The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-11-06
Trees Along Country Roads.

The state forestry department of New
York has taken up line of work that
ought to have commanded the attention
of the authorities of every state in the
country years ago. 1t is making a
special effort to induce the planting of
trees along country roads and in villages.
1t urges that these are desirable both for
their products, for identifying the
highways and for shading the thorough
fares during the summer months. This
is matter that every township and
county could and should have attended
| to when roads were laid out, but it Is
better late than never. Trees along the
roadside drain the road by the rapid
absorption of water through their roots,
and roadway properly constructed,
drained and ditched is beautified and
improved by native trees furnishing
grateful shade to the traveller and pre-
| vents accumulation of dust to great
extent.
The state forester of New York de-
clares that for shade trees nothing has
been found that will equal the American
elm and hard maple for wide roads.
The elms should be not less than 20 feet
apart and no shade trees in city or
country should be allowed to crowd or
interfere with each other until they at
tain their full size and natural growth.
One glaring defect in city shade trees is
that they are placed so thickly together
that they cannot become symmetrical
and graceful. No shade trees should be
placed at less distance than 30 feet
from each other. In Owosso the
beauty of majority of the shade trees
is married by their being placed so close
ly together that they are not permitted
to expand naturally, but are choked by
each other. 1t is somewhat strange
that municipal regulations are not i'm
posed in the matter of shade trees,
thereby enhancing the beauty of the
public thoroughfares.
Transplanted or second growth hard
naples along country road, or thorough
fare attain large size if properly cared
for, and there are other varieties Of
trees, such as the horse chestnut, black
cherry and soft maple that can be used,
although the latter are liable to become
wormy. Shade trees should not be
chosen from variety of woodl that is
brittle. Nutbearing trees, the chestnut,
hickory and butternut are available for
shade trees and although they may
suffer from depredations of boys they
have peculiarities of limbs that are pleas
ing.
Shaded thoroughfares possess other
advantages. They are cooler and more
desirable for residence purposes, and the
air is purer by reason of the foliage
which inhales carbonic acid and exhales
oxygen. The leaves absorb the poison
Gus gases generated in hot weather by
the decomposition of animal and vege-
table matter, and thus an active source
of disease is eliminated. 1t is proven
that during the hot season the inciden-
tai diseases are not so prevalent in
streets and localities which are protect
ed from the heat of the sun by large
shade trees. AT q recent meeting of
the New York Medical society resolu-
ton was adopted in which the opinion
was expressed that lone of the most eff
fective means for mitigating the intense
heat of the summer months and dimin-
ishing the death rate among children is
the cultivation of an adequate number
of trees in the streets"
There are other commemorative that
might proftably take up the suggestions
of the New York forester, and moreover
there should be more attention paid to
shade trees in municipalities.
The mother who would be Mortified
at the thought of letting her daughter
wander away to strange country with
out guide or counsel, yet permits her to
enter that unknown land of womanhood
without counsel or caution. Then, in
utter Ignorance, the maiden must meet
physical problems whose solution will
affect her whole future life. DR..
Pierces Favorite Prescription has been
well named "God-send to women.
1t corrects irregularities and imparts
such vigorous vitality to the delicate
womanly organs, as fits them for their
important functions. Many nervous,
hysterical, peevish girl has been changed
to happy young woman after the use
of ''Favrite Prescription" has establish
ed the sound health of the organs pecu
liarly feminine
Every woman should own copy of
the Peoples Common Sense Medical Adj
wiser. sent free on receipt of 81 one-cent
stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
The same book of 1908 pages in substan-
tial cloth for 81 stamps Address DR..
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Grand Trunk culvert through
which the water of Comstock Creek
passes will be lowered within week.