The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10

to thousands of schools this fall he
fEU1 would see something that would well
INfr4k pay him for all the weary miles he
E0yVN walked planting apple seeds years ago.
ksy In many states Arbor day comes this
fall but the school children of the coun-
try promise to make almost every day Arbor day
this year and during the spring of 1920 Hundreds
of towns and cities have been entered on the ma
tiotal honor roll being compiled by the American
Forestry association at Washington. The assocn-
tion hopes every young American citizen be-
come Johnny Appeseed Jr.'
You remember the story of Johnny Appeseed
as they called him. who, many years nro. went up
md down the land Planting apple-tree seeds? That
not his real name. hut that is what he came to
he called OF course lot of people laughed Mt
him. for there were many trees then. Many
thought him crazed. But his idea is taken Ia
be good For mnny things have happened
since the day of Johnny Appleseed. The world
war has set our people thinking about many
thugs. one of these things has been the way
lunher is being consumed. Then. too. there is the
high cost of living that ngitates everyone In many
pnces the planting of and fruit trees Is ndvo-
gated aud n campaign is on to have every victory
gardener plant nut fruit tree in his garden
back yard Another fine opportunity for planting
is memorial trees along the motor highways and
good roads that In the process of building.
10 these calls of the American Forestry associa-
tion the people of the country are responding In
hearty fashion So 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 free planting day progrum and In
structons how to plant tree.
Coming Arbor days are: Georgin. first Friday In
December; Hawaii first Friday in November; Colo
rndo. Connecticut Delaware. Floridu Illinois, Iowa.
Knnsns Kentucky, Mnine Michigan. Minnesota.
Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico North Da-
kota. Ohio. PENNSYLVANIA South Dnkotn Vermont.
yirgiuln Wisconsin. Washington and Wyoming all
4,ve dnys aside by proclamation of the gov
eil,nr: North Carolina Friday after November
Porte Rico last Friday in November: South Cnro-
ina. third Friday in November; Tennessee. No
vcniber date set by county school superintendents.
With this day before Charles Lathrop Pack.
president of the American Forestry association.
sends this message TO the school children of the
United States:
NO finer memorial be erected by any school
or class than by the planting of tree Every
pupil will have close and Intimate interest In
that tree and therefore the school after he leaves
! peed not attempt to picture what that tree or
avenue of trees will to the class of 1920 when
II comes back to the old school for the class
MnIon In 1910. space the campus a walk
near the town be lined with trees. one for
each member of the class. The American Forestry
association is registering all memorial trees in a
national honor roll and urges that all tree planting
be reported that 1t may keep its rolls complete"
What Is 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
not planting fruit nut trees you will want to
study what best to plant and here is list of such
trees divided for you by states
New England stntes New York. PENNSYLVANIA
New Jersey, Ohio. West Virginia. Kentucky. Ind-
nna. 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 onk
Evergreen-White spruce. Colorado blue spruce
white pine. Scotch pine. balsnm pine hemlock
Arbor vitae
Delaware. Maryland. District of Columbia yir
ginn. North Carolina, South Carolina Georgia.
Tennessee. Florida, Alabama. Mississippi Louis-
nnn, Arkansas. Oklahoma and Texas: Hardwood
Tulip. sycamore pin oak white oak scarlet oak
bnck oak red oak. white ash. bald cypress Nor
wny maple scarlea maple. red elm. American white
gum. blnck gum. hackberry 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: Hnrdwood-Bur ouk linden Nor
way maple green ash. wild cherry. larch American
elm. blnck walnut. blackberry. honey locust bnck
i0cust (iess desirable cottonwood. box eder) Ever
grteI.-Scotch pine Austrian pine white pine Nor
way spruce. Colorado blue spruce. white spruce
red cedar, arbor vitae
New Mexico. Arizona, Utah and Nevadn: Hard.
wood--Hnckberry honey locust green ASH Ameri-
can elm black locust. bur oak, valley cottonwood
mountain cottonwood. mountain ash. box elder
Evcrgreen-Arbor vitne deodar cedar box eu
onymis.
sriiftrnia Oregon and Washington (coast re-
,.Itti Hardwood Largeeaved mnpie, European
NJ ~ -ytTmore. weeping willow Evergreen
cedar Monterey cypress. Monterey pine
r,snn Oregon and Washington columbia