0Hr Fetuati Iiaittiriji SECTION

ROOSEVELT FEATURE EDITION 0hr fetuati iiaittiriji SECTION NO. 6549 VOL. V II HILO. HAWAII. T. H., MONDAY, JULY 23, 1934 KING KAMEHAMEHA KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT COOK’S MONUMENT IN KONA HULA DANCERS COFFEE RAISING NAPOLEON OF I THIRD IMPORTANT THE PACIFIC INDUSTRY HERE On the western slopes of Huala- It was In a stormy night in the lai and Mauna Kea on the Island month of November that Kame o f H aw aii, betw een 1000 and 3000 hameha I, the greatest of all Ha feet above sea level, running par waiian Icings, was born at Ainaka, allel to the government road, there district of Kohala, Island of Ha is almost a continuous belt of fer w aii. tile land planted to those world’s The actual year of his birth is famous aroma-producing seeds — still a matter of uncertainty some Kona coffee. The coffee belt is p la cin g it in 1736. others as late about 35 miles long, stretching a s 1750. The H aw aiian s believed from north to south, through the the thunder lightening, rain and districts of Kona, making automo raging storms were heralds to sig bile driving through the verdant nalize the birth of a great chief orchards one of the scenic attrac tain. None, at the time scarcely tions of the Big Island. visualized that the little male child Kona coffee is widely known for just born in the obscure feudal its aroma. Superior in quality to village of Ainakea would after the Brazilian and Central Ameri wards become Kamehameha the can products, it has a flavor that Great, conqueror of all the islands is unequalled. Usually, it is in and a founder of the Hawaiian much demand, but the supply is kingdom. Neither did one ever limited, the 6300 acres of coffee dream that in the little village was land in North and South Kona pro born the future Napoleon of the ducing only an average of appro Pacific, whose rule made solid the ximately four million pounds of basis of an independent nation raw beans every years. This acre which enjoyed its monarchy for a age, together with the small plan century, and finally merging with tation in Hamakua district, repre one of the greatest nations on sents about a quarter of one per earth as its integral part and its cent of the total area of the Island most strategic outpost in the w a of H aw aii. ters of the Pacific. Picturesque Industry B irth Coffee is the third largest indus King Kamehameha I was bora try in the Islands, but its cultiva in November but whether the ex tion isperhaps the most pictures- Site where the great spirit of the famous Bri Hula dancing, the most unique and graceful act year of his birth was 1736 or The statue of King Kamehameha I or “Napo i que occupation one can find in Ha- tish discoverer and explorer, Captain James Cook national dance of the natives, largely popularized 1750 is still unknown as previously leon of the Pacific” as it stands on the grounds of | waii. A coffee tree in Hawaii reposes in peace on the quiet beach at Kaawaloa, at present for mere entertainment purposes, found stated. Kamehameha's father was the Knhaia Court House. Kohala, Hawaii— the birth i grows to a height of ten to twenty Kealakekua Bay, Kona. .Cook discovered the Ha its origin in a sacred dance, closely connected with Kalanikupuapaikalani Keoua, half place of the great King. Possessed with tact and j feet, sometimes to thirty feet, but w aiian Islan ds on J an u ary 18, 1778. H e m et his priesthood rites. Soft melodies of the lei-adorned brother of Kal&niopu'u, the grand clear judgment and entirely familiar with war skill. ! it is generally pruned and kept be tragic death on this beach on the eighth hour of the maidens and their tinkling ukuleles inspire in one son of Keawe, "King of Hawaii." King Kamehameaa succeeded in conquering all the tween eight and fifteen feet. The m orning o f St. V alentine D ay, F e b ru a ry 14, 1779. an atmosphere most realistic of tropical skies. History relates to the effect that island group and unite it under one rule. He was trees are planted in rows, mathe as a result of a knife stab by a native. the arrival of Great King Kame born in 1737 and reigned from 1795-1819. matically measured, and the or hameha was prophesized by the chards are kept free from weeds. astrologer and great prophet who Blossoms come early in January predicted that a “man is coming literally transforming the orchards to slay the chiefs." The prophet HILO, THE HULA, NATIVE DANCE CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, THE into snow white, emitting fragrant was called when Kepuaipoiwa H. odor for miles and miles. This mother of King Kamehameha ex BEAUTIFUL OF HAWAII NEI lasts for about a week; the petals pressed the desire to eat the eyes DISCOVERER OF ISLES drop, and soon tiny pea-like fruits of the tabu shark, the chief of the appear in clusters, growing larger Great Mountain. The astrologer The “hula", generally known as and larger until about July, when ______ It was on the 17th of January, 1778 that Captain James VOLCANO CITY like. was asked to Interpret her morbid the national dance of Hawaii and further growth stops. desires whereupon it was told that Cook, great British explorer and circumnavigator, in com today widely commercialized and Introduced To U. S. The green berries begin to ripen, Kekuapoiwa was with a child who Hilo, the second largest and im mand of two ships, the Resolution and the Discovery, land degenerated, had its beginnings as Wnen the dance was introduced and then another transformation was later to become the king o: portant city in the island group, ed in Kealakekua Bay. His arrival occasioned the greatest a sacred dance. It was closely Into the United States there was I takes place. The ripened berries, kings of all Hawaii. 'commonly called the Volcano City related to the rites of priesthood fear of the ancient form of hula, | resembling medium-sized cranber- Soon after King Kamehameha excitement among the natives who believed him to be the | due to its famous volcano is situ • and the ceremonies of great na which had for centuries existed in | ries or dark-red cherries in appear- was bora, he was safely hidden. reincarnation of the god Lono, whose rejuvenation was long ated on the slope rising from a tives chiefs. It preserved its lofty the islands, going into complete j ance, load the branches in clusters He was carried to the hill’s of Awi- forcasted among them. God Lono, according to the natives crescent, shaped bay. Its palm- standard until the appearance of obscurity. The ancient dance, of between three and twelve, co ni while the others watched the had beaten his beautiful wife for fringed Coconut Island near the white people in the islands. What approach of the enemies. They of red cloth which he had brought with its rhythm in movements and vering the field with a blanket of some reason or other and have va- wharf, its snow capped summits of is seen of the hula today in this with him and presented him with gestures pregnant with interpre red. It is harvest time, and men prayed as they conveyed away the nished to Heaven premising to ap Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa in the country and elsewhere outside of _ a little pig which he held in his tative meanings, would be cast and women, old and young, go out. babe, so as the gods will conceal pear some years in the future tn background and its fine sandy Hawaii is not the genuine hula, the signs of the chieftain. The' ‘ - - ' aside in favor of the modern ver to gather the berries, working The 1 land “flourishing 'with' coconuts, j hands jas J ™ * aPeeoh beach, present a beautiful sight as but a version designed merely to child was placed under the olona and presented his offerings sion which is no more a fair and from early mom to late in the pigs, and bananas. one glides into the harbor on the draw crowds to a cabaret or the When Cook landed he was re true representation of the native evening. fibre and again prayed that he With the sudden appearance of boat. Honolulu, the capital city ceived by four men who carried dance than the Parisian cancan is might not be found by the enemies, Cook in his strange costume on is the only city surpassing Hilo in Walloa on the south and Wailuku Then to Breakfast Table wands decorated with dogs' hair of a refined civilized dance. The baby was carefully reared by their shores one day, the natives size and importance. on the north. The principal resi The berries are covered with a at one end. and who walked in The hula undoubtedly is as in the Awini chieftains, Kamehame dream of Lono'3 return was ful- The main portion of the city dential quarter Is located at Puu- soft pulp which generally encloses front of him catling aloud a short terpretative as the Greek dances. ha s only playmate was his foster fi||ed — the only difference being lies between the two rivers, the eo which lies north of the Wailu two seeds. The pulp is removed sentence in which he could dis But when the Greek dances are sister, Kuakane.

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