The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-29
Arbor Day Celebrated by the
City Officials.
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXERCISES.
Many eapliags Put 1nte the EartA-ooms
Amusement Added 70 the Util-
itarlaa Features.

R"uS youuS eApSs anu many private
families commemorating the occasion by
laying the foundation of many future
shade treeA
The largest gathering at any one place
was at Kinnear park, whittier the Con-
soiidated Street Car Co mpany had con-
veyed the municipal officials in two spe-
cial cars. They were escorted by Superin.
tendent Schwageri, Of the park depart
ment, and Commissioner w. H. White.
Among the guests were Mayor Miller.
Corporation Counsel Donworth, Comp
troller Carson. City Treasurer Krug. City
Clerk Stoneman, Aldermen Sweeney, In.
Kram, Cram. Stocks, Carrie; Delegates
Kloeber, Lyon. Drew, Crichton, Shields,
Brace; Commissioners Van Brocklin and
Jesse Cochran, Street Commissioner Ryan
and Superintendent Helms. A large
number Of citizens Joined them at the
park.
After making turn along the principal
paths. admiring the beauties of the park,
Commissioner White summoned the forces
to work. He called the attention Of the
city fathers to the improvements which
could be made by intelligent work, and
told them that not only the parks but the
streets Of Seattle might be made very at
tractive. There were many streets, he
said. whereon the parking system could
be adopted. and even where the streets
were already graded their entire width
would never be needed for traffic and trees
could be planted to great advantage. He
then invited "the city fathers to plant
tree each and plant it we'll, for if some of
the things said about you in the news
papers are true you will never have q
chance again to father . city tree"
fLaughter.l
1.-The acting mayor" was called, to
which Mr.. Miller replied interrogatively,
(Which one?" DR.. Sweeney said he was
there for the Sixth ward. Leander Miller
drew of his coat and grasping . spade
soon had q young oak in the ground. Mr..
Donworth was called for, and he grasped .
long shovel. His pale, scholarly face was
In marked contrast to the rugged features
of the park assistant and a. he became the
center OF attraction he was made the
target for some good-natured badinage:
Anybody can see you are not . gardener"
he was told. ''yOu are more accustomed to
railroad work" us that charter oak p
That's right, fill up every hole; don't let
it have any chance to wriggle out" But
Mr.. Donworth kept right down to business,
and his name was placed on q tag around
the sapling. He had barely finished be-
fore Mr.. Carson and NJ. krug had their
monuments erected. both being experts in
real estate. J. w. Van Brocklin and Jesse
Cochran were then required to finish the
planting Of the oaks, eac b members name
being inscribed on the tablet.
The park committees of the two houses
of the council planted eome naples and
ash. and then the crowd swarmed around
to see the aldermen plant horse chestnuts
Why the noble tree WITH its beautiful bios
SONS should have furnished s''gag" for
the slangy and irreverent il not quite
clear. but every conceivable play upon
the word was revived, and Delegate Lyon
was included with the aldermen. He 10
always lone of the boys" on such occa-
sions. and entered into the fun and en-
joyed the digging As much as when he
planted the trees on Third street twenty
tive years ago.
The delegates planted varieties Of linden,
catalpa, paulonia imperiaiis. makia and
paper mulberry. and Superintendent
Schwagerl took the opportunity to tell of
the results that might come Of their or
dinance authorizing purchase of these
slips in Europe at ~ cents piece The
heads Of departments planted tamarix and
dogwood, although Superintendent Helms
didn't like the bark of his dogwood, and
Tim Ryan said that while Tim DIRK was
q good old Irish name he had never heard
of the tree before.
Commissioner White had to plant all
the beeches by himself, no other member
of the park board appearing. bat Lee b.
Hart stood by and held the plumb line.
While the officials were at their busiest
the newspaper reporters modestly drew
away and quietly but firmly scooped hole
and hid away the roots of some rhus yir-
giniana. so as TO cover up the source from
which the plant derives its information.
The rhus is notable for coming ont in full
bloom when everything else is dull and
withered.
Very many citizens, including ladies and
children, were invited to plant about
thirty-four camelias japonica which had
been contributed by Louis Ziegler, but
there was no ceremony observed. No
speeches were made, and as the last tree
was started in its new home the officials
returned to town. The park was very
much admired. and some of its features,
particularly the 'toadstooi," were made
the occasion of compliment to Superin-
tendent Schwagerl.
Although it was not q legal holiday,
many places of business were closed; the
courts held brief sessions, and il only
lacked the sanction of the law to be gener-
ally observed.
At the University OF Seattle the day was
observed by exercises under the direction
OF Rev n. ]. Pierce, the principal.
The University Of Seattle was graced by
a large number of trees Yesterday, amount
ing 10 about seventy-ive in all, including
twenty ornamental trees, judiciously
selected, twenty naples, brought from the
nearly forty fruit trees Of various kinds.
The fruit trees were set in a spherical tri-
angie north of the building, on q fertile
spot. The naples row form q row each
side the front walk TO the street. and the
ornamental trees we're Hastily arranged in
a semicircutar plat east and south Of the
binding. A complete list of the trees
planted could not be obtained, bat among
them were the following:
Mrs. A J. Hanfort, mountain ash: Rev. J. P.
Ludlow. black wslnut, from seei taken BY him
from Mount Vernon. NashinEton's home;
Prof O. :. Jones. mountain ash, Thomas
Prosch. box elder: B. L Northup, black walnu,
and I9is trees: Mrs BemiS liiacs; Leet Palmer,
lilscs, Mr.. MseDougali. white cedar; Nina
Gifori, weeping willow; W. J. Colkeit white
birch; r. l. Caldwell, white birch and p-uaes:
E Z Powell. thlSteea fruit trees: A. l. pulrner
cherry. Fred and Howard McEae, ium; Harold
Wado.i6ge. prune: G J. Barchest, Italian
pEune; James Burcheft. plum: Archie kuipe