The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-05-25
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BRANCHES IN ALL III 'N'''
Next Tuesday is Memorial Day
day dedicated to the memory h''
of those brave men VINO gave .n
lives that the principles OF our Ia.
ion might be perpetuated, but aiso =.
memorv of that bloody quarrel "ni.i
seemed necessary to the flhai ceiiene
inc of the people of all OF our States
into one strong solid government
II is 40 wears now since the mar
shall strains of fife and uruni De'
time to the tread of our counliys oe'
manhood. in that great civil struss'e'
Of the hundred thousands VINO so
nroudlv defended their flag ana caiiie
home to again take up the civil ille,
but few remain. / am not an OLD man
and % years age, in my boy hood'
remember when the veterans iiiaue :"
long colum marching through the
cemetery to lay flowers on a rev
graves of those comrades who had
answered hurried calls. Now the
column of sturdy men has dwindled 10
a few individuals, white haired, bent
and tottering. They no longer march
to the camp of the dead. The Flower
baskets are carried by surer hands
though they be the hands of children.
The Memorial Day of my childhood
is a memory. The Memorial Day of
to-day will soon be gone. A few mole
short years and the services in the
cemetery will be turned over to
the younger generation, as already is
the general program
Here's to the brave veterans who
still survive. In bedecking the graves
of the dead let us not forget TO honor
the living. No greater tribute can
pay than to say that l never knew
a veteran of the civil war who was
not an enthusiastic supporter OF ed
ucation and morality. OF the few who
still live there are some who are very
dear to me. One. !. remember. who on
the morning my father died, when
/ was but 10, picked me up in his
!. arms and in choking voice called God
TO witness his vow to love and care
for the comrades stricken family.
That circumstances took us away frosr
his neighborhood does not dim the
memory nor lessen the respect. The
old soldiers had--have-their faults
but they were-are-men Of big
hearts.
Do you know I'd rather you'd love
me a little now than a whole lot
after while.
Do you know Of anything hard
err to do than to say good bye
! don't. Sometimes l think l wish
my friends would sneak away with
out seeing me, but of course / dom
really.
Why is it? Why do our hearts
swell until they crowd our lungs
Why do tears start unbidden? Thu
one friend living near us for year
may often receive cross word
from us. We will let weeks pass wit
out visiting them. They might al
most get sick and die without on
knowing about it. Yet the minut
they are gone how We long TO
just another half hour. How man
things we wanted to say. HOY
many things we wanted to do.
1t always makes me think of tina
old hymn that they used to sing a
babies funerals doleful hymn,-an
yet one that always made peopl
think too: IF We knew that baby
fingers, pressed against the. windo,
pane, would be cold and stiff tomol
row, never trouble us again" That
the way it makes me feel, but tn
first thing know l am Iorgett
ing all about the feeling again an
neglecting the friends l have by m,
All we'll if it wasn't for our Sol
rows we'd be forgetting how t
appreciate our pleasures.
After all a life time Is only a lit
time; a small fraction of all the tin
man knows anything about; lie.
than a speck in eternity. Why shou
friends part?
The most important timber tree
the Pacific northwest is Douglas Fl
Known by several different nam,
in different sections of the coast,
comprises from so to so per cent
the standing timber and Fortunately +
the future of the forests OF the p,
cific Northwest, the Douglas Fir is
vigorous tree which produses witt
out much assistance and often again
severe obstacles, excellent Secon
growth stands.
Fire does the most injury to the
forests, both in it's direct and indi
ect damaging effects, for parasit
fungi enter the tree through the sea
due to fire, grow, feed upon the woo
and produce decay.
The general welfare of the Pacif
Northwest demands that the lumb
industry be prepetuated and that Il
potential cumberland of these Stat
remain productive of the create