The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-05-13

trees and tree ferns, banks of live sulphur, an,
bottomless assures and earthquake cracks.
Hawaii National Park
Hawaii National park was established by &C
of congress approved August l. 1916 $50 Stat.
432) The park at the present time is composed
or three noncontguous areas, two 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 area 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 is 17,020 acres.
The Haeakaa section which is on the island
of Maui, and includes the crater of the extinct
volcano Haieakaa. Its total area is 21 $50 acres
tract that win contain 800 acres and will con-
meet the Mauna Loa ard Kilauea sections of the
park
Mauna Loa is internationally active and the
worlds largest volcano. Near the top of this
great mountain, towering to height of 1868
feet above the sea, is the crater of Mokuaweoweo.
with of 2,370 acres, a circumference of
9.47 miles, length of 81 miles, and a width of
LA miles. In October 1919, great flow Of lava
from the west side of Mauna Loa took place.
1t bsgan in rift well up toward the summit
and sweeping its way through virgin forests be-
low finally reached the sea, where 1t 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
low are several riffs of great scientific interest |
From these riffs, which In many cases are highly |
coored. numerous lava flows have issued among |
them the great flow of 1881 which nearly de- |
cfro Vp1 eif Of In fba limo of 1,a
riffs many spatter cones and other peculiar |
phenomena that attract the attention of the tour
ist
Halekaa, 1.-THE House Of the Sum-" is the largest /
Quiescent volcano in the world The elevation
Of its summit is 10,032 feet. Its crater is nine
teen square miles, or 1880 acres; the circumfer-
ance of the rim, twenty miles; extreme length |
lertica walls drop half mile or more. 1t is i'm
possible to realize the great area of the crater |
The whole of New York city, below Central park
ould be buried within its depths, and the highest
# that citys church spires would be but toys by
he side of its cinder cones cones which rise like
Dung mountains from the bottom of the crater
nd which are relatively but fair-sized ant hills
When viewed from the summit.
This vantage point is above the usual cloud
deviation. The level rays of the setting sun H.
animate every nook and corner of the stupendous
rater and bring to view the outlines and delicate
nts or the majestic pictures which have been |
ung in this mammoth gallery, to thrill and awe
II who look upon them
Sunrise Haeakais.
Sunrise, from Haeakalas summit is a | I
owing picture of natures painting. Says visi-
II:
"Ten thousand feet above the ocean, which we {
'ud see far below, waited, and soon were
warded by faint glow then, as the sun rose
CHER above the horizon, the glow gradually
anged TO beautiful orange red, and the clouds q
Se great white downy rivers flowed and disap- D
AIRED into the crater on the edge of which we "
God. AS the rose higher the coors in the 81
ater became more and more intense the shad- p
rs deeper and bluer, and then the sunlight be-
n TO brighten the sugar-cane fields far below
lily 10 or Is minutes after we had seen the first
wv. We watched for almost an hour. 1t seemed
e two worlds one above the other one alive and -
other coming into life as the sun warmed it,"
Hawaii is territory of the United States an
xed In 1898 The inhabited islands comprise al
ain Of eight stretching distance of more
IN four hundred miles, with a total area of
90 square miles and a population of 256,1sO
pm northeast TO southwest the Islands are Nil 70
j. Kauai, OAHU Mololai, Maui Lanai Kahoo i,l
re and Hawaii. the latter giving its name to
group. Honolulu, island of Oahu, is the cap eh
and chief commercial city.