Show MAPS MAP il I I t I. I t HUGE p AR HAI SAN FRANCISCO CISCO AT Em F FEmI Em b Marking baking FI lpg upon a vast system o of I i state owned parks a newly created creat d state tate park commission has ha's indorsed a cond c i issue sue of which w add dd thousands of ot acres to California's pla playground ground area arca Th e are are now acres acres of ft ste j if i parks and and more than acres acres cr s ot of- of publicly of-publicly owned lands the state counting national parkin rk And nd forests parks t parks ew-parks that would be brought the the state state system making it Jt the i most text In the United States include mile high mountain land Jand d deserts below sea level leyel the oldest and largest tree trees in the world islands lands forts of ot Mexican days n s 's geysers geysers and beaches Under the Ole new plan the state would contribute a dollar for every d dolla J ar privately subscribed In lander lan land er or IN i money for tor the acquisition of or park park- areas areas The Tho state park system tem will save from the lumberman's ax a. groves of or immense redwoods or sequoia which before the h ancient ice fee sheet came upon t tt the world are said to have e spread Byer Europe Asia and anel North r Amer Arner- j ica aj but now v are found only along the northern California and southern southern south south- ern ern Oregon coasts These evergreens attaining a height ot of 35 to 75 f feet t dispute e the the- eucalyptus trees of ot Aust Australia Aus Aus- t ala l the J title to the the tallest tallest lIv living ng things They are far older than tHeir Austrian rivals 11 however howe r many ny of or them having grown for nearly dearly years ears In the tho high Sierras the state Jippes to save save many groves of the sequoia cousin of ot the coast redwoods edwoods The sequoia Hardest est tree in girth and oldest cx- cx Ce reeds c ls 00 feet In circumference Some oo of the monarchs are more than years rears old The Calaveras grove O north of the TO national park containing acres acres is one of the park areas proposed To To help preserve the rich historic and romantic interest of or the state 3 lans have been formulated to per per- pe Fort Tejon Tejn and oth others rs es- es b by General John C. C Fremont Fremont Fre Fre- mont nl nt In wresting California from om Mexico In 1846 1346 Another project is preservation of ot Fort Ross floss built liy Russian explorers and traders in 1811 Close to the metropolitan area of San Francisco bay is the lIt ait Ta- Ta natural park area on which n a. a state n-state state reservation is being This joined to the Muir Wood national monument and ind ad ad- ad jacent territory will wili provide a recreation roc roc- area of ot moro more than 2000 teres within an an hours hour's travel from San Francisco O Of the projects receiving con- con of the the- state park parle com- com one alone holds acres in of if desert land praised d by its proponents proponents for its marvelous specimens eps to flora ora The he bond issue will be voted on tins 1 November |