The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-03
FAMOUS TREES SAVED.
TO THE PEOPLE
NATIONAL PARK OF WONDER
Full REDWooDS IN THE
GOLDEN STATE,

the 6dA1NSIas NatA0ANA ANtNsN Neh7
fornia, President Roosevelt has COM
pleted the legislative act which saves
for all time the most famous grove
OF trees in the world. The people OF
California, particularly the 500 wom-
en 81 the California Club, have been
working TO interes, the Government
in this wonderful grove of Big Trees
for more than nine years. but not un-
til now has ii been possible 70 ar
range a plan satisfactory alike to the
owner Of the land and to Congress
The Senate Bill passed BY the
House Of Representatives has just
been signed by the President. Every
one interested in the great natural
wonders reioices that as a means OF
saving the Big Trees, the way has
been paved for a practical exchange
of the timber in the groves for stump
age on other forest land owned by
the Government The first Calaveras
Bill was introduced in the Senate four
years ago by Senator Perkins OF Cal
iiornia. Bills for the same purpose
were passed in the upper house OF
Congress a number Of times, but al
ways failed Of favorable considera-
ton in the House until Senate Bill
1874, also introduced by Senator
Perkins, was called up by Congress
man s, c. Smith, OF California, last
week.
Robert B. Whiteside, Of Duluth,
Minnesota, a prominent lumberman
operating in the Lake States and on
the Pacific Coast. is the owner Of the
Calaveras Big Trees. After his agree
ment to the proposals which are sim
ply practical exchange Of timber for
timber, the entire California deiega-
ton gave its solid and enthusiastic
support to the bill. No appropriation
is needed carry out the provisions
of the act.
The land to be acquired under the
DILL Includes about o6O acres in what is
known as the North Calaveras Grove
IN Calaveras County, and 3,040 acres
in the South Grove in Tuolomne
County. The North Grove contains
ninety-three Big Trees and in the
South Grove there are 1880 OF these
giant sequoias. Any tree under eight
cen feet in circumference. or six feet
through, is not considered in the
count Of large trees. Besides the giant
sequoias there are hundreds OF sug.
ar pines and yellow pines Of aston
ishing proportions, ranging to the
height OF 275 feet and often attain
ling a diameter Of eight to ten feet.
There are also many white frs and
incense cedars in the two tracts A
government study Of the land was
made by field party under the direc-
ton Of Fred G. Plummer United
States Forest Service, in 1906.
The Calaveras Big Trees are known
the world over. The North Grove
contains ten trees each having dia-
meter Of twenty-five feet or over, and
more than seventy having diameter
of fifteen to twenty-five feet. Most Of
the trees have been named, some for
famous generals of the United
States and others for statesmen and
various states of the Union. "The Fa.
ther of the Forests" now down, is
ESTIMATED by Hittel, in his "Resour-
ces Of California" to have had a
height OF $50 feet and diameter at
the ground Of more than forty feet
when it was standing. "Massachu-
sets" contains 10000 board feet of
lumber; Governor Stoneman, con-
tains 10000 board feet, and the
"Mother of the Forest" burned in
the terrible forest fire which licked
its way into a part of the grove last
summer contains 100000 board feet.
Each Of these trees named grows as
much lumber as is grown ordinarily
on fifteen or twenty acres of timber
land. The bark runs from six inches
to two feet in thickness. Among the
other large named trees in the two
groves are Waterloo" "Pennsylva-
MIA" James King" cold Bachelor"
Pride of the Forest" "Daniel Web.
ster," "Sir John Franklin" Empire
State" ~. S. Grant," wv II. sher-
man." -. P. Mcpherson" Abraham
Lincoln" Connecticut" "Ohio,"
"Mrs. Grover Cleveland" "Dr Mel
son." General Custer" "Dr. ]. W.
Dawson" General Hancock"
Knight of the Forest" 1.-TWO Senti-
nels,' and "Old Dowd."