The great pines of the Pacific coast, 400 and 500 years old, 

 have reached old age, but the sequoia trees, several times 

 as old as the great pines, are still in the bloom of youth. 



They do not attain prize size or beauty before they a.re 

 1,500 years old, and are in their prime when 2,000 years old, 

 not becoming old in less than 3,000 years. Not only do these 

 trees stand in a class by themselves because of their long 

 life, but they are classed among the wonders of the earth 

 because of their giant size. 



In the giant forest in Sequoia National Park, where the 

 giants are named for men who have been prominent in public 

 life, the General Sherman is 286 feet high and 36 feet in 

 diameter, the Abraham Lincoln 270 feet high and 31 feet in 

 diameter, and the tallest is the William McKinley, 291 feet 

 high and 28 feet in diameter. 



In the General Grant Park the principal trees are the Gen- 

 eral Grant, 264 feet high and 35 feet in diameter, and the 

 George Washington, 255 feet high and 29 feet in diameter. 



The president has issued a proclamation making alterations 

 in the Superior national forests boundaries, the net result of 

 which is to increase the gross area of the forests from 910,000 

 to 1,276,100 acres. The corrected boundary includes 380,555 

 acres of new land, while it eliminates 14,455 acres previously 

 included. 



The Superior national forest lies in the northeastern cor- 

 ner of Minnesota, between Lake Superior and the Canadian 

 line. At present it contains little timber of merchantable 

 size, practically all of the original stand having been removed 

 or destroyed by fire before the national forest was created. 

 The government is, however, holding and protecting the land 

 for the sake of the future yield of timber which it will pro- 

 duce under forestry methods. 



Practically none of the land has any agricultural value, and 

 unless used to grow trees it must remain a mere waste. To 

 grow timber it must be protected from fire. The areas now 

 added are in general character similar to those previously 

 embraced within the forest, and will be protected and admin- 

 istered along the same lines. 



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