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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Iciok forward to roads and streets Ijctter kept and ni(jre 

 artistically treated. 



ON Till'; WILLIAM I'KNX HIGHWAY, XF.AR YELLOW SPRINGS. 

 I'EXNSYLVAXIA 



This gives a good idea of wtiat needs to be done to make our motor 

 routes "Roads of Remembrance." Note the most iinattractive 

 stretch of hams and teleyranh noles on the riMt of the road. 



THE COMMUNITY AND ROADS OF 

 REMEMBRANCE 



"POSSIBILITIES of highway tree ])lantin,<,' pointed 

 -'- out by Phili]) 1'. Sharpies in the article are only 

 limited to the number of miles a road may extend. 

 The ccniiinuiiity s])irit that was reborn of the war may, 

 with the planting of "Roads of Remembrance," be kept 

 alive and bring about a more united country. The great 

 linrdeii of (Hir roads is civilization. A striking examj)le 

 I if what may be done is seen in the plan worked out at 

 Dryden, Michigan, by Major-General George O. S<|uier. 

 chief signal officer of the United States Army. The 

 deneral took a green scum covered mill pond and con- 

 verted it into a beauty spot by building a miniature 

 dam. .-\ small club house was erected on the side of 

 a hill. The General demonstrated right in his own home 

 town that the beauties of a place are seldom seen by the 

 lico])le who live there. The result was that the little club 

 house has become a real country club and it is the meet- 

 ing ])lace of the farmers of that county. The boys and 

 girls of the farm community now enjoy this interesting 

 ])lace. Let our good roads ])rogram include such com- 

 munity centers and the planting of memorial trees such 

 as General Squier is going to have planted at his home 

 town and we will shortly have a transformed farming 

 community. 



to save for the future what our ancestors have left us. Nearly every State in the Union is alive to these 



The national forest reservations are a wonderful stej) possibilities and various organizations are backing plans 



in saving for the future some of the beauties nature has for memorial drives and victory highways. The Rotary 



bestowed upon us. More must be done. The great state Club at Bluefield, West Virginia, is one of the first 



highwav ])roject should be made to mean more, and in liranches of that organization to ])lan a memorial drive 



building such highways advan- 

 tage should be taken of natural 



beauties that can be ]ireserved. 

 In Ilumbolt County, Cali- 



f(jnii;i, a new state highway is 



in ])rocess of construction. It is 



flanked with noble redwoods 



dating from before the time of 



Christ. L'nless ])ublic sentimetU 



bestirs itself, the trees along this 



great aisle of the cathedral of the 



woods are doomed to the saw 



and the mill. The man-made 



buildings destroyed in devastated 



France are easier to restore than 



one of these ancient monarchs of 



the forest. 



The problems of tree i)lanting 



and tree saving have only been 



Ijriefly touched upon. It is to be 



hoped that the example of 



l-'rance and England may not be 



lost on our soldiers who have 



1 - -i-ricc -it tl f This show.s the wonderful possibilities for Memorial Tree planting along the good roads now under con- 



luen ,l(.r0SS anO tnat we lUay struction. Compare this picture with that of the William I'enn Highway in Pennsylvania. 



A BEAUTlKfl. ST1*KTCH OF KOAD AT TOI'SFl KLD. .MASSACHUSETTS 



