The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-16
kauai EECURS|ON
in STRONG GRIP
OLD neptune
old Man Weather Takes Charge
and Gives Junketers Most z
Glorious Rocking
Nevertheless Whole Crowd Had
Genuine Good Time At Ma
wiIiwili and Vicinity

lAdail special 70 Ths Adyertlser.l

ltk (Mau special 70 The Adverttser.l
y NAW1LIwIL, Saturday Morning. -
The Kauai excursion is still In the ring
although some Of It's members are some
what 'groggy.
The expedition got away from Homo
lulu ON time Mt ten clock last night,
i26 strong. The sea was smooth until
the Kauai channel was reached about
one o clock then sold Man Weather.
took charge. In fact, he had already
been in charge Of the channel for two
days, with a gale right out Of the north,
resulting in a sea which looked a. II
Neptune had been crossplowing his
farm. 1870, a
Owing to the Kinau stopping TO ex.
anime some Of the cross burrows, the
expedition did not reach Nawiliwili un.
I'll after seven. The landing was made
with the usual military precision Of the
inter-lsland service, the boats being
towed ashore by d speedy gasoline
|Elaunch. ~
The original plan had been for the
passengers to go overland to Hanalei,
and then take the steamer, which was
to go around the north side Of the
island. bg ss
quick Change of Program
The vagaries Of the weather caused
a quick changing Of program, howevef,
as the news was that il was so rough
at Hanalei that The steamer could moi
land, and it had been and still was
raining so heavily on the windward side
Of the island that autos could not 40
through from Lihue to Hanalei.
II seems that, although Kauai has
established its reputation as the good
roads island, it still has ait dirt road
section, which goes out Of commission
whenever the rain god gets busy. vs..
Oahu with it Waikane bog, Maui
with its Haiku homestead SNi4,p and
Hawaii with its Hamakua nIorass,s can
take note Of this and hope for the ~
ture. \, n y
They had thought that the good PEG
pie of Kauai had entered the millen.
mum of good roads, location, or q
state of mind, hopeless for them to at'
tempt to attain, but with this and Ion
THAT Kauai has not yet qdiie arrived
| ct perfcetion, they can once more I. gird
Prp their ioins and enter the rare fbl
the good roads first prize aud II they
| will only divorce roads and politics
there is no reason why any one Of them
should not win out. y,
Change Of Program 4. ll,-t
Having preached this 9b0d roads VI
note that the change OF program made
was for the steamer to proceed direct
to Waimea from NawiliWili instead Of
via Hanalei, the passengers proceeding
by a twenty eight-mile automobi lie ride
to meet the steamer. At Waimea those
who wish TO view the Napali precipies
section will again board the steamer
which will then steam up the Napali
coast, and, after giving the. passengeFi
an opportunity to see its wonders, viii
return to Wainea, The passengers who
do not care to go TO Napal will scat
ter to the Barking Sands, the Waimea
and Olokele canyons and other point
of interest, making their headquhrterI
at the two hotels at Waimea, or board
ing the steamer for sleeping accomno
dations in the evening at their option
1t must not be thought.for . minute
that the weather has "wet blanketed 3
the spirits Of the excursionists. Some
of them, it must be admitted, appear
unusually thoughtful, = but they arr
all out for good time, and 4 good tins
depends more upon the frame Of minc
of the good timers than upon . loca
ton, or any set program.
:tAt Nawiliwili the excursionists wef,
met at the wharf edge by deieeatior
of Kauai welcomers,. led by the genia
| u. M. Lidgate, who is one Of the patfor
saints of the Ad Club. O. w. Spit,
marshaled the automobiles, and Il any
one thinks that Kauai is in the back
woods when il comes to Automobiles
they have another think coming. III,
autos lined the road leading down /,
the landing until they disappeared 10 tn,
perspective, like railorad track on
western prairie. "a
Getting Moneys Worth
In one, two, three order, the exeur
sionists were assigned to autos ana
whisked up TO the hotel, whore Hos
W. II, Rice Jr. received them with In,
well,known Rice welcome and {" ted TIL
animals in a manner which did cfedi
to the establishments. The breakfas
has. just been completed, and Camera
Spite is sending forward the advanc,
guard Of invaders, with flying exp6di
lions Of reserves following al ffeqpeh
intervals. e.
In spite of the weather, on the wind
ward side of the island, the Waimel
district is land of perpetual sunshin'
(this Is really a promotion figure o
| speech; but IL Is true most the timel
and the excursionists are getting thei
moneys worth Of fun and pleasure on
of the two days excursion. IN