Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 492, 9 January 1902 — FETHERS LIKES THE SCENERY ON THIS ISLAND [ARTICLE]

FETHERS LIKES THE SCENERY ON THIS ISLAND

Takes a Trip By Special Train and Praises the Beamy of Oahu. DENISON ACTS AS ROST AND GUIDE Party Visits Sugar Mills and Pumping Plants at Two Plantations. Beauty of Scenery Creates Great Impress'on Upon the Mind of Supreme Chancellor of the Pythian Knights—lntends to See More of the Country Before he Leaves. Yesterday morning at Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, Mr. Fethers, started on a special train to view some of the scenes outside of Honolulu. When seen at the Hawaiian hotel last night Mr. Fethers expressed himself as delighted with the trip. Travels in Special Train. “I enjoyed myself splendidly during the excursion." he said. "We went by spec ial train and traveled in Superintendent Denison’s private car, whic h he kindly put as our disposal. Mr. Denison himself went with us and proved to lie a most excellent host. His thorough acquaintance with every point and all objects of interest also made* him invaluable to us as a guide. "How do I like the countr’? Well, it is simply splendid. Of course I have seen rice fields before in Carolina and cane fields in Louisiana, but I have never seen rice fields and cane fields and taro patches and banana fields all together in one continual stretch, with a few palm trees to lend variety to the scene. Mountains impress Visitor. "One thing which especially impressed me was the glory of your mountains which, in my opinion, are simply perfect in beauty. The different colorings of the mountains, the delicate shades of sienna, blues, five or six different greens and finally the black tints standing sharp against the sky make them a perfect background to the beautiful scenery of the plains. I have traleved extensively in the States and also in Europe and have seen the majestic beauty of Norway s mountains, the wild Alpine scenery aud the blue mountain chains of Italy. I also know the different varieties of mountain scenery which you can see in the ranges of the States, but I nev- ■ er saw mountains where all these features were combined into one harmonious whole as they are here. Advantages of Railroad. "The who'e trip yesterday was ab solutely perfect. The roadbed on which the cars travM is so well ballasted that although we went at a pretty good rate of speed we were not inconvenienced in the least. Another beauty of it was that we were able t > go by rail to all the places w A wanted to visit. We went to Ewa mill and the Oahu mill and also visited one of the pumping stations. We ■aw the whole process of sugar manu ia> ture in the mills, seeing th- cane going on Lie carrier through the rollers and followed it through all the stages until it was put in bags as sugar ready for shipment." Louisiana Mills Are Playthings. When asked what he thought of the mills in this country in comparison w th the mills seen in the States Mr Fethers said: "Really 1 never saw a real sugar mill before today. I have of course seen mills in Louisiana but they are mere playthings compared to thes.> you have in this country." Mr. Fethers and party returned from their outing at three in the afternon. Mr. Fethers stated that, as he was not going to leave the islands before January 15th, he intended to -e a g>od deal more of the scenery of this island before he departed. YOUNG MEN S INSTITUTE. Dams- a Council. No st>s, had an in staliation of officers at Harmony Hall last evening Deputy Supreme President W. S. Fleming officiating The following officers were installed:

President. J. Hughes; first rice president. C. K Qainn; second rice presi-; dent. J Andrade; recording secretary, ! Charles Cooler; corresponding secretary J. Dias: financial secretary. D. | M Corriston treasurer. V, C. Crook. Jr Marshal. S. Hughe.-?: ins:le sen tineL F. W Weed; outsie sentinel M. Hopkins: executive committee; J A Thompson. C. Ros»*. T. Travaens. M. : K. Cook an-J Charles McConigle. After the installation ceremonies a j grand banquet was enjoyed. The address of the evening »as delivered by Routing President W. P. Barry.