Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-23

to see, at least in the city, the follow
ing methods fully executed with the
attendant results. A man Is sent to
grove for trees TO plant along the
street. He gruts out some in size
and shape suitable either for fishing
rods or telephone poles they are
carried to the place where they are
to be set, then after the lapse of sew
eral days of exposure to sun and wind
the trees are pruned with a spade,
or axe post holes are dug and the
trees thrust into them; few shovel
fuls of dirt are thrown on the roots
and then they are left as a monu-
ment! Well, you can read the cpl
taph; Died Without a leaf When
We see such Things going on continu-
ously We are reminded of the ex-
carnations of those incorrigible boys,
Bulge ard TOddle, when they saw
pine box hauled through the streets:
There goes another deader." 1t is TO
correct such practices that We look
with considerable encouragement to
the simple exercises of Arbor day in
day exercise may be the entering
wedge to a permanent place for a
more rational method of instruction
relating TO plant life. 1t was long
time before the elements OF physiol-
ogy and hygiene found place in the
school curriculum, though people had
lived and suffered long before it was
thought expediont TO give to The
masses instruction how to care ror
their bodies so as to promote the Sen-
eral health OF the community. lTom
the present trend of pedagogic thought
toward nature study may we not in
dulge reasonable hope that before
long it will achieve a wonderful sue
cess in the promotion o. arbori:ul-
ture?
It may not be Inappropriate at this
time to call attention to some trees
for planting along our streets. The
Sugar Maple. a queen among decidu-
GUS trees, an ornament to any lawn,
park or street, but it does not, how
ever. succeed so well in large cities
on account OF the smoke nuisance
and where it's roots must be confined
beneath brick pavements; like the
oak, it does not take kindly to the TOO
great familiarity of men and the
trampling of many feet. The Norway,
Red and Silver naples succeed better
under such conditions. The Ash
L.eaved Maple, which has been So ex.
tensvely planted in the Northwest,
has lost some of its prestige OIL ac.
count of the box-elder bugs which
have become so numerous of late that
in some sections the people have de-
clsred war against the trees and bugs.
The extreme sociability of these bugs
in bright bordered vestments cause
a good many nervous people to resent
their too great familiarity with good
deal of feeling The question natu
rally arises, owing to the tenantry
system which prevails in cities which
in a measure destroys the sense of
proDrictorship in these trees so that
they are frequently neglected and of
ten exposed to many injuries, should
not the city government, or park com
missoners, be authorized to use in
secticidcs on all trees planted be.
tween the sidewalks and streets
whenever they are attacked by vul
Derable insects, and also to defend
these trees from mutilation by line
men and perambulating tree butchers
who annually seek victims to dcface
and whose treatment ultimately ends
in decay and death. While we arc
slow to concede to an invasion of in
dividual rights by corporate authority
ret there are times when the indi
vidual neglects to perform or disro-
! ards civic duty, then 1t is neces-