SCENE IN THE NEW CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST 

 Hcmch Reservoir Dam. Altitudc.*4,500 Feet 



MEMORIAL TO EX.PRESIDENT 

 CLEVELAND 



PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, last 

 ir.Miitli signed an executive order 

 by which the San Jacinto Xa- 

 tional Forest, in southern California, 

 has been renamed the "Cleveland Xa- 

 .tional I ; orest." in honor of the Presi- 

 dent who established it. This Forest is 

 at the same time consolidated with the 

 Trabuco Canyon National Fore -4. 



The President made public the fol- 

 lowing letter, which he sent to Mrs. 

 Cleveland : 



"My Dear Mrs. Cleveland : It has re- 

 cently been my privilege to sign a proc- 

 lamation changing the name of the San 

 Jacinto National Forest to the Cleve- 

 land National Forest. May I express 

 to you the very great pleasure it gave 

 me to take that action a pleasure min- 

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with a kern M-n^r < if tin- 1< >ss to our 

 country and to our citizens in the death 

 of President ( 'leveland. 



"On February 22, 1897. President 

 Cleveland signed the proclamation cre- 

 ating the San Jacinto Forest Reserve, 

 m southern California. The date, Feb- 

 ruary 22, was no mere accident, since 

 the signature of the proclamation was 

 timed to coincide with the birthday of 

 our first President. 



"President Cleveland was one of the 

 first to recognize the need of forest 

 preservation, and the creation of the 

 San Jacinto and other forest reserves, 

 with a total area of 25,686,320 acres, 

 was one of the results of his foresight 

 in this direction. 



"Throughout his life he took great 

 interest in conserving the natural re- 



