The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-02
BIG ISLAND WOMEN
FIRST Of FAIR SEX
TOSEEtAyAFONTS
They Climb Majestic Mauna Loa
" To Craters From Which
. Molten Rock POurs
PORTION or JOURNEY "
Is MADE HORSEBACK
3Essf. .-..'s : g. f--T--'sr
Members Of Party Are Rewarded
BY Magnificent View Of
Volcanic Activity
(Man Special to the Advertiserl


HILO, May 2D.--After witnessing on,
/ Of the Finest sights imaginable" an"
claiming the distinction OF having es,
corted the first women to the actual
fount Of the Mauna Loa eruption. which
has sent five streams Of lava cOursinl
down the mountainside, K. r. Moses re
turned to town this morning. In thu
party which accompanied Mr.. Nose
were Mrs. Moses, Mr.. and Mrs. Spaul
ding of Honomu, Mrs. Ruddlc, Mis-
Tulloch and Miss Catherine o Reilly o,
Hilo, all Of whom were under the guild
ance Of Manager Vredenburg of kahu
ku Ranch, after their arrival at Ka
huku early on Saturday morning
Party Goes Well Equipped
at was nine o'clock on Friday eve
/. ming" said Mr.. Moses, this afternoon
! ."whcn ] received word from Mr.. Vred
euburg that another flow had broker
out and was headed towards Kahuku
and, rs the women folk were very anX
ious to see something of the actual flow
having been left behind when | mad,
the previous trip with Lieutenant Bone
steel. we made our arrangements with,
hours sleep and by shortly after three
A. m on Saturday we were in the ma
chine headed for Kahuku. We toOI
the precautiOn to take sufficient foo'
with us aud were, therefore able t.
make the trip in comparative comfort
When l say comfort do not meaJ
We had an easy time throughout, bu
we were not shy of anything in the way
of provisions and equipment.
Cover First Lap Of Journey
"By nine thirty we were ready 70,
the ascent, having secured saddle horse
ard having been met by Mr.. Nreden
burg, who had just returned the pre-
vious day from visiting the source yOi
the outbreak We had a ride for about
fifteen miles before us, and that dit
y not take us to the end of our journey
When we tied up the horses after TIL
long ride il was about three O'CLOCK
in the afternoon and we were still
several miles short of our destination
We could have continued on then anC
seen the cratprs but it would have bee
matter of impossibility for US to hav'
made the trip back over the a-a tina
night and none of us fancied the pros
ItCl VI remaining al HiShl ~ NlOSV "
the cratcrs We were then at the en-
p Of the second Kahuku flow, which hat
only run down the hill about three miles
1t was then quiet. but there was an!
amount of activity a little distance
from the end of the flow, though ther,
were no signs of it breaking out agar
and continuing down. AS far as thai
pprticular flow was concerned it seemed
quite dead; that is, comparatively
speaking.
Srend Night In Koa Forest
"Having decided that it was too lat
to continue the ascent further that nigh
We looked about for place to sPen'
the night and found. about six hundre'
yards lower down, a very cosy nook /
the kOa forest where we were sheltered
from the wind 1t was not at all cole
but We made large bonfire more +"
light and general chcrrfulnrss than 70
anything else. AS far IA warmth wa
concerned there was any amount clos
10 the flow, but the 81 phur fumes wer
I. too strong for comfort. even thong
the flow was not active. Where
{ eamped we were hut a short distance
from the first Kuhuku flow, | should sa'
about one hundred and fftv yards away
"NOne Of our party felt inclined
slumber pftcr dnv had broken; in fact
tile first signs Of dov.hreakinG f"un'
IA all astir ready to press on Eve
though we were 50 rIrs" to the crater
! II took us II MATTER Of tire" hours t.
reach the Pun q Kcukru knoll. which i
& only q couple Q6-hnndr"d feet high fIOT
: where we finally halted.
Look Down Into Crater
g.. "From this point we could look ri"h
down iutO the fouutaining crater. Th
main pit is only about sixty to sevcnt'
fcct wide; ccrtniuly not more than On
hundred feet. II was II spectacula
sip.ht. Huge fountains Of molten Law;
shooting hundreds Of feet into the air
great b0ulders tossed about and snlnsh
ing back into the swirIing mass of fire
u was MAGNIFICENT: YOU wOuldn I be
lfeyc II could be 50 fine.
d. "There are three or four active cone
there; we saw three Of them. The
pre- on q ridge which does rot seem t
La more than City yards wide and thi
b ridge runs right M the mountain. !
seemed TO me that il vas simply toss
& - when the lava overflOwed whethe
the course Of the streams WOHld be e.
vRrds K"rs or Kru. the ridge is 81
yarrow. Tho second Knhuku A0w wen
riVbt along this ridge for quite a way
: HThe fountaining ~ the large pit
With the resultant splashinq Of tn
lava against rs sides, is buildino up
Freat Gone. which is growing higher nj
the time. From what | saw in my tv
I. trips hOWevcr ! would say that it look
rprv much like ms though the outbreaI
had got over the worst; it seemed T.
! have shot its bolt
"There is one thing we were glad t.
lpow and that is that our party wa
the flrst Containing women to reach tn
4 estuaI source Of tn" eruption. OF course
rlenty Of other parties have reached
there by this time, but no women ba'