Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-01-14

an enemy or insult a woman Notwith-
standing these virtues the Digger is I'M
deniably grubby in all his Instincts, In
the absence of other delicacies he sub.
sists upon worms, grasshoppers, snails,
roots, and bugs, and is a fruitful source
of yermin and filth
The Catholic Sisterhood have opened
small school for Indian children and
adults in one of the Ukiah settlements,
since which jealous Methodist clergy
man and his wife have undertaken the
mental and spiritual regeneracy OF the
youth of the other village The Method
istschoolhouse, a tiny redwood building,
scantily furnished. Is presided over by
lady teacher previously connected with
the Indian schools in Kansas. She has
nineteen pupils OH her roll, most OF
whom are boys ranging from 13 to 20
years old. The evident amiabilty Of
these great hulking fellows awakens an
admirable enthusiasm in tho tired little
teacher, who expresses a prayerful con-
fdence in the ultimate good of educat-
ing the Indian races in california
The redwoods of Mendocino arc next
to the largest in the State, being second
in Size only to the "big trees" of Gala
veras. The latter, botanically known
as the sequoia ggantea, are found only
in the Sierra, while the sequoia SEM
pcrvirens of Mendocino are indigenous
to the Coast Range. Both these vege-
table giants are peculiar to California.
The principal lumber used in Califor-
MIA Is taken from the redwood belt of
the coast mountains, and it's preparation
for building purposes is an important
and growing industry. The beautiful
grain and bright mahogany color of the
redwood make it valuable for decorative
uses. The amount of this lumber man
ufactured on the coast is estimated to
be over 1000, 900, 900 feet The sawmills
in remote canyons are always points of
interest to the Soiourner in mountain
resorts. One watches with a species of
fascination the gistening steel ripping
through the great sweating bolcs; and
when the woodchoppers bring down
who has not felt an indescriba thrill Of
regret?
The Montg emery Wood, an extensive
grove of mammoth redwoods Is seven
teen miles out from Ukiah, and is worth
crossing a continent to see When well
up the mountain ovation of the route
mellow moon rolled up from the spiked
barrcade Of the eastern hills, revealing
black uprising of colossal shapes stand
ing motionless on the opposite cliff, their
steepled crowns blending in a vast inky
mass, through whose topmost fringe.
cleaned the electric eyes of stars. In
the Swallowed pit of the gorge on our
right one of these stars appeared to have
fallen and lay palpitating in the impene-
trabe gloom Of the abyss Another coil
of the road and it was invisible A few
minutes later and it reappeared and
with it the obscure outlines of white
dwelling. 1t was Orr Springs, and the
moveleSs statues overlapping the roof
were the advaace guard of Montgomery
Wood. The place has a sublime iso!a
ton, seldom invaded by the restless
world beyond the stupendous walls of it's
circling peaks.
On entering Mont gomery Wood heads
were instinctively barred and voices
hushed in profound recognition of the
Master Architect who has fashioned this
grand cathedral No stir was visible in
the sun-proof ceiling, only the fixed up
Brightness of ma jestic columns that seem
ed to have but one impulse-to pierce the
heavens and be alone with God. The
massive trunks were cloaked in livery
of feathery moss, and delicate tlices
and grasses trembled on branches
skeletons OF dead monarchs st etched
200 feet or more among gigantic wood
land ferns. The great temple appeared
dressed Ior q solemn festival. The
largest tree measured twenty-three feet
! and three inches in diameter, and the
short, bri>tling limbs do not begin for
eighty feet up the boe Others in the
grove are nearly as large, the difference
in size being hardly perez ptible to the
eye. They are marshaled singly or in
groups Oh the floor of an almost level
basin, margincd by granite knobs piled
up with a noble regard for picturesque
proportion and contrast.
The heart of each prone forest god
was eaten out by fire, and the crooked
and b ackcned roots extended fully thirty
feet in the air, looking for ali the world
| like monsters iarce!y rearing their hydra
heads in this weird sanctuary of nature.
From perilous out ook on the crum-
bling neck Of the II CHEST a magnificent
view was obtained of tlowery groves and
assured precipices. with vcnturesome
dwarf oaks clinging to the riffs of soil;
and yet further hey ond deer could be
seen grazing on the m~oth heritage of u
swelling slope The fog had lifted and
the whole mountain world outside the
wood was lit by the sun in truly sp en-
did manner. Though the magnficence
of the extending forest lay in the red
{ woods there could be no blither picture
than The tiuttering groves underneath of
young oaks. naples, dogwood and hazel
bushes, all Haunting a myriad painted
leaves in and out the shade of the +
somber protectors And here and every
where the madrone that loveliest Of
CALIFORNIA; native trees-fung her pol
ished, cinnamon-stained arms athwart
the dark breasts of the unrespOnsivc
seQuoias