The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-06-24
Troop NIl-Spreckelsville


Yes. we did camp in famous lao
valley, and the time we had was Just
grand and one that will never be for
gotten. With Mr.. Fields permission
we camped at his lao home. There
were nineteen of us the first day and
on the mex day our Assistant Scout
master joined us. Second class scout
Alfred Kaumeheiwa was with us right
through the three days camping and
helped us a great deal.
The first lot of us reached Kapani-
wal at $3.50, the second lot at 4:3O
and the last lot at 6 last Friday after
noon. Gosh! we felt the new atmos-
phere. Cool, fresh, lovely. We start
ed a fire. cooked and ate. Then we
got u places to sleep ready. After
looking around for more wood, we
started a real camp fire. We placed
ourselves around the fire and began
singing the song Keep the Home
Fires Burning"
Since our scoutmaster Joined our
troop he never heard any real singing
from his boys, but on that Friday
night he was so happy that he offered
prizes TO the best singers. First prize.
n loaf OF bread and second prize.
half loaf of bread. Prize winners:
Solo, Tai Hee Hong, first; Harold
Bround, 2nd. Duet, Kumaichi-Ta-
keo, LIST; Tashio-Bonkabe, End. Then
for boxing the Australian cat Earl
bested "Cockeye" Alfred on the 4th
round. Indian and hula dance came
next. Leihulu-Kumaichi LIST, and
Minnehaha-Alfred end. Fun? Hur-
rah!! We had fun up to nine when
we drank cocoa. Oh! it was getting
colder at ten most of us rolled in
u blankets while u scoutmaster
told us old Hawaiian stories. One
was about the famous battle fought
between the king of Maui and king
Kamehameha. At twelve we went to
the grave where King Kamehameha
hid some of his best warriors. Their
remains are there to this day. My,
weren't we brave,
We returned to our camp and in a
little while a light shower sprinkled
over our faces but the bright moon
drove away the rain.
After breakfast the next morning
we hiked up the tableland. Eight
boys took the test on tracking. Scout
K~aumeheiwa assisted u scoutmas-
ter in taking the test. Those who
passed tracking We're Suicih, Yama-
motto, Kaichi, Yamamoto, Kali, Toni
ia, Samuel Wong and our scoutmaster
John NJ. Brown.
! We saw the giant Needle and the
dwarf needles. We fennd wild roses.
known as Roselani, Maui's famous
flower. Three were lehuas, gingers,
ferns of many sorts. Oh! it was just
lovely to be among these flowers and
ferns. Give us the best valley On
Maui. It's lao Valley.
On our way back we met Carnatiop
troop, some teachers and their pupils.
Some of the could not get up the ia
Bile land on account of the bad trail.
Maui Fathers, let us bring back old
lao. The table land is just the place
to go and to get real recreation. Our
wish is to see the table land of Kaa-
laholo turned into a beautiful park.
Then a few buildings here and there
in among the trees. Maui Boy Scouts
and Girl Scouts are encouraging ev-
erybody to get up and make lao Val
ley a home for all. Hurrah!
After the whole day hiking, we
turned in early. Then early the next
morning we had breakfast, broke
down camp. gathered some gaavas,
mangOes, etc, and made fern and
flower leis. AT $50 we bid lao Val
ley goodbye. then took the II. c.. &
S. Co. truck and headed for home.
We wish TO thank scout kaumehei-
wa for his kind attention, Mr., Field
for the use of his home and the H.
C. G. S. Co. for sending US a truck
to take us back to our dear ~Spreckels-
vile.