THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
THEATRES
Oliver Theatre
WED. NIGHT, APRIL 28
Wm. H. Crane, Thos. W. Rots,
Mklrt Arbuekle, Amelia Bingham
and Mabel Taliaferro in
THE NEW HENRIETTA
George Richards 4. Co.
The Ballyhoo Four
The Vanderbilt Cup
Races
"The Tramp"
"The athe Daily"
"Whose Husband"
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Paul Kiiest A Co.
"The Land of Dreams'1
Nevins A. Erwood
"Runaway June"
"Road o' Strife"
Hearst-Selig News"
"The Guttersnipe"
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wmurs CLASSY turn
MEICn DRUG CO.
13th end O STREETS
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" HARMACY
Cor. 16th & O St. Phone B4423
GEORGE BROS,
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1313 N STREET
LCSmith&Bro.
Typewriter Co.
BAIT. BEARING
LONG WEAB1NG
New, EetraUt and Rentals
125 No. 13th Et
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The Pleasure of Being
Well Dressed
Is only frit by men who are woll fitted. The finest suit made
if poorly fitted, is a "thorn in the flesh" to any man who ap
preciates the advantage of being well groomed.
s Repardeless of price in selection we positively insist upon
a perfect fit before your suit is taken from our store.
Fortunately there is less alteration necessary on Hart,
Schaffner & Marx and t4 Clothes-Bond" Clothes than on any
other makes. That is one of the reasons that we 44 swear" by
them.
Superiority in Style, Fabric, and Workmanship are the
other' reasons. Come in and see for yourself. Our Spring
Showing is priced
$10 to $40
ARMSTRONG'S
CFJTJfM Hart StWfnn & MIX
TREE PLANTING ON
OUR WASTE LANDS
Necessity Has Forced Most All the
Nations to Reclaim Their Waste
Territories
Tree planting is not a new occupa
tion. 'Necessity has forced most
nations to it sooner or later. Such a
necessity caused the early Germans
to carry earth in caskets to barren,
rocky, unproductive hillsides, so that
they might replant the waste lands
surrounding their cities. Two hundred
years before the birth of Christ, Cato
and Varro were writing books on
nursery practice, the necessity of
which was recognized by these early
Romans. About the fourteenth cen
tury the cities of Germany began to
take an interest in this work. Nurem
berg and Frankfort soon began to
plant a specified acreage each year,
and we also hare records of when
these tree crops were harvested. In
this country some planting was done
under the timber culture laws about
the year 1S73, but much of this was
confined to Agricultural lands, where
the planting of forty acres gave the
right to one hundred and sixty. With
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I HENRIETTA at the OLIVER, April 28.
the dawn of the National Forests
planing for commercial purposes be
came of great importance.
Opportunities for Local Planting
We are accustomed to associate
Arbor Day mainly with the aesthetic
side of tree planting, or the opportuni
ties we have to make our homes and
public grounds more attractive by a
tasteful and artistic arrangement of
trees. In possibly a larger way, Ar
bor Day brings before our minds the
opportunity that we, as individuals
of the state or nation, have in a proper
use of the vast areas of wahe lands
now producing no income.
The very act of planting trees or
shrubs to increase the beauty of a
region has a broadening effect on the
individuals concerned: We are all
more or less "creatures of our environ
ment" and develop or deteriorate with
it.
The Forestry Department of the Uni
versity of Nebraska has a small nur
sery and plantations at the State
Farm. Here classes in silviculture are
trained in forest nursery work, and
tree planting. Special care is given to
the growing of both hardwoods and
conifers that are best suited for this
section, and will make attractive laws
and parks. These trees can be pur
chased from the forestry department
at a nominal figure.
Locally the city of Lincoln has many
opportunities for tree planting. Many
of her public school grounds are bare
of trees, shrubs and grass. Doubtless
it would bei impossible to have many
trees or much grass on the play
grounds of these schools, but portions
of the school grounds, at least, in
many instances, could be made more
attractive. The addition of a few
trees and shrubs in selected places
would help a great deal, and possibly
nave some beneficial influence on the
children attending.
Possibly one of the best opportuni
ties for eirreimental work in tree
planting within the environs of the
city of Lincoln, isin the alkaline and
salty lands lying west of the Burling
ton Railroad. This is the city's dump
ing ground, tl is now covered with
rubbish heaps, an eyesore to thep ub
lic and probably a menace to its
health. The Forestry Department of
the University is atp resent conducting
an experiment with several species of
trees, in order to ascertain what trees,
if any, can grow on these soils. The
honey locust isalready found in some
spots an-J doubtless other trees mav
do as well. If forest trees could be
grown on this land it would be of
great value from an aesthetic as well
as an economic point of view. Anyone
motoring out to Capital Beach must
now pass through acres and acres ot
this waste land, much of it covered
with the city's rubbish, and smelling
foully.
Chicago Las buiit beautiful wooded
parks over its rubbish heaps, why
couldn't Lincoln? If this waste land
could be timbered it would give Lin
coln the opportunity of being one of
the leading cities in a new movement,
now to be taken up by an American
city for the first time, namely a
municipal forest.
The Municipal Forest In the U. S.
I have already spoken of some of
the municipal forest cities of Europe,
Now one of our own cities is taking it
up, and doubtless city controlled for
ests will come more and more to the
fore in this country, where the land is
suited for such.
The city government of the city of
Fitchburg, Mass., has recently passed
an order, without a dissenting vote,
establishing a municipal forest. With
in the state of Massachusetts there
are about one million acres of idle
land more valuable for growing timber
than any other purpose. Nebraska has
over eleven million acres of poor
lands, though much of this furnishes
good grazing. In Massachusetts many
far sighted and progressive pwple are
beginning to realize the great eco
nomic waste to hte state in allowing
these lands to lie idle. The manage
ment of this municipal forest is placed
in the hands of a city forester, and it
is established mainly for economic
reasons. Fitchburg already bas wood
ed watershed areas, parks and play
grounds, and the movement inaugu
rated by this city is probably the be
ginning of a new development in for
estry in this country.
The city of Wallace, Idaho, a rich
little city in the heart of the mining
district of the Coeur d' Alene moun
tains, was a short time ago surrounded
by a beautiful young growth of Jimber
ccmisg down the mountain sides al
most to the very doors of the houses.
During the recent fires in that section
this timber was burned off, and the
loss to the city in tuis case from the
aesthetic side alcne was so great.
