Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
ARB0R DAY DESIGNED
FOR USEFUL PURPOSE
LET EVERYONE PLANT A TREE
OR SHRUB TO-DAY.
viii Be Fittingly Observed Thru
out the Stdte-The Children of
WdtertOWn Public and PdrOChidl
Schools Will Garry Out Interest
ing Programs Today.

1hio 10 EAiOol LAY III lScOuSlI,
and undoubtedly it will be fittingly
observed throught the state. Not
only should We plant trees on Arbor
day, but it should be made use of as
an opportunity tn teach men, women
and children all about trees and make
them acquainted with them. ANY one
who deos not know and love trees
has no idea how much he loses. There
Is such a variety of character and
charm in them and they bring so much
of beauty and pleasure into the lives
of those who care tor and appreciate
them that the world would seem
quite uninhabiIable without them.
What a mysterious and marvellous
change they are undergoing just now.
The giant but graceful outlines,
which have so long stood out against
a wintry sky revealing the wonderful
mechanism OF arboreal growth, are
snftening and expanding till group
of elms at distance resemble float
ing mist shot through with tlnts of
tender vivid green. 1t will be JOY
to watch them from day TO day till
their broad leafy canopIes become
refreshing shade from summer heat.
Arbor day, as has been said. should
be utilized to cultivate the love and
study of Trees; to inculcate not only
IN schools, but everywhere, an ap-
prec1atlon, which does not exist gen.
orally of their Importance and useful
ness, and to bring out to the utmost
the sentimental and esthetic side of
tree life, and at the same time ill.,
struct thoroughly as to their bearing
on the practical side of things. Let
everybody learn what our forest area
is, all the various uses to which tree
products are put, how rapidly they
are disappearing and what can be
done to check waste and arrest de-
struction. Teach them how closely
related the forests are to water supply
and control. to preservation of the
soil, to health, and to the continuance
of many of our great industries, and
give them some idea uf how the for
ests ought to be treated.
Arbor Day was first observed in
Nebraska in 1872. Since then it has
Spread to almost every state and to
many foreign countries, showing how
ready people are to adopt good
thing. There are thousands of hot
and dusty highways that need shade.
endless bleak and barren places that
should be covered, and villages, farms
and homes without number to be ad-
orned. Let the good work go on!
WATERFOWL TO OBSERVE.
The pupils of the public schools
will observe Arbor Day in putting the
finishing touch es on the work started
two weeks ago in the various school
yards toward Identifying the same
and making them more slightly. When
the weather has been such as to per
nit during the past two weeks, the
children, headed By their instructors,
haze been busily engaged in prepar-
ing tor today in such work as planting
tress, shrubbery and making flower
beds. Today, the work will be con.
summated by putting on the finishing
touches, which is one of the objects uf
the celebrating of the day. The sec
ond object is to teach the children to
learn to love outdoor art. birds and
animals and aim to lnstill in them a
desire to clean up the yards lastly.
The third object is to dismiss the
school early and instruct the children
to go to their own homes and work
for All hour or two in the yards. So
parents, if you see the little tots
trudging home from. school today at an
unusually early hour and making a
Decline for the spade, hoe and rake,
you IL know there's an inspiration = IN
the young blood.
AS observance of Arbor Day, MRS.
VIM. Stube presented No a. school
with several packages of seeds and
border of beautiful pansy plants for