The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-07
Hawaii National Park.

Hawaii National park was established by act
of congress approved August l. 1916 go Stat,
1922. The park Mt the present time is composed
Of three nOncQntiguouS areas, two the island
Of Hawaii the largest island Of the group conf
posing the territory of Hawaii, and one of the
island of Maui. Briefly, the park lands may be
described as follows:
The kauea section, which embraces the crater
of Kilauea and much of the surrounding region
Its is 1886 acres.
The Mauna LOa section which includes the
crater of MokuaweOweO, the summit Greater Of
the great mountain Mauna LOa, with some ada
cent lands. The total area is 1920 acres.
The Haeakaa section, which is on the island
of Maui, and includes the crater of the extinct
volcano Haeakaa. Its total area Is 21,15O acres.
tract that will contain 800 acres, and will con-
meet the Mauna LOa and Kilauea sections of the
park.
Mauna LOa is internationally active and the
worlds largest volcano. Near the top of this
great mountain, towering to a height of 1868
feet above the sea, is the crater of MOkuaweoweO,
with an area of 2,37O acres circumference of
9.47 miles, length of 81 miles, and width of
LA miles. In October, 1919 great flow of lava
from the west side of Mauna LOa took place.
1t began in a rift well up toward the summit
and sweeping its way through virgin forests be-
low finally reached the sea, where it pushed up
a sand cone of great dimensions 1t was called
the Alika flow because it passed over the Alika
section of South KOna. 1t destroyed 1SOO linear
feet of the main highway arOund'the island Lead
ing from the crater itself and in the region just be-
low are several riffs of great scientific interest.
From these riffs, which in many cases are highly
cOlored, numerous lava flows have issued, among
them the great flow of 1881 which nearly de-
stroyed the city of HO. In the line of these
riffs are many spatter cones and other peculiar
phenomena that attract the attention of the tour
list.
Halekala, 1.-THE House of the SUM-" is the largest
quiescent volcano in the world. The elevation
of its summit is 10032 feet Its crater is nine
teen square miles, or u 100 acres; the crcumfer-
ence of the rim, twenty miles; extreme length,
7.4S miles extreme width 2.37 miles. The almost
vertical walls drop half mile more. 1t is I'M
possible to realize the great area of the crater.
The whole of New York city, below Central park.
could be buried within its depths, and the highest
of that city's church spires would be but toys by
the side of its cinder cones; cones which rise like
young mountains from the bottom of the crater,
and which are relatively but fair-sized ant hills
when viewed from the summit
This vantage point is above the usual cloud
elevation The level rays of the setting IL
illuminate every nook and corner of the stupendouS
crater and bring to view the outlines and delicate
tints of the majestic pictures which have been
hung in this mammoth gallery, to thrill and awe
all who look upon them.
Sunrise on HaIeakaIa.
Sunrise, seen from HaleakaIa's summit, is a
moving picture of natures painting. Says visi-
tor:
"Ten thousand feet above the ocean, which we
could see far below, we waited and soon were
rewarded by faint glow; then, the rose
higher above the horizon, the glow gradually
changed to a beautiful orange red, and the clouds
like great white downy rivers flowed and disap-
peared into the crater on the edge of which we
stood. As the sun higher the colOrS in the |
crater became more and more intense, the shad |
Ows deeper and bluer and then the sunlight be-
gan to brighten the sugar-cane fields far below |
fully 10 or Is minutes after had the first
glow We watched for almost an hour. 1t seemed |
like two worlds, one above the other, alive and |
the other coming into life as the sun warmed it." |
Hawaii is territory of the United States, an
nexed in 1898. The inhabited islands comprise n |
chain of eight, stretching a distance of more |
than four hundred miles, with total of |
$500 square miles and a population of 256,1S0.
From northeast to southwest the islands are Mil
hau, Kauai Oahu, Molokai Maui, Lanai, Kahoo-
lave and Hawaii, the latter giving its name to
the group. Honolulu, island of Oahu, is the cap
ital and chief commercial city.