Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-01
A PROCLAMATION OF ARBoR
 DAY BY THE GOVERNOR

Arizona, recognizing the value and benefits of the custom lnaugurated by the State of eNbraska shortly af- ter the Civil War, has deereed the observance of Arbor Day and imposed upon the Governor the duty of set ting aside two day lone for the south ern and the other for the northern counties) on which appropriate exer- cises shall accompany the planting of trees, vines, shrubbery and flowers by the pupils of public and private schools.
 In the pursuit of knowledge. there is tendency to devote our time to those subjects calculated to equip us mentally for earning capacity, forget ting that cultivation of the esthetic IS essential to a complete and we'll rounded education and to the enjoy ment of those things in life not meas ured by the standard of dollars and cents. The love of nature is inherent in every human being, but if not ed ucated or led out it becomes dor mant and atrophied. Nature cannot speak her varied language to those who have ears to hear and will not listen and eyes to see and will not look. To such child or man there is no music of the sphere, no melody in the winds soughing through the pines. For him the birds do not chant a song of praise; there is no glory in the sunrise or lesson of life in the sunset; the desert is merely barren waste and the Grand Can yon is simply gigantic hole in the earth, instead of an awe inspiring colorful creation of the Master Paint CT and Architect Nature has been prodigal with her gifts, but with our eyes to the ground instead of. lifted upward to the everlasting hills, and the skies which declare the glory of their Maker, we miss the beautiful visions which have been created not alone for our mental delectation, but for the purification of our souls.
 It is therefore vital that our schools recognize the importance and neces- sfty of impressing upon the the plas- tic minds of our children that through an understanding of Nature they are better able to comprehend what is good and really worth while, and be- come attuned to the Infinite. Arbor Day therefore has more than utilita- rian signifigance and it is meet and proper that these deeper lessons should be diligently pursued.
 Now, Therefore, I, Thomas B. Camp bell, Governor of Arizona, by virtue of the authority vested in me, and in conformity with the provisions of Paragraphs ,2S37-2S4O, Chapter xxx of the Revised Statutes of Arizona, do nhxr lea-f EN,.sxI Friday the 9th day of February, 1920, as Arbor Day, to be observed in the Counties of Cochise. Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Pima. Pinal, San ta Cruz and Yuma; and similarly I hereby designate and set apart Fri day the 2nd day of April, 1920, as Arbor Day for due observance in the Counties of Apache, Coconino, Navajo, Mohave and Yavapai.
 And I also recommend that obser- vance of these occasions be not con- fined to the schools of the common wealth. but that those of older years pause from their labors and with civic pride as their actuating motive, aid in beautifying the several com munities in which they lie.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arizona to be affixed.
 Done at Phoenix, the Capital, this the 30th day of January, 1920
 (Great Seal of the State of Arizona).
 THOMAS E. CAMPBELL,
 Governor of Arizona. Attest:
 MT SIMS.
 Secretary of State.