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Show I CLEVELAND FOREST H t I NATIONAL RESERVATION RENAMED RE-NAMED FOR EX-PRESIDENT, Action of President Most Fitting In View of Fact That It Was Cleveland Cleve-land Who Signed Proclamation Proclama-tion Creating the Forest. A most fitting memorial to the lato cx-Prcsldcnt Grovor Cleveland, is that of renaming tho San Jacinto National forest In Southern California tho Clove-land Clove-land National forost, for it was tho proclamation of President Cleveland which mada of this splendid tract of over twcnty-flvo nnd a half million acres a government reservation. It Is located In Southern California and tho same act of President Iloo?ovelt by which it was renamed ulso enlarged Its borders so as to Include, also tho Trabuco Canyon National forest. Tho letter of President Hoosovelt written In Mrs. Cleveland at tho tlmo tho forest was renamed Is of Interest, Inasmuch as it places Mr. Cleveland In tho front rank of thoso who havo been Instrumental In conserving tho natural resources of tho country. President Hoosovelt says: "My Dear Mrs. Clovelnnd: It has recently been my privilege to 'Sign n proclamation changing tho namo of tho Jacinto National Forest to tho Cleveland National Forest. May I express ex-press to you tho very great pleasuro It gave mo to tako that action n pleasure mingled with a keen senso of tho loss to our country and to our citizens citi-zens In tho death of Prosldont Clevo-"On Clevo-"On February 22, 1S97, President Cleveland signed tho proclamation creating cre-ating tho San Jacinto Forest Ueservo, In Southern California. Tho dato, February 22, was no moro accident, since tho signature of tho proclamation proclama-tion was timed to coincide with tho birthday of our first president. "President Cloveland was ono of tho first to recognize thn need of forest preservation, and tho creation of tho San Jacinto and other forest reserves with a total (nrea of 25.CSC.320 acres, was ono of tho results of his foresight in this direction, "Throughout his life ho took great Interest in conserving tho natural resources re-sources of the nation, nnd I particularly particu-larly rcgiettcd his Inability to attend tho meeting of governors in May, bo-cause bo-cause tho meeting was In part thu fruit of tho seed ho had sown years before. "Tho namo of Grover Cleveland will nlway be prominently Identified with tho movement to protect tho forests of the United States, and It seems to me eminently fitting that ono of the forests for-ests which ho created should bear his name throughout all tlmo. "Sincerely yours, "THKODOHI-2 nOOHBVUI.T." The San Jacinto Natlonnl Forest, together to-gether with 12 others, was created by President- Clovcland on Februnry 22, 1897. Tho recommendation of Hon. David It. FrnnclB. secretary of tho Interior In-terior under President Cleveland, rends as follows: "I respectfully suggest that tho ono hundred nnd sixty-fifth anniversary anniver-sary (February 22, 1897) or tho birth of tho Father of Our Country could bo no moro appropriately commemorated than by tho promulgation by yourself of proclamations establishing these grand forest reservations." Kiovcnor theso "reserves," as they then were called, wero ppposcd In the west, and tho proclamation creating them was suspended. Hut Investigation Investiga-tion showed their necessity and tho proclamation was In due tlmo confirmed. con-firmed. When created the San Jacinto National Na-tional Forest embraced 737,280 acres. It has, however, been enlnrgcd slnco and now contnlna 1,901,820 acres. It Is locnted In Orange, San DIcgo and Htversldo rountlos. Tho supervisor In chargo Is II. A. K. Marshall, whose heudquavtcrH nro nt San Diego. |