Show A P le aj u IL AFTER YOU PLANT TREM FOR GEORGE VAS dashington HINGTON WE VALE PLACE YOUR ON THE NATIONAL HONOR ROLL OF THE cN TREE association washinton Mer planting bic cord iw VM waa N 1732 1932 arg 0 av 16 A vp qc C state I 1 fmc send th s appolo to t t one to the american tree association 10 1214 serek N V DC rye wn fe lev N ip 7 I 1 ewt 4 ier tk by ELMO SCOTT WATSON HE observance of arbor day varies in the different states of the union although the majority 0 of the celebrations are held during the latter part ot of april or the first part of may but whatever the date it has a special significance this year because ot of two men for 1932 is the bicentennial of the birth of george washington the father of his country and the centennial of the birth of J 1 sterling morton the father of arbor day the connection of george washington with arbor day celebrations lies iles in the fact that this year he be has been the inspiration for the most extensive tree planting program ever undertaken in this thi country for a part of the general bicentennial celebration program this year has bag been the project sponsored by the american idree tree association ot of washington D C of planting trees all dedicated to washington a veritable living memorial stretching from the atlantic to the pacific and from the canadian line to the mexican border in announcing this project at the time thit that president coolidge cooledge created the washington bicentennial commission to have charge of the general celebration this year charles lathrop pack president of the american tree association said bald what more significant and unique method could be employed to manifest the affection which american feels for washington washington himself must have loved trees for his diary contains repeated references to their value and care and he chose a spot for his bis home where their beauty Is unexcelled along the haded path that leads to his final resting place two columns of trim straight larches barches stand like sentinels his constant companions along with those thousands of americans who bo come to pay him reverence during the daylight hours he be must have loved the regal beauty of a tree in the symbolism of a tree con can washington be remembered preeminently eminently pre deep rooted in the ground a tree Is like a man corning coming up out cut of the earth but lifting its branches to heaven beaven and as it grows in usefulness so it grows in beauty it may outlast the ages it offers its shade to all alike and its disinterested ministries succour a thirsty countryside and provide for its physical and esthetic necessities so a tree bespeaks the spirit of washington he wits was democratic in his bis services regal in his leadership commanding in his principles while bile he extended a brotherly hand band to a new and nd 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 bleen bicentennial tennial tree planting idea has now gone around the world king boris HI of bulgaria bag baa joined this great tree planting army in honoring washington by presenting to I 1 lenry henry W shoemaker the american minister at sofia two very rare balkan varieties of evergreens ever greens one for the legation garden the other tor for the american school near sofia these trees have been planted by min later shoemaker who Is from pennsylvania w with ith the help of the legation staff and with L I 1 kerekoff Kerel of the bulgarian foreign office depre tenting that nation mrs lira shoemaker mrs maynard barnes mrs frank barrie wives nivea of the secretaries of the legation and mr air 11 II frey the aug landscape gardener aided in the planting of the tree joseph C grew the american ambassador at istanbul turkey was the first representative of the american government in n the foreign land to register on the national roll roil when he be planted three black walnut trees with rugene eugene M hinkle signing the application on the national honor roll as a witness following tills this came the registration of fred morris dearing american ambassador at lima peru ieru who with garrett G ackerson jr as a witness planted a tree to mark the bicentennial of the birth of washington nt at the country dab club 0 I 1 1 J sterling morton the father of arbor day born april 22 1832 2 certificate issued to joseph C grew american ambassador to turkey for three trees planted in istanbul turkey in honor of george washington 3 mrs herbert hoover helping plant a cedar tree from the ferry farm where george washington spent most of hit his boyhood days as prel dent hoover and other government officials look on the tree was arc presented anted to the president and his wife by the gorge washington tree guild of fredericksburg va and was replanted on the white house grounds 4 A tree presented by king boris III 11 II of but bul garia was planted recently in the va garden aden 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 kerekoff of the bulgarian foreign office representing the bulgarian government in the program honoring washington at lima another registration also came cam from F G E libenow the consular agent at Char chile who planted six english walnuts there from cuba came the registration of 0 eugene E jova the Amerl american caa consular agent at sagua bagua la grande Pomp lIllo montero llon toro the director of 0 the board of sagua bagua yacht club and secretary of the rotary club ot of sagua bagua la grande has baa also registered on the national honor roll in the name of the yacht club itself eduardo sr the president of the club registered two tao trees eduardo jr registered two more in his own name manuel mill and A M ribas have registered also carlos cunanan ranger la in the bureau of forestry of the agricultural college at laguna P L has registered the pla planting of a seedling he to took ok from the sierra madre mountains and brought to los banos to acclimatize it the tree has now cow been planted ta in the lowlands and Is doing fine he reports paul E nilson of the american at turkey has baa registered the planting ot of eight trees and at his suggestion and that of ambassador grew the american tree association has sent the bicentennial tree planting message and its forestry primer to more than a score of schools in turkey these sch schools 0 include the constantinople womans comans college robert college the american academy for girls the american boys school and ihsan bey chairman of the council of education at ankara ambassador grew says there Is a keen interest in tree planting of all kinds in turkey there has been more than a hundred registrations trat ions lons from the boy scouts in lla wali and the library of the department of agriculture kyoto imperial university kyoto japan has hag asked for the bicentennial tree planting posters and printed matter tor for display on april 22 the date on which nebraska celebrates arbor day the tame fame of one of her dla citizens went far beyond the borders of that teate for april 22 1932 was wag the centennial tens ilal of the birth ot of the father of arb arbor or day and a special commemorative stamp I 1 issue by the united states government as well as special observances of the lay day in fit many parts of the country recalled to all americans their debt of gratitude to J sterling morton morton was as born in adams jefferson county N Y on april 22 1832 when he be was two years old his parents moved to michigan and there lie be grew up attending a private school in monroe and then a Methodi brt t 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 graduated bated from union college in his native state in 1851 1954 in the same year he be was married to a michigan girl and the young couple decided to go west and grow up with the country they settled bottled first at bellevue Bel levus in the territory ot of nebraska but moved later to what la is now nebraska city where morton was a member of the town company which surveyed and listed that town adjacent to the townsite te b lit preempted pre empted a tract ot of land halt half a mile square and upon that site he built his home which be called arbor lodge morton was vas 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 william wililam A richardson he became acting governor ile he was ho however vever more interested in other matters than in politics ile he was an original member of the nebraska territorial board of agriculture 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 tor for tree planting so that nebraska would be a treeless state no longer more than a million trees were planted that year and several million more during the following years in 1885 the nebraska legislature wishing to further honor the man who had originated the i idea of arbor day passed an act changing the date of its observance to april 22 mortons Mo Mor rions tons birthday and making it a legal holiday bolt d ay in that state in 1893 morton entered the cabinet of president grover cleveland as secretary of agriculture remaining in office until 1897 by 1895 1805 the nebraska legislature was able to proclaim to Ne braskas sister states that henceforth she was to be known as the tree planter state because this commonwealth which had bad 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 figure prom prominently I 1 n en aly C george eorge washington the father of ills his country and J sterling morton the father of arbor day among those as this Is written are the following alabama proclamation of the governor connecticut latter part of april or first part of may by proclamation of governor georgia first friday in december hawaii first friday in november idaho idabo april 29 when possible recommended by governor iowa proclamation of the governor kansas option of governor kentucky in fall by proclamation of governor maine option of governor in the spring massachusetts last saturday in april pro proclamation cla mation of governor mississippi second friday in december proclamation by governor montana second tuesday in may hay nevada nerada proclamation of goi arnor new hampshire proclamation of governor early may new york the law in this state sta te Is very I 1 elastic in respect to arbor abor lr day and p permits of naming the date ally so as to take full advantage of climatic conditions in III di different freden freren t parts of the state slate dence there are three arbor days in new york one for long island and one for upstate up state and one for the fiort northern hern counties As a rule the last friday in april imd and the first two fridays friday in may are the dates selected north dakota option of governor proclamation procla million of governor pennsylvania proclamation of governor porto rico last friday in november rhode island second friday in may south carolina third friday in november virginia VIrgin la proclamation of the governor in all the e spring wisconsin proclamation of governor anual ly first friday in may washington proclamation of governor usually first friday in may wyoming proclamation of governor usually first friday in may a ml 1932 western union I 1 |