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

lava lake rose eighty feet in eight hours The
main flow, 1900 feet wide is running at the rate
of forty miles an hour
Police guards are holding hundreds of tourists
and automobiles at a considerable distance from
the scene because of the danger of greater out
burst.
And the spouting of Kilauea is one of the
der scenes of the world.
THE Hawaiian volcanoes" writes T. A. Jag
gar, Jr. director of the Hawaiian Volcano observ-
atOry, "are truly a national asset wholly unique
OF their kind, the most famous in the world Of
science and the most continuously, variOusly, and
haTmlessy active volcanoes earth. Kilauea
crater has been nearly continuously active, with
lake or lakes of molten lava, for century.
: Mauna Loa Is the largest active volcano in the
world, with eruptions about once decade and
has poured out more lava during the last century
than any other volcano on the globe. Haleakala
is a mountain mass ten thousand feet high with
tremendous crater rift in its summit eight miles
in diameter and three thousand feet Deep contain
ing many high lava cones. Haeakala is probably
the largest of all known craters among volcanoes
that are technically known as active. 1t erupted
less than two hundred years ago. The crater at
sunrise is the grandest volcanic spectacle on
EARTH"
kiiaueas Lava Lake.
The lava lake at KiIauea is the most spectacu-
lar feature Of Hawaii National park. 1t draws
visitors from all over the world 1t is a lake of
molten, fiery lava thousand feet long, spashing
on its banks with noise like waves of the sea.
while great fountains boil through it fifty feet
high. This exhibition of of the most amazing
revelations OF nature-the terrific and irresistible
forces Of the earths internal ires-is accessible
by automobiles almost to the very brink, and may
be safely viewed.
The trip from Hilo to Kilauea volcano is by au-
tomObile, distance of thirty miles, From Hilo
no roan uTud srall da
and pineapple plantations, to high elevation and
then plunges into a great forest of tree ferns,
whose fronds are thirty feet overhead and pro-
vide delightful canopy for many miles. At
1000 feet elevation the trip ends at Volcano House
on the rim Of the crater. Here are unobstructed
views OF towering snow-capped mountains and
the great crater Kiauea. an enormous pit nearly
eight miles In circumference and six hundred feet
deep. enclosing an of 1850 acres. Filling the
floor Of this vast bowl is sea Of solidlfed lava
twisted and contorted into every imaginable shape
WIN Jets OF steam, vapor and sulphurous fumes
rising from innumerable creyices and cracks. AL
most at the center is the active throat of the vol
cano itself, called by the natives, Halemaumau,
1.-THE House Of Everlasting Fire" This was, in
Hawaiian mythology, the home Of Pele, the god
dess of fire.
Greatest Natural Wonder.
This throat or inner pit is mile in circum-
iSAehee uhu cOntalnS at all times raging sea OIL
molten lava, Its whte-hot waves lashng and gnaw-
ing at the imprisoning walls. and its vast foun-
tains OF ncandescent rock eternaly flinging their
fiery spray in air; seething and roaring in awful
grandeur. The molten sea rises and falls peri
Odically. at times even overlooking the rim of the
pit and spreading out over the floor of the main
crater, while red-hot crags and massive islands
rise from its depths to either collapse in tumutu-
GUS avalanches or subside gently beneath the
surface M fho lava The nit is fascinating nv
daylight. but at night the scene is enthralling.
And 1t may be Witnessed in perfect safety
The national park system of the United States
contains several absolute unique natural wonders
such rs the Grand Canyon, Crater Lake and the
sequoias Of Yosemite, SeQuoia and General Grant