Show 7 m 4 i rt cc L rT f i j JI 1 jt tr I 4 jt L r e 7 r i S co I J I ti I I 1 7 S r rl J l Jj 1 ij I 2 I i S S 5 r rI ii I ii i r S SI I h d r S 1 I 51 I age I p I Y YI lit It Crt Cl 9 a 6 I I I ry 11 Congress Congre seI near ner the close of or e rIt tra W trOll the bill which provides lor Cor or S the control of or the limit on C d which grow rW the 11 hi big trees oC of oCt t I WES I California It Band from Crom the IG 0 of oC the ami amuil timers re reUSED USED by performed pe a l notable service e to hu If G 6 Of OC all nil the time thIna lire lice upon the time the Sequoia Is 18 the largest the Ille old olden olda a iri en eNt t the tho thlu thing that but most mont mo t I iy y In a n clo l b by 7 Illicit the U is isS S nearest extinction the tIme upon i m widell this country hus lius the obsolete absolute UE Ef 1 monopoly In the toco feco of ot thc e renmark AVO YEN chIc condition It vim l to toKO togo KO go 0 Into Inlo the ha bonus nils of at private owners 18 to toJ J whom It was wan timber to be Ie up Into i boards board bon II Much of ot It holl S ni in a Mommy of or the thi other r f of or the forest foret were hint ed baU might by hr their wonder 1 They were or steadily It t took tool nine years real to Jet the tho Mil I through i which bleh In lu the th thi i forest rore t time the Coin r K r unil which lands the greatest t of S till Ihu lil hi imir trees tree those that ore most anil tho u J untied a 11 ell by II S il bit tUt men And consequently In greatest t 1 Il or of being sawed NHI up lIl tu Into Inlo boards IulI I S I Tho Tim TI of or it 1 lobby made mado uri tip from row rom VO mo women of oC Co 11 1 Club to nimon Ibe hilt bill In to out n 0 of o Dili uil It II in WJ fJ The mud b II by the lime of ot the luo lIl bill hili tv tu to I iut iX J aNN S South Bouth Grove drove In tile the rore In Cula county Thu former 1 m It the time larger larzer enS of ot the Tiu two but hilt tho Litter IK lit the morn nc and nut Ih more SUITS cUllS famous ti o The rite two n I are uro mp rep UI h hut but n a few t mlle I They nu nt op the direct rJ line e of t travel t froni an I I j L r h j I Cisco cinco to Turk Park ana ore are tho thoI tim 1 I furthest l north of ot nil the big bl trets neil tin tilt to civilisation nod direct lines hues of oC travel tra fer Iron were formerly owned by II Robert IJ n n ii prominent ut lum lom of ot Duluth Mum Minn Under the ar or arrangement made with the government no ell but Mr Ir hlo Is 18 permitted to cut from row the national forests the of or timber that I is found to ho bo ou on tho the lands londs that bo ho releases r This Thin however will run Into consider considerable can Bider able for It hits 1118 been figured that lu In one of the of ot the forest there Is 19 as ns much Duch timber as nt 20 21 2 acres of ot average c lu In luthe luthe Inthe the grove Iroe ther ore are 10 giants giant that 23 2 feet or nr more wore lu In diameter while figurine In all nil those that could coult be tie classed ns OR big trees there lucre ore are 03 roo In iii the South Houth ron there are lu in all oil 13 sequoias the thc lumber lowlier feet feel of at which must mut bo be re me t placed The Ibo rarity of ot e bIg bis loll trees la Is the thin that hot tastes makes them of unwary primary Ini It There ir art In California Co 11 10 Iso Isolated Isolated listed groves nil all doug the west nope dope of nt the Sierra Nevada Mountains and amid In a 11 below San Sail rimey grow crow nt mit un on eh of ut from Ironi 4 OW JO to 10 fc feet ct t above the BIMI semi level leel neil III In IIII j I c In which the llie forest foreit trees In this thU very limited I Irow row all nil of ot trees that now no exist In SIlo th world The Illo ore are survivors of ot n a gee arid and ate arV tho the l k loin Iou o n paused bill emily of It now In cUt cure ClIce Thi flu tertiary period was OS one ODe In which tho time violation lion of or time the earth was wan wano wasso so o luxuriant no so rapid In III growth crowth antI and no heavy that there N is nothing now extol exIst I nut that compares with ft At U l that timot time the nt of the world orld on omu which wo live nun much warmer than It Is now I J IW IWo o iii t Le o of ot n a different placing with relation to 10 thi ruin Him All that see ot of North America that li Is 1 1 about the Arctic circle was ivan covered with such luch tim timber timber timber ber nt as O now no exists nowhere on the tIme earth The 1110 bIg bli hi trees tree were th Individual mem member ber IJ that ont to make up tho u for tor but Iut with them vas wal a u lu ly luxurious growth of ot nil other oilier kInds of ve It WIll was In these times that the time world nag al putting In 10 Un its It store storehouses storehouses houses the of at coal caul that como came from these luxurious front growths hi neil aud It then that such luCh us ml the lIme masS mas mastodon todon tramped abroad Then litter Inter tho time climate began be nn to change and mommy anally the glaciers came down from rom time the th north crowded the time vegetation c farther and farther tarther south Houth The rhe temper temperatures atut In curb iueli latitude fib as that In III which we w live II crew gros rew much collIer colder thou than hey mire now nosy n mural nil the thc forms of ot vegetable L life lito were largely When tho severe reIn northward n aln It Itt t NIO III that the 11 III big trees had Imd been crowded out In nil all sections of ot Europe Europ Asia and anal North America in nil of ot which geologic remaIns of ot them thorn ON nrc still HUll found In n a tow ran protected volleys facing the In iii tho time germ Il of or the time sequoia Hill remained neil here they took their place among umon time the smaller fry tr of or n a lew lemi time thus towered In lonely solemnity them lImp claIm of or MM the thu eldest timing thlu olive In lu orld IK is I unquestionably cor correct correct meet when made malIc with reference to tIme tho bK big bl trees I Time The nee nl ng of or thele plants giant has Uin II In l ond the time of nC n a doubt loutit rime Tho growth of or i a I tree Iree r tea liea ea HOH on is j by II n ii ring nod when the time tree hns hn been iteen cut down It In lii merely merel the thc matter of ot counting commuting time the rings I to d the age uge Much Itch ring ncr counting ins nil been heen donn In with I great their agiM hoyt been to flings from r rem m l OO years for or limo tho J 0 young roun fellows hardly coming to mans estate to IJ for or may begin to take 1111 on the of a U compe competent tent Ion t old age he The oldest t of or theta trees treO h nn to push puti Its shoot hoot upward ul ut about the time time that Adam was about the Garden of at From the thc standpoint of or ormall many mall of at these the o trees trets that are nr now minis rEnal rEnalIn Ing In William the timi Conqueror wan wall n a man maim who lived lIf d hut but lost week timid 11 sh I 11 ton cn crossed the Delaware lout hut Time The lived fellow tellow denizens of or the forest Of cst that remain but hilt tI years have passed paRRell away Dway beneath the branches of at the big trees as nn on annual crop crall disappears the branches br of a n sycamore The rime bigness of o the u big bl bI trees h is u II thing that It In IS bard to 10 grasp for fur the tIme them mere m r figures no idea The rime 1 of o them nr mire lire feet high That mat that If It till the were wre alongside ulon one of lit them It would merely merel reach up ull luto Its Us lower ower blanche lIC fur for the 1 IK Is but Limit j feet high The tallest church steeple In 10 your our ourtown town would ho lie dwarfed to pigmy alzo It if placed picked plc ell near mar time the tug big trees ami ammil the tho trees trici In the tIme park would obscure UN lit 11 1 feet mid timid certainly not mingle with even cen Ha its lowest Very ery often these thelic mon mUll monsters monsters ster grow row straight ax nil n 1 roil rod for Cur O feet without 1 di branch which means that you would woul hove have to be bo near mar the th top of the Flatiron to rob roll a J birds nest lu in the ha rt limb Where here the bark of or nn an ordinary large tree trec Is nn all Inch Inh thick the tho bark of nt these Is two foot feet tl t through The lime greatest of o them have b e n a 1 of o 10 feel eeL You ion would have huo to search long In iii time the fort furet t before you ou hUmid found a n tree of at four tour foot toot It would take Ink just lOll lim of Qt theco thc o trees tre to mill up 1111 the time or of one OCl chint lit ns 1111 greut n number would be ii h needed to 10 up lip the ho IlI I summit enl emit and the tue third aud au tin timi fourth until 20 o 0 T Jr acres of at timber r would be used timed In re cc replacing placing the ono one tree Tho Tree of Refuge on the nsw new ne Na Nation tion it lark hUll bus suffered u mu revere hum burn and ns as n mm I consequence n a great cavity linn lilt rotted out of at It as al It So great Is this thit one neveu winter whiter III 11 head bend of ot emit cat cattle emittIe tIe tle tool took refuge In It H were kept lu In by tuy the snows until they Itan d und end their bones were wera found fount thero tho time following spring A prostrate nearby Is I known ns mix Smiths Cahill Cabin I 1 u II prospector pr of that name mime lived lIed In Its hollow hallow for or yearn leant antI stabled his bis horse hon e when the time weather ins severe revere Time The Mother of or the Forest was won ono mo of at atthe the trees tre of ot them nil all III In time early 1108 but fell before the tho spoiler RJ Along Alan III In the tue fifties j o Galo Gob stripped tho time turk burk from fron morn this tree to ton toa n II height of ot 1111 feet feeL und transported It Itla to la I Where It was used u ell for tor or show purposes until destroyed by tire Uro This I was war one me of ot the prettiest trees of ot the tIme forest It t was fret feet to tho tim branch the o was 00 O feet nt at time the base Ui Hi feet Pct at ut a n height of ot feet c t I and It II stood HO feet teet to 0 Its crest The was WaR burned III In time the forest Ore Dro that mined u portion of this grove croc summer A short nony time stark form of or want was the greatest tree treo centuries have he ever crr known It U Is III called 1 The Hither Father of or the tree Iree when hen In hit primitive majesty ty was between It 10 omit and j feel t L lu him height The Th circumference at ut the It bare cud u vu feet stood limbless for tor many man years rn s utter after white men mn caine to these parts but Jut fell victim to 10 a 11 gale tlc and shivered touch much of ci lit Its It trunk Into Inlo fragments IDent Yet Vet a n milD mann on un hor hoc can ride ritte Into Its hollow for 00 Pt fet feet There In Is I another tree In tho same II It hEy which wilt girdled that the theS I S if S 3 r i itt i 4 tt e 4 t r m Lr z it f mi mis s Sf S t J Mc y yh t h i bark might be used cued for tor exhibition pur per pose POl I Time The tree naturally died and later lator local capital co pi decided tJ that It might bo be cut down and a pavilion built Its It stump dump The TIme task of ot pigmy men going gaIn forth to cut cult dow u such ruch a u tree ou the mice of at It ridiculous It was dually decided to cut It down by b boring through It with pump augurs When this accomplished so straight wits th tree eo so 0 wIde tho the bate bare c It refused reul d to tail tho time Unit storm tonu Llew up imp nod ond upset It Even Cen In ID cutting time tho tree down lu iu this thU 20 ZO meo men worked ork lI 23 3 A pavilion Illon was Inter buIlt on its Ite stump In which M CI CIpolle ti people polle might ml ht gather In the evenings evening for entertainment t TIme The first record of ot tho the discovery of o tho the big trees alleges them to have hae Leon beers oiled found In 1 2 by ono ommo A T Dow Dowd n a hunter who lund contracted to fresh meat mat to time tile outfit of ot the Union M w miter Company of ot Murphys county hoed one day stumbled onto onlo out one 00 of tho giants In irs his pursuit of ganic He tie was dumbfounded anti and re mc returned turned to camp and Oft told the time workmen of o hut hili ODd find They laughed nt mit him nod amid re refused fused fumed to 10 believe e his hb bl story They even Cen refused to tn conic come with him to nee mien l the al aI alleged great sr lt tree Dowd used u e n a ruse rus i to get et them to see lice It lie He came camo lu the fol to following oh I lowing Sunday when there was s plenty of ot if nail sold said be lie had hind killed n a huge grizzly Dud nud needed all hinds hands to help him him bring the monster mon game gatos lIUI Into camp all accompanied him through the woods until be led them suddenly upon tho Die Big Tree rico null nod said that It won WOR his mis grizzly They were appalled by tho the 1110 of It and soon noon spread the news of ot the find Ond throughout the country TIme Individual sequoia III IH a n tree of ot ex cx I beauty nud nod despite Its I great sIze Timers There N is nothing ungainly nor liar lu time the appearance of ot tho th giant slant of ot the tb woods Thu Impression N is I of or e and when the lisa I traveler cornea suddenly upon them In III t the time wooda The Thin appalling realization of or the tho great size 1511 cornea later anti and steals gradually upon as os 0 does doe nn nil of at tIme the magnitude of or time the Grand or of ot Niagara The trees are gloriously ret pet up The biM bai Is sturdy anti and larger than thon U ts tho the tree nt only ani a mm slight I Il ht height A t tree of ot 25 23 feet fett diameter at the time ground will taper like 1110 n a spur spar to a n diameter or ot 10 feet teet at ut uto mita n o height of ot feet The great tree Is set ns Os straight ns as o a n plumb line upon open Its It base Us its ver very er life depending un on this for forIt forit It could never neer have hoO supported Its Ih it great reat j weight otherwise The Tho best tin of ot the tree treo as u a n whole bolc In III to be bad from rom a II distance The Time great column minted liLa Ilka tho pillar of or nn no architectural three ture with the Ibe thIck thirl bark hirk rises unbroken for tor IOu feet reet or more Dare Here the out nut at right angles unI Those Thoas above ore ere shorter and amid I till the tip lIl forum onn the apex Aex of ot n a pi perfect cone comic that could not hive have been drawn In more moro proportions When beu tho ho trees trec uro younger there are aro lower loer branches that reverse tho the forms forma formation tion of 0 iho tho mImosa o above there thero Is Li another point to tho the eone cono which ends end near the time ground nut ns as a age te e comes on these lower lo t limb a mire arc shed i D and the time bare burc trunk remains This leafy top to the Big nig Trees Trec la iii denser cr turin limn that of or any on other oIlier denizen of the tho Pacific Coast Coat forests and Is 13 I time the most regular of at them oil nil Time The older trees tr s are lire full of at brownish yellow tints while the younger ones par pir partake take to n R greater extent of oC the dark bluish green The break luto into bloom In Inthe inthe the winter and sift on en the grounds below n a I snow IIno of ot golden olden pollen while a n little Inter later comes cornea limo tho shower of oC cones cone that fairly covers time the earth for till the DIg Big are arc fruitful In the anti and millions of oJ cones arc each reason neison launched forth forthwith forthwith with Ith the possibility of ot reproducing In time tho course of at come thousands thou of ot years the tho like hike of lt Its It II predecessor cc Hut But ut for tor pigmy men In the brief span of or his bits hi life lucre hero there Is 18 i little need aced of IC attempted assist once Duce In iii their propagation |