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feet when it passes over the rim of the Basin, to reach its 

 destination 900 feet lower at the Governor's Camp. 



The way is partially through tall timber, partially along 

 the open rock ribbed mountain side with outlooks upon 

 the canyon of the San Lorenzo River and its tributaries, 

 upon mountain peaks and ridges, and at favored points 

 peeps of the Pacific extending to the horizon, a sea of 

 molten gold, under midday sun, or a dim grey haze when 

 cloud-veiled or fog-covered. 



A guide post directs to a near eminence from which one 

 may look down into the slopes and depths of the untouch- 

 ed, untraversed redwood forest, covering thousands of 

 acres, beneath the eye. An evergreen sea more impres- 

 sive than the one made of water, which impinges against 

 the westward horizon. 



If it is early season, the water courses will be out- 

 lined by billows of blooming azalias, with here and there 

 a flash like fire, coming from some Tiger lily which has 



THE GIANT REDWOOD 

 By M. J. Riordan 



When Babylon was riotous thy head 

 Was wise with years; when Bonaparte on cold 

 Helena's rock lay still thy heart was bold 



As youth against the storm; no hair has fled 



Of all thy leafy locks through age; the dead 

 Since thou wert young have swept in ranks untold 

 To immortality; straight as of old 



Thou wait'st the generations still unbred. 

 Why build we monuments of crumbling stone 



Or tawdry brass and bronze to mark a name 

 And spare mere memory to unheeding time? 

 It were far sweeter, though to be unknown, 



To rest beneath green trees. Could marbled fame 

 Sleep softer bring though graved with sacred rhyme? 



caught a sun ray. If you tarry in the park you can camp 

 at your pleasure without cost, or abide in the inn at 

 reasonable rates. Lodgings are in tents or cabins. At 

 night a huge camp fire is a common meeting place, where 

 song and story always abound. 



Tomorrow you can take a hike over some trail through 

 the recesses of the forest, following a stream, or climbing 

 a ridge. The next day this experience may be duplicated 

 in another direction, and there is distance and diversity 

 enough to make a week seem short, especially if you are 

 fond of locomotion by "shank's mare." 



To the unaccustomed eye the trees look alike and the 

 wildwood has a uniform aspect as a city seems like "all 

 buildings" to the countryman, but when you get the 

 Indian vision of the forest, you will discover that every 

 tree has an individuality as distinct as that which dis- 

 tinguishes men and women. You will soon be striking 

 friendships with these people of the woods, and find them 

 companionable, the most soothing, restful, inspiring per- 

 sonalities you ever met. Every rill and ripple of flowing 

 water, every cascade and rapid has a melody of its own, 



but blending in a unison which is in tune with the Infinite. 



The lumberman gazes with amazement upon the acre 

 of standing timber, good for half a million feet of lumber. 

 He computes the contents of a single tree which could 

 be converted into ten cottages, and he is glad that these 

 trees have been saved for him to see. 



The true Nature lover finds every foot of this temple 

 soil sacred. He walks with bared head, his vision is 

 rapt, his voice is seldom heard. And the joy of it all 

 is that this woodland, wonderland, is to be preserved, 

 saved, perpetuated. 



CHURCH BUILT FROM ONE TREE 



BY H. E. ZIMMERMAN 



TN Santa Rosa, California, is a Baptist church which 

 ■*■ will hold 400 people, built entirely from timber sawn 

 from a single redwood tree. Everything used in the con- 

 struction of this church was furnished by this one tree 

 with the exception of the necessary glass and hardware. 

 The spire is 100 feet high, and there is a pastor's study 

 12 x 20 feet, as well as a vestibule, toilet room and parlor 



THE REDWOOD TREE CHURCH 



seating 100 persons. This church is 60 feet wide by 100 

 feet long, and cost $5,000. Only two-thirds of the tree 

 was needed for the necessary lumber. After the roof was 

 finished it was found that there were 60,000 shingles left 

 over. A sister tree to this one furnished employment for 

 two years to two men in reducing it to shingles. 



A CHRISTMAS SUGGESTION 



Are you puzzled about the selection of Christmas 

 gifts? 



Why not give a year's subscribing membership 

 in the American Forestry Association as a gift. It 

 will cost you $3.00, and the member will receive 

 American Forestry Magazine for a year. 



This will be an ideal Christmas gift for a child 

 or an adult. 



Send the money to the Association and a Christ- 

 mas Card will be sent you to present on Christmas 

 Day. 



