The Red Cloud chief., 1919-10-16

Eo'VE walked planting apple seeds years ago
S~V In many states Arbor day comes this
full, but the school children of the coun-
try promise to make almost every day Arbor day
this year and during the spring of l92O. Hundreds
of towns and cities have been entered on the MT
tional honor roll being compiled by the American
Forestry association at Washington. The nssocia
tion hopes to every young American citizen be-
come Johnny Appcseed. Jr"
You remember the story of johnny Applesced
us they called him, who, many years ago, went up
and down the land planting appe-tree seeds? That
was not his real name. but that Is what he came to
be called. OF course lot of people laughed AT
him, for there many trees then. Many
thought him crazed. But now his idea Is taken to
be good For many things have happened
since the day of Johnny Appleseed The world
war has set our people thinking about many
things. One of these things has been the way
lumber is being consumed. Then, too, there Is the
high cost OF living TINT agates everyone. In many
places the planting Of nut and fruit trees is ndv0'
Gated, and campaign Is on to have every victory
gardener plant nut or fruit tree in his garden
back yard. Another fine opportunity for planting
is memorial trees along the motor highways ana
good roads that In the process OF building.
TO these calls of the American Forestry assoca-
ton the people Of the country are responding In
hearty fashion. SO to the school children of the
country comes great chance to enter actively into
the study of outdoor life through the planting OF
trees The American Forestry association will
send any one q free planting 0ay program ana IN
structions how to plant a tree.
Coming ArbOr days Georgia. first Friday In
December; Hawaii first Friday In November; Colo
RADIO Connecticut Delaware. Florida, Illinois. Iowa.
Kansas. Kentucky. Maine Michigan, Minnesota,
Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico. North Da-
kota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota. Vermont.
Virginia. Wisconsin, Washington and Wyoming all
have Gays set aside by proclamation of the gov
ernor; North Carolina. Friday after November 1
Porto Rico last Friday in November; South Caro-
lima, third Friday In November; Tennessee. No
vember date set Ivy county school superintendent.
With this day before u.s. Charles LathrOp Pack,
president of the American Forestry association.
sends this message to the school children Of the
United States:
mo finer memorial can be erected by any school
or class than by the planting Of tree. Every
pupil will have a close and intimate interest In
that tree and therefore the school after he leaves.
need not attempt to picture what that tree or
avenue of trees will mean to the class Of 1920 when
It comes back to the old school for the class
union In 1910. space on the campus or walk
near the town can be lined with trees, one for
each member Of the class. The American Forestry
association Is registering all memorial trees In
national honor roll and urges that all tree planting
be reported that It may keep its rolls complete"
What 10 Best to Plant.
Last spring and fall hundreds of trees were
planted. but much bigger plans have been made
for tree planting this year and next II you are
study what best to plant and here is list of such
trees divided for you by states:
New England states New York, Pennsylvania
New Jersey. Ohio. West Virginia, Kentucky, Indi-
ana. Michigan. Illinois, Missouri and Iowa Hard.
wood-Sugar maple. Norway maple. scarlet maple.
green ash, white ash, American white elm, red oak,
white oak pin oak. American linden. scarlet oak.
Eyergreen-White spruce. Colorado blue spruce,
white pine. Scotch pine. balsam pine, hemlOck.
arbOr vitae.
Delaware, Maryland. District of Columbia, vir.
gina. North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee, Florida. Alabama Mississippi. Louisi-
ana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas: Hardwood
Tulip. sycamore. pin oak, white oak. scarlet oak
black oak red oak, white ash, bald cypress, Nor
way maple scarlet maple, red elm, American white
elm, Kentucky coffee tree. American linden red
gum black gum blackberry willow. Evergreen
White pine. longleaf pine, magnolia. live oak cedar
OF Lebanon. American holly.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da.
kOta, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Mon
tana and Idaho: HardwOod-Bur oak, linden Nor
way maple, green ash. wild cherry. larch, American
elm black walnut, blackberry, honey locust. black
locust (less desirable, cottonwood box eder) Ever
green-Scotch pine Austrian pine. white pine. Nor
way spruce, Colorado blue spruce. white spruce
red cedar. arbor vitae.
New Mexico, Arizona Utah and Nevada Hard
wood-IIackberry honey locust, green ash. Amer
can elm, black locust, bur oak. valley cottonwood
mountain cottonwood, mountain ash. box elder
Eyergreen--Arbor vitae. deodar cedar. box, Gu
onymus.
California, Oregon ana Washington (coast re
gion): ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS maple. European
linden, sycamore weeping willow. Evergreen
DeOdar cedar Monterey cypress Monterey pine.