The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-04-30
HOFLL|NCFR WRITES
Of THE Orient
MINOT MAN TELLS INTEREST
ING STORY OF HIS TRIP
AROUND THE WORLD-HONO-
LULU, JAPAN AND PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS,.


will give some particulars. We left
San Francisco Feb. % with full load
of passengers bound for all parts Of
the Orient, first class weather con
tinuing for thirty days. Was little
cold the first three or four days, but
just about right for me, coming from
the north. We soon commenced to
feel the change and by the time we ar
rived at Honolulu, it was 80 in the
shade. While sailing, we had all kinds
of sport on deck, including boxing
matches, races, etc., so the time went
fast. Every other evening the pas
senpers danced on the front of the
deck in a space 50x10O, tastefully dec
Grated with the flags of every nation.
Landed at Honolulu and l should have
been sorry to have missed seeing that
city. I fell in love with Honolulu,
and more so the farther south we
came. There is no denying the fact
that one becomes delightfully."- lazy
and that becomes me. Honolulu claims
the finest beach in the world and we
had an hour of delightful sea bathing
at Waikiki beach. The difference in
the temperature of the water and ar
is very little at any time: We went to
rho acouarium, which I cannot de-
scribe as about every creature that
swims the sea is there. Those hsh
represent every color Of the rainbow:
They cannot live anywhere except
aror,nd Honolulu because of the wat
er. r -, ~,
Pail one of the most historical points Is
of the Hawaiian Islands. AS we lett
the city and went out on Nunanu ave-
nue., we saw some of the SWEETEST res,
licences to be found anywhere, owned
by some of the millionalres OF tne
states. The streets are broad ana
bordered with palms, magnolias, ana
trees and every trailing vine known " IN
the tropics. The air was scented with
flowers, with the carnations Predomllt--
mating. Cocoanuts, oranges, lemons,
guava, bananas, pineapples, mangoes
and bread fruit grow in quantities
along the road we took. AS to the
history of Pail / can't say much as II
would take too long. There. was a
native chief named Kamehamaha from
the island of Hawaii who possessed
the ambition of a Napoleon. AS the
Hawaiians are a peace loving people
he could get no fight with them, so ne
determined to 20 abroad and started
with the natives of the Oahu island
and entered at Honolulu. AS the King
had done some trading with Capt;
Cooks exploration fleet, he exchanged
products for a few blunderbusses, SO
when he turned those guns on the ma
tives the result was they caused hor-
ror. confusion and flight and were anx-
ious to surrender, but the King dld not
want that. He wanted fight. So ne
started those poor frightened crea-
tures up the valley and occasionally
sent a volley into them which in,
cyeased their terror and speed until
the reached the Pail, a sheer cliff iOoo
feet high. The natives preferred TO
leap to certain death than face their
foe. At the foot of this cliff lie their
bleached bones. The panoramic view
from this cliff is wonderful. Inc chf1
is cut straight up and down and dec
Grated with natural colors. AS you
look over the cliff, you see some OF
the finest pineapple, sugar and rice
plantations in the world, as far as the
eye can see.
When we came back, we visited the
defunct Royal Palace, appropriated by
cur government. We started out OF
Honolulu at 10 a. m. bound for Japan.
There was swimming tank on the
lower deck with five feet of water, SO
yop see how we enjoyed that. We
reached Yokahama early in the morn
ing and it was misty and rainy, so we
did not have the wonderful views we
might have seen. We did not see
much of the Fujujima, the sacred
mountain of Japan, but what we saw
was nice. I was in Japan on bad
day, showing and raining. The streets
with no sidewalks were slushy: We
went to Toxic which is an hours run
on the train. There we visited some
temples and the Emperor's palace but
we could not 60 inside the palace as 1t
is open only on New Years day. Wis
tied the capital of Japan. We went to
Vapaski where the steamer was coaled
in wonderful way. AS no boat can
get to dock in any Japanese port!
all must anchor and load or unload
from lighters. Passengers go to
shore on steam launches provided by
the company. =.
The principal way Of getting
is by the Jinrickshaw, a Japanese pull
ing small two-wheeled cart. l felt
cheap the first time ! rode in one, A
small Jap not weighing more than
100 pounds pulling me around, and
weigh 230. He got along as tho ne
was pulling nothing. But they are a
mean and stubborn class to deal with
almost fight every time you settle with
them, as they try to hold you up for
three times their pay. Of couse one
is all right if he can talk their lang
uage. But it is great to see their
way Of gardening and cultivating
patches Of land. Some are not more
than so feet square and hardly any