The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-01
A Savings Account
Emerson Branch. r. G. MAsTERT0N, MGR.

look very mach like picture Of tree,
only upside down. Atree without leaves
would die just - certainly ~ man
without lungs and for thst Same reason.
Bat trees can talk. You may not always
understsnd tho words they say, but oven
whom you heae two foreigners speaking
in an unknown Language, it is not din.
cult to arrive st some idea of what they
are talking about. Tho Language Of
trees is very significant. Besides each
family has different dialect. The cone
folks seem always OF mournful nature
and though they sometimes sing it is al.
ways in tho u,inor keys. The willows
are sort Of secretive tribe and mostly
say "wkist" whist while the great oaks
roar in deep base. It is grand chorus
that the musical director makes with the
wind and bough instruments at his com
mand in the tree band.
Did YOU say chat because you live in q
great city and far from the forests, that
all you know of trees are the dust laden
aad smoked specimens along the city
highwayss My friend you are mistaken,
yon have only to look about you where.
ever you are, in Office, fat, or factory,
the trees are there. You don't even
have to rise from your chair, take hold
of its arm, and you are shaking hands
with a tree. Trees are the most common
thing in life. They are a part of every.
ones daily life and almost every minute
you are using trees or their products in
some form or other.
You may not, like the botanist, be able
to tell tree that is only three inches
high, you might not know blade oi
grass that has grown to fifty feet high
as it does in some tropical countries from
q tree, but nevertheless trees you have
always with you.
On the summer night, whom the music
of rain drops sngs lullaby that send.
Iyou into sweet sleep you even forget *
dream Of the ''roof-tree" that protect.
lyou and yours.
We are not attempting in this brie
Ispace to tell the reader all about thu
Tree family. The above are only sug
lgest,ve. But, the point is, that We. al
of US, no matter where We live. no matter
what our business is, owe much to thai
family.
"And the earth brought forth gras.
and the herb yielding seed after hi.
kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose
seed was in itself, after his kind, anc
God saw that it was good"
"And the evening and the morning
was the third day."
God planted the first trees and the
first "Arbor Day" was the ''evening and
the morning Of the third day" of creation
"And out of the ground made the Lore
God to grow every tree that is pleasan,
to sight, and good for food"
i God in those days of wonderful crea
ton did much which He Himself called
"good" but perhaps in no other one Of
His Divine conceptions did He combine
at once so much of both beauty and
utility. Trees have all the beauties Of
the most brilliant and delicate flowers,
their fruits form large parts of the food
necessary for man, beast and bird, while
the uses Of the tree substances are in.
Vulnerable. Growing they are the natu.
raj homes of the feathered tribes, and as
timber nine. .tenths Of the human race
live under their shelter.
4 But God did not give man these forests
that he planted. He only lends them to
man. Every man who uses tree should
replace 1t with another-and as We have
jshown all men use trees. It is q debt
you owe to God and to humanity. The
climatic effects Of forests alone demand
the replsnting Of trees. II you look at
it only from selfish point Of view you
should plant the trees. There 10 no crop
planted that grows with less labor. there
10 mono that brings greater returns fos
tho labor, than trees. Five ysara win
make wind break, ton years will make
'Ia shady grove, fifteen years will make
lootd-wood and the latter alone 10 . pay.
!; ling Drop only when you have the grove
lyou will think It too valuable tor its very
besuty's SAKE to allow tho sxe TO mar II.
J gsateful shade or subtract it's value
from The farm or residence lot
Nay Day. to-day. was appointed b,