Yo-ho-ho for the far south seas

YO-HO-HO FOR THE FAR SOUTH SEAS

Kellum to Fish While Scientists Scientificate in South Pacific

Honolulu Hawaii Newspaper

By MARTIN CONNOR 1924

Sail forth! Steer for the deep waters only! For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go!

And we risk the ship, ourselves and all.

This was the philosophy of the adventurer of another day when he sought romance in strange lands across the sea.

But Medford R. Kellum, retired capitalist of Florida and now a resident of Honolulu, has a different philosophy about adventure and he will attempt to put his philosophy into action in a few weeks, when, accompanied by a group of scientists, he sails forth in the old four masted schooner Luzon for the mystical isles of the far flung South Seas.

And unlike the poet, who risks "Ship, ourselves and all," Kellum will take extra precautions for the preservation of every one on board. The Luzon, which is to be renamed, historically, Kaimiloa will be under the command of competent officers and crew. She will be equipped with the latest life saving devices in fact it will not be a haphazard voyage-but a trip of a pleasure-through the mystical isles below the equator.

Kellum, unlike many who desire to visit the South Seas, is not going to the islands to obtain adventure or thrills, he is seeking pleasure and hopes to fight shy of cannibals, hula dancers, or islands inhabited entirely by the fair sex

Wants to go Fishing

"It is going to be just a pleasure fishing trip,” he explains, smiling. "I. have always wanted to go to the South Seas-not for adventure, but to fish. I have always heard that there are good fishing spots down there and going to try them out." And while Kellum denies that he is seeking adventure, he admits that his trip will have some other objective. than fishing for "the big ones.” "I hope to take along a number of scientists." he said. "While I am fishing they can look for scientific things, I think that is the best plan." The personnel of the scientific party has not been fully decided, but it will include Dr. C. D. Ball, Gerrit Wilder, the botanist, and Mrs. Wilder.

The exact date of the departure of the Luzon, or Kaimiloa as she is to be named, from Honolulu has not been decided, but it probably will be some time in October, according to Kellum, who returned recently from the mainland on the President Lincoln.

The schooner is now at San Francisco undergoing repairs and an overhauling. She is being fitted with a big salon, four guest staterooms with baths, a first class pantry, a laundry, a radio room and all sets. The quarters of the ship's crew have been renovated. A new set of sails will be placed on the ship, which is to be equipped with a 110 horse power diesel engine. The engines however, will be used for auxiliary purposes. Two 1,500 gallon tanks, one for oil and the other for water. also will be installed on the schooner.

A Crew and a Captain, Too

The schooner is 183 feet in length. Her beam is 38.6 feet and she has a 600 ton displacement. Capt. L. M. Langfeldt will be in command of the schooner. She will have six sailors, a first and second mate, chief engineer, assistant engineer, cook, two stewards, laundryman and cabin boys, The schooner probably will leave San Francisco the first of next month for Honolulu.

The schooner on which Kellum and his party will venture forth into the South Seas has had a quaint care er. She was built in 1900 at Alameda. For more than 20 years she plied the Pacific as a common carrier. She carried copra out of the South Seas for many years, so the mystical isles will not be unfamiliar when she sallies forth on her trip this fall. The schooner was purchased by Kellum especially to make the trip to the South Seas.

Kellum, accompanied by Mrs. Kellum, returned from San Francisco on the President Lincoln last Monday. They are now residing in Kahala and will remain in Honolulu until they sally forth on their "fishing trip" to the South Seas.