The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1914-04-04

Der OF nOCaDle uayS, ODScTNSu ih
various ways throughout the
country.
April 4 is the 96th anniversary
of the adoption of the United
States flag by congress.
April 8, Palm Sunday, is the
Sunday preceding Easter, SO
called because on that day is eel
ebrated Christ's last visit to Jer-
usalem before the crucifixion.
In the Roman Catholic and q
number of the protestant church
es palms are used for decorations.
and sprigs of palm are given to
the people.
April 6 is the anniversary of
the discovery of the North
Pole in 1909, by Robert
Edwin Peary. Peary was born
in Cresson, Penn, May 6, 1856.
For many years Peary was en-
ployed as a civil engineer in the
u. S. Navy and made his first
trip north as an explorer in 1886.
In 1906 Peary reached 81 degrees
and 6 minutes north, or about 200
miles from the pole, this being at
that time the most northern lati-
tude ever recorded. But on
April 6, 1909, Perry planted the
American flag on 80 degrees
north or the exact pole or axis of
the earth, where every direction
is due south.
April 10 in the state of Wash
ington is Arbor Day, observed by
every state and territory in the
union except Delaware, Utah and
Indian territory, as an annual tree
planting day. The day was first
established by DIR. Sterling Nor
ton, commissioner Of agriculture,
in 1872. Arbor day is generally
celebrated in connection with the
| public schools, in order to encour-
age children in planting trees
and the protection of forestry.
The date is regulated according
/ to the climate. In Nebraska,
| Kansas, Minnesota and Tennessee
Arbor day is on May 22, but in
the northern states it is held in
| April or early in May. In Arkan-
sas, Alabama, Texas and Arizona
it comes on the 22d of February,
Florida in January, Georgia in
December, New. Mexico in
March, and West Virginia has
semiannual arbor days in spring
and fall.
Good Friday is the name ap-
piled by the Church of England
to the day on which the crucifix-
ion of the Savior is commemor-
ated. But according to Eusebius
this day was solemnly observed
by some as early as 225 A d. It
| has been called by the Roman
Catholics the mass of the pre-
sanctified," and on this occasion
special prayers are offered for the
Jews, the Turks, the infidels and
the heritics. The exact date of
the crucifixion of Christ as cal
culated by eminent astronomers
was on April 6. A. D. 80. This
day, which is governed by Eas-
ter, falls on April 10 this year.
April IL, Easter Sunday. is the
day on which the resurrection OF
the Savior is commemorated.
For over 500 years after the cruc-
ifixion the date of Easter day was
in dispute by the various church
es, ranging from the 10th OF
March to the 10th of April. In
669 Theodore, archbishop of Can
terbury, established the present
method of calculating the day for
Easter Sunday, which is the first
Sunday after the first full moon
after the vernal equinox.
The 18th of April is the birth
day of Thomas Jefferson, who
was born in Virginia in 1743 and
died in the same county July a,
1926. Jefferson was elected gov
ernor of Virginia in 1779. MEM
ber of congress in 1888, and ap-
pointed minister to France in
1884, in which capacity he served
for five years. He was appointed
| eao~aforv of ofoto 17Q0 elected