The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-17
Mr.. HOSMER
IS COMING
lie Accepts the Office
of Territorial
Forester.

The Board OF Agriculture ana FOR
estry was apprised, at it's meeting yes
terday, of the acceptance by r. S.
Hosmer of the position of Forester OF
the Territory. Mr.. Hosmer is on the
staff of the Bureau of Forestry, De-
partment of Agriculture, Washington.
When Mr.. Hall of the same Bureau re-
turned from an investigation Of fores-
try conditions in Hawaii. he carried
request from the Board to Mr.. P1nchot,
chief of the Bureau, for the selection
of a man to take charge of forestry
work in this Territory. Mr.. Hosner
| was named some time ago, but not
until this meeting was it known that
( he was willing to come. Several mat
| tiers discussed at the meeting were left
| in allegiance until his arrival.
| Those present were L. A. Thurston,
| PRESIDENT C. S. Holloway, secretary
and executive officer: A. w. Carter
and James D. Dole, members, and R.
| c. L. Perkins, entomologist.
THE TERRITORIAL FORESTER.
| Mr. Holloway read a letter from Mr..
Pinchot to former Secretary Cooper,
dated Washington, Nov. %, which sta
! ted that Mr.. Hosmer had decided to
accept the offer Of the Board. 1t
would take him till the end of Decem-
| Der to finish work in hand for the
| Bureau. The Board was asked to de-
fray his travelling expenses from
Washington to Honolulu. Mr.. Hosmer
| had been appointed as collaboration
| for the Bureaus publications at a sal
airy of $500 a year from the Bureau.
He wished to be allowed by the Board
to retain his Federal civil service sta
| tsu. Mr.. Pinhot referred to Mr.. Halls
report on Hawaiian forest conditions,
saying it should be published either by
| the Bureau or the Board.
! On motion of Mr.. Garter it was voted
| to inform Mr.. Hosmer that the Board
would pay his travelling expenses.
| President, Thurston reported having
written to Mr.. Pinchot expressing a
desire that the Bureau publish Mr..
Halls report, which he deemed proper
| as it was made to the Bureau.
It was voted that Mr.. Hosmer be al
| lowed to retain his civil service status.
| AN ORGAN DECIDED ON.
Mr.. Giffard, as committee of one to
consider the question of an official
journal, reported that he had inter-
viewed the editor of the Planters
Monthly. He was perfectly willing to
allow the Board ten of the As pages
of the Monthly, but the arrangement
| would be subject TO the approval Of
the trustees of the Hawaiian Planters
Association. The editor of the Month
4 w a 1%o ,f& H.
there would be no charge. AS the
Monthly went chiefly to planters and
sugar men, Mr. Giffard suggested that
! separate edition of the Boards por-
ton might be issued.
Mr.. Thurston said quite number of
people took the Monthly who We're not
planters. He believed that if the
Board used it, many more people would
take it.
Mr.. Giffard suggested sending out
extra copies for obtaining subscribers.
He would bring the matter up at a
meeting of the trustees of the Planters
Association today. If they decided
favorably the arrangement ought to
begin with the new year.
The president suggested that Mr..
Giffard take the editorship. Mr.. Gift
fard was willing to assume the man.
agement, but would be diffident about
taking the editorial burden. He ex-
pected that men in charge of different
branches of the Boards work would
contribute articles.
Mr.. Thurston had been told by Mr.
Mead, editor of the Monthly, that he
would attend to the general editing OF
the Boards matter.
Mr.. Giffard, answering Mr. Dole as
to the nature of the journal, said il
: would be largely composed of selections
from tropical agricultural journals
. Already he had two or three months
material collected.
A name for the journal was discuss
ed, Mr.. Thurston suggesting 1.-THE Ha
. waiian Agriculturist" as comprehen
sive enough. The question was lief
open.
DISTRIBUTION OF TREES.
Mr.. Holloway submitted the matte
of an application by A. F. Cooke, OF
behalf of the Palolo Land Co., for so
trees from the nursery.
The president considered the reques
was in the category of that made b,
- the McBryde Sugar Co. which was re
fused. McBryde's, however, had sine
offered to exchange 800 kukui tree
for as many eucalyptus.
Mr.. Giffard held they must kee
some material for the disposal of tn
n forester when he came.
Mr.. Carter remarked they must ais
consider the condition of the nursery
There might be some trees that re
quired planting at once to save then
Mr.. Dole thought they ought to fin
out what the trees were costing. The
had about 10000 trees, which cos
something like 5 cents each.
Mr.. Carter said they should not cos
more than 21s or cents.
Mr.. Dole believed that persons gel