The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-07

Washington, April First of memorial tree plantings in Washing ton to mark the semi,centennlal of Hall of Fame" today by the John Burroughs clubs. This shrine by the children of Washington for the chn- dren of the nation will be five red oaks placed today, the birthday of John Burroughs, on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial. This planting is one of thousands being registered on the honor roll of the American Forestry Association that will mark the inauguration of Arbor Day in Nebraska fifty years ago by J. Sterling Morton.
 Represented in this unique Hall of Fame will be Burroughs, Muir, Tho reau, Whitman and Emerson The trees will be placed in the form of half wheel with the oak for Bur roughs as the hub. Mrs. John D. Pat ten. who has organized the John Bur roughs Clubs in the schools here, has, with the aid of Lieutenant-COlOnel c. O. Sherrfn. completed programme in which Theodore Roosevelt, Assist ant Secretary of the Navy, who as a boy knew Burroughs, will place the tree for Burroughs.
 In placing the shrine for the chil- dren of the nation to visit the Girl Scuuts.s Camp Fire Girls. the Audu bon Society, the American Forestry Association, the Wild Flower Pres crvation Society of America and sci
 
 will have a part.
 To Remember Ex-President.
 The association will plant a tree here in memory of Morton, and in tennial of Grants birth, it will also plant a tree. This tree will be placed by Charles Lathrop Pack, the preSi- dent of the association. on Riverside Drive. near Grants Tomb. The tree is being sent to New York from Grants farm by August A Busch, of St. Louis, the present owner of the farm.
 This is the big year in forestry Not only is it the semi-centennial of Arbor Day, but it is the uinetieth anniversary of the birth of the father of Arhor Day, the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the famous Arnold ArbOretum, the fortieth ami VerSary of the founding of the Amer lCan Forestry Association at ClnCln- natl and the centennial of the birth of General r. s. Grant. Morton in auSurated the first ArbOr Day in ''treeless Nebraska in 1872 At first the date was April 10. but later the Legislature changed il to April p, horn in Adams. Jefferson County. N. N in 1882. He received his early education at Albion, Mich. In 1850 he was a student at the University of College in 1854. He founded and edited the Nebra ska City News, the hrst newspaper to be established In that State.
 This is q tree-planting nation.' says President Pack, in a, statement announcing that the schools of the country will celebrate this year. We will see ten times as many trees planted this year as in any year be- fore. The tree-planting will be done this Spring and again in the Fall. E,verywhere new friends are being made for the trees. The nation needs but a reminder of what the tree does for us The great thing is that we find that where this sentiment has been awakened its results are far reaching Towns have established municipal woodlots. Cities like Chi cago are getting more and more acre age in forest preserves, and there has been a nationwide awakening to the whole forestry question.
 Plans for School Study.
 ''The Association has plans for school study and national tree voting campaigns which it will send to any one. Any organization in the land can have tree planting instruction and tree day programmes by which a community can be aroused to tree values. l know of no one thing by which community effort can be