The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-01-07
FINE FOREST GIANTS.
Grove Of 5000 Sequoias Found
In California.
NEW NATIONAL PARK URGED.
Wonders Of Famous Mariposs Forest
Said to Be svrpssssd--ksarIy Nil.
lion Feet Of Lumber In One Tree.
The Grizzly Giant" outeIasssd.

Some lumbermen searching for new
lumber worlds 10 conquer and to deci-
mate have fallen upon discovery
which viii kindle the soul OF every one
who loves nature Ia It's sublime mani.
fsstations TO the thousand aud one
wonders OF the state OF California has
been added a new grove OF giant trees
numbering at least 1900.
News OF this wonderful new forest
OF sequola gigantea recently came to
officials Of the Southern Pacific road,
who Immediately sent men into the
Redwood canyon OF Tulare county to
ascertain the facts They have re.
turned with the Information that the
great forest OF Redwood mountain.
5000 feet high, exceeds IN area all
other forests OF big trees. that it's trees
rival In slxe. height and beauty even
the famous Mariposa grove and that
Its wonders are infinite and awe lnspir-
ing
Before the news OF this discovery
was made public the officials OF the
Southern Pacific road took immediate
steps to try 10 have the grove set apart
as national park, writes \. Glenn An
drus, the San Francisco correspondent
Of the Chicago Record Herald The
facts so far as known have already
been placed before the president Of the
United States. who Is said to be In
hearty sympathy with the effort which |
IL being made 10 preserve the nam.
moth trees Of California from the ak
OF the woodmau IL seems almost In
credible that auch n forest Of trees.
averaging almost 250 feet In height.
800 feet Ia height aud varying from a
hundred or more feet In height 70
twenty or thirty feet IN diameter at
the base. could have remained all these
years hidden and undiscovered In a
civilized state, but II must be remem-
bcred that California has a single coun-
~, that Of Fresno. which tx so great
that II has never been thoroughly ex
plored
No recent Is the discovery OF the new
grove. which has az least Ave times
the number OF giant trees possessed
by the next largest known grove. that
very few accurate measurements or
comparisons have been made The
Marlposa grove. so called because II /
Is situated IN Mariposa county and ,
which Il the most famous OF all the
groves, contains what are termed the
upper and lower groves. In one there :
are 800 giant trees, aud 10 the other [
there are 900 Each grove Is an I'm.
posing aud stupendous spectacle In
the new grove there are estimated to
DO at least $4,000 trees which are Of
size 10 be termed giant trees. !
The trees OF the new grove. accord
Dg 70 the description furnished by H.
II. Gallagher. one OF the men whom q
he southern Pacific sent 10 make In. {
'ss,igstions. lack the projecting roots :
4 the trees In the Mariposa and other Il
grotes aud are more symmetrical, o
more perfect IA form aud are scarcely II
ouehed by forest ores. which have :.
- Scared the other groves. =
The wreath Of antiquity has been u
orn from the grizzly giant" OF the "
lnriposa forest The prestige OF the n
fallen monarch OF the same grove d
Ias vanished before the new "IIer.
ules- OF the new grove The grizzly =,
liant the oldest living thing In the
foflj. which has lived aud battled
18th the elements ana fought death al
VI nearly 6,OOO years before Cheops
nd his army OF 10000 began their
hiriy years task OF building the great
yramidi the grizzly giant" with It's
ase girth OF io4 feet. with It's ne. :
inining height % 22t feet, with It's ~
liant limb 100 feet from the earth and Ia
early fwenty.one feet IN circumfer. q
ice tho grizzly giant" with It's 10
oao. 900 feet Of lumber VIII have 10
Ike back seat II tho report OF the Ia
en- be true IN the new forest there ,
a siagle tree which. exclusive OF It's ~
ATS. declare the experts, contains y,
ssriy 100000 feet OF lumber whose w
rib rivals the giants and whose ISL
tight towers above the giant more no
an 100 feet hu
Unlike the trees 10 the Otlsr big tree CHI
yves. those ~ the new grove stand 70,
oss,ly together. none having ever been
4. That such forest should ever be IN.
spoiled - a thought almost unendu- -,
BILE 10 those who have had the good 4,
rtune TO visit one ~ tho big tree w
owes OF California These great sen VI
lels Of the Inoantalns have been syi
snding. some of them probably 5000 CHI
1900 year, defying time itself, pFac- his
ally lndeaructibie. many % them rec
htiag grim battle with death aud il
th IRE fos centuries, but refusing to /
W their majestic heads IN defeat ia
small wonder that the people ~ Cal. 49,
ir1AA have been aroused 10 the shama
permitting any Of these forest giants plo
BE- subjected to the greed OF mod trie
D commerce AID are now striving spe
have congress take all Of them Wit
der the protection OF the govern. ass
mt This sentiment was Increased hi.
:sntiy when the Calayeras grove, the 80.
- known ~ the northern groves,
II threatened By Gre. THIS grove has
out a hundred magnificent trees, sen
Ief Of which is the mother OF the iuti
est SOS feet high. of |
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