Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-18

inches in circumference at the butt.
The professor is now sending some to
the st, Louis fair Some varieties
grow TO "A height of 500 feet, some yield
large quantities of gum which Is 50
per cent tannin and Is used for tanning
leather. Another variety blossoms dur
ing the three months when the flowers
do not, and 80 furnishes honey for the
bees. The leaves Of another are good
food for cattle, while another gives
wood almost as hard as mahogany.
Some varieties furnish one OF the most
valuable Of the medical oils the flowers
of others most fragrant and lasting
perfume.
All make good wood and lumber and
forests Of such trees will help draw
from the clouds showers whose value
to the state win be greater than that
Of all the gold that viii ever come from
her mines,
The mountains Of all our western
states must be reforested or they will
cease 10 draw and retain the moisture
which Is the very lie of the com munl-
ties that dwell In them.
Yet all the state universities, schools
and public spirited men and women
OF our country encourage the planting
of the best trees and preservation Of
our forests as this Is one Of the most
Vital questions now before us.
What does he plant who plants n tree
lie plants a friend Of sun and sky;
He plants the flag OF breezes Free
The shaft OF beauty towering high;
He plants n home to heaven anigh
For song and mother-croon of bird
In hushed and happy twilight heard
The treble Of heavens harmony
These things he plants who plants a
tree.
What does he plant who plants tree?
He plants cool shade and tender rain,
And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fade and flush again.
He plants the glory of the plain;
lie plants the forest heritage
The harvest Of the coming age;
The JOY that unborn eyes shall see
These things he plants who plants a
tree.
What does he plant who plants tree?
lie plants, in sap and leaves and
wood,
In love Of home and loyalty,
And far-cast thought Of civil good
Ills blessing on the neighborho0d
Who in the hollow of his hand
Holds all the growth of all our land
nations growth from sea TO sea
Slirs IN his heart who plants tree.
FINE MINERAL WATER.
While hunting for oil In the western
suburbs of Los Angeles a company
bored a hole down into the earth
1850 feet. at this depth the drill
passed through three feet Of white
marble and Immediately there gushed
out a large stream of water, which
now supplies the famous Bimlni baths.
The water comes up at the rate of 1850
gallons a minute. lQ4 degrees hot, and
Is much the same In chemical compost
ton as the famous yichy water of
France and the Settler water of Ger
many, 1t contains 81 grains OF carbon
ate Of soda or washing soda with II
grains OF table salt and two grains Of
magnesia TO each gallon, It is a most
excellent mineral water for bathing and
for rheumatcs and certain kinds OF
dyspeptics, many OF whom have been
cured by its use. The man who dis
covered the commercial and medicinal
value OF this excellent water and who
had the brains and courage and money
to bring the baths to their present state
or perfection Is a Or. Edwards, one OF
the great men OF the west,
ON THE sMOOT CASE.
during n recent interview with the
doctor he learned I was from Utah
when he said TO me; II don't know
how you regard the smoot investiga-
tion, but I'll tell you it is a piece OF
pure persecution OF the Mormon
Church"
The doctor at one time was a dem
list. He was the originator OF the con
servatlve Life Insurance company of
Los Angeles, now q very strong and
progressive company. He said To me:
II notice by the papers that Gov. Wells
MIR. w. $. Mccormick and other leading
men OF your state have recently organ
ICED and started the Continental Life
Insurance company. II Is the right
thing for the people OF Utah TO do: 10
Keep their money tt home by insurng
In home company that liz Differed
by such set OF reliable men,"
LOS ANGELES PARKS.
Los Angeles has some beautiful