Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-02-11

born or lep6r parents are at oHce
taken to the other islands and grow
to maturity without trace of~ the
horrible disease. Next is Lanai,
small island devoted to the culture
of pineapples. Next comes Maui,
this island is the third important
island of the group. On this island
is the largest extinct volcano in the
world, Haleakala. 1t was crossing
over the slopes of this volcano that
| received the greatest thrill / have
did everything aIse but turn upside
down, and I will venture that the
fmprints of my fingernails are still
ION the seat. Next is Kahoolawe, a
small island and the only one with
out fresh water. Next comes
larger than all the other islands put
together Here are located the ac-
tive volcanoes Mauna Loa (meaning
long mountain) and Kilauea In
this extinct crater is located the ac-
tive pit Halemaumau, the only vol
cano in the world that you can see
in actual eruption.
| would like to go into detail and
describe some of the beauties of
this island with it's two active vol
canoes which are entirely different
in their action. Mauna Loa has an
eruption around every five years,
hurling ashes and molten lava into
the air, the lava forming into
streams which wipe every form Of
vegetation before them. In 1927
part of small village was caught
in one of these rivers Of molter
lava and destroyed. There was one
instance where an old Hawaiian
woman had to be taken by force
from her home. She said Pele
Goodies of fire. would not destroy
her home. Pele evidently fell down
on her job for her home was wiped
out. A person would naturally
think that people would flee from
the scene of one of these eruptions,
but just the opposite, they flock to
the scene Of these rivers of fire. /
visited one of these flows that oc-
Cured in 1923 where it had flown
through a tropical forest. There
were depressions in the lava where
it had flown around trees, leaving
the imprint of bark and limbs. 1t
is hard for a person to visualize the
fantastic forms that are created in
one of these flows of lava
There is a legend to the effect
that before the advent of the white
man in the islands, two 'factional
kings were waging war against each
caught in one Of these flows and
completely annihilated. How true
this is / do not know, as ancient
history was handed down from gen
GRAFTON to generation, through
chants However, where it is claim
ed this happened. there are foot
prints in the lava.
| will try and give you a descrip-
ton Of the volcano and the places
Of interest surrounding it as it ap-
peared to me: The extinct volcano
Kilauea in which is located the ae-
tive pit Halemaumau is about five
miles in diameter, and is located on
the eastern slope of Mauna Loa,
some 10000 feet lower than this
volcano and 1000 feet above sea
level We left Hilo, the main city
Of the island of Hawaii at noon and
drove through the most beautiful
tropical forest of tree ferns and
wild flowers | have ever seen in my
life, arriving at the Volcano house
which is located on the edge of Kill
aue. Around this hotel there is
smoke and steam pouring from ev-
cry crevice in the rocks. After
lunch at the hotel we drove to the
surphur banks. These banks, or
small hills are at least so percent
pure sulphur, and in places it is so
hot you cannot hold your hand to
the ground From there we drove
to the lava tubes. These tubes are
about ten feet in diameter and
around 1000 feet in length, and as
SmOOLH DIS grass. IoIH There We
visited the seven extinct craters.
The last active one was in 1928. 1t
would not surprise me to see them
break loose at any time, as there is
steam and smoke pouring from the
crevices in all of these craters
which are from 1000 feet to a mile
in diameter, and from 500 to 1000