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tion plans to rnake perpetual the forests and the lumber industry in its territory. This is a case of idealism and utility going hand in hand, the providing and unlocking of treasures. the repayment to future generations a fair measure of what has been taken from them. The activities toward this end go far beyond mere replanting: fire protection, scientific lumbering, the fighting of tree pests-these are only a few of the problems to be met. Eternal vigilance is the price of reforestation.

Aside from this essehtially practical purpose, the California Redwood Association is meeting the sentimental demands of ihe community by advocatin! the preservation of strips of virgin timber along the state highway for the delight and worider of those who ride fhrough this region. Some of the largest and most beautiful examples of redwoods to be found in California are thus preserved for the future. That these u'ill be added to from time to time, goes without saying, and even indivicluals who shudder at the idea of putting the ax to any forest giants may console themselves with the fact that all the essential beauties of the rvoods are in a fair way to be preserved. Birds, streams, game will flourish just as lustily under the shelter of second grorvth redwood as in a virgin forest. And, those rvho have the inclination to look far enough into the future can sense a time wheh even the unravished forests will succumb to natural causes. Most of the felled monarchs are not only "ripe" but often filled with evidence of slow decline. True, their dissolution might take centuries, but their ultimate disintegration points a moral: the individual is nothing, the race everything. And it is heartehing to know that the race of redwoods is on the road to preservation even if some of the sensational examples of their glory are passing. The flash of trout in the streams, the soft thunder of quail from the bush, the fragrance of easter lilies or lupines at their appointed season, rvill be the heritage of the next generatioh as it has been ours. And it will be the heritage of the generations that come after it, for all time, if the germ of reforestation which is being fostered by the California Redwood Association bears logical fruit.

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From the House of Quick Shipmentr

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The rvealth of any community is subtlely bound up in its forests; rainfall, irrigation, power, climate are all modified by the hilts and their covering. "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help" sang the Hebrerv poet. And it was not an idle nor even an absolutely poetical fancy. Underlying it rvas a deep practical truth which the man of affairs is slowly coming to realize. I-et it be recorded to the honor of the California Redwood Association that it is one of the first in the field to translate this truth into terms of action.

RE-PRINTS EDITORIAL

A recent issue of the San Diego Sun, contained a reprint of Mr. Dionne's recent editorial, "Needed; Eight Billions for Building."

This article was in the December 15th issue of "The California Lumber Merchant."

New Berkeley Yard Opens

The Berkeley Lumber and Mill Company, a new corporation, has opened a yard and mill on Parker Street, Berkeley. The neu' company consists of Mr. E. P. Heringer, president, F. E. Bailey, vice president, and C. L. Faucette, secretary treasurer.

Culver City Lumber Company Expanding

The Culver City Lumber Company has just completed a nerv $5.000.00 office and store building at their plant.