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ALT I M ORE'S experience with City officials are urged by the Ameri- 

 her street shade trees should can Forestry Association to give more 

 be a warning to other cities thought to shade tree conditions in 

 throughout the country, many, the municipalities of which they are 

 aye most, of which have followed the in charge. They will find that in 

 same lack of system and carelessness in practically every case the trees are 

 planting of trees. being neglected, that most of them are 

 A year ago Baltimore awakened to improperly nourished, that species un- 

 the need of a city forester. It was then fitted for climatic or street paving con- 

 found that of the 75,000 trees in the ditions have been planted ; and that con- 

 city's streets almost 60,000 were of un- siderable damage, particularly in the 

 desirable species and that most of the smaller cities and towns, is being done 

 trees had been improperly planted, by telephone, telegraph and electric 

 This fault has resulted in some 20,000 light wires. 



of the mature trees being in a decadent The value of beautiful shade trees 



condition. and well-shaded streets is not properly 



Although the city forester has been appreciated. It should be apparent 



at work only eighteen months and is that well-shaded streets attract resi- 



handicapped by an inadequate appro- dents and thus maintain or increase 



priation, great improvement is apparent, real estate values and that no com- 



The situation is described in an article munity ever loses by attention being 



in this issue. paid to beautifying and improving it. 



IT IS hoped that by the time this is and telegraph companies gave their 



read, Minnesota will have carried an assistance, while the newspapers were 



amendment to the State constitu- particularly active in doing the in- 



tion, providing for the establishment valuable publicity work needed to rivet 



of State forests on State lands which are the attention of the voters on the fact 



unfitted for agriculture. The voters of that the amendment would be upon 



the State cast their ballots for or against their ballots, and what it meant to the 



this measure on November 3. If public State. 



demand for a good thing has value in Perhaps the most effective work, 



forming the opinions of the voters the however, was done by the children, 



amendment should have an overpower- Th e Governor proclaimed a State 



ing majority. For some weeks there F ores ts Day for the schools and this 



has been waged in the State a cleverly wag o b se rved by every public school in 



planned and admirably conducted cam- thg State The five hundred thousand 

 paign for arousing mterest in the meas- , addressed letterS) f urnis hed by 



T" C f m P ai f / aS f dlrCC A ted by the Minnesota Forestry Association, to 



the Minnesota State Forestry Associa- . . /, , , 



tion. Various civic bodies lent their their parents, asking them to vote for 



aid, women's clubs in every town where the amendment. At this writing there 



they are established had their members is every indication that the amendment 



personally communicate with influential will be earned and if it is, it will mark 



citizens and ask their support of the a big forward step in the conservation 



measure, the railroads, the telephone of the forests of Minnesota. 



Changes of Address 



Members of the American Forestry Association are requested to send notifica- 

 tion of any change in address so that the AMERICAN FORESTRY MAGAZINE and other 

 mail will not be delayed in reaching them. 



Such notices are desired before the 25th of each month so that the address 

 .may be changed for the monthly mailing of the magazine. 



