The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-20
plnni Trees.

Plant Trees.
Hoop RIVER, Oct. II, S99.--Editor
GLACIER: The past ten years have
wrought a great improvement in the
Hood River valley. Each year sees the !
acreage much increased as the timber il !
cut away and the land brought into a
state Of cultivation This is commend
bic and as it should he. Let every acre
OF tillable soil be brought to its highest
state Of productiveness. But, while this
is going on, wish to enter plea against
the threatened denudation Of the entire
valley and petition to property owners
to make an effort to prevent, as far as
possible, the total destruction OF the tree
growth Of the valley Should the pres
ent system OF all cutting and no plant
ing continue, very few years will see
the entire valley as barren as the plains
Of Eastern Oregon, except for the or
chards which are being set out Al
ready our finest driyeways and roadsare
becoming bare and shadeless Beautiful
oaks are ruthlessly destroyed for the
commercial valuo-of the wood they will
make. Everywhere the tree seems TO
be looked upon as an enemy TO be de-
stroyed.
The fame Of the Hood River apple and
strawberry has spread far and wide un-
til the products Of our valley command
a higher market price than any other.
Nature has endowed this favored section
with peculiarly favorable conditions of
soil and climate that produce these un-
equaled results, but let the destruction
of the timber growth continue and the
ultimate result will be a change of eli
matte conditions that will materially
affect the crop production. e
There is but one way by which this
impending danger can be averted, and
that is, plant trees. Plant them by the
roadside and by your homes. Protect
! your orchards and your fields Protect
your orchards by a wind-break OF
screen. The results will be obvious and
gratifying. The listed, wind swept ap-
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: lower valley may be obviated by this
means, besides the benefits accruing
from the tendency of the growth to nit
igate the extremes OF heat and cold and
the increased humidity. Another mo-
tive would be the beautifying OF your
home and farm and the increased value
of it to prospective purchaser Who
could fail to be attracted to home OF. nt
matter how humble pretensons if it j:
tastefully surrounded by flowers anc
shrubs and trees, as compared with the
: barren surroundings OF home exposed
to the burning rays OF the summer SUI
or the cold, bleak winds OF winter.
The advent Of the irrigation canal
s with all its lateral bitches, which II
many instances follow our main tray
= eled roads, now offers an excellent op
portunity for the planting and cultlya
ton OF screens and shade trees. GU
G forests offer a great variety OF indige
e nous trees, both deciduous and ever
i. green, from which to select those bes
, adapted to the conditions OF soil and tn,
! purpose in view Care and judgmen
r should be exercised in selecting varietie
: best adapted to the soil conditions ant
moisture, light and slope of the place
to be planted. No rule can be given TO
j the reason that no systematic effort ha
yet been made by which to determin
) which of the many varieties would bes
0 be adapted to the conditions OF on
r valley.
A A brief list Of our native trees AM
: shrubs which | would suggest, any O
Il which can be secured without cos
e other than the time required to collec
Q them, would be as follows; White Pin
!. (P. Hi0nticOtd), which is Il beautiful tire
T Of rapid growth Yellow Pine (P. pof
derOsd) Douglas Spruce ( IPseulOtSH9t
r Dougtdssii) Pacific Red Cedar Ihoy'
@ gigantda) Tamarack (Ldrir 0oeidtn'
, Gis) Western Heml0ck (7sugd MeI
fensiana); White Fir (Abics grGndiS)
:, Lovely Red Fir (dbies AmdbAis); Nc
y BILE Fir (A nObAjs); Englemann'
.e Spruce (Picen En0tfmdaRi) and Pi
), cific Yew (7drus Jrepyotid0 among th
conifers, and Oregon Ash (Frdrinp
III Oreqdnd); the Cottonwoods, Quakin
= Aspen } P0puI0us trenul0idss); two VI
II rieties Mountain Ash (S0rhus sdD,6uc
e folia and occidentd.cs), different VI
/ ,rieties Of Naples, Chinquapin, etc
h. among tile OcGIulOuS tISCe stlN SllIub
:, The L. s. department Of agriculture
q division OF forestry, has issued a yer
e. interesting circular entitled "Forestr
n for Farmers" which contains muc
+. valuable and interesting informatio
y pertaining to this subject. This can |
u obtained by addressing the department
IS Let each property owner take up Il
subject in proportion to the demand
his own surroundings. II you have
G. corner unfit for cultivation, let the tre'
NJ stand upon it. They will yield a pc
" manent revenue to your farm far in e
rs cess of their value as fuel.
is The writer has heard many commen
RS upon the subject from visitors passii
a. through our valley, and it is throue
" others that We must see ourselves;
eo let us border our roads and surrouI
an our homes with trees, and so lay
Sc foundation OF beauty and inestimah
ho value for generations to follow who W
- rise up to bless the hand tliatplant'
~ the tiny seed or the tender sapling.
II. u. TANGIBLE.
is. Report Of Supervisor HARRISON.
,n- Hoop RIVER, Oct. 10, l800.-Edit