The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-17
WANT GUAVA
BUSHES KILLED
CattIemen Complain of Growth
on Stock Grazing
Lands.


lands has been made to the Board Of
Agriculture and Forestry with the re-
quest that a parasite be located in some
part of the world that may be scatter
ed among the guava groves to destroy
them. On the other hand there are
persons who have asked the Board of,
Agriculture to find some cure for a
disease which in some parts of the is
lands appears to be killing guavas. just
what the disease is is uncertain, but
it is thought to be root fungus.
Should the board decide to look for a
guava-killing parasite, the aid of Prof.
Koebele, the eminent entomologist, for.
merly actively engaged in local work,
is asked.
The complainant in this ease stated
that the guava bushes were overruning
some of the cattle lands to an extent
which has appreciably diminished the
area of the grazing lands. In addition
to the encroachment of the lantana the
guava is assuming proportions which
disquiet the cattlemen.
A case of CHAMBERS which had re-
ceived treatment by an unknown Jap
anese quaek was reported at yester-
days meeting of the Board of Agrl-
culture and Forestry. The horse when
found by the board s veterinarians was
in terrible condition and the stable
in which it was being doctored was in
a horrible mess. The veterinarians are
tracing the ownership of the animal
back so that any other horses with
which the diseased one may have been
in contact may be examined.
Superintendent of Forestry Ralph s.
Hosmer stated that Mr.. Newell, director
of the U. S. Reclamation Service, left
San Francisco on the Army transport
Crook on September Is for Honolulu
and will remain here until about Nov
ember 3rd or 4th. He stated that he
would undoubtedly by with Mr.. Newell
during much of the time of his visit.
Chairman Holloway stated that the
board would do what it could for Mr..
Newell and suggested that the gentle
men might be asked to attend some Of
the meetings.
The report of Superintendent of For.
estry Hosmer for the past two months
referred to the appointment by Gov
ernOr Frear of the Territorial Conser.
walton Commission, the Inauguration Of
systematic tapping tests in the rubber
plantations of Nahiku, the beginning
of actual planting in the new expert
mental garden in Makiki valley, and
the distribution of a considerable mum,
Der of plants of Mocha coffee, an i'm
portant new introduction to the Terri.
tory, as among the important items of
interest during this time. With ref
erence to the Territorial Conservation
Commission he states:
"The Territorial Conservation Com.
mission of Hawaii is one of the several
state commissions that have been ap-
pointed at the suggestion of President
Roosevelt following, and as one of the
results of, the conference of Governors
held at Washington last May. The OBJ.
ject of the commission is to investigate
the natural resources of the Territory
and in cooperation with the National
Conservation Commission and with the
commissions of other states to assist IN
drawing up a plan for the rational use
of the material resources of the nation
as a whole. Governor Frear has APP
pointed me as chairman of the COM
mission. -
Mr. Hosmer stated that in August
he went to Hawaii to make examlna-
tiOn of certain government forest lands
in the district of Puma for which an
application for numbering had been re. |
ceived from the Hawaiian Mahogany |
Lumber Company. As this section has |
been little explored it is necessary to |
cut several trails through the heavy |
woods before an accurate idea of the |
country can be had. A number of trails |
had been cut prior to his visit which |
enabled him to make a partial examina> |
ton. Before making a report he de- |
sires to see more of the country, and |
win accordingly return to Puma in a /
month or six weeks, by which time
additional trails will permit a more
inspection of the forest. On |
numbering done in the kOa forest on |
Keauhou and in the ohia belt on the |
Mckenzie Settlement Association.
Mr.. Hosmer reported on the follow
ing changes in the office staff: TN |
August 18th Mrs. Katherine Hannestad |
Kolb. who had for some months past |
served as general clerk and stenograph' t
er for the board, resigned her position. /
This position will be filed, in the alb
sence of Miss Peterson, by Mr.. r. |
Irwin, who had previously been en- !
pIoyed as special clerk. On August |
18th Herbert L. Kinslea was appointed |
clerk in the division of forestry to con-
tinue the work formerly attended to
by Miss Eleanor B. Writ
Ex-Governor Carter, a member of the
board who recently resigned, was pres
ent at the opening of the meeting or
the board yesterday. long enough for
the introduction of his successor, H. NJ.
Won Holt, appointed by Governor Frear.
Mr.. Won Holt was assigned to the com
mittees on forestry, rules and regula'
tions and animal husbandry.