Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-01-05
The Morgan County Democrat Thursday january

auea lis an immense crater which
has been caused by the eruption OF
Mauna Loa. In Kilauea is another
immense crater which is called
Halemaumau "House of Everlasting
Fire. = It is Halemaumau which is
SO very wonderful. 1t is three
quarters Of a mile long, one-half
mile wide and $40 feet deep. 1
know those figures don't mean any
thing to you, so I'll compare it to
something which you would know
Hal said the entire block where the
state house is could be fitted in that
hole ten times and then it wouldn't
nearly fill it up. 1t is so wide. that
a person standing on the opposite
side isn't visible. The terminal
tower in Cleveland if set right down
in that hole wouldn't reach the top.
When looking into that hole per-
son just can't comprehend it's size.
At the present time the volcano
isn't active, and when you look in
this immense pit it is quiet. How
ever it is just about due for an
eruption, and when it does this i'm
mense hole fills with burning lava.
1t must be a wonderful sight and
I'm hoping old Halemaumau does
something while we are here.
Mr.. Pearson, one of the men in
the office here, went up with u.s..
He has friend who is ranger,
and this man took us all over the
park. His name is Everett Brung.
ahim and he was born and raised
right near the volcano, and knows
everything about it. He is half
Hawaiian and half German. He has
very dark skin, but his features
are about like ours (haoles). How
ever he talks with decided accent.
He is married to Japanese wom-
an whom met that same day. She
is very sweet, and they have two
darling little boys. Now isn't that
mixture for you? One can drive
25 miles over improved roads with
in the park, and we were over every
bit fit. Now from the Kilauea
section to the crater or summit of
Mauna Loa is distance of rs
miles and return, and it takes three
days to make the trip. 1t has to be
made on horseback, and there is a
hotel built where people stay. I
want to take that trip before we
leave, but 1T is quite expensive as
you may imagine / want to give
you an idea of the prices charged
up at the Volcano House which is
right up near Halemaumau. 1t is
50 per day. And it isn't much to
look at, and people say even the
food isn't so good.
/ nearly fell over when they told
me the price of staying there. How
ever we are going up for week
end soon, but we are going to stay
at the military camp, as Hal is
entitled to because he is reserve
officer. Army and navy people
come over from Honolulu to see the
volcano and stay at the camp. There
are always lots Of interesting peo-
pie up there.
y The ground up about the volcano
and in the park is hot. and as one
drives along you can see steam
shooting up out Of the ground. This
Volcano House provides steam and
sulphur baths, using live steam and
heat from the volcano. There is a
huge sulphur bank there where this
yellow sulphur comes from. And it
is very hot there Some of the land
is very, very desolate, particularly
where there has been fow Of lava.
1t is nothing but jagged rock and
nothing grows on it.
I just heard someone out on the
rocks in front of our house, and I
looked out to see who il was. There
were two Hawaiian women with
great big fishing net going out to
fish off the rocks. / love to watch
the Hawaiian men fish from these
rocks down here. They only wear
trunks of course, and then they
wear goggles. and they are equipped
with bow and arrow, and they
spear the fish. They just walk
around and swim around in that
water like they are fish. actually
never saw anything like it. The
children are all healthy down here.
Most OF them only wear trunks, and