The Republican., 1899-04-06
ArbOr Day.

named by our Chief Executive as Ar
Dor Day, and he calls upon the people
throughout the State to appropriately
celebrate the day.
In this connection we call the atten-
tion of the citizens of Oakland and
the entire county to a proper obser-
walton of the day. Much can be done
by the residents of our town, as also
by those of Grantsville, Accident, Deer
Park and Bloomington to make their
mountain villages attractive. Let each
and all turn out and plant trees, along
the streets in the grounds surrounding
their public buildings and churches
This movement if properly inaugural
ed will in the near future add greatly
to the attractiveness of the places
above mentioned. 1t can be accom-
plished with little labor and at very
trifling cost. Ifwhere there are Il num-
Der of streets as in Oakland let one or
, two of said streets be selected for this
years work and the next celebration
of the day others can be taken in
hand.
We trust that the appeal of the
Governor will meet with a hearty re-
sponse from the people generally.
1t is not only in our towns and viii
lagos that attention should be given
to this matter, but throughout the
county. In every rural district let
our people turn out and celebrate the
day. Let every school house be sur
rounded with trees. 1t may be said
that our public schools have closed,
but certainly some of the trustees and
many of the pupils attending are liv-
ing near these buildings, and could
easily carry out the object in view.
The boys of our schools can do much
in this line. Two or three boys at
tending any one of the many schools
in our county, could meet and arrange
to plant some half dozen or more trees
in front or around the building they
attend during school days. Years
hence, when they have grown to man
hood, they can point with pride to
these children of nature and say: Il
planted that tree A nation we are
making history rapidly, and our boys
can perpetrate the memory of our
gallant naval and military heroes by
naming the trees planted after some
of the many heroes of our late war,
Dewey, Miles, Sampson, Wheeler,
Schley, HObson, Bagley, Otis and
host of others come up for recogni-
tiOn. Then too there are the names
of our great battle ships, whose vic
tory will mark a new era in naval
warfare. Again the names of impor-
tant places captured, Manila, Santa
go, San Juan, Puerto Rico and Cuba.
The names of your teachers-in fact
there is no difficulty in finding an APP
propriate name for each and every
tree planted.
Our forests are fast falling before
the march Of civilization and atten-
tion has long been called to the neces-
sity of preserving our timber.
In many of the States of the Union
Arbor Day is generally observed and
many thousands of trees are annually
planted
Win not our people become inter
ested in this matter? Let the citizens
of our Villages call a public meeting
and map out plan for carrying out
the suggestions of the Governor. Let
the trustees of our schools, and the
boys and girls in all our school dis
tricts, get together and honor the day.
We will be glad to receive a report
from every section of the county Civ
ing an account of how the day was
observed. We will cheerfully publish
all such letters, giving the names of
the participants.