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‘We moved out of Chicago 
because they cut down a tree’ ... 
STORY & PHOTOGRAPHS 
by WILLIAM E. SPROAT 
It was a fine tree. Big, broad, healthy! It pleasantly shaded our 
concrete deck. But the apartment owner said she didn't like to 
constantly clean up after the tree's falling leaves and twigs. 
It was a willow, born in 1889. I counted growth rings in a 
3-foot cross-section. 
