A SYLVAN MEMORIAL 



By Wm. R. Fisher 



THE planting of a tree, here and of Columbia University, New York City, 



there, to commemorate the visit has recently devised this novel and beau- 



of a distinguished person, or to tiful tribute to her departed husband. At 



mark some notable event, has the family homestead at Arlington, Vt., 



been a common custom for a long time, twenty thousand white pine seedlings 



Usually there is much ceremony and a have been set out, and the plantation 



gathering together of a crowd of on- will hereafter be known as the Memorial 



lookers and some prominent locality is Pines. 



selected for these formal tree plantings — One may hardly say of such a monu- 



the college campus, the city park, or ment what the Roman poet said of his 



the site of historic doings, — memorable verse — that it would outlive a monu- 



achievements of the peaceful arts, or ment of bronze; and yet, under watchful 



the warroir's reminder "of old, unhappy, care to exclude destructive fires, there 



far off things, and battles long ago." is no limit to the continuance of such a 



But the planting of some thousands of woodland, 



seedlings, with the intention of making Most people find it hard to break 



trees, when they grow up, serve as a away from the conventional way of 



memorial to the dead, instead of erecting doing things. It is not Hkely that there 



a monimient of carved stone, is certainly will be many imitators of this lady, but 



new and interesting to the forester. there are some who will feel that no 



Mrs. Flavia Camp Caniield, widow of more dignified method could be found, 



the late James Hulme Canfield, LL. D., of expressing love and respect for the 



a former president of the Ohio State memory of one who has gone than this 



University and subsequently Librarian sylvan mommient. 



FULL TITLE UNDER THE WEEKS ACT 



The completion of the payment by ably be sold for commercial uses, the 

 the United States government, acting cutting being conducted in such man- 

 through the department of agriciilture ner as to benefit rather than to injure 

 and the forest service, for lands in the the remaining growth, 

 town of Benton, New Hampshire, sold The tract is quite accessible to the 

 by the Pike Woodlands company and public, being only a short distance from 

 E. Bertram Pike, places the Federal the Glencliff station on the White 

 Govermnent in full title and possession ' Mountain division. It adjoins the 

 of the first tract which it has acquired property owned by the state in con- 

 in the White Mountains under the nection with the sanitarium at Glen- 

 Weeks act. chff. Mr. Pike owns or controls large 



The Moosilauke tract comprises the areas in the same vicinity which he is 



northerly and westerly slopes of Mount planning to improve on forestry lines, 



Moosilauke and will furnish a valuable including the extensive tract owned by 



example of modern forestry practice the Lake Tarleton club in the town of 



under varied conditions which are typi- Piermont which overlooks the Moosi- 



cal of large areas in our mountain region, lauke reservation. 



It is understood that the Forest Allen HoUis, Esq., of Concord, who 



Service will proceed at once to construct represented Mr. Pike and the Pike 



necessary trails and fire stations in Woodlands company in the proceed- 



order that the property may be pro- ings for condemnation, is receiving con- 



tected from injury by fire and at the gratulations in being instrumental in 



same time may be accessible to the bringing into New Hampshire the first 



public for all reasonable uses. The actual payment on account of a govern- 



mature timber on the tract will prob- ment purchase. 



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