Deseret Evening News | 1901-04-15 | Page 1 | Arbor Day in Salt Lake City

ARBOR DAY IN SALT LAKE CITY Governor Wells tV ells Mayor Thompson and Their Theli Official Families Members of the Press and Others Plant Trees jo The enterprise c of ot tho the Hon lion J Sterling Morton In aside one otic day da In lit II tim tho year yel I tot for the tho planting of Ot ofte treen te s begun bogun by Iy hint hII In II a 1 quiet manner in nd now nol almost a n national holiday holla a 1 loyal supporter In tho the State ot or ornah nah From the th chief executive of tin and nil all al tho thu Stute State down downto dowl to the tle youngest oun ost school children ren throughout the delighted In the participation of ot observance oI ob The rho banks In III II the tho cRy city el ser closed nit all allday ul day u but ut tho houses house did not no feel teel disposed to shut their doors The public schools were also In hi session the board of ot education e has ill ni mys the th children In tha tho th of ot Arbor tiny day tny und mid UI endorsed every evry effort to Into their thol minds nInd a 1 proper appreciation of ot the worthiness of ot the tho tiny day lay yet yot they felt alt that tho UI schools had hat already been disturbed too much Outside of ot tho the city cl however It Is thought that tho the school children are ale Oe generally carrying carrin out tho the especial functions of ot the day tuy Despite the tho fact that the tho business houses open the tl thi city bore tho the aspect of ot a holiday The hc streets wor ver devoid of ot ho tho goodly stream of ot vedes pedestrians that now nos characterizes this growing city which In II I a fair lair Indication that a n material portion porton ot oC the tho community remained home hOle to plant trees treos Governor Wells and mil his tinni family ly h tho the Justices of the Supreme court together with others to the capitol site sie anti proceeded to tn plant trees The city also I felt that It devolved upon them then to ob observe oblene observe I serve lene the day which they did I In II u a I I befitting manner In II Liberty Park Th faculty and anil students of ot the State Uni University Unit t wore svere also nUo In full tul accord with I the day The Tho students turned out In Inn Ina n ii large In e body hod together with their In Instructors 1 and ald each class planted a aI number of oC trees tres So that In II a n few toI ow I will bo he boI 1 years oars hence tho the new now campus wi I covered with wih luxuriant shade