Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-05-17

DOard OF agriculture, and the resolution
was unanimously adopted, and the 10th
day of April was set aside as a day when
trees and flowers apd public improve:
ments should be made, and a special
premium o. prize was offered on that
day for the largest number of trees
planted. It is claimed that over a mil
lion trees were planted in the state of
Nebraska in 1872 on the 10th day of
April. Governor Morton's example was
followed by his successor, Governor
Robert w. Furnas, who issued the first
Arbor day proclamation. Minnesota
followed the state of Nebraska, and in
1876 Leonard B. Hodges, secretary Of
the state forestry association on the FIRST
Arbor day in Minnesota, May 1, 1876.
The idea of working this project along
the line Of school ground improvements
was first established in this state, and in
1882 the American Forestry association
held a conference in st. Paul and at
this meeting passed resolutions favor
ing the observance of Arbor day in all
the schools of the United States. From
these beginnings Arbor day is being
observed in most of the states of the
union, and foreign countries as we'll are
taking the matter in hand, and it is
thought that the time is not far distant
when all countries will observe this day
in the way 1t is now observed in this
country. Public institutions are observ-
ing the day, by closing, and private
citizens by beautifying their homes with
trees and shrubs. At the schools in the
afternoon an interesting program Of
exercises was carried out, and the
pupils planted trees with appro-
pirate ceremonies. The day was cool
enough that the actual work in con-
n~ection with Arbor day observance was
not oppressive, and there.was a deal Of
tree planting in progress.
The exercises at the schools in the after
noon we're instructive, and interesting.
The marching feature was we'll carried
out, and the people listened to an inter-
estlng and timely talk from Farmer
Wallace, than whom no one is better
fitted to speak OF Arbor day. A num-
Der of trees we're planted, and the exer-
cises passed off successfully. Members
Of the G. A. R. post were present, and a
tree was dedicated to them.
AT THE CAPITOL.
Arbor day was observed at the capitol
by planting a circle Of thirty trees, and
a row of thirteen on the east side of the
roadway leading to the building. At
noon the entire capitol force gathered at
the spot, and, locating their trees, which
we're tagged, set Justify to work filing
in the holes which had already been
dug. The trees we're planted as follows;
In the center of the circle three trees by
the judges of the supreme court; begin
ing on the north Governor Allin planted
his box elder, followed around the circle
to the west by Secretary Dahl, Auditor
Briggs, Treasurer Nichols, Commissioner
l. duCI01 superintendent Ddb0S, O0u0Cdl
Cowan, Commissioner Laughlin, Dep.
uties DePuy, Gregg, Cook, Baker, Lucas,
Philbrick, Pool, Wallace and Gushing,
Examiner Langlie, Clerk w. W. Smith,
Stenographers Misses L. Shortridge,
Conway, Davidson (who named her tree
''Trilby"O, Wakeman, Waggoner, Rourke,
Mrs. Hoskins, Mrs. Dahl and Secretary
Cochrane. The row was headed by
Lieut.. Gov. Worst, who, christened his
tree "Tom Reed" followed by James
Wallace with his "Wm. Mckinley" tree,
VIM. Laist, with a sturdy Bismarck
Superintendent Marshal, Engineer s.. G..
Smith. +. J. Burt, Geo. A. Hughes, Miss
Kittie Gray, G. O. Hanson, G. w. New
ton, Rev. A. A. Baker, G. L.. Bradley, D.
S. Dodds and Commissioners Williams,
who planted a poplar.
There were no set speeches but only
spontaneous merriment.