Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-05-06

in volcanic maryels. There many great Craters
within easy walking distance; interesting lava
tubes tunnels, wonderful forests Of ancient Koa
trees and tree ferns, banks of live sulphur, and
bottomless assures and earthquake cracks
Hawaii National Park.
Hawaii National park was established by act
of congress approved August /, 1915 go Stat,
432). The park at the present time is composed
of three nonc0ntiguous areas, two on the island
Of Hawaii, the largest island of the group COM
posing the territory of Hawaii, and one of the
island of Maui Briefly, the park lands may be
described as follows:
The Kilauea section, which embraces the crater
Of Kilauea and much of the surrounding region.
Its is 1896 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 1000 acres.
The Haleakala section which Is on the island
of Maui and includes the crater of the extinct
volcano Haleakala. Its total area is q, $50
tract that will contain $50 acres, and will con-
meet the Mauna LOa and Kilauea sections of the
park
Mauna Loa is internationally active aud the
worlds largest volcano. Near the top of this
great mountain towering to a height of 1865
feet above the sea, is the crater of Mokuaweowe0
with area of 2,370 acres, circumference of
9.47 miles, length of 81 miles, and IA width of
q
from the west side of Mauna Loa took place
It began in rift well up toward the summit,
and sweeping its way through virgin forests be
low finally reached the sea, where 1t pushed uP
sand cone of great dimensions It was called
the Alika flow, because 1t passed over the Alikn
section of South Kona. It destroyed 1900 linear
feet of the main highway around the island Lead
Ing from the crater itself and In the region lust 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 Hilo In the line Of these
riffs are many spatter cones and other peculiar
phenomena that attract the attention of the tour
list.
Halekala THE House of the Sun" is the largest
quiescent volcano in the world The elevation
OF its summit is 1O,O32 feet Its crater is nine
teen square miles, or 12,160 acres: the circumfer
ence of the rim, twenty miles; extreme length
44S miles; extreme width, 237 miles The almost
vertical walls drop half mile or more. II Is I'M
possible 10 realize the great area of the crater.
Inc whole of New York city, below Central park,
could be buried within its depths and the highest
OF mat citys 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
eiSs"tioA' Ahe teVei rays or the setting sun IL
illuminate every nook and corner of the stupendOus
crater and bring TO view the outlines and delicate
tnts 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, from HaieakaIa,s summit, is 4
moving picture of natures painting Says a visi-
tor:
Ten thousand feet above the ocean, which
could see far below. we waited, and soon were
rewarded by faint glow; then, as the sun rose
mghef above the horizon, the glow gradually
changed 10 beautiful orange red and the clouds
IKE great white downy rivers flowed and disap-
peared into the crater on the edge of which we
STOOL As the sun rose higher the eolOrs 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
tuiiy ~ or 10 minutes after we had seen the first
glow. We watched for almost an hour Il seemed
ike two worlds, above the other one alive and
the other coming into life as the sun warmed IL.
hawaii is territory Of the United States. All
ne4eo IN 1898. The inhabited islands comprise
chain OF eight, stretching over distance of more
man four hundred miles, with total area Of
ooOV square miles and a population of 256fS1
FROM northeast 10 southwest the islands are MI
han, Kauai, OAHU Molokai, Maui Lanai, Kahoo-
awe and Hawaii, the latter giving its name to
the group Honolulu. island OF Oahu, Is the cap
Hai ana chief commercial city.