Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-14 | Page 4 | Plant Ruthlessly Cut

PLANT RUTHLESSLY CUT VANCOUVEB, B. C A warning, that foreign iun rs are d . -polling the torosts of British Columbia hy de roving root and branch, all the na-! uc supplies of i be cascara sagrada. hush. Is being sounded by botanists' and timber cruisers Interested in pre-1 serving this valuable medicinal bark.' The legislature is to be ar.ke.l .it the coming sosfion to pass legislation to preserve this and other valuable herbs and barks from destruction. The ras-eam ras-eam : : . i io In botanical works i of ten years ago as Ihe "Pacific roast's great gift to mankind." Is said now to! be so depleted In Oregon and Washington Wash-ington as the result of reckless gather lng that then is no lunger any to b found within reach of transportation i Prices base risen from 2 u nts to more than lo cents a pound