THURSDAY. JUNE 6. 1SIJ
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
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Many Common Trees At
Important Parti of HUtory
There are many of the tall.
woody plants we call treei
that play an important part in
American history; common
trees they are but some give
interesting facts pertaining to
the settlement of our land and
its people. There are many
that are truly famous, and
some little known except in
the immediate vicinity in
which they had their roots.
History records some star
tling facts about trees. It was
under an elm tree that Wil
liam Penn signed a treaty
with the Indians. Nothing too
important about that except
that it was a treaty that was
never sworn to, and stranger
still, a treaty that was never
broken.
Reportedly It was a treaty
we could well adopt for our
use today and every day that
was made under what later
became the William Penn elm;
"We meet today on the broad
pathway of good faith and
good will. No advantage shall
be taken on either side, but
all shall be openness and
love." The William Penn elm
was blown down about 190
years ago; it had lived for
well over two centuries.
A Washington Tree
Another etm tree holds a
cherished place in American
history, the Washington Elm,
where in July of 1773 George
Washington took command of
his army. This tree died, sup
posedly of old age, or human
abuse, at the age of 200.
General Washington's name
is associated with another
famous tree, the Washington
Oak, where, tradition records,
he mounted and dismounted
from his horse when visiting
his troops, stationed across the
river from his headquarters.
This tree, a chestnut oak, has
survived for several hundred
I years.
It was an elm tree, too, that
later became known as the
"liberty tree." People were ac
customed to gather under the
wide branches and offer
thanks and supplications for
the success ol the patriot
armies before and during the
war of the revolution. Plant
ing "liberty trees" became a
custom; one of these liberty
trees stood lor years. When at
last it was blown down, the
bells in the church steeples
tolled, and a city and a state
were saddened. The "liberty
trees" were living monuments
of the dedicated patriotism of
liberty loving peoples.
Best known, probably, of
all historical trees, 'familiar to
every schoolboy and adults
that once went to school, is
the "Charter Oak," a rugged
plant-character in early Amer
ican history that held, in its
rotting heartwood, a charter
that guaranteed the liberties
of one of our colonial states
about 275 years ago. The
Charter Oak bowed to the
force of the wind In the year
18S6; In American history It
will hold, for a very long
time, a revered place.
There are many more fa
mous, and near-famous, trees
that have held an important
place in our history; they all
played a part in the story of
America. Many have fallen,
some have been destroyed by
disease, some have died from
old age. Some have been re
moved from the earthly scene
for no other reason except
that they were in the way, but
their place in history seems
secure.
Some unknown author very
aptly said: "Great trees, like
great men, must live on in
service after death-some to
sweeten the memory with
flowers and fruits that van
ished with our better years,
others to know more serious
duties In the march of human
lile."
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Forest Shutdown
Expansion Yisioned
Salem - (WD - Expanded use
of forestry shutdown author)'
ty was predicted for this sunv
mer by State Forester Dwight
L. Phipps at a State Forestry
Board meeting Wednesday.
Phlpp; warned of the ex
treme fire hazards resulting
from timber blown down in
the Oct 12, 1062, storm.
When fire conditions be
come critical, Phipps has aa
thority to suspend ail lumber
ing operations In Oregon forests.
The board approved contin
uation of the Salem aerial re-
tanlant base, and signed a
$7,000 contract with Kreiti-
berg Aviation, Salem, to han
dle aerial bombing of forest
fires.
The board also authorized
sale of $630,000 In general
obligation bonds to finance
rehabilitation of forest lanis
in the Tillamook Burn, and
other denuded forest lands.
Sals of the bonds is sched
uled September.
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