Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1917 — HOME TOWN HELPS [ARTICLE]

HOME TOWN HELPS

TREES HAVE ECONOMIC VALUE Every One That Is Planted Adds to Wealth of Community as Well as to Its Beauty. *•“ - ■■■■“• The most striking living landscape feature is a tree, therefore wherever a tree grows the land is more or less habitable. No matter what kind of v a tree it is, if of large size, it proclaims that the land it adorns is not a desert. Tre# have been objects of love and veneration since the dawn ,of history, and as their attractions and uses are many and varied, he who plants a tree plants wealth to the capital of all. Trees beautify homes, parks, streets and even as orchards their beauty is not the least of their several specific• values. They cool the parched earth and heated atmosphere in summer and protect from biting cold and stormy wind in winter, says the Los Angeles Times. They purify the air we breathe and prevent winds from contaminating It by arresting storms of dust and other injurious matter. They add very materially to the value of all property even aside from the esthetic considerations; thbir pure economic value is not questioned. There are not, therefore, any reasons for not planting trees and so many reasons why we should, that it is to place them wherever' and whenever the opportunity presents. It is indeed easy to get rid of,, them if improperly placed. Therefore be ever planting a tree, for it grows all the time, even while the planter sleeps, and is adding to the wealth of all on earth and all to come.