God\u27s First Temples. How Shall We Preserve Our Forests? The Question Considered by John Muir, the California Geologist-The Views of a Practical Man and a Scientific Observer-A Profoundly Interesting Article. (Communicated To The Record-Union.)

GOD\u273 FIRST TUPLES DOH\u27 SQALt WK PRKIKIIVK OCP. FORESTS? i The Question Considered hy John Hulr, the rail- lornia (ieeloxist—The Views of a Practical M.io and a cleutlflc Observer—A Profoundly ; Interesting Article. Eds. Record-Union: Tbe forests of coniler- I Tho Main Forest lielt distinct fossil soecies have been discovere tbe tertiary ana cretaceous rocks of IJreeal I would like to call attention to this noble i v a few backed and scarred remnants. a zreat enemies of forests are Are aod tbe ax. a destructive effects of tbese, as compated h those caused by the operations of nature, j combined effects of all toese amount only to a i lesome beauty-Droducing \u27 culture. Last! mer I found some five siw mills located ! or near tbe lower edge of tbe Sequoia i \u27into lumber. -One of these (Hyde\u27s), j ited on tbe north fork of tbe Kaweab Of wildcat fat ment produced arbarous methods it the impoverish- Of tbepre by tUeir re Strip off tl KM Importance ,1 with th,.ir ii ,1 I i \u27 n il\u27oks, and tbe wbole S\u27a\u27e, tb (Ml ;l:, i l:i?.l!!:l:vi..-,. . II I :\u27- : 10 i;i\u27! I).\u27fill\u27 lilllll :. all/, c ... msswartbe ru-.-n-duHiuc- fields with di degree than Dripping forests si .ied, together with the roots and meltiogsnow, vet allowing them to ooze and percolate and flow gantly iu uselul fertilizing streams. Indeed every pine n\u27eedle auci outlet, as well as fallen trunks aDd large clasp- veras to the South Fork of King\u27s only In small isolated groves, at and irregularly distributed that cur nearly forty miles in width, th the Calaveras and Tuolumne gro between those ot the Fresno and 1 From King\u27s! \u27 Most of the Fresno big trees a: ently er two gapsoc basins of the Kaweab and Tule \u27Utbern boundary on Deer creek, ily by deep, rocky canyoos, the Dortion of the belt being from Few young trees or saplin therefore there is no use prolong its few dying d-ai in the main a mistaken n tbe species now growim e Northern Groves i them, and a company has been formed by Cbas. \u27 verse to cut tbe noble forest on the south : of KiDg\u27s river. In tbese milling opera- s waste far exceeds use. After tbe choice ng manageable trees have been felled, tbe ids are cleared of limbs and refuse by i reference to further ooeraiious, all the iug off .all hopes ot a rei These Ravages, rt of Ihese pnst-glac than it ationshio between fo elves produce many of the s The 5:ain Forest licit distributed tbrouguout pre-glacial forests. In Tracing the Celt Southward, all the phenomena bearing upon its history eoes to show that tbe dominion of Sequoia Gigantea, as King of California trees, settled in accordance with climate and soil. Tbey fill the woods and form tbe piiucipal tree, growing heartily on solid ledges, along water courses, in the deep, moist soil ot meadows, multitude of thrifty seedlings and saplings crowding arouad tbe agid, ready to take their places and rule the woods. - Nevertheless Nature in bergrandly deliberate way keens up a c crops. Species develop ai \u27s, animal as I js surely beat leugtb kt r~-- 1 \u27 i il /\u27 nr h ) of the sbeeo-in e guessed. They sweep through J Mre, Then is the arch Destroyer Of our forests, at d sequoia forests sutter of all. The you killed ; tte old ar prostrate trunks, reduced to asbes. untries, especially iu F oictbod to , of tbe forces conceived. All tt illegal. A more absurdhttps://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/1021/thumbnail.jp