Arizona republican., 1919-07-07

make the civilization of tomorrow.
 The national committee on memorial buildings, with hundred members, has amalgamated with the War Camp Community Service in advising cities and towns in the construction of me morials to the Americans who partici- pated in the war. The committee is tC advise states and municipalities as to suitable and appropriate memorials to perpetuate the glory of the men who fought for humanity. Members of the committee were chosen because of then technical, artistic and literary attain ments.
 Such other movements are under way as that of the state of Indiana, which plans memorial grove for each county. San Francisco has planted a Hero Grove" in Golden Gate park. Secretary Lane is honorary chairman of the committee, and he has sent to 5000 cities and towns of the countrs letters in which a living memorial" is suggested as the most appropriate and lasting form of memorial
 Historic Vinny Ridge which saw some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting of the war, is to be vast memorial park to the Canadian soldiers. Fitted as it is with shell holes and craters made by mines it can never be turned again into agricultufa al land; and so the Canadian government will plant on it the naples of Canada. It has been suggested that in the same way the Argonne be made an American park, T shrine hallowed by the blood of Amer ican soldiers. A plan is now being urged for Roads of Remembrance in France which will lead from one fa- nous battle ground to another or from one cemtery 10 another. The great army that died must ever be kept m | remembrance" Clemenceau said The imperial war graves commission is now working to mark every grave for Great Britain believes in hallowing the spot where her heroes lie buried.
 | So does the general tendency. a, j; home and abroad, seem to be toward | the planting of trees as memorials 1 Highway improvement and tree plant | ing go hand in hand and trees are l teing planted along highways in many parts of the country. Different species 1 of trees are to be planted along the various roads in Michigan for which 1 $50, 100000 has been voted, according to W. $. Linton, of the state tax corS mission, and member of the state | good roads association. Along the highway from Chicago to Saginaw wal
 nut trees are to be planted and tins
 will be called the Victory highway
 The people along the route have promised to improve and beautify
 their property. This is a good illus tration of the way in which tree
 planting leads to other civic improve
 ment. The state of Maryland is one
 of the first to get it's highway program
 under way. The National Defens.
 highway between Bladensburg and An
 napolis is being developed.
 In Delaware, little further up, the Du Pont highway, which is to put z ribbon through the state from end tC
 end, is being laid out with an elabo-
 rate plan for border Identification
 The road reservation is 200 feet wid, which allows scme seventy feet on eacl
 side for landscape garden scheme On this highway there will be nor, than mere row of trees on each side It's borders will be converted into dem.
 onstration strips to show to the prop.
 erty owners the possibilities of al manner of tree culture.
 l Accustomed as she is to perform ances on a stupendoUs scale, it is helt
 that the proposal here put forth should
 appeal to the imagination of America
 and that this highway from one coas to the other, bordered all the way by towering trees, as a living monumen to the heroes of this war to which tht United States gave purpose, ma, come to be a reality.