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A flume recently built on Rochat Creek, near St. Joe, Idaho, 

 is cited as a good example of modern V-shaped flume construc- 

 tion. This flume, which is unusually large and built to handle 

 heavy logs and long timbers, is said to have cost approximately 

 $8000 per mile for the five miles of its length, including the cost 

 of constructing a wagon road and telephone equipment. Other 

 flumes are cited costing from $2000 to $7500 a mile. 



Dr. Norgaard's report for June contains matter that should 

 be worth a great deal of money to intelligent hog raisers. It is 

 a feature of this number of the Forester which has permanent 

 value. 



Accomplishment is of infinitely more value than agitation. 

 What the Territorial veterinarian shows, in his May report de- 

 layed in publication here until now, regarding the check that has 

 been given to tuberculosis among children in the municipality of 

 Honolulu through the outlawing of diseased milk, forms a telling 

 example of the value of decisive measures in fighting the plagues 

 of humanity. 



Dr. Norgaard should have all the backing he requires, from 

 both the authorities and public-spirited citizens, in his campaign 

 against filthy dairies and dirty milk therefrom. 



Mr. Hosmer's review of his service in the Division of For- 

 estry, reprinted in this number from a local daily, will interest 

 friends of forestry abroad as well as here. 



MR. HOSMER REVIEWS HIS WORK IN HAWAII. 



Before leaving Honolulu to take up his new position, that of 

 head of the T'orestry School of Cornell University, Mr. Ralph S. 

 Hosmer by request furnished the Honolulu Star-Bulletin with 

 the following review of his work as Superintendent of T'orestry 

 of the Territory of Hawaii : 



"During the past ten years the division of forestry has stood 

 consistently for two main objects — (1) the protection and proper 

 administration of the native Hawaiian forest on the important 

 watersheds, and (2) the ])lanting of economically valuable trees 

 on non-agricultin'al and other waste land. 



IMPORTANT ACIIIF.VKMKN'IS. 



"The more important achieve nients of tin- division may be 

 summed up as fi^llows : 



"The creation of a forest reserve system and the laying of the 

 foundation for a proper administration of the forest reserves. 



