The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-30
rnE COTTONWOOD TREES.

the question OF cutting down
the cotton bearing trees has been q
live issue in Albuquerque during that
season when the huge trees cease 10
b" a beauty and a blessing but an
unqualified post. Old-timers tell us
the matter has been at issue each
hummer for thirty years. We ave
never braccd nal courage to h
point ~ cutting down n single cotton
bearing tree. save where u became
necessary to make way Tor "A build
ius, "a sidewalk. or In later years, "a
street pavement.
Reluctance 10 cut down these
splendid treas Is not MY not sur
prising. II 81 natural and very hui
man. Many Of us have planted cot
eonwoods and watched them grow
from saplinGs into giant trees, To
cut one Of them down Is IN "A degree
like destroying one of the family. In
this country. OF uIl lands. the de-
siruction Of a mad tree Of any kind
seems a positive sin. our beautiful
~ shaded residence districts are one
~ our mos. attractive features with
THESE and other thoughts in mind
We have gone on from year TO year
enduring the awful cotton pest. We
have tried boring holes In the cot
ton bearers and injecting mysterious
solutions into the rising sap in early
Epring. We have tried trimming the
trees to the bone, 50 thar In season
after season Instead OF shade trees
we have hai unsightly skeletons lin
ing the streets. We have tried a
blazing. oil-soaked rag. on the end
OF "A fishpole. 10 the infinite danger
Of "a property and the lives OF the
mhnipuiators. These and other
means have been tried to ria ny ~
the cotton. nut nature made the fe-
male OF The cotton species 20 bear
cotton and cotton viii she bear 80
long as lie lasts. You can no more
bent nature In n cottonwood tree
than you can In q tumbieweed. The
only way To make "A cotton bearer
stop bearing Is Ia cut IL down.
So We nave TO choose between he
big cotton bearers and the annual
six weeks Of innamed noses. blinded
eyes, ana awful menace Of fire. and
the loss Of the shade they give US.
The mayor he having every cotton
hearing tree IN Albuquerque marked
II b. the first time anyone has gone
80 far before. II the nerve Of the
city government lasts. the trees viii
bs removed during the coming win
ter Much as We love the shade. we
hope the mayors determination 90
rid Albuquerque OF the cotton pest
ana It's follower, the pest of worms.
viii issi to full maturity. Il will
mean the loss Of about one-half OF
the finest shade trees In Aihuquer-
que and that losH IL a heavy one
Yet In the tace Of il. we believe a
large majority OF the people, we're
IL submitted 10 them. would vote TO
cut the trees.
HAY fever in aggravated form Is
more common In Albuquerque han
IN any other city in the Rocky noun
tain region. II IL blamed By many
Co tlg Inflammation originally set up
by the cotton which not only goes
% the uttermost rccesses Of the nasal
passages, hut even pe%ne,rates the
lungs. The hre danger is a very
serious one, indeed The ruin OF a
lawn In the vicinity Of one cotton
bearing tree 81 any size 81 practically
certain These facts by themselves.
aside from the general discomfort
caused by the cotton. should bee
enough 10 put au end 10 any hesi-
tation the city government may have
about sacrincius shade and munich
pai beauty.
After All there are other handsome
and fast gr9 ing trees which thrive
here There are nOu perhaps, that
do quite a. we'll are 30 hardy and ~
uoh rapid growth, but With prompt
planiins of wen grown trees as the
ooaton bearing veterans are taken
out, and with careful Watering of
INC substitutes. a very few years will
see our streets a. we'll shadcd aH they
are today This BE- a surgical opera
tion, and Ike most operations OF the
kind. is painful But The health,
comfort and happiness 81 the pa
tient demands hat h be- performed
without further delay.
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