The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-02
TREE TRIMMERS BUSY
Northwestern Telephone Co. Has Those
Along lie Lines Trimmed Up and
~ Cared For.

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This Is tree trimming season In Far
80. The spring Of the year Is the
best time for pruning the trees and
putting them in good condition and
as a general rule the people take adj
vantage Of this fact and the, profess
sibnai tree trimmer lis kept very busy
through the months of March, April
and May but this year Fargoans have
an unusual OPPORTUNITY to have their
Shade trees put in condition and many
of the property owners are having it
done without a cent Of cost. ir.
& DESTROYS of cutting away surplus
branches and limbs wherever they in
terfered with or were likely to be.
come entangled with its wires the
Northwestern Telephone Co. has secur-
ed the services OF L. D. Porter, a tree
trimmer of experience. and has Offer
Led to. trim all the trees along its
right of way Not only are the
branches which are interfering with
the telephone wires being cut away
but every tree along the street is car
Jed for and properly trimmed whenever
the permission of the property owner is
secured Operations were begun sew
eTai days ago and already Porter and
bis assistants have done considerable
work, having trimmed all the trees on
Tenth and Eleventh avenues north
from Seventh street for four blocks
west and on Seventh street between
4 the two. avenues. Mr.. Porter is skill
ed at the work and under his direcL
u fAnpA.. tv~sS1 hat kx.ss~
fllat they presents a handsome t4p-
|sPsafance and when the leaves have
come out the long rows of symetrically
trimmed shade trees arching these
streetswlll give "a very beautiful ef-
feet. Ell.
!. The telephone company is Offering
to. do the same thing on all the streets
where its wires are strung. So far
no difficulty has been experienced in
securing the permission OF the prop-
erty owners whenever they could be
seen as all recognize the benefit to be
derived from having the. appearance
of their lots improved bysputting the
trees into proper condition..
Speaking of the work Mr.. Porter
pointed out trees which had not been
trimmed when they needed it, show
ing where large branches had been
snapped and torn by contact with the
wires when If a few little twigs had
been cut on all the friction would
have been avoided and the big branch
res saved. In other cases huge limbs
| had been allowed to die and rot ON
the trees giving them a very bad APP
peRrance which, would have been
greatly improved by a little, trimming
There is some difference OF opin-
lion, as ito the best time of year to trim
trees said Mr. Porter. almost ali
who know anything about it agree
| that the early spring is the time to
Icut of thestwigs but some say that II
would be better to wait until summer
Ibefore amputating the large limbs and
hranches. It Is my opinion, however
It Is just as well to do the latter al
this time OF the year. a.l4,5s .ss
The roots Of the trees deyelou ia
proportion TO the weight which thew
must support and IL the limbs are cut
away, at this time before the roots
have gotten their simmer growth, It
prevents a part OF them growing out
and then dying when the limbs are cut
away, and there isFn no further need for
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