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8 Brookings Harbor Pilot , of a loved one; for all it brought D uring W orld W ar I th e re fresh a ssu ra n c e th a t p eace had cam e into g re a te r prom inence a com e to the w orld and th a t this poet w ho w as killed “on F la n d e r’s I had been “ th e w a r to end all F ie ld ”. H e becam e best known , w a rs ”. lo r his }>oom, " T re e s ”, w hich < >ur g ra titu d e goes out to ail '♦ a rts “ I think th a t I shall never those who, at th a t tim e, defended see, By RUTH B. SM ITH our c o u n try ’s principles and to Y esterday w as A rm istice Day those who since have labored to A poem lovely as a tre e .” I w a S rem inded of this poem which com m em orated the N ovem ke. p th e enem y from o u r shores b er 11, 1918 day w hen th e G er and to m ak e the w hole w orld a last w eek again when, in N o rth m ans laid flown th e ir arm s and peaceful place in w hich to live. ern O regon and S o u th ern W ash- W orld W ar I w as over. F or m any We are o ld er and w iser th an in n g ‘on, th e high color of th rt P« o p l e , th at first A rm istice 19Is and still not wise enough in deciduous tr e - s alm ost took on e’s b ro ught ju b ila tio n w ith an end to o u r re la tio n s w ith th e rest of the b re a th and the sw irlin g leaves th e ir concern for husbands, sons w orld. H ow ever, a n o th e r A rm is Headed all about us as th y fell end b ro th e rs in F rance or on the tice day will com e and we can to cover th e e a rth ag ain st the high seas; for o th ers, the day w as hope and p ray th a t if will f nd 'v in fe r’s cold. W e would not wish to have th e fro sts w hich b ring m ingled w ith sadness over the loss us w ith a p e rm a n e n t peace. th a t color n o r those tre e s ex c lu sively w hich hurst into flame in 1 th e fall of the y e a r for we have 'o t h e r things of eq u al su rp assin g b<'auty here but th e colorful I glim pse w as a ta s te of w hat o th er sections, such as N ew E ngland,,' find a lure for m any a tra v e le r. I rees a re asse ts in o n e’s g a r den. T hey serve as back g ro u n d s! o r o th e r p lan tin g or for w ind b re ak s against th e sto rm . W hile ! A rbor Day does not com e until -it* 1, we can p lan t a tre e alm ost any tim e in this clim ate p articu -1 *aiiy The evergreen s. T hey a r e 1 an im p o rta n t .part of an y lan d -I scaping program . Not too long i ago a survey of v alu es was m ade I in a re sid en tial a re a of a city and th e difference in v alues of tw o hom es, one on bare land and he o th er, planted, ranged from They certainly arc — anil now’s the time n o PPt C<nt to 26,5 p er c e n t- iei s u rv e y s h a v e show n th a t ! foil need them. With winter coming on, w h a te v e r m oney is spent on landscaping brings, over a ten- don’t take a chance on faulty brakes. For y e a r period, consid erab ly b e tte r complete - safe - sure brake service, re tu rn s th an if it w ere ‘invested at p er cent. (here’s only one place! H ereab o u ts, one th in k s of tre« value in te rm s of board feet hut in landscaping, its valu e m ay be H e specialize on General Motors Cars ap p raised by th e m ethod of’ $ w Per inch of tru n k d ia m e te r for ” es up to five inches in d iam eter «uu a g ia d u a lly in creasin g ra te up fo $50 an inch for specim ens five feet through. In C alifo rn ia w here tre e s a re at a p rem ium , the ow ner of a new hom e m av pay from $500 to $1000 fo r a ‘single ^6 years m the automobile business tree. 1 P e rh a p s th ese c o m p a ra tiv e fig On Highway 101 North E „ j ()f T()Wn ures will m ak e you a p p re c ia te the m ore, the tre e s you may now own. E v e rg re e n s should not be fertilized in th e la te fall but a f te r leaves have fallen is p a rtie u la rlv tim ely for shade trees. Too m uch fe rtiliz e r can do m ore harm th an good hut a safe dosage for trees is two pounds for each inch of d ia m e te r, w hen m easu red th re e THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 1953 Along Azalea Row EXPERT BRAKE SERVICE B R A K E s I 1 feet above th e g round line. To en co u rag e d eep er root grow th, the fe rtiliz e r should be put to the d epth of 15 to 24 inches, says an ex p ert. 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