The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-16

psisn of tree planting this spring.
Tho Agricultural College at Fort
Collins Is making this possible
by sfeiing to one and all trees at
cost and with the order is sent full
directions for their planting.
'i'i;a trees are, those specially suited
10 Colorado conditions. The idea
Of theCollege is service not profit
By sending the remittance to w,
j. Merrill, State Forester Fort Col
lns the following ees will be sent
at aDrice of two cents each tree:
Honey Locust. Blask Locust, Jack
Pine. Yellow Pine and Timber Pine
For three cents each the Write
Elm will be sent for five cents the
Weste n Yellow Piue transplants
and for six cents each the Russian
Wild Olive. Basket Willow :cutt-
ings are one AMI one half cents each
and the blackberry sells for thirty.
five cents pieSe. atree I ON twel
We inches to two feet. They not only
create beauty fer the farm stead
md town lot but conserve the mois
ture in. the ground produces shad
for man end beast. and furnish a
fine and slightly windbreak.
As an Eastern man, the writer
misses nothing so much In this
western country as the beautiful
trees of his home country. stately
and grand. throwing their branches
far and wide. giving shelter from
storm. shade from the fierce rays of
the sun and homes for lnvriadsaof
birds. The writer has loved and al
most rcyerenced trees from child
hood. since mother crooned over his
cradle: :.
'Woidman, spare that tree.
Touch not single bOugh.
liz youth it sheltered me.
And I'll protect 1t now"
In this commercial age the tree
does not mean so much to men az
once it did. Now it is too often
or1s a couple Of cords OF wood in
the nsaking this must b the age
Of which the Scripture spoke. "A
men was famous according as he
lifted up axes upon the thick trees"
We have carried on campaign Of
ruthless destruction of our trees
till now we are learning the needed
lesson of conservation. Frim the
day of Roosevelt and conservation
we have entered on an era of care
for orr forests and timber areas.
Anciently the tree was held lin
high regard. We read In Holy Writ
of Jericho. "the city OF Palm Trees, 2
of '-the palm tree Of Deborah" Of
the "Oaks of Mamre,' under which
Abraham spread his tents, and of
the famous oaks of Bashan.
In more modern times we read of
other famous trees. In England
we hae the "Henbrm Hill Oak
the hiding place of cavalier when
pursued by the Roundheads. the
"William Wallace Oak, in which
II 1T hero took refuge: the King.
Chprlie's Oak in which that mon
arch hid himself from his enemies.
Tn America we have Cambridge
Elm which the writer has seem.
ara tha Charter Oak" familiar to
cv Nv schoo, boy Nor should we
forget the washington Elem' or
the nous Ample Tree THAT ,grsiy,
on tho grave OF Roger Williams.
:, .Ecffsies says. "By day or by
NIGHT summer and winter, beneath
traes The heart feels nearer to that
depih of life whicht he far sky
M ma. Tho rest of spirit found
only in the beauty, Ideal and pure
comes there because the distance
seems within touch of thought"
Truly as the noet has said, "the
groves were Gods first temples"
the worship of the groves was one
of the hardest idolatries for the
Hebrew prophets to uproot The
Drl1ids, like the Greeks before them
worshipped the oak. and the tree
entered into many of their super
stitions.
.Bnt there is q legitimate worship
of the groves when they point IKE
mighty church spires up to God.
As Henry Ward Beecher exclaimed,
Il may not call thee property, and
that property mine. Thou belong.
est to the mir, Thou are the child
of summer Thou art the mighty
Tcmple where birds praise God
THOU belongest to no mans hana
but TO all mems eyes that do i0Ee
beauty aud that hove learned
through beauty to behold God
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