Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-29
GREAT VALUE OF TREES
A FACTOR IN LIFE BEYOND THE
COMMERCIAL ONE.


trees and lumber as II shade, fruit ana
building materials We're all for "hich
the trees were good. VI course the
artistic eye looks at them 1or peauty'
the entomoiogist as harpors lor III
sects ana the potanlst LOT herparium
specimens, put the true lover OIL the
tree thinks OF 1t IN It's VIDE Value TO
all living things IN the universe.
Though trees lack the power OF VolI'
ton and nave no nervous system III
the ordinary sense or the word, they
are highly organized lorms Oh NE.
They accomplish vast amount OF ac-
tual work IN day ana earn thelr Nv
Ing as surely as you ana 40. Iheir
work Is the WORLDS work OF the unset
fish kind. They struggle for self-pres-
ervation and the perpetuatlon OIL thelr
species; they return to the soil and to
the atmosphere materials loaned them
for food; they are altrulsuc IN proVlu-
Ing an abundance OF frult LOT tne use
OF others, they furnlsh grate1ul shaoe
to man and beast, are the refuSe Oh
birds and insects and add TO the
Think OF the linden tree on the Mill
side! In autumn 1t sets sail its winged
nuts upon the breeze. Blown down the
hillside, a few are buried under the
dry leaves and the soft coVerlet Oh
winters SHOWS. In March tne sun
shine seeks them out. Moisture mas
softened the tough shell OF the nut.
thrnhC
touch or warmth, turns, llfts a hand'
and, creeping through a break IN the
shell, buries Itself in the ground. It's
the instructive baby hand grasping a
protecting mother, and the kindly STEP
mother OF the infant tree Is Mother
Earth. This first tiny hand Is the
hold-fast root. Next comes one waved
aloft to greet the sunshine. Thls ten
uer CROWN throws issue 'he ou.-
sfu"h hu' eieii anu ue,elop' e.ii y!
cen into u uhh' pi"neh' ."iS an" ie"i
o1 ,ne iinueh tlee ounsnins' o & wa wa mn
"nu ' iiio'n s,i, u,e iioip ~ "ions, Du' ,Ho
pitious h'lle tiee Nno"' iio" " 'o'A
gu. ioi i'seil do wei
o'iii'aii"hs eonsiuei 'he IL ,uhh 'ne
Apol tan' p",1 " a. ,',i,, - unn
% "io1 ,n''hesnil. y. n..sutI ,,s, "n.e 80
"" eiS ',oi. anu Us ~ nv INC ID.
VI SIS Vi .ne .i.e..ne 80 VI
""s ~ -. -
~, ~ ntei SUNSHINE , a.. 49,
oions ',
Hui 49, ' 9 ~,
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e"l VI Naeei anl ininel a. ni''ei "ie
up"" w u. p,oee's VI
piii"l9 az ., ~ W ,ne - .no
eto"n anu ,ne Ia ~. us'..on ta
~ "Son' ',..,l p a ,,e.. raos 80
dor,dod of tboir 1ooros INV coterniIlors
and other rischievous +hinps ara do.
,rired of tbe;r stomacbs and 1unos ,t
once
.,.u .,. .,- .iiou' 10y ICY anu ainine
',, .nv iinuen ieaoi' ~ 80 any .e',
"ti w, 'ne - u'i appiies W aii "iu
49, 80 Nv" 30 M 20 sp, eau ~
,no 1u' ,.., unuei 'iuo
M ~, nc ie"A ,i's q uii en' "ppeai M.
.i'au. 10 'euei anu He' "oih
VI e,nnS pote'' ee.ion piaeeu
un 'no oDIIS'iou y, 'n1 ni'i o'eopo
,, e,eai' 'inS 'e,i9 i1iieu WIN sieenisn
iiquiu e"iieu enioiopnSh' "Aiei pias
an iiipoi az p'i' ~ INC uonie9'ie
ECONOMY VI Inc 'iee' " neii unuises.eu
4ooi 1iuni 'no Siou,ii n"S oven cai iieu
" ,Ne iea'es 'n1 enioiopnS seiAe. ~
anu uhuei 'ne lnnuence vi suniisn'
'ii'ns' 10 nun i'niiient' he ciiio-
iopnsh eiso pieahs up Tue eurDoh
uioN'uo VIZ "n,cn =. eonies iI'o col-
=. 80 "nu ,rt. iei 4pa a..ns .ne oA' seA' ''4u'
IL ou' in'o INC ti'inosi'leie'
Dlgested 1000 materials are carried
from the leaves to all parts OF the tree
ana aid IN It's growth. Leaves, as the
lungs, are necessary IN the process OF
breathing. Like animals, the tree
needs oxygen ana breathes much after
the manner OF human being. Not
only Is the hfe-giVlng air taken into
the lungs, or leaves, but 1t is inhaled
through tlny openings in the bark,
just as man and animals transpirc