Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-07-31

Now the time for national action has arrived
Thus the time is ripe for roads and trees for
remembrance. The United States is going TO ex-
pend S5O0.O00OO0 in the next few years on ma
tiona highway system of interstate arterial
routes II only remains to be what agency
of the federal government is to have charge of
the construction. If the department of agricu-
ture and the state highway commissions do the
work. the government and the states will share
the expense, half and half If a highway com
mission is established by congress to have
charge of the work the share of the states will be
apportioned in order that states like Nevada.
Wyoming and Arizona shall not be too heavily
burdeued.
AS to the feature of memorial trees. this is also
the chosen time Public sentiment turns toward
the idea. Events all the country forecast
general memorial planting.
The American Forestry association. of which
Charles Lathrop Pack is president, has issued
call for memorial tree planting. 1t is registering
all memorial trees and giving certificates of reg
istration also instructions for planting.
Rev. DR. Francis E. Clark has called upon the
Christian Endeavor societies to plant memorial
trees.
Georgetown university remembered its war
heroes at its hundred and thirteth COM
mencement by planting "a memorial trees in
honor Of its heroic dead. To each tree was az
fixed bronze marker of which sample is given
herewith To the next of kin goes n duplicate Of
the marker.
"NIv bows made a wonderful reputation for this
country on the battlefeldS of France" says Dan
lei Carter Beard. Il say my boys because be
reve that there were hoy scouts in every Ameri-
can division that participated In the war. The
boy scouts slogan is. Once scout always
scout 4 plan that are taking up is the
planting Of trees as memorials for our heroes.
This is being done in some parts of Long Island
and should be done in all sections. After the
tree has been planted Il small tablet should he
placed on II bearing the name of the man who
made the supreme sacrifice. and when and where
and how he was killed and his branch of the
service
Many victory highways to he planted with me-
mortal trees are under way throughout the coun
try.
The National Defense highway. between
Rlsndensburg and Annapolis. is Marylands con-
tribution New York is planning a Roosevelt
Memorial highway from Montauk Point to Buff
falo In Ohio Col. Webb c. Hays has offered to
rive memorial tablets memorial highways In
Sandusky county. and William G. Sharpe. former
ambassador to France, will do the same for Lo-
rain county
The poem by Joyce Kilmer. who gave his life
for his country in France is most touching What
Is more fitting than tree for a memorial? We
NAV attain the most magnificent effects in stone
and bronze Compare them with permanent
road-endurng as the Appian way. built % cen
turies pgo-and shaded by the Maryland tulip
nonlar or the Engelmann spruce or any other OF
our magnificent American trees The glimpse OF
an Estes Park road in the Rocky Mountain Ma
tional park shows natures way of Identifying a
highway Consider how the trees guard add
the GROWING touch to t.a Washington monu-
ment.