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Show LARGEST TREE IN THE WORLD. In California, and Rita a DSamntar of Vtrrty thru Faefc. FBZ.ssro, fal Oct.. 10. The; largest cree in the world has just been discovered discov-ered in Fresno county, beating by all odds the wonder nf Calaveras. Frank Loomis, an old mountaineer, with, .a party, was hunting bears in the Sierras east of Centerville, and wounded a birg fellow In the most rugged portion of the range. Ia pursuing bim they were forced to nse axes and knives throncrh the underbrush, and they unexpectedly came npon the king of the forests. In spanning it a rope 14U feet and 5 inches long was required, and its diameter was found to be over forty-three feet. The great tree was christened "Los Orejano." The truthfulness of the story Ls vouched for by the fact that three-brown three-brown bears were brousrb.fi back, one weighing 5(i0 pounds. |