Show A 1 V 4 7 PIP t id P arv 4 Z ot C lu 0 ALA u 0 1 W N D 4 4 il 0 7 be move no v a to preserve r noble for ter iw L vv v v A A B mm lip jp 1 4 by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN ayn AYE alin 1 redwoods REDWOOD 8 LEAGUE lies liaa just dedicated as u purt part of the alio state redwood park of california tile franklin K lano lane memorial redwood grove of acres in honor of the first cabinet who had the he seeing eyo eye and the understanding heart and apere claten that it was alio nations dut duty y as well ns as privilege to preserve our areas of ex natural scenic beauty for posterity hot both 11 as national economic assets and ns as natural history museums and pIny playgrounds grounds for the peo i plo forever this memorial grove gont contains ains acres including about feet ot at very ainu redwoods feet of fir ir and camping place jor for motorists B H E ayer ot of chicago headed the group which raised the memorial fund the grove lies lias been deeded to tho the Ilum boldt park of which more later this thi a save gave the redwoods league incorporated october 21 1020 1920 ns as a nonprofit non profit corporation piny may serve no as an exemplar i epitome and object lesson to the vast army of linture lovers nil all over the ito country engaged in similar work its general pur pose Is to save a natural resource rT resource source which Is such a thing of beauty that it should be mauo mado a joy x forever this natural resource Is also a great economic bisset asset worth moro more ns as a beauty spot than ns lumber the leagues activities are comprehensive and include the establishment of 0 n national redwood park the enlargement of the state redwood perlis parks the purchase of at redwood groves by private subscription the creation of me memorial groves for individuals and organizations tile the protection of timber along the state highways tho the support of and reforestation of forest areas the promotion qt travel to the redwood areas and the es establishment of auto camps for tourists comfort the term redwoods redwoods Is applied somewhat hat loosely to both species of the sequoia the sequoia gig gigantes antea and the sequoia tho the former are the ho dig big trees which are found only on the west slope of the sierra in california and are adequately protected for posterity in yosemite sequoia and general grant national parks they are the biggest and oldest living things on earth the general sherman a trifle the largest though not the tallest Is SOB feet in din diameter aneter not clr cir mark you 1 pria end 2700 feet high its age Is reckoned at between and years sequoia national park contains more than a million fcc quotas of which are more than ten feet lu in diameter the It redwood edwood proper the sequoia ever living Is a first arst cousin of the big tree it Is found only on a narrow strip along the pacific it does not suffer in com comparison with the big trees it often rises to a height of feet ond attains n diameter of 18 feet the largest ones were probably well grown before christ was born bom upon earth even the youngsters were impressive before Coluin bus discovered america ILL it if you con cona cana a virgin forest of redwoods den dense se stands of grac graceful etil giants covering hillside si and ca canyons nyonA river bottoms and flats and sometimes sometIme 3 reaching to the very ocean great creati straight trunks rising far aloft without n branch a solid canopy of green feet above earth with here and there here ft a hash flash of sunlight and n glimpse of blue below the forest flour floor strewn with tern fern and wild lower flower nud and over nil all the mystery a of eternal twilight nod and the hush ash of 0 silence I 1 this strip extended from the southern t sent Sentinel inel which still stands the sob boxthorn thern maet redwood in tho the world a tow miles south of monterey Slon to just across the oregon line this strip was about mile mille elong long averaged 20 miles in width and contained bout acres to date more than a third lias as beyn cut over tho the present rate of cutting Is about acres a year without flieck there therefore fori s i hundred or to so P 9 A X ile 61 would seo see the end ot of tile the redwoods none of us to be sure will see that day but in the life ot of tile th american p people eople that means but three or four generations Alore moreover overl the lumbering of red redwoods to Is profitable it Is increasing tho the finest trees are being cut first and almost the entire belt la Is in private ownership lumbering of tile the redwoods began on a commercial scale soon after the first excitement of the gold rush of was over practically nothing of the great If redwood edwood strip had been conserved up to IWO 1000 then in 1001 the state ot at california through the effort s of the club established tit at n cost of the california state redwood park of about 2500 acres this preserved almost the only remaining stand of original redwoods in santa cruz county in 1008 1908 mr and mrs lira william kent gave to the lie nation melr woods acres within a few miles of san francisco which was made it a national monument the ton con of the california redwood highway through the virgin tracts of northern california brought brou glit about renewed activity in efforts to save the trees inasmuch ns as it afforded easy access for lumbermen and brought forth increasing protests from visitors whom the destruction made sick alck at heart tho the activities of the league are too many and diversified for detailed mention here but high lights of the present situation include these to date the redwoods saved from the ns ax and sow saw aggregate acres in addition to lo the california state redwood pork park and aluir woods na lonal monument the humboldt state redwood park was established in 1921 it contains about 2500 acres and Is being enlarged it at frequent intervals ter vals its nucleus Is in the basin of the south fork of the ed river along the california redwood state highway lilg hway many noteworthy donations add to its ita interest the bolling boiling memorial grove of at 85 35 acres was established by dr john cahil CP C ahll hil lips of massachusetts in memory of col raynal 0 bolling boiling the first american officer of nigh high rank to give his life in the world wilold war rali patrick russ widow auit of a pioneer california lumbermen lumberman gave acres of virgin redwood forest as a park unit neat nea orick Ilum bodt county it contains about SO feet and Is worth about one of the trees Is more than 21 foot feet in diameter Hn meter joseph russ rusa tile the husband was a forty niner and died in IMO 1880 at the age of sixty one they were married in 1854 A bronze tablet on a boulder contains this inscription this grove Is in a memorial to the pioneers of humboldt county A gift to the state of california june 6 5 1923 1023 F from rom zipporah russ HUGS a pioneer of 1853 abo crossed the plains from illinois 1812 1962 leaving aly lay 6 arriving oct 20 in memory of 0 her bar husband joseph icuss alussi a pioneer of 1862 1852 who leaving maine Nov november embar 1849 ca baoe around the horn arrIVI nir mareb march 1850 in the park are the gould memorial gm grove ve tile the kent grove the matter mather grove the Perrot grove nil all gifts in whole etiole or part from friends of tile the league there 1 are also groves given by the hammond ammond II lumber company compan y I 1 SO 0 acres humboldt county acres the league 40 acrea standish sh hickey 43 acres mrs james moore and E E B ayer ner acres s R 0 chapman 7 acres altogether the estate aided by donations has purchased for this park about 1700 acres for or about GO the donatl donations ons bring the total investment up to about hall half a million elsewhere in hi t the he state sonoma county purchased armstrong grove 4 sa acres a and nd san mateo matco county the tha mccormick tract acres the bohemian grove in club ownership has long been famous santa cruz grove Is in private I 1 ownership but will never feel the ax there a aro ro further donations to the tha cause in pro prospect the california state federation of clubs has haa pledged a fund of for the establish ment of a memorial grove A resident of massachusetts has haa given a fund fuai of the concatenated order of aloo aioo the lumb ermens national frn fraternal order has estabill esta till S aliment of a hoo aloo redwood grove the league Is pro prosperous s it had a balance on land hand in various funds january ja nuary 1 1024 of members who ray pay it lies has nine sustaining 50 a year contributing buting members at 10 a year annual members at 2 a year the founders are edward L doheny william kent stphen stephen T mother mather mrs james moore dr john 0 phillips mrs airs zipporah russ buss tho rho associate founders are 13 11 E ayer and mrs william 11 II crocker there are long lists list of patrons and of 1 life members from all parts of the country dr john C merryam Merr lam famous naturalist and president of the carnegie of washington D 0 Is president of the league the california legisla legislature lias has passed tile tho sen shine let act which was supported by both the league and the lumbermen this ok act makes possible under certain limitations the exercise of the right of eminent domain in acquiring redwood and other timberlands for park purposes whenever lands that have been designated as desirable for parks cannot be purchased after a fair olter after b hda go been made to tho the owners the bill however Is not in its nature but adequately safeguards the rights of timber owners and assures their being paid a fair price for their holdings the act also calls for a statewide state wide survey in sections of the areas suitable for park purposes by the state forestry board it also makel make possible the acceptance by the state for the acquirement of specifically named tracts of sums suing of money from individuals the forestry bearil assisted by funds furnished by the league Is making a survey of the redwood belt league officials als made a 0 trip of investigation vesti gation through the redwood belt and their finding will be placed before state and national committees tile national park service has made a study of the question As to reforestation the Is called ever living because the stump of the felled tree treo throws up sprouts which la in fifty years or so become merchantable timber but this does not save tile the redwoods redwood this second growth Is as nothing compared with alth the thou canil y earold carold ear car old giants now standing the planting of young redwoods Is also a good tl tiling fang in its way but it will vill not save the redwoods the california It redwood edwood association has planned a reforestation program by lumbermen two fouracre four acre nurseries have been established one by tile the union lumber company in mendocino county and the other by the pacific lumber company in Ilum boldt county the program calls for the planting ot of 1000 acres this year in 1025 and so on until 1030 1930 tho the work of the save the redwoods league has grown into a movement with nationwide mAilon AvIde support its iti real test of power will come when it asks fed enil arul ali aid la in the establishment of a It redwood edwood na a project seemingly beyond ltd ita fiann clat resources congress apparently Is unwilling as a matter of general policy to appropriate lacfi money ey tor for tile tho purchase pur thase ot of national park paik areas A bill establishing the redwood national park will probably be introduced at the coming session of congress |