The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-10

tons of Nebraska and Kansas, where
native trees are almost unknown, the
efforts of the people to grow trees are
almost pathetic. They go to far-away
canyons, dig up dwarfed and crooked
trees, plant and watch over them with
tender care, as though they were mem
bers of the family. In New York and
other portions of the east they have
learned the value of trees, and every
well-balanced farm has it's wood lot,
as carefully and neatly cared for as
any other part of the farm. Dead and
matured trees are cut out for fuel, all
underbrush removed, the trees thinned
out, and the ground covered with
clover and bluegrass, giving to the
tract the appearance of park. There
where the population is dense and land
scarce and valuable they have cared
for the trees as one passes through
through on trains the feeting chances
of those beautiful woodlands lends to
| the country a charm that one never
| forgets.
In this country We have not only
neglected to plant and cultivate trees,
but in many cases we have ruthlessly
| and needlessly destroyed them. In
the timbered portions of our country
the settlers seem to despise the trees
and are not content until every one
is removed from about the home, when
a few fine trees left about the buildings
would add to the beauty of the place
and be of value as windbreaks and
ornaments. In a few cases, like that
of Mr.. Munson's place, few trees
have been left, and when one passes
"Cozy Cove" as his home is called
one admires the beauty of his trees
and they add greatly to the appear
ance of his home. B. o. Erickson and
few others might be mentioned who
had the good judgment to leave native
trees about their buildings, but most
settlers in the foothills have removed
the trees from about the homes, thus
destroying the native beauty and rem
dering the spot desolate and barren. |
groves and now have beautiful trees |
that make the home attractive and
pleasant.
1t is thought by many that the lack
of trees and comfortable farm homes
drives a majority of the boys and |
girls to the city. The beautiful old
homestead, nesting among the trees
SO influences the lives of those reared |
beneath it's branches that the home
ties are rarely broken. The young man
or woman brought up amid such sur
seldom tires of country life,
settles there, and becomes a lover of
things rural.
And in most cases where school
houses have been built in the timber
the trees have all been removed, rem
1ering the grounds bare and uninviting
and none was replanted to take their
places and furnish shade for the child ,
zen. At Evergreen schoolhouse, north
east of town, fine grove of pines has ,
been left, and it is to be hoped they '.
will be preserved and cared for, and
hat some day a new schoolhouse will
be built among them. Our public
school grounds should be large, so that
| part of the tract might be planted to $
rees, which in time would provide a
splendid place for holding out-of-door !, n
Meetings and picnics and be a source n
# pleasure and profit to the children. 4
| love this country and l like to {
ream of its beauty, when We shall
lave well-built highways, bordered n
lere and there. with stately trees; IN
yhen every farmhouse will be sur Il
ounded by beautiful groves; when n
lany of our splendid trees of pines
nd frs will be preserved, our school
rounds inviting and full of interest,
instead of crude and meaningless; IN
hen the native trees along the roads 81
Jul LiluDSI IduuS Will U6 saved LOT IL
lture generations, making beautiful lf
r1veways for country and city travel n
rs. Such a condition would bring r
lr country fame for it's beauty, as it q
ow has for its fertility; it would n
lltivate in our hearts love for the
sautiful in nature, and be source Of
easure and joy to those who live in
e country, and those who live in the d.
ty could share in it's beauties 1t lPl
ould create in all of us a love and ca
'ide for our country, which is so | tn
cely expressed in the following lines, u,
ritten by an Idaho woman absent W
ON her home but longing to come Oh
Ick: Cl
aho, heart of the highlands,
On the plains am longing for you tn
n the snow-crown's adjoining your We
sky-lands, III
Piercing deep into heavens of bile. tn
II the canyons where torrents are XII