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Buffaloes and Trees
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to rest from the cares of the city. They
propose to keep for us a beautiful coun
tryside through which we can drive, or
pause in shade or shadow, to camp or
rest along the way.
The plan has everything for it and
nothing against it. It reduces the fire
hazard because, in thè parks, snags and
fire traps will be removed. It will not
take any appreciable sum of money
from the tax roll. Most of the land can
be acquired by donation from the own
ers who are becoming mindful of the
great need. Or it could be acquired by
outright purchase for reasonable sums.
The main benefit which overbalances
any expenditure is the spiritual value,
the moral uplift and physical improve
ment the average person will experience,
be he a native or visitor who uses the
parkways along the highways.
If we must measure such things in
terms of dollars, the advantages in favor
of roadside parks as compared with
fields of stumps and snags is one hun
dred to one. The advertising value alone
is far greater than any possible cost of
acquisition and maintenance plus loss in
taxes.
The original American Indians la
mented the passing of the buffaloes.
May we never find ourselves lamenting
the passing of the wooded lands after
making no effort to save them.
Every person who packs a camp kit
or picnic basket, who fishes our streams
or hunts in our fields and woods, or
tramps our trails, everyone who likes
nature for what it is and does for us,
who loves the State in which he lives,
should rise in his might and demand the
building of a park system along every
feasible portion of our highways. Fu
ture generations will praise him for it.
Let us not forget that he who cuts a
tree should plant another.
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