Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-07-30
CAN'T US( MONEY Of
TERRITORY FOR j. S.

The BOafd1Of Agriculture and For
e9try held meeting yesterday after
noon In the Throne Room OF the
Capitol, al which a number Of inter-
esting matters were discussed. Those
present were c. S. Holloway, A. w.
Carter and G. r. Wilder.
One OF the matters that came up
was the question of whether or not
the Board has the right to uge part OF
ITS regular appropriation TO aid the
work Of the United States Agricultural
Experiment station. Heretofore the
Legislature has made appropriations
for this purpose, but this year Cover
nor Carter refused to recommend any
such appropriation, and the Leglsla.
ure passed none. Jared Smith, direc-
tor Of the station, asked the Board Ia
use part Of It's funds for the purpose
Of aiding the work Of the station The
matter was referred 10 the AtlOrney
General for an opinion as 10 whether
or not the Board had the right 10 use
It's money for this purpose. The At
torney General presented on opinion
10 the effect that he did not believe
the Board has such power The Sec
rotary was instructed to reply 10 Mr..
Smith TO this effect
A reply was received from ths
Planters Experiment station In refer
ence 10 the request made by the Board
at It's previous meeting that Il. Muir,
the eDtomologist, be granted leave OF
ebsence In order that he might 20 u
China or india TO look for the natural
enemies OF the melon fly, Mr.. Muir,
who has been In Java, Is now on hi
way to New Guinea 10 try 10 find tho
natural enemies Of the beetle bOpe1
For this reason the Planters Expert
ment Station replied that the request
could not be granted al present
a report was made concerning the
experiments with The parasites with
The Arizona horn fly, IN which II was
stated that prospects Of their being 4
SUCCESS are very encouraging, Colonies
OF them have been sent 10 various
places on the Islands.
EntOmolOgist Alexander Craw re,
ported that a quantity Of rice which
arrived by the Mongolia was Infected
with a dangerous moth grub. Tho
rice IL being fumigated
Veterinarian NOrgaard and EntOm-
Ologist Jacob Kolinsky were granted
permission 10 go Molokai 10 visit tho
American Sugar Company's ranch,
They Leave today In company win
Professor Froggatt of Australia,
Forester lIOsmer reported that the
following district forester and FIRE
wardens had resigned; A, NJ. Novel;,
Waialua, Oahu; Eric II. Edwards,
South KODa, Hawaii; David Forbes
Hamakpa, Hawaii; u. u, ConaDt
South Kohala, Hawaii, The following
were appointed 10 MI the vacancies;
District forester, Waialua, oahu, w
W. Goodale; district fire warden, Wal
alua, Oahu, w. NJ. TempletoD, mana,
ger OF the Wabiawa Water Company
at Wabiawa; district forester and dis
trict fire warden, South KoBa, Hawaii
X, Won J., D0mk0wiez; district fores,
ter, South Kohala, Hawaii, A, w, Car.
Ter; district fire warden, South Kobala
Hawaii, Samuel NJ Spencer; district
forester and district fire warden foJ
the western part Of the District OF Ia.
makua, August AhreRe.
The Committee on Forestry recon-.
meDded the approval Of a forest re,
serve on Maui, 10 be known as tbl
Makawao Forest Reserve, adj0lBlDs
the Koolau Forest Reserve, IN accord
ance with the recommendation Of For,
ester Iiosmer, Mr., HOsmer presented
. lengthy report on the subject,
1.-THE area IN question:" he says, "is
that portion Of the Government land
of Mhkawao sometimes called the IJ9rl
eakala tract IN the district 0f Hama,
kuaDoko, Island of Mani, To the cas-
Of the kabakapao guloh ana between
me falls Of Paw ka Noa and the bin
known AZ Pun Kakae, The tract may
pc roughly described AZ lying on M
northwestern slope Of MI FaIeakala
bounded on the north and east by the
koolau Forest Reserve, on the e0ult
by the land Of KalialiDui and on tn
west and northwest by the remainder
Of the lard Of Makawao, and contain
Ing 1895 acres
Dr. N0rgaard reported the preya-
lence al several places of climbers
lie asked permission 10 appoint lag
Inspector al Itjlo with authority %
fall for the services NJ o veterinarian
~ doubtful cases, The Dermlggiou