The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-11-12
ENOS MILLS
ADDRESS AT
UNIVERSlIil''''''s i'''''' ! !
CLUB TREAT


addressed the members OF the Canon
City University club and their gueets
OF the Y N C. a. Tuesday night oa
The Forest PriAevaL- The oeea.
sion was one OF extraordinary inter.
est TO the club and its friends and
viii long be remembered as one OF
The most notAbic and delightful in
he chronicles Of the organization
The Columbia Male Quartetie in
their usual Jolly siyle started a sp'ca-
did musical evening BY singing several
songs in which the whole crowd join
ed Messrs Matan. Fritz. Van psl
ten. and BOYLE Of tho Quartette we're
the leaders n Tie slaeiuE which waa
taken up By table after table with
enjoyable -esuit
There we're ono hundred and thir'g
peopic present. and. following an es-
oeglcnt dinner served under the Jl-
Feetiun of ,ha ladies committee Of tbs
T. S. C. A during which there was
murh singing and me1imenL Mr.
Mills vas introduced and spoke most
oaieftlminxiy on the subject that had
u.-z chosen FOR his discourse he
said. among other things:
There are trees on the mountains
Of California that have been there
Tor i.oo0 years and have seen The rise
nd faIl OF many nauons. most OF
them nov absolutely forgotten aInone
men. From what is now solng o
across the sea in thu old world Il Is
fuaerseb:e- -Iaes tAes m@s ec llslps
vhsr ali oxisilng nations have
cfumhisa into dust Trees. lie
people. ciins tenaooaaiy 10 mature.
and. Under perfect conditions o.
suu. climate and environment. ara.
as far a. science 10 able 10 ascertain
immortal There vas time ia the
history ol DE earth uhon species
Of Eleanuc coHiforous trees. similar
To the seluoias Of the Pacinc coast.
Erew in Colorado and evidences 81
their existence in peirofactions are
nov 20 be found in the vicinity of
f-lorrisant and other places in tho
state
After relating the story Of the for
este. of America from their genesis
up through the successive stages of
their devclorment TO their perfection
Mr. Mills told OF the fres that in all
ages have swept them away and of
the insectiverous enemies that have
NJ all times preyed upon them: max
ing their very existence precarious
and uncertain. Before tho coming OF
man the forests were set on nre by
earthquakes. lightning and volcanic
orupuons. Their struggle for life
has been hardly less constant and
strenuous than that OF man himself
The oak tree alone IN known to have
more than four hundred insect enc
mics and some other varieties OF
forest trees have TO contend against
the ravages Of moro than n thousand
bugs. beeilcs. borcrs and parasites
The ssauoias or redwood trees of
California are immune from the at.
tacks OF insects by reason OF n gum
that exutles from tho bark and Is
on that account that they have sur
vivcd the milliniums Of tho past and
witnessed The passing OF all contem-
poraneous life and vegetation.
Trees are the friends OF the human
race and have been associated with
the history OF man In all ages. with.
out them his hEhs for existence
would be greatly Intensified and they
are entitled to his love. protection
and vencrasion. There are aboat
sixty varieties In INDIGENOUS trees in
Colorado. according 70 NJ. Nils.
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