Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-13 | Page 11 | Redwood

I Redwood 1 4 By DR FRANK CRANE A A. bill has been introduced in congress for the conservation of the redwood trees in California their preservation against fire It H is to be hoped that this bill blU or one like it will pass Every effort of California to preserve its trees should be helped by the national government America Is singularly poor in relics We Ve have no temples nor other ancient buildings to attract the traveler But we h have ve trees tree Any man can build a wall or erect a a. row o 0 or statues o. o as Washington Irving remarked in hl his Hall HalI but only God can call grow a tree These trees rank almost almot t as WI the solitary attraction attraction attraction tion which America has of ot an ancient nature Some of ot them are very old A placard on one redwood tree which I saw near Santa Cruz sayS saya that It is years ears old This according to accepted computation computation com corn would exceed the span of mans man's existence upon the planet V These trees present an Interesting and inspiring spectacle cle To walk through a grove of ot them is like Uke walking In n a cathedral You have the same lines Unes running upward the same uplift of the soul Cullen Indeed calls Bryant trees mans first temple Probably our prehistoric ancestors worshipped at this shrine At any rate it behooves America to do all It Itcan Itcan itcan can in the wa way of ot protecting them They aie are woo wood and are peculiarly liable Hable to destruction by fire Every effort should be made to guard them against this enemy It Is to be hoped that it Jt will be many a a. long longyear longyear year ear that travelers can come and view the redwood forests These groups of ot trees are easily among the most splendid objects of ot Interest which we have to offer alter the tourist These forests rank with Niagara I and the snow capped peaks of ot the as objects objects ob ob- ob- ob i of ot ones one's admiration They are among the most precious possessions of ot our country and nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing should be left undone which can preserve them Copyright 1926 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate A. A