The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-16

In his automobile In the morning. He
could find no signs of any tree-plant-
ing crusads and drove back up town.
1t Is the first time in years that trees
have not been planted Ia the citys CHIEF
park on Arbor day.
An impressive array OF state officials,
former state officers and others gath
cred on the state capitol grounds at II
o'clock in the morning. when more trees
were added to governors row and to
other rows in the line. Though there
| is no immediate prospect Of state
capitol building gracing the site on the
hill for another year or two, the work
of identifying the grounds and planting
more trees has gone on from year to
year. 30 that when the capitol is erect
ed the grounds will be In splendid shape.
Tree for Governor.
| In the absence of Governor William
Spry, Acting Governor Charles 8. Tin
gey, assisted by his daughter, Miss An
geline Tingey, planted the first tree.
four-year-old white ash, in governors
row. Both Mr.. Tingey and his daugh-
/ ter showed ability with the shovel,
which bespoke some backyard trials,
and they were warmly congratulated
for their dexterous work.
| Following the planting of the Gov
ernor's tree, 20 other choice specimens
We're placed in the grounds at various
( places. A. L. Thomas, former governor,
planted his twenty-secOnd tree, former
/ Governor Heller NJ. Wells planted his
| fifteenth tree and former Secretary Of
| State J. T. Hammond planted his fif-
| tenth After representing Governor
| SpTy in placing the first tree in tbs
| ground, Secretary of State Tingey
planted one on his own account. the
eighth In his career. John c. Sharp
was also a familiar figure on the
/ grounds and planted another tree, max
ing his ninth.
| Jesse d. Jewkes, state auditor, was
also absent, and Lincoln Kelly, his as
| sistant, did the horticultural turn in
planting the tree for the auditor
| Among the state officials who were
| present yesterday and helped In the
work of identifying the grounds were:
| John K. Hardy, secretary to Governor
| Spry; Albert Glazier, state bank exam
liner; Herman Harms, state chemist;
| w. r. Candland, chairman of the state
/ board of land commissioners; j. e.
Petit, state coal mine inspector; J. N.
Larsen, assistant superintendent of
public instruction.; Attorney General A.
| r. Barnes; H. I. Cummings, chief
clerk to the secretary of state; David
Mattson, state treasurer; Willard Han
| sen, state food and dairy commission
er; G. p. Marks, state senator; Willard
| Done, acting insurance commissioner,
and others.
| Each Of these had an opportunity to
| WELD the shovel and tamping rod.
| which was eagerly accepted. And in
most instances 1t was shown that they
knew what the implements were made
| he fo1
| there to plant trees, appearing In force.
Many Officials Present.
Among the federal officials present
| were E. H. Callister, revenue collector;
H. E. Booth, United States district at
| torney; A. L. Thomas, postmaster;
| James H. Anderson, United States mar
| shall; A. Z. Kessler, assistant postmas-
| ter; Col. M. NJ. Kaighn of the United
States land office, and W. n. Anderson,
who represented the federal court.
Others who planted trees were Orville
| Thompson, legislative representative
| from Sewer county; w. w. Rivers, and
| representatives Of the Telegram, News
and Herald-Republican.
White ash and red maple were the
trees planted yesterday and will be
among the beauties of the park when
| they are matured. The newspapermen
found to be In flourishing condition.
While the big folks were working
away planting trees and talking of the
beauty of the grounds, a little fellow
nine years old was industriously at
work with spade digging hole in the
ground, and he had a tree for that hole.
One of the officials saw the lad and
then they all watched him work. 1t
was little James Spry, son of Governor
William Spry. The Governor had sent
a personal telegram to the boy asking
him to take part in the exercises and
plant a tree for him. He was taken
there with John K. Hardy, the Gov
ernor's secretary, and certainly planted
the tree.
A new feature of the tFee-planting on
the capitol grounds was the appearance
of about ten members of the Seekers
Literary club of Salt Lake, who had OBJ
tanned permission to plant a tree. The
women refused the assistance of mere
men and did their own work, taking
turns in using the shovel. Mrs. Frank
lin Rumel, president, and Mrs. II. L.
Deacon, secretary of the club, were in
the front In the tree-planting.
The exercises on Capitol hill were the
only ones of public nature in the city,
though promoters of new additions in
the southeastern part of the city en-
tertained hundreds Of people during the
| day, and one of the features was the
planting of trees and shrubs on the
! sides of streets which will one day be
| lined with homes. The day was more
| generally observed than ever before and
a more beautiful city this morning tells
| the story of the work done yesterday
| by thousands of residents of the city,
all interested in the civic advancement