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Show REVENUE FROM GERMAN ROAD- H SIDE TREES. H The auctlou sale of nntlvo fruit H grown on the trees bordering the H country roads in the township of Lin- H den, adjoining the city of Hanover, M yielded this autumn 20,612 marks M ($4,906). Along certain stretches of M theso roadB tho vicld has amouutod to jH 1,500 marks ($3l7) por kilometer, or M at tho rate of $595 per mile. The H province of Hanover has somo 7,000 H miles of country highways bordered jH with fruit trees, tho profit of which is jH appropriated towards the upkeep of H tho roads. These roads, which are H commonplace, to tho native resident, H are tho delight of the American tour- M 1st, who often wonders why roadsides H in the United States axe not thus M planted to fmit. H This application of the beautiful, H practical and economic possibilities jH embraced In the control of such pub- H He property as roads Is a fine illuatra- H tion of the community thrift of the M Gorman. During Vae three of four H weeks' period of ripening Bharp-oyed jH old watchmen on bioyolos patrol the jH roads, blng- particularly active on H Sundays, when the people are out in HH large numbers, it is forbidden to pick up fruit from the ground, and H to knock it from the trees is subject H of a lino of 100 marks ($23.80) or M more for each offense. Laws and rog- iH illations for the general good,, bow- H ever, excite such respect on the part H of the German that cases of theft of jH fruit from the highway fruit trees H rarely occur. Consular Report. jH |