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D?‘ thath there are few, ii my, mtutil cmdimm that have a gamer mace upon the economic. social mi pilidcnl dex eiopmem of a country than Ki forests. Not long :30 President Boo-even in a public eddteu aid. ‘The town prob- lem h. in many wm. (he most vital in- ’temel pmbicm in the United mm.“ ‘ Our. Forests M (h; Arbor Day cumin: W Muck nan haunting m. at the Military Academy. mgmm Park. a: mm anti occasion was as follows: “unbel- o! the ch. at '08. Cadc'u. Today. If.» you. dcmlnlmvcyhy Fen-n: tuchcn Ind PM: expat In them employ. to Fat (In twentieth time. u Slum-inten- Inm M the he. no and up but. demoltthmh-«mlifihqw- fivcmuhnullnmtem any.- lmcalled upon to play ubnin and anathema-m dumb-t IllummlenmkedSo-iutCh-Tm Mahala-“00mm“ Plan... To you tenant-dyer!»- «when “maxim. to your folio. uudeau. l have .0de We havehoen wonderfullyslow finalize tbophndngot lhktreeis hnclyaum what an amazing draft we are My m of untiment. Bot mm, andlhc- mkingouourremuning loved supp!” Ilcve to my [elbow work", it mum Tuition-mutation :5:me- svmcflmu- mnrr ...n h. I L-.. a» more far teaching; I! man (19: die. velomnt o! lanky no your up» W. patriotism. to your country, a higher sense of civic ohlimiuu. and t not: loving reverence for Him who nah. .1: nature both animate And Minnie; ].et me qua..- to~you n brie! but am ling miemcmvhich ! rad recbmly in Some ma'gazine. I refer to the alarming rapidity .Iilh which our harem. Miami, sm’e tnd private. m fluidly dinp- pearinz- I know how general it is. And perhnpu lmyaddhownamnlh-k. hxhnlikw be intensely Interested ‘tin looking out for number one." u we any. Indeed. comedmee we become to intended. to again our own ulfish pin. that we de- ptiveour poucrkyol a fairchance to mediating. . "ln fifty years we shill-hm: .vbole mucus hareuChiM. The'A hem-m will‘beurlfipedwbeflmck. " Rockies WI" tend m floods which cannot be controlled. The Carnelian forests nonh'ol the great lakes will hemp: ally. Our middle wefi'will be bare. The Yezoo Della will be ripped apart, became nodevee will'be"alble'tomm tire floods of those days. ‘ We shall be living in crowdedeoncnle hous’euand at'douhle the rent we now» my." W shall make vehicles of steel,. use no wood on our farms: We shall pa ten cents for n newspaper, fifty cents or a maga- zine. as much lo‘r a lead pencil. Cotton will be immensely higher. ‘Beel will be the privilege of the (cw. Clothing will cost 'twice ‘ what- it met: today, Like C‘hinamen, our children will rake the soil for fuel for forage for food; We shall shiver in a cold, and burn in a heat. never before felt in this temperate zone, meant by God as a comfortable growing place for splendid human beingsâ€"mules: we wake up.“ . z ' ._-_m-.. “5.. W‘W 3 . 'yéu sayâ€"‘4Tns ts' extravagant lang- uage? That the mnditions do not justily such startling statements? That they are not Verified by the facts? ' Cumulus on In: Nogw When I came to this beautiful city oi. Highland Park just twenty years agé this week,‘that campus was covered with a thick growth of trees. Sheridan boule- vard, over' here. from Linden avenue towards tor‘ mllea we; but a cart roadllned 'itlt nature's primeval growth of forest. When our {acumen came to this country they found it almost entirely covered save the ”GreatAmorlcan Des- e‘rt" with majestic forests The supply for lumber and incl seemed to he eul- ficlent to last (or all until. «Whet u be- coming of it? What has become 0! it? Tree Wanting to Save -tkg Country. An Arbor Day Address by Cl. H. P. Davidson. f” Todoy. I” run - of careful may by’ amid]: the gum employ. we learn dunk “seamed-up but! five time. u tutu they mum Ind that the M apply will with-t more than Im- Hnyh “tyre-n. Illn- n nut he. a mini ill-H bdrm. We hive been wonderfully flow totellize that an maxing draft we are tyranny making on our remaining (oven apply. Take (or ill-undoc- the d’emand to! fail- m toy untru‘uy AWJAMW ues II an average of amuchortuthe amount ntfl7.ouo.m Alloplog modes tothe acre,whiehiaaiairsstlmate. theannual cuttorthisalonspouldbel.m0txl)aass. in round minim thb would'be mo squaremflsanflsntorstraetlortymfles square. large enoughtotakeahorseand carriage apboledavtocrosaiteitherpay. silo-rings flood toa'd; m would be thricethesiaeoi LaheCounty.or 6.4m iarrnsol léOacres for ties alone. Th amount of thither usedior this isahnut the names-the a- mouht’used for shingles, only about our sixteenth the amount used for timber. and allttlemnrethan thorium-int used for; wood pulp' in the manufacture of paper. while a lesser amount isused respectively in ooopera‘ge stock, mine timbers. lath. wood (or distillatlm. veneer. and bola. lucaussn Cost or Lotta“ . The lumber illicit Guild be bought for 85.060“me thousand test board measure. when lumber}, twenty years ago. now eds 828% $400 a and lumherphichthen out $00 now costs ass. ‘00 «mm But bigh\prleea andatastmemsmg scarcity is by no means the only evil that cornea from this extravagant; pm nayreckl fact that in pmportions as the mountain sides and hiil slopes are made bare of for cats. the rain iall‘hecomea fess even,- the soil less ahleto absorhjt, and mountain ' torrents andlt’alley floods are the his“. The hills become, barren and unlit for cultivation and the river beds choker/with sand and silt and are rendered unnavigable. processes distructive alike to agriculture and commerce. At the same time there often results gent loss oi liie and property , Futons apd Taxes. . We are told by good authority that the flood damage in the United States exceeds $100,000,000 annually. That beautiful river which has its murce and which runs most of its course in my native state. a ..v“':.:' .. “fluid “a. -- 4333*" . “Mlleâ€"r3 *‘ “Rhine oi America’ is said to support a population, of 350.000 with property assessed at $240,000,000. It d ' mills wort‘fi‘slm.()00.000 employing 80, peo- ple who receive annually $37,000,000 in wages. But all that industry is menaced‘ by the distruction oi the White Mountain forests. Only a short time ago a great flood swept down from the southern Apâ€" palachian system and destroyed $8,000.- 0000: property. «You rcedoi the great and- don floods of the Ohio and other rivers last winter. There are about 1500 streams in France considered dangerous .hecause the country through ‘which they run has been denuded oi forests. Last {all there was a terrific flood in‘aome oi these streams in the southern pans oi France and the damage in the deptam'nent oi Herault was cut over aunuall'y’ " mm means withinthe law. 6!!» motion of our rm. it Is a wcl knoww ‘” ‘\‘-wIs lgtphatlstberemcdylorthistbnots “Walla-Iberandluelandpaper pulp? What i put sal- mil sealant shamanism: my? Whathtoaaveoursgrlcultualsndm inhibitor: being impoverishedand pashsdspsyl Whatisto heepour nav: lgabledvetstgota being flied up and momma-tic mmsnePWhatls topsoteuthe enormouswater poweroi our-treamshosn bolus destroyed? Re- locating! Reloresdnxl Planting usesl. Planting them? everywhere! Planting theta vonevervme acre of land! Pllnfin“ theatinevery unempiednookand 66r- natmissedioragflcultureand gmsintr Plant them along every street, and highs eeeee that your state and national legislaton/ favorthework of retoresting by m4 Keep atittiflpenotoniyhaveansrnplsaup- flyferdlourmdemnhutsw yaomemtphtdtoespm it will prove a: WitwatMtt some yeswragda tmnluNorwsy minted state and ,1 set it otit to trees and now the avenue of" thrii iorest pays all the town expend“ without asseadng the property hoidm ag‘ dollar. Prussian forest management has multiplied the rate of timber pram threefold in seventy five years The not financial returns from her forest! in 1850 were 28am: per acre, in lBGSthev were 72 cents; inl900.‘ 81.58,'in mutton. The}. are now ten times what they were siity years ago, while the net yearly revenue from the (crests of Sandy is $5. 30 per acre. Young men oi the Class oi ',08 I hope and trust as a few peeks hence you go from here, you" will go determined to be true and loyal citizens. devoted heart and soul to every enterprise which shall serve the best interests oi our grand country. ‘ . ' ‘t’;' Tm: DISADVANTAGED CHILD “he. HPnl‘li‘uwn Talks: To North Sltnr: . "a, " Women. ‘ Paoiesser Charles . R. Henderson oi Chicago Univfisitylga‘e 5 an: on "1'th Disadvantaged Child" from the viewpoint of an expert sociologist, to regroup of seventy-live prominent women oi the North Shore suburbs on Monday after- noon, May fourth, at the Evanston Child~ ren' s Home. Theoccasion was a month- Iy luncheon and business meeting of the North Shore Advisory Board [of the Children‘s Home and Aid society. Dr. Henderson'wasintroduced by Mrs. Wm. A. Lacy, Prefident of the Board and spoke clarity paramount importance to society of work for children. Dr. Hen- derson has made a study of systems of caring [or hmneless children. both at home and abroad, and nowhere does he Whammy. The um mi ”mi! the valleys, thunk. peo- ple min the vineyards were e‘mnplllo 0d In ”infuse in the trees and W the to“ 01 the Mm and, walk. Mat 0‘ her. i w to me the height of lolly. n. flanker-demuhuumy efiect “All. it with com the dd: lun- her Mien at them own humble when the annual- have a house to live in II‘ the.» keep out. Cumin lumber and an. ,a non mid decreue of our own in“ Cat-h could veil m She Ind but” wait patiently and awe her time. Now we must have her lumber end her wood ['3qu and pay greedy increased prices, more. she is even now unuempleting'the enactment of in‘ export duty lav whereby she will nuke : dnnhh' nrnfi! :u mu" m. x.. ”:1 But what It the remedy for this threotw erred (amine pl lumber and luel and paper ptdp? What in pm at. gun! against all this am of life and property? What letouveour agricultural andgrar ing Ian’de from being impoverished and washed away? What in to beep our nav- lgahle rivets from being filled up and rendered uselele to commerce? What h to protect the enormous water power of our stream lrom being destroyed? Re- totem! Reloreetingl Planting trees! Planting theta everywhere! Planting them on every me acre at land! Planting them In every unoccupied nook and cor- ner not used {or agriculture and grazing. ' Pleat them along every street, and high- way and lane. Begin now, keep up fie' process. When you come to vote, on that your state and national legislator: lavor the work of reloreoting by every res-enable means within the law. Keep at it till we not only have an ample sup- ply level! ourmm demands, but a hand- some 33'?le to etpogt, it will prove a- mum investment Some years ago a town in Norway partnered some land. 4" set it out to trees and now the revenue 0‘ that loreet pay: all the town upon“; without ”sensing the property holder! If dollar. Prussian forest management has multiplied the rate of timber production threefold in seventy-five years. The net financial returns from her fore!!! in 1850 were 28¢enta per acre, in lS65they were 72 cents; in'l900. 81.58, in 1904 $2.50. They .are now ten times what they were sixty years ago, while the net yearly revenue from the (crests of Saxony as $5 30 per‘ acre. Young men of the Class ol' 08, I hope and'trust as a few weeks'hence you go from here, youhwill go determined to be true and loyal citizens, devoted heart and soul to eyery enterprise which shall serve the best interests of our grand muntry. - ”A "NEWS LETTER North Shore Auto Depot ELECTRICS CHARGED find us. mm mm «mm. ” , the [flinch Smitty exec“ and n equaled. Hungary. Fri-ea. (Squaw. even Endand. good u her m h. hm” Bm . W o( the mm Sodom filmed: “1"!“de finch-col the lecture. In. John Sidney Burnett. oi Evanuon gave two delightful groups of my. Mrs. Burnett was ac- companied by Mrs. A. W. Underwood. cans naflrnup's'roxw and mammals ELECTRICAL C. NSTRUCW Tdafinu H43 ' [/36 N. lulu» KW Park. 47 St. Johns Ave-II! . Hours: 3;” ms mutate”: m! .. cu... mo Home; Bldg. a nun-5.; Hours: Moi. D RALBERTR. SHELDON Shinglimz and Repairini' O16 ROofs. ' HIGHLAND PARK ' STATE BANK Savings and Checking, Account: 5015::th ..... F. W CUSHING. Panda-t D. L HOLMES. Cubic:- ' ‘ Men fumjnhed by the day orvno Ear cenMgca 319 N. Green Bay dad Phat): 39123“ Hightand Park First Painting, Papa-iii Calcimihipg Wall Paper Supplied GEO. H. MORRIS 1th Elm Phce Phone 2581 Emma- 3W1»: Estimates tnmish‘cd a. reasonable m . ‘ Box 102. ' ~ HIGHLAND PARK THGMAS McNICHOLAS mum- _ .wmm M. WOLAK. TAILOR Six monthsjor 75 «MI; It 2333 ‘ In Cmtrd Anna: HIGHLAND PARK..ILUNOB ’. Carleton A. Hukncu ocuun' AND Amur‘r Successor to Dr. J, F. Beam-on! GEO. YOUNG D. McNEIL CONTRACTOR SUBSCRIBE NOW 2! CENTRAL AVE. ST. jOHNs AVENUE 0 ‘ Hump Put. In. Wham.“ um ”WWW ”HM FOR THE $1.50per ym