| Show THE ISLANDS OF SOUTH SEA ralph cloward in faraway samoa tells tell of a Piet countr and ot of natives native hal lor of pago page paro pago isaiah and ail her vol am beautiful fill sight Tua sivi samoa aug I 1 13 VMS editor reaper just a few lines linea tram the south sooth sea as that is the common name down here for all the countr country south of 0 equator samoa Is where I 1 am and I 1 believe it ja is otis one of the th most picturesque little spots on earth at least I 1 cant conceive of a 91 countey being much more beautiful in its natural state after traveling tor for about 5 miles in a southwesterly oath westerly direction from froin sign san francisco Fran citco and having seen but bat little more than the blue sea sa with its white caps and the lonely sea birds our eyes were really feasted when we came in light of abo little island of tutuila Ta tulla our oar landing place this island is owned by uncle sam and is the most picturesque of all the samoan group it Is very rugged ragged but bat completely covered by a dense growth of vegetation at first sight it looked like a big mounts mountain rising from the blue waters barbea in of green with a white lace trimming as the waves wares madly dashed against the rock bound coast HARBOR OF PAGO PAGO the south side of the island Is indented by the harbor of pago pago the only good one on all the islands it is a very beautiful little place al abo small it is perfectly landlocked land locked with just a narrow passage deep enough however to admit our largest Tell vell els providing an experienced pilot is at the rudder it is quite probable this watery nook was formed by the sinking of a mountain chain and the filling with water of an old crater Allot all of these islands are of volcanic origin the waters of the bay are skirted by a narrow strip of land varying in width from CO yards to a mile in the back the mountain rises a almost I 1 m 0 a t perpendicularly to a height of low 1000 tet feet along this narrow str strip p of land the natives have bare built their huts buts planted their cocoanut coco anut groves breadfruit trees taro tobacco sane eane and bananas the united states has some coal sheds sheda and a small naval station here the natives are very friendly and as industrious as their circumstances demand the male members spend their time fishing caning and working on their little plantations plantation while the women braid mats baskets and fans string heads beads etc to sell tourists its quite a little trade is carried on this way THE ISLANDS industries we will leave pao pago pago and hurry on to savali I 1 want to tell you something about this island and her volcanoes canges we ao 20 on board the tb little steamship mouri moan and atter alter having been tossed abbat on the sea tor for near ly ton ten hours hoara we arrive at apia abia upolu the largest town on the th islands island the white population numbering about 00 this island is ia the most thickly 1 populated and its it land them the mo mont lit pro thousands of Q acres acre have been planted to coco coconut cocoanut anut palms palm and are continually pouring wealth into the laps lap of their owners the plantations are worked by little black boys from the now mew hebrides loyalty Ill bismark and solomon Is lands land they are contract laborers laborer and are paid about 04 SD a 1 yr year the D 1 ff A P 0 firm has ha about of these little follows on its plantations As the nuts fall from the trees they are gathered up and carried on the backs of burros to the drying sheds khe kernel is cut out and spread to dry after it becomes thornly dry it is ia packed and shipped in sailing galling ves vea sets sela to the factories of australia where it is made into soap hair oil and lubricants of differ different erit kinds kopra as it culled called is the principal export altho thero there is koko and ava root shipped on out rubber is bring being experimented with ou quite a lurke large eerie by a company mude up of german capitalists klau as the hal hamdan n 0 a a compani compan 3 the labor on this planta I 1 iou ion is done by chinese coolies they tant aro ru alao also contract laborers and are paid from 3 to 7 a month about BOO were lauded here in july making the third shipment that has been sent in the samoans of course coarse own their own lands they raise what they need for their maintenance and consequently they will not cot work as ar cheaply us as labor that can be brought in from other places SAVAII AND HER VOLCANO we leave apia abia and journey journ ou to w wards ards savaii savah this place w where h er 13 we are new loaned loan loca ed od is 19 called ri fitial the he point furthest west on wolo looking out over the tien sea iff fh island of savall savali is presented to view us lie raises her head above the waters abe mountains are about feet himli but we connot cannot see their tipa on HI r c count 0 antof of the heavy clouds of emoke hanging over the island the sun bus bal sank auk to rest afar in the distance to the west you see a light a colum colam of fire rising into the air painting the tips of the clouds with crimson that is the volcano sit down hereon here on this pretty white sand and I 1 will tell you of a little experience peri per lence ence I 1 bad on that island I 1 arrived there on the of A august 1906 1905 the people we e all ju it state of consternation on earthquake aft the sib or of that mouth month a very severe earthquake bhora wn waw felt tu tumbling nibling down churches rolling big foeks borko down aud and staggering people as tho they vore ore drunk drank shortly the clouds gathered low and ud the rain fell in torrents the next morning a report was wan circulated that abac a volcano had broken out oat A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT 0 14 A I 1 slid said before I 1 arrived here on the the roaring was waa bom something ething terrific for 40 miles it could be heard beard it sounded bounded as tho the gods of war had turned loose their forces together great rooks rocks were flying into the air liko lik sky eky rockets say it was beautifully full my companion and I 1 soon left for a tour ot of the island on the ol of september we arrived at a place called it is about tive miles mile froy the mouth of the cruter crater it was here I 1 had bad my jilt good view new of toe fire the tha w was dark but the whole country around about 19 lit UP ho v it did roar like the of a lannou rho fhe cotie i aull be seen lery ery plainly bredt rooks Weigh bim 19 toaia tot jud aud red hot would ny info the air aud drop balk with wilh it a crash building higher find haibt r the llie now new mountain rho rent was first coada do in a little rilley rill fy mud as the iha walls walla of the hole aero vertic 1 I the rooke rocks of ourse course flow strai straight gut up A very i lose ILSO tiou could b had bad without atly any s apper ap pp ir ent t deurer How flo nver wever as time wont on on and the tone one abrev re v bieber the rocla flew farther out making it il moro dangerous to draw A little litlie lava IR would 00 0 0 only bubble up avor I 1 lie top but not enough I 1 to 0 t ause cause any great ularm nt axt week |
