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waste which our old lumbermen inconsiderately indulged in 

 for years. This check upon waste is commendable, more 

 especially in the redwoods, because of its adaptability for 

 building purposes, where white pine and the softer woods of 

 the eastern forests are considered indispensable. And that 

 the redwood is largely to fill the demand which has caused 

 the almost entire destruction of the pineries of Maine, Michi- 

 gan, Wisconsin, and Canada, there is not the least doubt 

 among observant lumbermen of the eastern States. As cor- 

 roboration of this statement, we may here refer to the large 

 number of agents sent into the counties of Humbolclt and 

 Mendocino during the past two years by eastern capitalists, 

 as well as from England and Scotland, to purchase tracts of 

 redwood timber ranging from three thousand to ten thousand 

 acres. Some three years since the first eastern investors 

 made their appearance on this coast. Through the informa- 

 tion imparted by Mr. J. E. Barnard (better known as Ed.), of 

 Eureka, Humboldt County, an agent was detailed to make a 

 report on the accessibility and probable yield per acre of cer- 

 tain lands owned by various parties on the Van Duzen or 

 north fork of the Eel River some twenty miles from South 

 Humbolclt Bay, and thirty miles from Eureka on the North 

 Bay. The agent's report, endorsing all that Mr. Barnard had 

 stated, brought the principals to the spot. A very few days' 

 examination fully satisfied them that the report, which gave 

 an average of 100,000 feet per acre to a large belt of timber, 

 which could be made accessible at a comparatively low price, 

 was within bounds. Upon (heir return to the East, a syndi- 

 cate was formed to purchase, with a view to use in the then 



