Show 01 w I 1 aa 11 i lk m W R A 7 i 5 f W 3 P 4 PAIR r A U 0 V TE gad k A by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN A MERICAN FOREST WEEK this y year of 1920 1928 will be april 1824 18 24 j according to proclamation by V ram pre It ident coolidge this week la Is I 1 it tok not dot intended to do 10 away with 1 the observance of arbor day in the several states its purpose Is to see that the menace of our vanishing forests Is braig brought home to the american people by nationwide observance during that week i of the spirit of arbor day by educational cat ional lonal programs by eions and i ee planting arbor day Is being increasingly observed in various parts of the country but has little legal standing and its observance Is a hodge hodgepodge podge just as Is that of many of our holidays in fact tile the standing of arbor day as a holiday emphasizes the curious state slate of affairs that obtains obtain in the nation as to holidays congress has passed no laws establishing holidays tor for the he whole countey with the exception that it has designated the second sunday in may as mothers day it has made labor day a holiday in the district of columbia president wilson issued a proclamation may 30 1010 1016 requesting that june 14 the anniversary of 0 the day ou which the F flag lag was adopted by ron eress be observed ober ved as aa flog flag day throughout the nation so when everything in the way of business stops on christmas new years and independence days it la Is because of general custom and not because of congressional legislation beyond this everything Is a mix up the legality of a holiday in whole or in part seems to be largely a question of geography state laws having wide divergence illinois offers a fair example its legal holidays have been established by the legislature largely through laws affecting negotiable instruments new years day christmas day july fourth and sundays have been accepted as legal holidays since the beginning of the states history 1818 thanksgiving rg day proclamation by the pre ident of the united states and by tile the governor of 1111 illinois has bas been regularly observed since 1863 the year of abraham Lincol ns first proclamation election day was first observed as a holiday in 1872 and was later limited to elections at which members of the legislature were chosen following are the dates on which illinois legislative acts creating legal holidays since 1881 1981 were approved birthday may 80 1881 memorial day may SO 30 1881 labor day june 17 1891 lin coans birthday june jane IT 1881 1891 saturday afternoons in cities of or more population may 13 columbus day may 10 1909 mothers day way may 8 1914 indian day june 21 1919 armistice day june 24 1021 1921 nevertheless organized labor which does no work on labor day works on birthday Lincol ns birthday armistice day etc and so on arbor day in illinois la is supposedly appointed by the governor it usually cornea comes on the third friday of april in the northern part of the state and on the fourth friday of october in the southern part arbor day in most of the states Is at least in theory appointed by the governor kansas Is one state that has fixed arbor day by statute its date Is october 12 this Is because kansas was a treeless state and arbor day wits waa considered important por tariL nebraska also has given arbor day a fixed date april aprie 22 that wu 9 out of compliment to julius S morton of that state who was secretary of agriculture in the cleveland and mckinley cabinets and was influential in promoting the observance of the day utah to la the third state to have a fixed date for arbor day april 15 treo tree planting wits was essential in the early days of the settlement of that state and the mormons cormons made the desert blossom like the rose so bo arbor day Is scattered all over the calendar it comes as early as aa the first monday in fob feb junry in arizona and as late as the first friday in december in georgia Geor gla colorado which has a climate a good deal like that of arizona usually observes the third friday in april and heres another angle to the observance of arbor day the fall la is a much better season than the spring for the planting g of many unda kinds of trees for this reason a number of states a are to getting into the way of having an additional tree treb planting time of several days in the fall the occasion Is entirely unofficial and Is due to local loaid interest it Is evident therefore that the observance of arbor day dar in the country la is largely a matter of locality amprimo foresi forest week was until last year IV X M eill f F IZA t t it called forest protection week its s mala main purpose was the protection of our national forests and forests in general against alre its program was directed by the united states mates forest service the bureau of the united states agricultural depart ment which has hag charge of the national forests but the forestry problem Is I 1 now of national importance with many phases and ramifications so last year at a meeting in chicago of depre senta tIves of many of the interests tents ln concerned in this forestry problem the week was renamed tile american forest week and its scope greatly widened frank 0 lowden former governor of illinois presided mr lowden explained that public interest in forest restoration and protection had now become so general nn and insistent that it was necessary to broaden the designation of what had been I 1 forest orcut protection week the alie interest of the people in the forests Is far more than that of protecting them hem from fires fundamental as such protection Is it Is that of nat national loval welfare resting on the in dispensability of wood in industry and commerce and the importance of forests in stream control irrigation general agriculture prevention oj of erosion recreation and climatic effects viewed in tills this light american forest week ling has on an appeal in the treeless regions as well as in the forest country and tile the changes in public policy that must be made if the forests are to be per petua actuated ted roust must proceed from it a universally anh formed public opinion lie he further pointed out that now that economic changes are beginning to make forest est perpetuation profitable and therefore possible to private owners a public movement in the inter ests of forestry has become practicable suh such a movement he said was also necessary to formu late and apply a great latent public opinion tit 1 favor of a definite forestry policy bior the nation sir mr lowden was elected permanent chairman of a directing committee of approximately organizations izat ions more or less affiliated in forestry and con atlon matters five vice chairmen were named to assist mr lowden viz mrs john dick inson sherman of colorado president of the general federation of clubs frank G wisner mississippi president of taw national lumber manufacturers association will dilg chicago president of the izaak walton league william B Ore greeley eley california chief of the united states forest aenice sen ice george D pratt new york dent of the american Fore forestry Atry asso association clatl 0 n headquarters tor for the me committee will be in washington with edgar edga r P allen alien director in charge and miller li hamilton amilton secretary former governor lowden is a leader in the operative cooperative co movement among the farmers of the country he to la also a practical dirt farmer he practices what he preaches in the way of forestry and has set out thousands of pine trees in barren spots on his big illinois farm no man holds good enough title to any acre of land he declares to leave it in a less fruitful condition than when he got it mrs sherman represents a body of organized club women with it a nation nationwide gift membership of about it la Is probably the most moat powerful organization in the country today for more than a generation the general federation his has been an active promoter of arbor day and all that it stands for mr alig Is a leader in t the he izaak walton league which was largely instrumental tru mental in the establishment of the fish and game reservations along the upper mississippi and has purchased large tracts in the jackson role hole region for the winter relief of the yellowstone elk herds local american forest week committees tire are now at work in all parts of the country on the plans piam ot of observance it la Is expected that through the programs being arranged every community will be deeply stirred during american forest week to an appreciation of the dimensions and urgency of the nations forest problems such much as protection trona from fire and destructive taxation reforestation extension of forest areas utilization of the forests for recreational and industrial purposes and the creation of conditions instead of deterrent of forest maintenance 4 v president coolidge fit in ills american forest week proclamation attention to tile the filet that tile the canadian government has haq set apart tile the same saino we k for the saine purpose this lie he said Is nn in lidded added reason liy hy our elti ft honl gh ilio care fill thought to a neatter ini ilter so important to to both belli countries although warning that too long line have we na is it a nation consumed our forest wealth without adequate ale provision fv its wise utilization and renewal the president noted that it change Is taking place lonce in the attI attitude bide of our andam tries our landowners and tho the people toward our forests the wise use of land he continued Is one of the main foundations of 0 sound national economy it Is the corner samie of national thrift the waste or misuse or of natural reso resources cuts away tho grol groundwork I 1 nework in winch which national prosperity Is hullt built the pictures glion herewith are suggestive no I 1 allows a bit of timber under scientific forestry every far farmers titers woodlot should took look the same nos 4 and 2 show a frest f rest fire burning and what it leaves in 1024 something like acres of forest were lie flie swept and it would take years and to replace their burned forests at the rate we ive tire are now doing reforestation no 8 Is a glimpse of the kalbal national forest on the north win of the grand canyon tile the deer are too numerous there and are eating up all the he young growth in a struggle for existence no 5 Is tin nn object lesson of the fact that two men with a saw can in n few minutes undo two or three centuries of nn natures tures handiwork mavy mary powerful organizations tire among those working to straighten out the forestry problem the american engineering council for example will operate cooperate co lu a national observance of amerlean american forest week it was announced by the president of the council dean dexter R S kimball of cornell comell university the council through its constituent societies numbering more than six thousand engineers Is carrying on nationwide efforts to save the nations forest resources the engineers make this point among others long before our coal supply Is exhausted the price will have gone to a point which makes it practically impossible to utilize it for heating our homes when the coal supply has gone to a price which we cannot afford to pay then we shall be more and more dependent upon our water supplies and yet those water supplies are being destroyed they are being destroyed because the forests the tree growths on the watersheds have been destroyed and as a bonse consequence the earth and matter that can flow with our oar hoods floods li Is carried into the streams the slit Is therefore filling up streams and reservoirs and destroying water vater power the american tree association of which charles lathrop pack Is president Is going an important work in getting individual citizens to plant trees it has a large and rapidly In increase ing membership plant a tree register it at the taa W washington ashington headquarters and become a member there are no dues duea ur mr pack has lust just published the forestry primer which will be b sent bent for 8 cents tor for postage the year 1026 marks the semi geml centennial of the first drat step in forestry of the federal government the publication of the forestry primer Is another step in the american tree associations campaign to get forestry facts before schools clubs nud and elvie civic organizations the forestry primer nier says mr pack alms not only to in mart ark this feml centennial date but alms to direct the public opinion of tomorrow to the great importance to our economic structure of that corner comer stone of our count rya rys economic econom la safety forests |