The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-16
MORE TREES FOR
CAPITOL GROUNDS.
State officials, Present and Past,
Assist in Work of
Identification.
GOVERNOR WILLIAM SPRY
PLANTS THE FIRST TREE
Annual ArbOr Day Exercises
Fairly Well Attended,
as Usual.

The custom of planting trees upon the
site of the proposed new capitol build
ing on Capitol hill was carried out Thurs
day morning by leading officials of tho
state. beginning at d little after lU
o'clock. Prominent among those present
were Governor Spry. former Governors
Cutler and a. l.. Thomas, Charles s. TIN
gey, secretary of state; Col. George Is.
Squiros, commissioner of insurance; J. F.
Turner OF Washington, and H >. LIP
peucott vice president OF the Pauly jail
company OF st. Louis, ali OF whom took
great interest in the work and placed
trees in the holes which had been pre-
pared by Parkkecper Bloomsterberg, and
saw that they were properly and carefully
covered.
Between thirty and forty trees were
planted, Many OF the men handled thu
shovel with the ease OF adopts. and Gov
arnor Sprv especially showed that he waz
thoroughly familiar with the art.
People Interested In the proceedings be.
gan to arrive at the location long be.
fore the hour set for the exercises, ano
hy 1890 a large crowd had gathered on
the hills. Many fathers and mothers took
advantage Of the holiday and took their
children along for an outing. The Weath-
er man had evidently served up the best
variety obtainable for the occa sion, and
there was nothing to mar the beauty OF
the scene or the successful carrying Out
of all plans.
Governor Comes First.
According 10 the usual custom, the
first tree was planted by the governor
and the newly elected chief executive oil
the state. Governor William Spry. started
operations: While Secretary of State
TingeY held the tree straight the COVER
nor shovcled the dirt into the hole and
saw that everything was done according
TO the most approved methods. Governor
Spry was followed by former Governor
Cutler and then former Governor Thorn
as took n hand in the operations and
gave strict attention 10 the placing OF
hole. Governor spry planted his first
tree as governor and his third as an OF
fetal Of the state. the other two having
been placed while he was United states
ready has five trees to his credit and
other state officials have from three to
five. Postmaster Thomas leads the list
with twenty-one trees to his credit,
James r. Hammond, former secretary OF
state, comes second in the list with
thirteen trees. The planting is matter
of considerable pride with the olnclaIS
and they call attention 10 the number OF
trees which they have planted and which
arc still living.
Carefully Arranged.
The trees are not set in haphazard
fashion, but arc carefully arranged in
governors row. where the trees set by
the governors OF the state arc placed
At the present time there arc more than
5000 trees planted on the site OF The state
capitol and more than 5000 shrubs. be
sides thousands Of other plants. which
arc placed there from time TO time The
trees planted Thursday morning were
maple, ash. birch and linden About
loo people were present at the exercises,
including the state officials. Governor
Sprv was compelled 20 leave the grounds
before the closing of the exercises In
order to prepare for a business trip to
the east MANY of the officials were ac-
companied by their wives.
TIC people OF the city made holiday.
howeyer and the hills were thronged
with visitors who came to picnic. The
crowd in City Creek canyon was large
all day long and the ice cream wagons
were busy all through tho canyon,
Following is a partial list OF those who
planted trees in addition 10 q number
OF newspaper representatives.:
Governor Spry, former Governors Cue-
Lippencott, Charles S. Tingey. secretary
of state: Adjt.-Gen: L, a. WedSwood.
Col George &. Squires, G. a, Glazier;
state bank examiner; W. u. Candland OF
Mount Pleasant, mem Der OF inc state
Ia nd board of commissioners; State SEN
q tor c. 4. Marks. State Auditor Jesse
+ Jewkes Arthur Pratt, warden of thu
state prison: AttoTme meY-General Albert X.
Barnes Surveyor-Ceneral Thomas Hull.
Edward II. Callister collector Of internal
revenue; Willard Hanson. state food and
dairy commissioner: j. T.. Frick. Justice
of the supreme court; J. Golden kimball.
W. II. Rowe. James I Hammond. Mrs
HYDE Tingey, DR.. T. p. Beatty. J. Z.
nit county; A. L. Lawson. secretary Ia
the state superintendent of public in
sfruction and James r, Turner, organ
izer of state Republican clubs