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Show HART TREES MEflilTffl Arbor Pay Observed io Salt Late, State Officials Participate it. Exercises on Capitol Kill. If Expressions of Good Will Count for Anything-, Trees Planted jYester-, jYester-, day Should Be Sturdy. If expressions of good will count for anything In tho growth of trees, the twenty-ono saplings planted yesterday' by Senator George Sutherland, Gov. Cutler and other Stato officiate will In years to como be among the sturdiest and most . beautiful of tho many trees on tho Capitol grounds, for not a tree In all tho number was- planted without somo one cxnresslntr tho hope that It would grow into a strong and sturdy representative of Its kind. And thoy wcro good kinds, too. for among tho vnrlotlcs were tho sycamore, tho elm, tho linden, tho maple, the ash and what not. "Was Beautiful Day. Arbor day broko clear and fair, and there was an unusually large number of officials prceent at the regular tree-planting on Capitol hill. liana Chrlstopherson, who has been the gardener at tho grounds for fifteen years, had everything In readiness when tho officlalM arrived. Gov. Cutler was th6 first lo put his shoulder to tho wheel, or rather, his foot to the apade, and planted :t small llower-Ing llower-Ing ulmond, which had been presented to tho State by the gardener at Liberty park. Shrub a Japnnese Almond. In answer to an Inquiry, tho gardener informed Glen Miller that the shrub was a Japaneso llowerlng almond, whereupon Mr. Miller said to tho Governor: "Aren't you showing Just a littlo favoritism fa-voritism by planting a Japanese shrub?" Before tho Governor had time to respond. re-spond. Senator Sutherland caused a laugh by saying: "lie's, doing a 'Russian' business busi-ness anyhow," and then dodged Involuntarily, Involun-tarily, as though ho thought tho tree ought to fall upon him If it didn't. Got Back at Sutherland. A moment later Senator Sutherland tried to squaro himself by saving: "Well, Governor. I hope you live to seo the tree grow tall enough so you mav climb into As branches and pluck the fruit." But this tlmo tho laugh was on thu Senator for Mr. Cox of the Horticultural board said: "Well, I guess he'll do that, for the tree only grows about six fect high." It waa an exceedingly pleasant crowd gathered together yesterdav morning, every one staying until the last treo was plnntcd, and each seeming to enjoy tho work that Is, watching tho others work. Planted a Sycamore. In addition to the shrub planted by Gov. Cutler, he also planted a sycamore, completing com-pleting tho onstern end of tlio lane known as Governor' row. Just to the left of this last treo stands tho first planted In tho row by Gov. "West some twelve vears ago. when the need of a Capitol for tho Stato of Utah seemed distant Indeed. Along In tho samo row are the trCes planted by Gov. Wells and Gov. Thomas ovory one In flno condition and Just-bursting Just-bursting into loaf, Lewis and Clark Catalpa. Ono of the Interesting trees planted yesterday was the "Lewis and Clark catalpa. ca-talpa. Sponcor Clawson, manager of the Utah exhibit at Portland. Is responsible for the name and probablv will bo responsible re-sponsible for the tree, as he did the planting. plant-ing. From the hands' of Gov. Cutler tho trusty npnde passed into the hands of Senator buthorlnnd, who planted a French elm In tHo lawn Just a few fect from Governor s row. Other Trees Planted. Attorney-General Brecdcn chose a sugar- maple. Secretary of State Charles S. Tlrgcy and Mrs. Tingey both chose linden trees, Mrs. Ulngoy remarking Unit whichever which-ever of tho two grow waa hers. Adjutant-General Bowman selected a French elm; State Auditor Edwards an ash- Sec-f0'0 Sec-f0'0 tn.c Governor. Nelson, an ash: btate Superintendent of Schools Nelson a sycamore- Postmaster Thomas, a nnI tlon: Glen Miller a mountain ash: Stato Statistician Charles Dc Molsy, n mountain ash; John E. Coxo of the State Board of Horticulture, a catalpa; Junius F Wells a catalpa; Food Commissioner Peterson' an ash: Slato Fish and Gamo Commissioner Commis-sioner John Sharp, a Judas tree. At the University. Arbor day was also fittingly ob3crvcdl at tho University of Utah. It was a day ,of manual labor and from S o'clock In Iho morning until 5 at right studonts and professors worked side by side beautifying beautify-ing the campus. At noon tho college women wo-men under tho direction of Prof. Maud May Babcock and Miss Wheeler feasted the workers who assembled in tho Museum Mu-seum hall. Promptly at 8 o'clock the male students appeared on the campus and began worl-Under worl-Under tho direction, of Profs. WINon' Bcckstrnnd, Ebaugh and Young they dispersed dis-persed In groups to varloua parts of tho campus. During the morning most of i&!vnri1(;njy T8 expended In digging iJ otSaC 1 1le,dS Wt'SllSF of thoso In charge . to sod the CTl,lirnnntn,0Ii water ne3 wero run in afjo, lions so as to expedlto sprinkllwr durh tho summer months. A narrow .irh S turf was laid around the c2c nnii fLf ball Held yesterday scnaraMn 1 1 J00t" mission from the War denartmonf & , sod from tho reservation if fMtako nuest is granted tho students Wl rJ'C7 another day In sodding the gdd,ronPCml Thirty Trees Planted. During the morning about thlrtv trc wero planted on tho campus bv mcml nr HertfU,t;- In the aernoon'eb"s of the forestry 'committee of the TIM h State- Federation of Woman's clubs vlstt ed tho university, Mrs r c z. i 11 president of tho Utah" Fcdfratlnn" Woman's clubs and a mombc -oi ho university uni-versity board of regents, visited the cam ?US '? 0nTViauy wltn Mrs. J. M Dart Mrs. J. T. Kingsbury and Mrs A j On, ham and planted trees. Goi At L. D. S. "University. The observance of the day was not forgotten for-gotten at tlio L,. D. S university. wS members of the faculty and students nf tho university gathered on KrldaJ "aft erf noon and, after enjoying a programme of Bpceches and music, repaired to nT grounds and planted a. goodly number r trees. After tho fWork camo each of the several classes enjoyed a ban-Schools ban-Schools Plant Trees. Nor wcro the universities and the Stato officers tho only ones who rcnVJmberbd lo celebrate tho day. On tho grounds of many of thu public schools tree" and shrubs wcro planted by teachers and pi-plla, pi-plla, while many a yard surrounding nri-vato nri-vato homes was mado the scene of a rAm lly gathering and tho planting of vines" trcca and shrubs. ., i |