The Dolores star., 1919-01-17


SSkSS roes of the great wal
VIZ, S.tSMD will be planted by the
as@slA AS}s)As2 states of the union dur.
H5eSEsAsS Ing 1919. The American
Forestry association has
received beartiest 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 ave
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 "Pershing Boulevard" has
heen suggested in resolution offered
by Alderman Anderson to the city
council. A letter was sent to Alder.
man Anderson by Charles Lathrop
rack, president of the American For
es'rE association, urging such boule-
'afd he lined with memorial trees.
10 Henry Kiel, mayor of st. Louis
letter was also sent urging the plant
ing OF memorial trees as a proper set
uhs Tor the memorial under discus
sion there. A letter to Mayor James
cowgirl of Kansas City. makes a sim
'iar suggestion. Gov. Arthur Capper
Oh Kansas has written the association
lhdorsing planting of memorial trees
hiohS the motor highways that traverse
that state.
state Forester Approves Plan.
f. w. Beslcy, state forester of Mary.
land wrote the association approyinc
the plan. Letters were sent to Mrs.
Austin Gallagher, chairman of the
shade tree division of the civic league.
ond to Maj. J. w. Shirley of the city
pan 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 let.
ter to Mayor Hylan of New York CITY
urging the incorporation of memorial
tree planting in the big plans New
York city has under way.
William Howard Taft, II vice presi-
dent of the American Forestry assoc,-
alton, urges the planting of memorial
trees, and the Lincoln Highway asso-
citation has taken up the plan of the
American Forestry association in the
states through which the highway
passes. Mr.. Taft says:
"One fitting and appropriate me-
mortal for our soldier dead would be
rows OF fine trees planted along tho
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. l heartily commend
the plan"
France found at least one and n
quarter million acres of her forests de-
stroyed as she occupied the territory
held by the Germans in her war-sweDt
northern and eastern sections. was the
announcement To the New York sec.
tion of the Appalachian Mountain club.
by Mr.. Pack
France Sacrificed Forests.
THE United States" said Mr.. Pack
should feel the deepest sympathy with
France over the loss of her magnificent
forests so many of which have fallen
before the devastating hand of the
Germans, while behind the lines 1t was
the French forests which were called
upon to provide n 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 Germans in their advance
through France. 1t will require manr
years to get these forests, which had
been built up by long and careful thrift
and conservation. to anything like pre-
war condition. This Is one of the
great sacrifices which France has been
compelled TO make. as millions of her
population We're dependent In one wov
or another on woodworking Industries
Their work and their source of income
has been cut Off Even before the war
1t was necessary for France to import
part of her wood for manufacturing
purposes. In addition to the vast
amounts that will be required for re-
construction work. France will need
wood for her woodworking industries
and her people who have depended on
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