The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-27
1lVSONIAN WRITES
FROM HONOLULU
o,upwAN FOSTER GEISE
w." ~r,1s OF INTERESTING AND
BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS THERE.

Foster Geise, who is on long
~ with the American fleet, has
'iG i+ten from Honolulu letter to his
"i| .hor Of such great interest the
noun n,S Is clad to publish, feeling sure
News o ~ win find pleasure in
Il p"5ing this Dawson boys descrlp-
f re-" If the wonderful trip:
tG 4no w T. H., July 6, 1920
nav Mother: The entire population
yea uJonoIulu seemed to be out to see
the fleet come In.
'H' number of airplanes flew out
nept MS and dropped "leis" in each
u. " the 4be ships. "Leis" is Sapnish for
OoarIands of flowers of a certain
s i,;nJ which is a custom of the natives
~ h'' Synress cordial welcome.
Tnon landing, having moored
.,orgside pier No. Z, there were 81
sars hands and salutes fired. The
r nory and army officers, civilians, ma
i've ives seem to have given over this
week to making us have a great
fine, and we are. .
Uni There is a program for each day of
.,r visit ending with a ball at Alex
srder Young Hotel (roof).
Polo. cricket and baseball games,
drills bv cavalry, infantry, marines,
coast artillery and a sham battle be-
tween aeroplanes, balloons, ETC., also
narade and field meet in honor OF
Uncle Sam "mids." -,
thought Panama was wonderful,
but this is paradise. 1t makes
one GREATNESS and surpasses my
mower to attempt to describe in let
fer. The first day l went up to the
Poll. a very high mountain pass 10
miles out. The scenery from there
is the most beautiful that even the
imagination could picture. A mile
further UP is a narrow pass through
which the wind blows so strongly
that it is impossible to walk against
it. Even an automobile was blown
back.
The military exhibition and tourna-
ment was held at Kapisolian Park,
which is marvellous in its beauty
gorgeous tropical flowers, shrubs
and fruits and one of the most COM
plete aquariums in existence, con-
tanning all of the queerest fish.
A half mile from Kapsolian is
Waikiki beach, and | see how it has
become world famous. One of the
most thrilling things you can imagine
is riding the surf in outrigger canoes.
1t is marvellous to see how the Ha-
waians control thin boards standing
on feet or head. They ride on the
crest of a breaker for miles.
Rising up from the beach is Dia-
mond Head, an extinct volcano on
which is located a strong army fort.
The island is we'll fortified and a
large garrison is stationed here.
About 857 of the population are
Japanese. They wear kimonas and
in some parts of the island you feel
as if you are in Japan itself.
There is great wealth here. Every
body has it. Day laborers have
Packards, etc. l have seen only one
Ford. Sugar and pineapples are
the main source and the amount real
lied on these farms in incredibly
large.
Our squads are so arranged that in
the eight days we are anchored here
each midshipman has 7 days ashore
and one on duty aboard ship. During
the sickness of an upper 'classman l
am mate of the deck and say Presi-
dent Wilson is not buster man (O.
Although Dawson may not be gay,
just the same / will be glad to get
there, and after this, my word! The
quiet will be good. l enjoyed all the
letters and the Dawson News which
the mail boat just brougt in. With
love FOSTER,