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Show I WHAT ARBOR DAY MEANSTO UTAH Stnte Superintendent Nelson Writes to the School Children Setting Forth Their Duty State Superintendent of Schools A. C. Kelson bU written a letter 10 the school chlldrrn of rtah. to be read by the 4 teacher In each claw room a u pirt of th- r" '"Kr.'immr- for Arbor day. The Utter fl well written, an! petting out as It lo-s the history of thf birth and observance of this great holiday, tt Is prlnforl hrc In full In order tliat nth'-r besides frhonl children may learn what it contains, and perhaps be inspired to plant some trees, shrubs or flowers. This is the lettai 'To th School Children of Utah: When the cold, blssJk i!um 6t Inter i , m give way to the warm, sunny days of , I jl spring, and vrh the srrass and early i j (1 flowers spread th. lr beauty around our M 1' homes and the birds King sweetly to 'T u finm the tre-s, v become eagr to Ij i show our appreciation of these well I J II s of other welcome blessings of the I Jrl springtime Fortunati Ij B splendid op- J C partunlty is offered every boy and girl 0 a,' in th state to manifest 'ins appn 1 Jl tlon. The law-nakers of our State 1 w-l have provided thai April 15th of each u j year shall be a holiday, at which time Jl m trees, shrubs and vines may be planted d M f r the adornment of i u bl ) - and private fl grounds, a-s well for Lhe promotion H of forp-i growth "T.'J. culture, V Birth of Arbor Day. "Arbor day, as vou rmiy kr.ow, ha1 Its I m) birth thlfty-tWo -ai ago in the State d of Nebraska. A wlae and patriotic man, Sterling Moi i oi I ' determined to have his State, thn al- A ri"1 1 LroelesB, covered 1 1 h woods ;m d jHfj end comfort aid beauty. Accordingly HC he secured the adoption of a plan which BL 1 1 'I ih . i-.v i i ior of the Btel wM irije a proclamation petting apart the mL third Wednesday lr pn! mm the planting of trees and nhruhs by . W every man, woman and child in the mmm State j i i to do that kind of work WtWr first Irboi In Nebraska m oVer i 000,000 trees wert planted, and L since thai time there ha-.- been I I planted millions more, so that today, ft w belni without 1 t rft-. Nebraska n I '. a l-'i" Uk fB profit and B w pleasure peoph The present mh u woodlands of Nebraska tell of the wise "E- 1 foresight and of the deep pati lot ism of I I hr people, m ho h.m- - admirably mW I . irrled out the purposes of the day PV I i h.' cheerfully ccrobrnt- W m In All the States sW Bc0(. M th present time, Arbor ia it ob- Mm I'V' ' rN,,: 1,1 y m ' in the rnion BaI",,',, i . i : convinced LJ',',', of the , hlng benefits which the J jn 't) proper observance of the da brings, ''MM Ibull'l'l 4 B.iia i . th of their wood- Si B -j believe th people ol Utah 'S M ,m..1 1 1 n tl .. y. h. hiltli in Iti '"' ""ir stat" B wMi j as are the people elsewhere to their WS MM f iitpTl.ii.il L' t uv thru, on this day. In Bl JB 1 ' our t tins loe V 1 f,,i ,nir State by carrying out the pur- " , i r of ti . as faithfully as they y 'iiti. been carried out in Nebraska or t Isewhere, in years to come let it be aald "f US by our children when they Sh .11 f . the trees of ovir planting, that- )J ! mindful not alone of our- selves, but also of them and of the ff j future welfare of the State. j Plant Good Trees. f i "I d-lrc to suggest that .h greatest - i .--iiih care b used both in the se- I lection of the trees ami of the places L . A'here they shall be planted. The trees a should be valuable and they should al- A adapted to our i llmate They I hOUld be planted where they will re- j g" ceive that care necessary to insure a Jm .j l . llthy, lg rous Hf- D L "Bear in mind that In tree ulture as B i thi culture of our own lives, wel- B come and profitable returns are realised H I hot from what I j planted but from choice plantings which are B ( cultivated to their greatest posiin B 1 lulkM- that you will not be satisfied Si i utii you have planted - beautiful and B j useful tree today. I hope that you may B bi- du dly anxious ev. ry day of your B lives to plant seeds of usefulness and Wj J i unselfish nasi j" your hearts I hat you 1 iua- pri'W up to honor and ndorn the W m ehlch i j surrounding you with I r i . i advantages which make I f , pi sslble for you a beautiful and a sue- ! : |