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and the Forest Nurseryman were got quickly to the scene of the 

 fire by automobile. Nakana had secured ten or twelve men who 

 fought the fire from below, under the direction of !Mr. llaughs, 

 while on the ridge the firemen and prisoners, with the SujU'rin- 

 tendent of Forestry, kept it from crossing into Pauoa \ alley. 

 Had the fire got over into Pauoa. it might easily have run u]) to 

 the forest. 



The thanks of this department have already been officially 

 given to the Chief of the Fire Department and to High Sheriff 

 Henr)^ for their prompt and efficient response to our call for help. 

 But it is only fitting that an additional expression of appreciation 

 should here be made i)ublic. for without their assistance this fire 

 could not have been checked when and where it was. 



Earlier in the month, on March 9, a grass fire on the lower 

 Ewa ridge of Kalihi A'alley, called the Forest Nurseryman and 

 one laborer from the Government Nursery to that valley, where 

 they remained on duty from late afternoon to well into the even- 

 ing, when the fire burned itself out on a rocky slope. 



On Sunday, ]\Iarch 30. a grass fire is reported to have burned 

 over five or six acres on the land of Honouliuli, Ewa District, 

 Oahu, above the holdings of the Kunia Development Company. 

 This fire is supposed to have been started by pig hunters, but no 

 positive evidence could be secured. The fire was put out by a 

 gang of about 50 men got together by the Kunia Development 

 Company. It was stopped in the edge of the trees on the slope 

 of the Waianae Flills. 



The only way to prevent forest fires is for everyone to be ex- 

 tremely careful. Using the Pacific Heights fire as a text, the 

 Superintendent of Forestry prepared warning editorials which 

 were given good space in both of the local newspapers, the Ad- 

 vertiser and the Star-Bulletin. 



The rains of the latter part of the month have now temporarily 

 reduced the forest fire danger but only until the next dry time. 



The use of fire anywhere near the forest must be strictly 

 guarded. Tn a dry time it is imperative that every precaution 

 "be taken. 



NEW FIRE w.\Kni:x.s. 



Several changes in the staff of District iMrc \\'ardcns were 

 made at the Board meeting of March 21. I'M.^, by the ajijioint- 

 ment of the following gentleuien for the districts nametl : 



Oahu. 



II. I'-loftifld r.rown — Tn and I'im" that ])nrtiiin of the District of 

 Ewa, Iving to the cast of the main govermni'nt road between tlie 

 land of W'aipio and the Kaukonahua gulch. 



George M. Robertson — Tn anfl for that portion of tlie Di'-trict 

 of W'aialna lying between the ITalcmano and Opaeula gulches. 



