Lorrin A. Thurston and her two
children are occupying one of the Vol
cano House cottages, and tramping il
all directions with great persistence
Mr.. Thurston comes up from Hilo fo
: the week ends.
Z, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Richardson blew
D in with the trade wind, the other day
, in their own auto After brief stol
) for breath of fresh air they continued
= on around the island by way of Ka'
: and Kona.
The heretofore terror of the round
the-island. auto trip-the great law
flows near Kahuku, which never woul'
9 pack down to n smooth surfaee-is rap
- idly being eliminated. The loan com
y mission LET a contract for an asphalt
= macadam road over nine miles of TIL
;, worst of the section. Five miles ar
" already "pau, and the balance will b
:, completed "before the snow flies o.
y Mauna I.oa. The completed road is
y "dream of delight smooth as tire
= card monte mani have used that a
:, a symbol instead of the proverbial bi
V lard table, because there Is a billiar
:. table at the Volcano House, and sine
:. using il the comparison does not seeI
I. appropriate; however, that's a mea
;, kind of SLAM seeing that Demoi
:, themes makes no charge for using th
~ billiard table--and it's marvel ho'
=" many expert billiard players appea
Al when the game costs nOthing),
~ Mrs. Breckons aud her daughter az
4, also enjoying the cool weather, Will
a. Il. VI. slips up from lIilo-that IL no II
n situation that he is slipping up In III
!, graft investigation - whenever III
y Fourth OF July declarations aud FIR
NJ cracker fusilaies pail on his taste,
u Judge Parsons Of the ciTcnit court
- making the Volcano judicial headqua
nj tiers, and only goes TO llilo when n
\. call of duty browns out tho s0hnd {
ne the dlqler bsll--and returns as soon
h. possible
Judge and Mrs sanford Dole has
also c0ma 10 sIHnd few weeks, II
term OF the federal court having bee
eowpletei With them Is Mrs, y, So
~ eTanee Of lilo
u Miss Mary Allen Is nearly perm
"a neal fesldeni 50 STEADILY d0es shp
~ turn again ani againi and Miss lAIl
N Of lioaoluiu Is also lesllfiing by ~
be- presence % her Appreciation ~ u
M rharms NJ hilaura