Show RIL 15 MADE J t TREE AND BIRD DAY FOR UTAH r amberger B a in in ill Proclamation I Urges Citizens to Plant I f Flowers 1 Arbor cIa day in Utah is a legal holiday and Go Gov Simon Bamberger yesterday Issued a proclamation calling calling- upon tho people Cot c-C tho the state te to observe the da day to plant trees shrubbery and flowers and to promote the movement to foster wild ilfe ICe Ife His proclamation reads Following closely upon the civil war and possibly actuated b by it It the f rr observance of or a special da day each spring f for tor the tho planting of trees was Included among among- the purposes of or Arbor da day were a n more intimate as- as u. u floatation with wall tho the beauties of oC nature and the perpetuation of or the memory of or those who had performed some public t service From tho the beginning It has had a civic motive and an association if of or patriotism This year car we ma may give Ive to that da day a meaning more mare profound a a purpose more exalted yet also also- an anI I association more personal Memorial l to lie He Planted i Another and greater greatel war has come cometo to its inevitable conclusion Tho cause or of righteousness of liberty of or all that Americans J hold dear has prevailed We Yo Yohan shall han seek cok many ways to perpetuate tho memory memon of those who made mada th the s premo sacrifice The memorials will wm take man many forms Some names will willbe willbe willbe be perpetuated by costly monuments and inscribed on enduring tablets I a Great works that serve the tho needs of or peace doubtless also will bo ho dedicated Z X to them But nut along with such memorials we weare weare are arc given ghen the opportunity o simply and spontaneously to pay poy our tribute We Ye r can perpetuate their names in familiar places place Our waysides our yards ards and our pleasure places ma may be bo adorned fittingly with young youns- trees each named for tOl a fallen Callen soldier Word Vord Spoken n for When hen we think of trees s It Is but butt t natural that we wo should associate with t them theta another masterpiece of or our Creators Creator's Crea Crea- Creators Creator's tors tor's handiwork handiworks tho the tho birds Where hero there are no birds there are arc few tew trees where there arc are no trees tree birds are aro few The movement to encourage the planting of trees originated half halt a century century cen cen- tur tury ago the movement for the tho protection protection pro pro- J 0 af at wild life UCe is more recent but butis butis is gathering momentum more moro rapidly Arbor da day and Bird day arc are Intimately I I associated and antI properly so so and richly deserve appropriate observance Now therefore I Simon Bamber- Bamber ger ser governor of the State of Utah do hereby proclaim and set apart Tuesday Tues Tues- da day April 15 la 15 1919 as Arbor da day and Bird day and a n. legal holiday hollday throughout through through- I out Utah On this da day day- dayI I would urge patriotic citizens to devote their time limo and d energy to the planting and cultivation of oC trees tree shrubbery and flowers 1 and otherwise lend their efforts to an ji appropriate observance of or the thc move move- movement i ment meat to foster wild life liCe |