The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-15
TREES FOR COURT HOUSE
YARD
Every Citizen Should Feel an Inter
est in the New Planting. "a

Every Citizen Should Feel an Inter
est in the New Planting.
Last Saturday the matter of settin
out new trees to take the place Q
those recently removed, and thos
still to be removed, from the cour
house yard or park was presented I,
the county court by interested citl
zens and after a general interchang'
of ideas, 1t was agreed that nothing
but native hard wood trees should b
planted. 1t was suggested and assent
ed to that 1t would be novel and edu
cational, as we'll as picturesque, to OBJ
tain one or more trees of every specie
and variety known to grow in Bates
county. After some discussion, al
there seemed to be substantia
unanimity in opinion. the court sug
gested that Joseph Flammang, county
highway engineer, and w. o. Atkeson
and Sam w. Davis take charge of the
matter and adopt such methods and
details as to them seemed fit and
proper, in the absence Of the court. az
the work of planting should be done
before cold weather sets in.
The understanding with the court
was that these gentlemen should sur
vey the ground and locate the places
to set new trees and indicate the loca.
tions by marks. SO that whoever is
employed to dig the holes may have
no trouble to get them right. Mayor
Heinlein was interviewed, and agreed
80 far as he had any authority. the
city should furnish abundant water
during the dry and heated term next
summer, free to the county, to prop.
erly irrigate all of the young trees.
A subsequent talk in the committee
developed the idea that each township
board should be asked to furnish at
least one tree, each free to the coun.
ty to be known as "the -
township tree That nothing but
native hardwood forest trees would
be accepted, and that an effort would
be made to prevent, as far as posi-.
bic, duplication Of any variety mot
species); that as many nut-growing
trees as possible from our native for.
ests should be planted; that flower.
ing trees would not be Objectionable; |
and that day should be designated
Tentatively the Saturday after
Thanksgiving or December /; and
that township boards be urged to de.
liver each it's selection on the ground
not later than 200 p. m. on that day,
when help for the planting will be fur
nished them If desired; that no tree
shall be smaller than two inches in
diameter one foot above ground, nor
trimmed shorter than ten feet, and as
much larger and taller as any board
may desir j to bring.
The newspapers of the county will
carry such further information from
week to week as may be necessary or
proper. The purpose is to elicit the
interest and pride of every township
In the county, and every citizen, in
beautifying the county's court house
yard. The public spirit of the several
townships is confidently relied upon
to bring forward every tree desired
1t is also hoped to have a public dedi-
cation OF these trees on the day of the
planting; and 1t is intended that the
highway engineer shall make a plat,
designating the location of each town.
ship tree, to be recorded as a perpet.
lal memento on the records of tho
county court.
Just offhand, the committee names
The following species and varieties as
suitable and desirable: Oaks-white
black, burr, post. red, water, pin,
chestnut and blackjack; elms-red,
white, weeping and slippery; hick.
'rles-Dle ana little Shellbarks, and
pig nuts; walnut-black and white,
'r butternut, II 1t can be found in ,
Bates county; pecan: sycamore; wild
cherry; water birch; black locust;
sugar maple; blackberry. mulberry;
,offee bean; ash-white, black and
water; box alder and wild crab apple. ,
Here are over thirty varieties to se. s
ect from. and we have doubtless
omitted some. But we have included
no soft wood trees In the list.
The difficulty OF ,transplanting such
rees as hickories and pecans success. |
'ully, especially II of any sise. would ,
'eem to make It. deirable to have
more than one each of these species. {
rhe committee viii stand some dupu. !