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Robert B* White side, of Duluth, Minnesota, a prominent 

 lumberman operating in the Lake States and on the Pacific Coast, 

 is the owner of the Calaveras Big Trees, After his agreement to 

 the proposals which are simply a practical exchange of timber for 

 timber, the entire California delegation gave its solid and en- 

 thusiastic support to the bill. No appropriation is needed to 

 carry out the provisions of the act. 



The land to be acquired under the bill includes about 

 960 acres in what is known as the North Calaveras Grove in Gala- 

 veras County, and 3,040 acres in the South Grove in Tuol urine 

 County. The North Grove contains ninety-three Big Trees and in 

 the South Grove there are 1,380 of these giant sequoias. Any 

 tree under eighteen feet in circumference, or six feet through, 

 is not considered in the count of large trees. Besides the 

 giant sequoias there are hundreds of sug,\r pines and yellow 

 pines of astonishing proportions, ranging to the height of 275 

 feet and often attaining a diameter of eight to ten feet. There 

 are also many white firs and incense cedars in the two tracts. 

 A government study of the land was made by a field party under 

 the direction of Fred G. Plummer, United States Forest Service, 

 in 1906. 



The Calaveras Big Trees are known the world over. The 

 North Grove contains ten trees each having a diameter of twenty- 

 five feet or, over, and more than seventy having a diameter of 

 fifteen to twenty-five feet. Most of the trees have been named, 

 some for famous generals of the United States and others for 



