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Mcnbcr Celifornie Rcdrood Arocietion urging measures tending to reduce timber losses by fire and to stop the wastage resulting from the ruth,less kind of lumbering that characterized pioneer times. Thus the redwood lumbermen, it is pointed out, are setting an example to land owners in promoting the reforestation of cut-over lands, restoring natural playgrounds 'for the enjoyment of nature lovers in future centuries and ,preserving for the generations to come one of the world's most beautiful and distinctive woods for domestic use.

In proclaiming Forest Prote'ction Week, President Harding emphasized these points: That the "preservation of our forests, federal, state and private, is essential to our industrial and commercial life, to our strength as a nation and to our individual well-being"; and that "forest fires, which are largely the result of carelessness or thoughtlessness, continue to do great damage, threatening to deplete and reduce our forests to the p,oint at which they can no longer serve the nation adequately as a source of timber supply or for watershed protection and recreation." He urged that the week be observed in appropriate exercises and programs and by publishing information pertaining to the importance of forest preservation.

T,he redwood is the pecuiar glory of California. It is distinctive among the trees of the world in size, beauty and in its native peculiarities, being the only member of the cone bearing evergreens to sprout anew from the stump. Moreover, its vitality is unique among growing things, as it keeps sound at an age, scientists have found, as long bs the Christian era.

The redwood is the peculiar glory of California. It is along the northern half of the coast. At the lower end of this belt, there is the famous Felton grove in the Santa Cruz mountains, containing trees that are equaled in girth only by the sequoias of the Sierras. But great ,stre,tches of redwood forest are found only in Humboldt, Del Norte, and Mendocino counties.

Fortunately for California, the redwood is a tree of great vitality. Its bark and wood are singularly free ,fnom the pitch and resin that render the fir and pine such easy prey to forest fires. Redwood forests require protection like other forests, not only in planting and protecting young trees but in guarding against fires, usually resulting from the carelessness of campers, which kill the new growth.