New Mexico state record., 1921-05-06

j -nAp4U NATIONAL PARK Kieauea is the center
of a district unexcelled
in volcanic marvels There are many great craters
within easy walking distance; interesting lava
tubes or tunnels wonderful forests of ancient koa
trees and tree ferns, banks of live sulphur, and
bottomless fssures and earthquake cracks
Hawaii National Park
Hawaii National park was established by act
of congress approved August /, 1916 (39 Stat,
1922. The park at the present time is composed
of three nOncOntiguous 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 Kauea section, which embraces the crater
of Kilauea and much of the surrounding region
Its is 30 S65
The Mauna Loa section, which includes the
crater of MokuaweOweo, the summit Greater of
the great mountain Mauna Loa, with some adJa-
cent lands. The total is 17,O20 acres.
The Haeakala section. which is on the island
of Maui, and includes the crater of the extinct
volcano IIaeakala. Its total area is 2ll5O acres.
A tract that will contain 800 acres, and Will con-
meet the Mauna Loa and Kilauea sections of the
park.
Mauna Loa is intermittently active and the
worlds largest volcano. Near the top of this
great mountain, towering to height of 1850
feet above the sea- is the crater of Mokuaweoweo,
9.47 miles, length of 81 miles, and width of
La miles. In October, 1919 a great flow of lava
from the west side of Mauna Loa took place.
1t began in 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 Alka
section of South KOna. 1t destroyed 1,SOO 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 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 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 2,lGO acres; the crcumfer-
ence of the rim twenty miles; extreme length,
74S miles; extreme width, 237 miles. The almost
vertical 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,
could be buried within its depths, and the highest
of that 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
elevation. The level rays of the setting sun IL
illuminate every nook and corner of the strpendous
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 Haieskaia.
Sunrise seen from Haleakala's summit. is
moving picture of natures painting. Says visi-
tor:
Ten thousand feet above the ocean, which We
could see far below, we waited, and
rewarded by faint glow; then as the sun 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 the edge of which
stood As the sun rose 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 10 minutes after had seen the first
glow We watched for almost an hour. 1t seemed
like two worlds. above the other, alive and
the other coming into life the sun warmed it,
= Hawaii is a territory of the United States.
nexed in 1893. The inhabited islands comprise
chain of eight. stretching over distance Of more
than four hundred miles, with a total area of
$500 square miles and a population Of 2J6.1S0.
From northeast to southwest the islands are MI
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.