The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
A PINE FOREST.
Of Four Thousand Square Miles.

Of Four Thousand Square Miles.
 Portland, Ore, Correspondence Indianapolis
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 The greatest forest of sugar pine on the globe begins at the Klamath and extends northward past the glittering peaks of Mount Pitt, Diamond. Thielson. Scott and the Three Sisters. to the very foot Of Jet- ferson two hundred miles to the north. It is a vast forest empire, ruled over by the wild things of the deep woods. It embraces A territory over four thousand square miles in extent Think of 1t! As large as the entire State of Connecticut, one-half as large as Massachusetts and three times as large as the State of Rhode Island. Five hundred square miles of this is protected oy the guarding hand of Ihcle Sam. an army of vigiIant rangers patroiling every district of 1t during the summer months.
 Past the Lake of the Woods. in the shadow of Mount Pitt. followed the Dead Indian road. driving deeper into the land of everlasting Ereenness. Above all is nrotectinR. impenetrable canopy. As we march along silently there Is but little change in the general aspect sometimea the ground Is matted with undergrowth. with ranzanita. cinnamon and chaparraL st other times 1t Is as open as the fabled forests of Robin Hood. with a carpet of deep grass and the straight brown trunks bare of limbs for many feet up; again we pass through frowning depths and over ground
  eaten trunks and limbs of giants that have zone on before. But always and above all there is the primeval woods. the deep shadows unbroken save by few filtered beams at monday.
 The giant trees of this great forest tower two hundred and three hundred feet high and are excelled only by the famous red woods of the Golden State. While the sugar and yellow pine predominate. there are also many frs. spruces. cedars digger" pines and on the higher attitudes the sombre black hemocks. In point of value the sugar pine is supreme In the qualities of lightness. durability and strength 1t is superior to the celebrated and now extinct white pine of the Eastern States. For finishing, sash. door and box material sugar pine is unsurpassed. On ths borders of this great forest and In the veyed and open districts a hundred mills buzz industrtously, the products of which reach north to Canada and Alaska. south to Mexico and across the Pacific and At lantic to foreign lands Over 2,000, 900 fruit boxes made of sugar pine cut from tha border of this forest are manufactured each year for the orange orchards of Southern California; alone.
 At frequent intervals along the roads and trails warning signs are posted conspicuous ly, cautioning hunters or campers against leaving camp fires burning or smouldering. WpAators of the forest reserve rules are liable to a fine of s25O and each ranger. as @ Government officer. has full power to ar rest It is murder to cut tree in this for est empire. Fallen wood and broken boughs can be freely used. but no tree can be hewn without a permit from the ranger of the dis trict in which it is located. The pur- pose of forest preservation is primarily. for the benefit of future generations. and in setting aside the forests of the Upper Rogue. Oregon the Government has placed a guarI- J ing hand over this valuable belt of timber.