Show Big Trees Survived Because No High Winds Prevailed Carmel Calif Survival Survival of General General General Gen eral Sherman largest of the West Coast Big Trees in Sequoia National Nation Nation- al park and believed to be the living thing appears partially at least to be a result of long peace No high bieh wind h has ls disturbed th the General and Its brother er Big Trees during the last or years In the secluded valleys where they grow Dr D. D T. T MacDougal of the Carnegie institution of Washington WashInton Indicates For Tor l If these mon monarchs r hs of the forest had been exposed to such a wind they would not be standing today Their huge bulks are re anchored on root disks that are but a few feet thick and only twice the diameter of the base of the tree |