The Twin City star., 1919-01-18
Thousands MaD
Be Planted Along
/ BouleYards and.
CountfD Highways
During Coming
Year.

KS SM M3CMt1OUSANDS or memorial
El@g NlX trees for the soldier he
~ ~ roes Of the great wal
3@.y g.6D will be planted by the
SN@fs s&lNs3 states Of the union dur
ESaS& Ing 1919. The American
s - Forestry association haa
received heartiest approval Of Its plans
to honor the soldier dead from govern.
ors. councils of defense. women's clubs
and patriotic organizations.
In the District of Columbia an cave
nue. Of the Allies is suggested to the
board of commissioners by the asso-
ciation. the avenue to be planted with
trees In honor of the allied nations.
In Chicago q "Pershing Boulevard" has
been suggested In resolution offered
Dy Alderman Anderson to the city
council. A letter was sent to Alder
man Anderson by Charles Lathrop
rack. president of the American For
estry association, urging such boule-
vard be lined with memorial trees.
TO Henry Kiel, mayor of st. Louis
. letter was also sent urging the plant
ing OF memorial trees as proper: set
ung Tor the memorial under discus
sion there. "A letter to Mayor james
cowgirl of Kansas City, makes a sim
'iar suggestion. Gov. Arthur Capper
OF Kansas has written the association
indorsing planting of memorial trees
along the motor highways that traverse
that state.
state Forester Approves Plan.
3. w. Besley. state forester Of Mary
land wrote the association approving
the plan. Letters were sent to Mrs.
Austin Gallagher, Chairman Of the
shade tree division of the civic League,
end to Maj. J.. w. Shirley Of the city
Plan committee suggesting that me-
mortal trees be planted In connection
with the memorial. In Baltimore.
The board Of directors Of the Amer.
lean Forestry association wrote a let.
eeg ~ Mayor. Hylcn Of New York city
urging tlfe Incorporation OF memorial
tree planting IN the big pians New
York city has under way.
William Howard Taft. a, vice nresi.
dent Of the American Forestry associ-
ation;- urges the planting of memorial
trees. and the Lincoln Highway asso-
citation has taken up the plan of the
American Forestry association in tho
states through which the highway
passes. Mr.. Taft says:
some fitting and appropriate me-
moriah fol. our soldier dead would be
rows 6f fine trees planted along the
great through highways Of the various
states. They will stand there for many
generations to come and keep fresh in
the minds Of the passers-by the heroic
deeds Of the young Americans who
gave their lives that freedom, and
justice and truth might not perish
from the earth. ! heartily commend
the plan"
France found ut least one and
quarter million acres Of her forests de-
EtrOyed as she occupied the territory
hald BY tha, Germanssin her war-swept
northern and eastern sections, was the
announcement to the New York sec.
tion Of the Appalachian Mountain club,
bya III. Pack.
4 Franes Sacrificed Forests.
'.Ths United States" said Mr.. Pack,
~shopld feel the deepest sympathy with
yfsnce oyer the loss Of her magnificent
forests 90 many Of which have fallen
before the devastating hand Of the
GermanA while behind the lines It was
the French forests which were called
upon to provide a large part OF. the
timber needed \ for war purposes In
France By the allies. About one and
. quarter million Of acres of forest
land lay within the territory occupied
By the Gernaans IN their advance
through France. It will require many
years to get these forests, which had
been built up By long and careful thrift
and conservation, to anything like pre-
war condition. This IL one Of the
great sacrifices which France has been
compelled TO make, as millions Of her
population were dependent In one way
pe another on woodworking industries.
Their work and their source. Of income
has been cut on. Nyen before the war
u was necessary for France to import
. part Of her wood for manufacturing
parposes. Id addition to the vast
amounts that Will be required for re-
sccnstfpction work, France will need
wood for her working Industries
and her. people who have depended on
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FlTsE contrahand Of War.
Il During the. war between Spain and
Holland, in the latter part OF the six-
teenth century and early In the seven
tenth centnry both those powers acted
with 30 much rlgor toward ships Of ev-
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