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A Service Suggestion

SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE REPORTS PROG. RESS IN ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1922

Substantial progress has been made in saving the -redwoods of Califbrnia as outlined in the annual report of the Save the Redwoods League, just issued to member's. Dur' ing the past year 2,000 acres of the redwood forests were reicued jrom- destruction, and will be preserved for the enjoyment of future ,generations

' Among the important developments in the movement during 1922 are the following:

Esdblishment, under the State Forestry Board, of the first unit of the Humboldt State Red'wood Park containing more than 2,C00 acres.

Determination of policy by State Highway Commission whereby timber ,on ri,ghts of way throug_h the R-edwood Belt will be preserved. The gift by the Lagoon Lumber Company of i stretch of timber along the projected-.State High-way.north of E,ureka is in accord with this policy.

Action by the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, ths national lum6ermen's fraternal organization, approvi'ng the purchase and establishment of a Hoo-Hoo Redwoo'd Grove. This is the first of a series of groves which, it is expected, will be preserved by variou's fraternal so'cieties of the nation.

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