we not had a mosquito proof tent, we should have been 

 home a week ahead of time, haggard and thoroughly 

 worn out by loss of sleep. 



I have given considerable space to the mosquito prob- 

 lem, but it is the big problem for every summer camp 

 in the great North American lake and river country, 

 and campers who do not meet it right, will wish they 

 had stayed home before they are three days out. 



THE VALUE OF A SHADE TREE 



LAST summer when the sidewalks were "red hot" 

 and when you did not have a shady spot where 

 you could go on your lot outside of the house ; and when 

 your sleeping room was so hot that you could not sleep, 

 because it was not shaded, did you not resolve that in 

 the spring of 1918 you would plant some shade trees? 

 Well, the time has come and gone. Did you make 

 good your wise resolve? 



The value of a shade tree is never appreciated until 

 a mature trees dies or is removed. You frequently hear 

 the expression, "I would not have taken a hundred 

 dollars for that shade tree." Real estate dealers tell 

 us that well developed shade trees add from one to five 

 hundred dollars to the value of a lot. 



Plan your shade tree planting. If you have a space 

 on your lot or along the street where shade trees should 

 be planted fill it this fall or next spring. 



Interest your neighbors in planting trees and buy 

 your trees together from some reliable nursery. The 



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