Show I BIC I IThe The t l Oldest and M Mott I on OI will leStro tI III lie ut 1010 er 1000 Yeats Old department of t hiss a 8 report on Oil n ot or the big ble trees ot of Call Cali brings out some interest ing Dew It Iho II Ih that t time the ot of the biz big trees treel ue ate un that t their age makes them the They are arc tIe de b by tilt the report u as the grandest and Id most mOil maJe ot of tree and anil the ut of known knowD tree with the extreme value of at being the best belt lIvIng Ivins of 01 a former geological Itt Ife The It report Ort says YI bark ot of the bit big 1110 II two feet fd thick fInd almo t The oll oldest t spot I Iness ness it II sas are still ou tt It II lain an enemy m t It It It Yet the big trees a apparently Met 1111 increased sot I their range the Ihl glacial epoch They bave Just Juat massaged to 10 holt huid their own on the II little tile hut or of country Where Ib the climate Is tully the Ibe report says The oaly grate roe now safe rom free Is II the and andt the t ii fit rf from m living the most moel Inter Most Mut of III ether groves are areis is III either process of 01 or In dinger of oe Dc lag h gel 1 1 ht he It i or of all iii the rr grove e with the biggest and muses the must amid aDd practically 1111 ot of thu Ih arel aad scientific associations ot of the tbt specie with it II hu ha been recently ti r A lumberman r ito em came into Inlo full un A April lit lam Tile The and Genral Grant perk II are an supposed to 10 and give h security to a large pout pert of t the remaining big hie trI trees a ams eaten sin lito by a la saw mill each earh and the Ihl privet umber claims amountIng tl t a aMal Mal ci 1173 acres acre The Tbt tit rest ot of the scanty patches ot bIg bIf trees In Ila pt and nd blare counties are now dl hr r the sac alt In brief the majority ihM 14 of are OIl its nJ nIl I br she ho hae ter ciery right and In ills clad every fery Intention to cut thell lumber TIlt The most re recent nt investigatIons or lr to 10 the tbt report Ih the a that these giant trees tal Seo 1010 ears r 1 more though Co I iv II vr ii even the largest It trees are more mor I than hn n half bate u old The Th average rate if t ii estimated mit at oft Inch or of dl 11 arneter for every v ry I twelve Ie years tare The she C corroborates the of t lne who bo III aw that Ihal n tree rim on which bleb hI be counted 1000 55 u In mm IU its prime sway I mug III In iii Sierra Sima winds Ind Christ l the be parth The report states other thing u the of o tidal InV he onh In the Ibe rl l it hi I f tug trees exist I Is In tn ten i I I I I grovel on 50 the m III et Il pe ot of tb Ih ru rt L I Th The I II 1 surviving r en growing wl II I i ithe the The Th jerO ph h hIm t m 1111 it LI i sat Im It Ih T I II I h or ii f hug th I Ir 1 it tutu rim grit rl Ill lS 15 II tl 1 Me If |