Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-04-02
4 PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, By concurrent resolu-
ton of the Legislature of PsnnsyI-
vanla, approved the Both day of
March, 1887, the Governor is re-
quested to app int, annually, q day
to be designated as Arbor Day in
Pennsylvania, and to recommend by
proclamation to the people on the
days named. the planting of trees
aud shrubbery on the public school
! grounds and n long our public high
ways throughout the State, and
WHEREAS, The observance Of such
day has been productive of much
good and of an increased interest IN
the subject heretofore, and
WHEAKEAs, The experience of the
people of the Commonwealth, has
shown thai the diversity IN our eli
mate makes 1t impracticable to OBJ
serve the same day througout the
different portions of tae State, and 1t
Is thought for this reason to name
alternative days to bc observed by
the people of various localities.
Now, therefore, 1, JBmes. A. Beav-
er, Governor Of the said Common
wealth, IN pursuance of and obedience
TO the request of the Legislature
aforementioned, do hereby designate
FRIDAY, the 11th Day of April 1890
FRIDAY. the 2nd Day of May, 1890,
to be observed as Arbor Days In
Pennsylvania.
In those portions of the Common
weslth where the climatic conditions
are favorable, the day first above
named should be observed for tree
planting and conducting such other
exercises as have been usual, or may
he desirable in our schools and by
the public generally. In the higher
attitudes and in the more noTtherly
latidudes of the Commonwealth, the
dav last named can be SO observed
The exc cutIve cordially commends
to all the people of the Common
wealth the general observance OF the
one or the other of these days for the
purposes uamed. and would further
suggt st that, a. a means of giving
practical direction TO the thought
and effort of the people, village I'M
provement societies might be organ
lied, looking to the beautifying not
only of school grounds, but the gen-
eral plating of trees and otherwise
making attractive the streets and
public places of all cur towns and
villages. Such organizations have
been productive of much good III
many parts of the country, and
could not fail to be beneficial If care
fully organized and IudIciously con-
Quoted
Arbor Day might also be advan-
tageouslv used for the organization
of forestry associations, looking to
the dissemination of useful informa-
tion upon the subject of the preser
vation of our present forests, and Of
re foresting the waste lands of the
4 Commonwealth. The subject Is one
of great Importance, from many
points of view, and cannot fail to
commend itself to the thoughtful cit
izen who Is mindful of the needs of
the present and the demand of the
future
Let the people everywhere through
ont the Commonwealth uni III the
observance IF Arbor Day of the
present wear. and make 1t such n
dav Of brightness and usefulness that
tn. designation Of such days in
the future viii be anticipated with
expectations IF the highest pleasure
and profit.
Is TESTIMONY WAEREoF, l have here
unto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal IF the State tC
be affixed, this twenty-firs
dav of March, in the wear o
our Lord one Thousand
eight hundred and ninety
and Of the Commonwealth
lsEAI. , the one hundred and four
! ~ teenth.
JAMES 4. BFAvER
; BY the Governor
CHARLES W. Stone.
SccTetHTy Of the Commonwealth.