. Conservation. Forests and forestry. REDWOOD CANYON DEEDED TO UNITED STATES A MOST public-spirited gift to the **• Nation has come from WilHam Kent, of Chicago, who has just deeded to the United States 295 acres of pri- meval redwood forest on the southern slope of Mount Tamalpais, about six miles from the city of San Francisco. The land was deeded to the Govern- ment with the approval of Mr. Pin- chot, Chief of the Forest Service. The papers have now gone to the Secre- tary of the Interior, and a proclamation declaring the canyon a National Mon- of redwood timber alone is now val- ued at mor
. Conservation. Forests and forestry. REDWOOD CANYON DEEDED TO UNITED STATES A MOST public-spirited gift to the **• Nation has come from WilHam Kent, of Chicago, who has just deeded to the United States 295 acres of pri- meval redwood forest on the southern slope of Mount Tamalpais, about six miles from the city of San Francisco. The land was deeded to the Govern- ment with the approval of Mr. Pin- chot, Chief of the Forest Service. The papers have now gone to the Secre- tary of the Interior, and a proclamation declaring the canyon a National Mon- of redwood timber alone is now val- ued at more than $150,000 on the market, besides other timber worth $50,000. The canyons of Tamalpais which drain into San Francisco Bay were cut clean years ago, and the redwood obtained from them went into the con- struction of the old San Francisco. The giants on this tract escaped the axe, however, chiefly because the out- let is on the ocean side, instead of the bay side, and also because the various. Redwood sprouts six or eight years old ument will be signed at an early date. This means that more of Califor- nia's redwood giants will be saved for the scientific study and pleasure of the whole country, in fact, the whole world, for the great sequoias are found nowhere except in the Golden State. This grove given to the Government; by Mr. Kent is one of the few tracts of redwood forest to be found in the natural state in California to-day. The land is said to have cost Mr. Kent $47,000 some years ago, but its stand owners of the land have, for sentimen- tal reasons, jealously guarded the tim- ber from harm or destruction. Mod- ern methods of logging would make short work of the timber, and would, besides, put a handsome profit in the hands of the owners. It is the intention to name this Na- tional Monument the IMuir Woods, after John Muir, the noted naturalist. Redwood, or Big Tree, is the dominat- ing species, towering high above every- thing else, and forming fully three-. Pleas
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