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


parks. Nevertheless, there are discriminating
nature-lovers who have seen the world and declare
that Kilauea's Halemaumau is greatest of natural
wonders.
E. M. Newman, the traveller and lecturer, says:
"The fires of q visible inferno burning In the
midst of an earthly paradise is striking contrast
afforded only in the Hawaiian National park. It
Is combination of all that is terrifying and all
that Is beautiful blending of the awful with the
magnificent. Lava-fOws Of centuries are piled
high about living volcano, which Is set like
a ruby in an emerald bower OF tropical grandeur
Picture perfect May day. when glorious sun
shine and smiling nature combine to make~the
heart glad; then multiply that day by three hun
dred and sixty-hve and the result Is the climate
of Hawaii. Add to this the sweet doors the
luscious fruits the luxuriant verdure, the flowers
and colorful beauty of the tropics, and the Hawaii
National park becomes a dreamland that fingers
in ones memory as long as memory survives"
"lnfernaI and Thrilling"
Miss Edna L. Smith of Aurora H., a globe
trOtter with the gifts of appreciation and de.
scriptiOn says of Halemaumau:
GAS spectacle 1t Is the most Internal and
brilliant thing have ever seen and as a natural
phenomenon 1t is the most thrilling sight / ever
hope to see. Worlds in the making best describes
what Is going on there. Miniature molten noun
talns are turned out of the white-hot furnace TO
cool and you see how all sorts of qualifications
are made. Then In turn miniature hardened
mountains are swallowed by the burning lava lakes
And all the time the most tremendous roaring
and kissing go as the fiery lava is spoute,i
high up In the air. It sounds as IL some angry
dragon were in the heart of the great crater spew
ing up flames and birthstone in a rage
Stephen T. Mather, director of the national park
service, says Of Kilauea, among other things:
u want to record my feeling that this Is the
most wonderful feature of the national park sys-
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waterfalls of the Yosemite and even the big trees
OF Sequcia park. 1t Is the most awe-inspiring
thing that have ever observed, and have no
hesitation in predicting that when once the people
of the United States realize what remarkable
thing this volcano is 1t will become the objective
of thousands of visitors"
Kilauea does not by any means confine its ac
tiyities to Halemaumau. Last year. out on the
Kau desert, about six miles from the fiery Dit In
kilauea crater, molten lava burst forth from a
subterranean tube leading through a crack begin.
ming at the wall of the main Volcano This 6o,S
OF lava was called the Kau flow of 1920 and is
still at work building up new mountain The
flow really began in December 1919 1t has now
built up great mound almost 200 feet in height
This mound has been designated Mauna Xxi fIittle
mountain). The Kau flow was easy of access AMI
hundreds of visitors saw It's live stream Of lava
caseading over older flows. II was possible Va
approach TO within few feet of the lava and
poke at 1t with a green stick.
Footprints 1870 Years Old
Il is in this Kau desert that Professor larger
has just made an amazing ,Iiscovery--the foot.
prints In the hardened volcanic ash of an Hawaiian
army flying $50 years ago from the wrath If
Pele, the goddess who dwells in Halemauman
King keoua of kau, us recorded history saws.
Ied an army OF three divisions against King Kane
hameha, who later united all the Hawaiian islands
under his sway, In the year 1870. This year also
recorded the last explosive eruption of KIhuea
Volcano.
Hawaiian legend records the fact that some q,
heouas warriors rolled stones into KiIauea crater
to mark their disrespect for the goddess Of tbe
molten lake. Feie rose in her wrath, and with
terrific explosive eruption totally winad on,
the second division of Keouas army. The foot.
prints found In the Kau desert are believed IN ha
those o. men Of the hrst division, Who seeing m