Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-06

ARBOR DAY BODY
WILL CELEBRATE
BURBANK'S BIRTHDAY TO BE
H0N0RED
TREE PLANTING TO coMMEMoR-
ATE NoTA5LEs
Southern California Association Ar
ranges for Speakers at Exercises
at Sunset Park to Begin
at 3 O'Clock

In celebration of the birthday ami
versary of Luther Burbank the annual
Arbor day exercises will be held this
afternoon at Sunset park, the process
sion to start from First and Broadway
at l o'clock and to go down Broadway
to Seventh, thence to the park, where
elaborate exercises have been planned
by the Southern California Arbor Day
association.
Sixty-four trees will be planted in the
park in commemoration of persons
either living or dead Each OF these
trees will have a platinum placard at
tached stating in whose honor 1t was
planted, as well 'as the botanical name
of the tree.
Orville j. Nave will be the principal
speaker, others to be James II. Has
kett, president of the Arbor Day as
ISOLATION, and Rev. E. j. Harper, city
| forester, The exercises will begin at
2 O'Clock.
Mr.. Harper will have charge of the
tree planting, which will be as follows:
In honor of Owen McAleer, by DR..
w. A. Lamb in honor of J. M. Quinn,
by James A. Foshay; Los Angeles Dis
trict Federation of Women's Clubs, by
the federation Los Angeles chamber
of commerce, by Willis Booth; Gal
vim Shakespeare club, by Mrs. Oliver
C. Bryant; Humane Animal league, by
Miss Helen Mathewson; Christopher
Columbus, by Joseph Scott; Gen. II. q.
Otis, by w. d. stephens; Enoch
Knight, by Marlborough school; VIII
liam f. Villas, by California Badger
club; Gen. Adna r. Chaffee, by Judge
Monroe; Luther Burbank, by DR.. L. e.
Landone; Ralph Waldo Emerson. by
Charles A. Moody; Badger club, by
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox; James A. Has
kett, president Arbor Day association,
by Mrs George Drake Ruddy; Amelia
Dent. by neighbor; Mayor Harper,
by w. M Humphreys; w. M. Hum
phreys, by DR.. w. A. Lamb; Harriet
league; Junipero Sierra, by Charles +.
Lummis; Robert e. Lee chapter, d. Of
c., by Daughters of the Confederacy;
Los Angeles chapter d. of C., by
Daughters of the Confederacy; Wade
Hampton chapter, d. of c., by the
Daughters of the Confederacy; Mu-
nicipal Art commission, by Charles
Milford Robinson; Daughters of the
Revolution, by Mary HOLSTER Ban
ming; New England society, by DR..
Lamb Los Angeles Native Daughters,
by Native Daughters; Annie Leary,
nurse, by Stanton Relief corps; Sarah
b. Hunt, by the Union Veteran legion;
Lyman e. Fitch, by Sons of Veterans
auxiliary; Mrs. Herman Hall, by civic
association; Mrs. w. w. Murphy, by
the Congress of Mothers; Mary M.
Bowman, by the Woman's Press club;
Abbot Kinney, by the Cosmos club.
Trees in honor of organizations are
to be planted by the following So
cieties: Historical Society of Southern
California, Sunset club, the Ebell.
Highland Ebell, Wednesday Morning
club, Ruskin Art club, Womap's Chris
tan Temperance union, Cospnos club,
Stanton post, No. 90, G. A. R.; Bart
lett-Logan post, Sons of veterans;
Rosecrans, No. 4; Kenesaw post, Span
ish War Veterans; Daughters OF Vet
Grams; Stanton Relief corps, No. 16;
Kenesaw Relief corps; Columbia Cir
Gle, No. "a, L. G. A. r.; Uncle Sans
Relief corps, Union circle l.. of G. A.
r.. Lawton circle, l.. of G. A. r.; Los
Angeles Patriotic association and Los
Angeles Humane society.
City Schools Celebrate
Nearly all the city schools held Ar
Dor day exercises yesterday in antici-
patton of the observance today. Pro-
grams were rendered by the students
and addresses were made by DR.. w. A.
Lamb at the Berendo school. Hector
Ailiot at the Fourteenth street school,
j. j. Gosper at the East vernon
school, Rev. C. C. Pierce at the Thir-
tieth street school, w. e. Eberle at the
Griffin avenue school, Reynold Il.
Blight at the Custer street school, Rev.
C. e. Nash at the Sentous street
school and o. w. Morton at the Fifty
second street school.