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ARBORICULTURE 



finally it bccaiiio ajiparont that ])ublic 

 sentiment was in favdr of it. The bill 

 passed the honse and was bronjj^ht into 

 the senate, had a narrow escape from 

 beings snowed under, was rescued and 

 read out of its turn and jiassed in the 

 closing days of the session. The next 

 question was : Would the governor sign 

 it or give it a pocket veto?' Strong pres- 

 sure was brought to bear on him to pre- 

 vent his signing it. These were anxious 

 days for the friends of the movement. 

 They maile their last rally, and the con- 

 sequence was that a llight of telegrams 

 from all over the state reached the gov- 

 ernor's office and lay on his desk and 

 floor as "thick as autumn leaves in the 

 vale of \'allambrosa." 



He was convinced that the people 

 wanted, with genuine and strong desire, 

 to save for themselves and for posterity 

 that heritage of the ages, that forest of 

 redwoods. He signed the bill, and a shout 

 of triumph went up from all who had 

 worked for the cause. In accordance 



uith the provisions of the bill he 

 named a board of five commissioners, of 

 which he was a member by virtue of his 

 office, to negotiate the purchase of the 

 desired tract. Some delay ensued, as 

 surveys had to be made, boundaries de- 

 termined upon, titles looked up and other 

 tedious details settled, but a tract of 

 thirty-eight hundred (3800) acres, in- 

 cluding the most heavily wooded land in 

 the Big Basin, has now been formally 

 acquired by the state, and is called the 

 State Redwood Park. 



The original Sempervirens club, in- 

 stead of dissolving, as a body whose 

 work is finished, has just been reorgan- 

 ized, with a larger membership than 

 ever. 



In the future it will work for the ac- 

 quisition of adjoining territory, for the 

 enlarging and beautifying of the tract 

 thus rescued from destruction. 



Mrs. Stephen A. Jones. 



San Jose, Cal. 



The Colorado State Forestry Association. 



PRESERVE THE FORESTS .AND PL.\NT TREES. 



The Colorado State Forestry Associa- 

 tion has gone to work in earnest. It is 

 offering three prizes for competitive 

 Arbor Day tree planting by the public 

 schools of the state — $25. $15 and $10. 



The offer is made through the state 

 sui)erintendent. The conditions < m which 

 the awards will be made are set forth 

 in the Arbor Day Annual, now being 

 distributed to the sclujols. 



It is inaugurating a campaign of f(»r- 

 est agitation for the purjjose of interest- 

 ing the citizens of Colorado in forestry 

 and forest preservation. 



That this is necessary is seen in the 

 fact that forty-five years of fire and pil- 

 lage have reduced her mountain forests 

 from 36,000 square miles to less than 

 one-sixth of that area. The gravity of 

 the situation leads us to ask you to join 

 in an efTort to arouse the citizens to a 



sense of the danger that threatens to 

 denude their mountains. 



They will print and distribute the for- 

 estry laws, and publish leaflets and bulle- 

 tins of information on forestry subjects 

 for distribution, plan for public meetings 

 over the state, besides other means to 

 stimulate interest to be announced later 

 on. 



Life membershi|) fees arc $10, annual 

 membership at $i. Drafts and money 

 orders made ])ayable to Jabez Norman, 

 secretar\-. Address, The Colorado State 

 J'^orestry Association, Denver, Colo. 



We feel assured that this association 

 will accomplish much good and wish it 

 abundant success in its aggressive move- 

 ments. Vice-President W. G. M. Stone 

 has long been an earnest friend of ar- 

 boriculture, as also was the lamented W. 

 X. Bvers. 



