The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-04
PROTECT
FORESTS
Forestry Board
will Invoke
the Law.
Reserves Can Easily.
Be Wiped
Out.
Drastic Measures Proposed Against
the Acapulco Lime
Scale.

The Board of Agriculture and For
estry intends to try and punish all per
sons who are careless in letting re
started on their property, spread to Gov
eminent forest reserves. At the meet
ing of the Board yesterday Afternoon
the recent brush fire on Palolo Heights
was discussed. and a motion passed
whereby the Board requested the AT
torney-General to prosecute if the law
permitted If.
From the reports presented by Fores-
ter laughs to Superintendent of Fores-
try Hosmer it was shown that only the
direction of the wind and the green veg
citation on the edge Of the government
forest reserve on Palolo Heights pre-
vented a conf1agration, which might
have swept along the Manoa ridge and
into the Tantalus forests. Should the
Manoa and Tantalus forests once be
wiped out by fire the Board feels doubt
full whether in a life time they would be
restored.
It was pointed out in the discussion
that laxity of precaution to prevent fire
from spreading to adjoining premises or
government reserves is serious matter.
Superintendent Holloway said if there
was no law to compel fre-starters to use
proper precautions or be punished for
neglect, such a law should be prepared
and passed by the next legislature. SUI
perintendent Hosner stated that in many
states, the question of fires was one of
the foremost matters considered in for
est reserve protection.
The report of Forester Haughs was
TO the effect that he visited the fire local
ity on Kipahulu tract, and found that
about ten acres of government forest
tract had been burned over but very few
of the koa trees had been destroyed.
Mr.. Frank Cooke, owner of the property
on which the fire began, reported to Mr..
Haughs that he started the fire on his
property to burn up weeds. A strong
wind was blowing down the valley at
the time and he expected the patch
would burn itself out without any dan
ger to surrounding property. The fire,
however, had burned against the wind.
AZ fire on Judge Frear's property on
Tantalus was also reported by the for
ester. On investigation, confirmed by
Mr.. Giffard whose property adjoins that
of Judge Frear, it was shown that the
Portuguese carekeeper was burning
small piles of weeds when the blaze be-
gan to spread. He and his wife fought
the advance of the fire and checked it.
ACAPULCO LIME PEST.
Assistant Entomologist Terry reported
on the destruction of quantities of AGA
pulco (Mexico) lines which have ar
rived here on various steamers from
San Francisco. The destruction was
ordered because the lines are badly
infected with scale for which Acapul-
co is notorious.
He also reported that p boxes of
California peaches arriving by recent
steamer and infected with borers were
destroyed. a steamer following had sim
liar shipments but the importers had
them sent back to the consignors
On the steamer arriving yesterday
from San Francisco were 90 boxes of
peaches infected by the borers, and the
Board passed a motion TO the effect
that under the law providing for inspec-
ton, funigation, etc, the destruction
of fruit IinportationS was permissible
and the entomologist was empowered
to destroy the fruit at the expense of
the importer. The expense consists in
drayage, the stuff being burned at Iwi-
lei. When the new Public Works Gre
matory is erected infected fruit will be
destroyed in the machine
Entomologist Kirkaldy, in a letter de-
scribing the pests with which the Cali
fornia peaches and Acapulco lines were
affected, urged that the Board should
take drastic measures in dealing with
shipments. and pass a rule preventing
the importation of fruits of any descrip-
ton from Acapulco, Australia and
China
The Board decided that as Entomolo-
glst Craw of California would arrive
here about August II, the matter should
be left to him, as he was perfectly fami-
ilar with the diseases of fruits coming
from the above mentioned countries.
HAWAII GETS WORST.
With reference to the kinds of fruits
shipped here, Mr. Giffard said he knew
that California shippers sent their worst
fruits 10 Honolulu. He stated that when
an order came rom Honol,1l1 some
shippers would say OF fruits discarded
on the coast, oh, send them to Ha-
waii.
Among the shipments Of apples Ha-
wali received large quantities which
had fallen from the trees 1t was not al
ways fruit picked from the trees that
the shippers sent here
RAISE CITRUS FRUITS.
Mr., Kirkaldv called the attention OF