Abilene weekly reflector., 1921-08-04

gallons of water which can be used
in the building In case OF fire' In
the mailing department on SATURDAY
night are employed $50 men. About
six weeks ago their Sunday issue
numbered $40. 900 copies with about
I 90. 600 copies daily edition. the
papers are placed n huge spnveyors
by ny boys and. the conyeyors de-
posit them in front of, mailing tables.
.WhiIe In San FRANCISCO we went
to Emporium. a very large DEPART
ment store. You can get anything
IN ladies' furnishings and household
goods. Il Is one OF the largest de-
partment stores In San Francisco
We went to see the Shrines Jeweiry
store. This Is to Frisco what Tinany
Is TO New York. We went to the
Orpheum theatre one evening. .QQ
July 1 we drove out to the Golden
Gate and saw feet OF destroyers
come In to the bay and In Few
minutes they were followed by a
squad of seaplanes. The .torpedoes1
ON these destrOyers cost $4,000 each
and during target practice the de-
stroyers try to recover their torpe-
does but sometimes they sink be-
fore they can be picked uRp.g
iContinned In tomOrrOw's Refectof9
1--WE spent the Fourth Of July IN
the country about 30 miles from
Oakland up In the mountains. There
were about 100 people there, all
more or less related. We were there
from the evening Of the third until
the evening Of the fifth. The men
played ball and pitched hOrseshoes.
On the Fourth we had a barbecue.
The meat. was delicious. On our way
out we drove over the tunnel road
from Oakland. In this tunnel are
the county, lines Of Contra Costa
and Alameda counties. One odd
thing about this tunnel Is the fact
that the elevation Is 1,100 feet high
and the tunnel is 1,100 feet long.
while in San Francisco we went
to see the Sutro baths. They are
said to be the largest of their kind
in the world. While there we made
side trip to Big Basin about ~
miles south Of Frisco. On this trip
we went through the Santa Clara
Valley which Is great apricot ana
Crane section. In the Big Basin are
some very large Redwood trees. one
free measures % feet in diameter
and is 200 feet high. This Is called
the Mother Tree. 1t has cavity In
which n horse and II people nave
all stood at one time. SO many OF
these Redwood trees are burned out
In the center by forest fires and II
leaves great cavities in the trees but
does not seem to hurt the life OF the
tree. Eventually these wounds VIII
heal over but the center OF the tree
will always remain hollow. 1t takes
500 to 1000 years for these places
to heal.
"At Bull Creek are the most per-
feet and beautiful Redwoods In the
world. These trees have been there
since 5000 B. c., making total age
of 1000 years. On the ground IN
this forest grows low vine with
small lavender bloom, then n proru-
sion Of ferns cover the ground like
soft green carpet. Above this rise the
mighty trunks Of the Redwoods lor
n distance of 100 to $50 feet before
there are any branches and the total
heipht of n.nny of the trees Is 3oo
feet with n trunk Is to ~ rect IN
diameter. And there are some mon
archs of the forest even higher ana
larger through. One which had fah-
on MFR. Rowland stepped and II was
375 feet long. They are so straight
and beautiful and the silence In the
depths of the forest is so impressive
that they are rightly called GODS
Great Temple" They speak for
everything that is upright, honest
and pure. One thing we observed
was the shallow roots Of these
trees. With all their mighty heights
and trunks they don't seein to have
any tap root, just roots spread around
the surface Of the ground and after
these trees have been cut down and
the ground sown to crops they have
TO use lots. OF fertilizer as the soil Is
very poor for anything Of this kind
"At Scoia we visited a lumber
mill which puts out about 40O.ooo
feet of lumber per day and employs
TOO men. including the woodmen.
They sawsredwood and a very small
per cent .ok ping The great logs
Goat in wsfe{ and 'an iron truck on
track Ia %wefedk4hto the water,
man with a peanies hook rolls log
on this track which is pulled by
three fourth inch cable mp to the
saws. The logs are rolled over by
machinery and placed on platform.
then rolled to the carriage ana
squared. The boards are then cut
and carried by steel rollers to men
who run these. wide boards through
an. edger which cuts them into differ-
| ent widths. Then they are carried
TO the men who grade them and send
them out into the yard to be piled
up and cured.
"On July 10 we left Eureka and
drove up the MOUNTAINS through red
woods and along the ocean and sew
/ eral hundred feet above 1t. Here
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