Show affer YOU PLANT frers FOR GEORGE 1932 washington WE WILL PLACE YOUR NAME ON THE HONOR ROLL OF THE AMERICAN TREE association JAI MeMO TiGI planting record M YOUR NS no 1932 street att 14 mo 7 am 11 1 1 street state 1 I A hancl ll 11 I 1 for cert t 4 the american cn 1214 street N W D C a aft 41 4 oak 4 al r V by ELMO SCOTT WATSON HE observance ot of arbor day varies in the different states of the un ion ton although the majority of the celebrations are held during the latter part of april or the first part of may but whatever the date it has a special significance this year because of two men for por 1932 la Is the bicentennial of the birth of george washington the father of his country and the centennial of the birth of J ster ling morton the father rather of arbor day the connection of george washington with arbor day celebrations lies in the fact thit this year he has been the inspiration for the moot extensive tree planting program ever under tak en on in this country for a part of the general bicentennial celebration program this year has been the project sponsored by the american tree association of NN washington ashington D C of plant ing trees all dedicated to washing ton a veritable living me morvil stretching from the atlantic to the pacific and from the cana ulan than line to the mexican border in announcing this project at the time that president coolidge created the washington bl bi centennial commission to have charge of the 7 eueral celebration this year charles linthrop tack pack president pred ident of the american tree assoria tion bald said what more significant and unique method could be employed to manifest the affection which american feels for washington wash ington himself must have loved trees tor for his diary contains repeated references to their value and care and he chose a spot for his home where their beauty Is 1 unexcelled along the shaded path that leads to his final resting place two columns of trim trini straight larches stand like sentinels his constant companions along with those thousands of americans who come to pay him reverence during the dayl hours he must have loved the regal beauty of a tree in the symbolism of a tree can washing ton be remembered pre eminently deep rooted in the ground a tree Is like a man coming up out of the earth but lifting its branches to heaven beaven and as it grows grove 9 in usefulness so it grows in beauty it may outlast the ages it offers its shade to all al ke and its disinterested ministries succour a thirsty countryside and provide tor for its physical and esthetic lecessi ties so a tree bespeaks the spirit of washing ton he ile was democratic in his services regal in bis his leadership commanding in ili his principles while he extended a brotherly hand to a ne nev v and independent people struggling for fuller freedom not only have millions of trees already been planted in honor of washington and registered with the american tree association by social civic and patriotic clubs and organizations as well as by individuals but the bicentennial tree planting idea has now gone around the world king boris III of bulgaria ha joined this great tree planting army in honoring washing ton by presenting to henry W shoemaker the american minister at sofia two very rare balk ball an varieties of evergreens one for the legation garden the other for the american school near sofia these trees have been planted by min leter later shoemaker who Is from pennsylvania with the help of the legation staff and with I 1 kerekoff of the bulgarian foreign office depre benting that nation mrs shoemaker mrs may nard barnes mrs frank barne wives of the secretaries of the legation and mr air H prey frey the king s landscape gardener aided in the planting of the tree joseph 0 grew the american ambassador at istanbul turkey was mas the first representative of the american government in the foreign land to register on the national roll when he planted three black walnut trees with eugene M hinkle signing the appi appl cation on the na honor roll as a witness following this came the registration of fred morris D dearing e aring american ambassador at lima peru N alo I 1 0 v with ith garrett G Ack Ac kerron ervon jr as a witness planted a tree to mirk the bicentennial of the birth of wish agton at the country club 1 J S eri erl ng morton the father of arbor day born april 22 1832 2 certificate issued to joseph C grew amer lean ican ambassador to turkey for three trees planted in istanbul turkey in honor of george washington 3 mrs herbert helping plant a cedar tree from the ferry tarn farri where george wash ington spent most of h s boyhood days as deit hoover and other government off elais look on the tree was pre anted to the president dont nt and his wife by the geo goo ge go washington tree guild of fredericksburg vi and was replanted on the white house grounds 4 A tree presented by binm a boris III of bul sul garia garla was planted recently in the garden of the american legation at sofia for the american tree association with the help of 1 henry fry the kings landscape gardener 2 henry shoemaker the american minister to bulgaria 3 mrs henry shoemaker and 4 1 I kerekoff of the bulgarian fore agn offee off representing the bulgarian government in the program honoring washington at lima another registration also came from F E libenow the consular agent at Char Cliar chile who planted six english walnuts there from cuba came the registration ol 01 eugene E jova the american consular agent at sagua bagua la grande Pomp pompillio lIllo montero the director of the board of sagua bagua yacht club and secretary of the rotary club of sagua bagua la grande has also registered on the national honor roll in the name of the yacht club itself eduardo sr the president of the club registered two trees eduardo jr registered two more in his own name manuel mill and A M bibas ribas have registered also carlos cunanan ranger in the bureau of for estry of the agricultural college at laguna P I 1 has registered the planting of a seedling he took from the sierra madre mountains and brought to los banos to acclimatize it the tree has now been planted in the lowlands and is doing fine he reports paul E mison nilson of the Ame american school at talas turkey has registered the planting of eight trees and at his suggestion and that of ambassador Amb asador grew the american tree assoria tion tiou has sent the bicentennial tree planting message and its forestry primer to more than a score of schools in turkey these schools include the constantinople woman s college robert college the american academy for girls the american boys school and ihsan bey chairman of the council of education at ankara ambassador Amba asador grew says there is a keen inter est in tree planting of all kinds in turkey there has been more than a hundred regis orations trat lons ions from the boy scouts in hawaii and the library of the department of agriculture bilto bioto imperial university kyoto ryoto japan has asked for the bicentennial tree planting posters and printed matter tor for display on april 22 the date on aich chich nebraska braska Ie celebrates arbor day the fame of one of her d s citizens went far beyond the borders of that state tate for april 22 1932 was the cen tennial of the birth of the father of arbor day and a special commemorative stamp is sue by the united states government as well as special observances of the day in many parts of the country recalled to all americans their debt of gratitude to J sterling morton morton was born in adams jefferson county N Y on april 22 1832 2 when he was two years old his parenti moved to michigan and there he grew up attending a private school in mon roe and then a methodist seminary in albion in 1850 he entered the university of michigan and remained there for most of the course but withdrew in his senior year and was vas grad bated from union college in his native state in 1854 in the same year he was married to a mich igan girl and the young couple decided to go west and grow up with the country they settled first at bellevue in the territory of ne braska but moved later to what is 1 now ne braska city where morton was a member of the town company which surveyed and estalo dished that town toun adjacent to the townsite te ha preempted pre empted a tract of land half a mile square and upon that site he built his home which he called arbor lodge morton waa was the founder and first editor of the first newspaper in nebraska city the nebraska city news and was a prominent figure in nebraska during its territorial days in 1858 president buchanan made him secretary of the territory and upon the resignation of gov wil liam A richardson he became acting governor he ile was however more interested in other mat than in politics lie he was an original mem her ber of the nebraska territorial board of agrical ture and the territorial horticultural society coming from two heavily wooded states new york and michigan morton was struck by the bleakness of the treeless state as nebraska was called at that time the result was that at a meeting of the state board of agriculture on january 4 1872 morton introduced a resolution setting aside april 10 for tree planting so that nebraska would be a treeless state no longer more than a million trees were planted that year and several mil lion more during the following years in 1885 the nebraska legislature wishing to further honor the man who had originated the idea of arbor day based an act changing the date of its observance to april 22 morton s birthday and malting making it a legal holiday in that state in 1893 morton entered the cabinet of president grover cleveland as secretary of agri culture remaining in office until 1897 by 1895 1805 the nebraska legislature was able to proclaim to nebraska s sister states that henceforth she was to be known as the tree planter state because this commonwealth which had once been so markedly destitute of this form of verdure now had more than acres planted in trees arbor day Is yet to be observed in a number of states and in all of them two names will fig ure prominently george washington the ra ther of his ills country and J sterling morton the father rather of arbor day among those as this Is written are the following alabama proclamation of the governor connecticut latter part of april or fart part of may by proclamation of governor georgia first friday in december hawaii first friday in november idaho april 29 when possible recommended by governor iowa proclamation of the governor kansas option of governor li kentucky Cen tucky in fall by proclamation of gov arnor maine option of governor in the spring massachusetts last saturday in april proclamation cla mation of governor mississippi second friday in december proclamation by gobernor goer gov arnor nor montana second tuesday in may nevada Procla proclamation matton of governor new hampshire proclamation of governor early may new york the law in this state Is very elastic introspect to arbor day and permits of naming the date so as to take full adian advantage tage of cli climatic matle conditions in different parts of the state hence there are three arbor days in new bork one for long island one tor for up state and one for the northern coun ties As a rule the last friday in april and the first two friday in may are the dates selected north dakota option of governor ohio proclamation of governor renn pennsylvania sylvania proclamation of governor porto rico last friday in november rhode island second friday in 10 may south carolina third friday in november virginia proclamation of the governor in the spring wisconsin proclamation of governor libal ly first friday in may washington proclamation of governor Us bially first friday in may wyoming proclamation of governor usually first friday in may CC 1832 1932 western newspaper union |