Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-01
TREE PLANTING
WEEK SHOULD BE-
OBSERVED HERE
Shade Trees and Gardens
Needed by Imperial
Valley Farms

This week, October 27 to November
3, has been designated as ''Tree Plant
ing Week. the object of which is to
stimulate and encourage the planting
of trees, shrubs and flowers in public
parks, school grounds, along highways,
on camping grounds and about the
homes in town and country.
The movement ought to make special
appeal to people in Imperial Valley
where shade is so great u boon and
where nature has done so little to sup
plv it. If all of the municipalities
Chambers Of Commerce, women s clubs
churches and park boards, in the val
ley would get together, plan out, and
carry on a program of planting for one
season, what a transformation could be
brought abOut
Many communities have planted
memorial trees for the boys who Offered
up their lives in the late war, some
paying the supreme sacrifice for. us
And what more beautiful monument
could be builded than this9 These
trees have been planted along paved
highways, in public parks, in cemeteries
and other places. Schools could find
no more effective way to teach chill
dren the noble lesson of patriotism to
their country, than by planting memor
ial trees to the fallen heroes who sc
bravely. marched away st the call OF
| country, and never came home again.
Some countries have the custom OF
planting tree for each member OF
the family and calling it by the name
of the boy or girl or father or mother
| 1t is a pretty custom and one wort
emulation. Others plant birthday trees
] and what a great thing it would be II
/ n tree were planted this year fol
every one of Imperial Valleys NOR,
than 10000 inhabitants!
| Above all, the school grounds il
| every ncighborhood should be plantet
to shade trees. Many fine school build
ings have been erected in the county
these last years, but in most instances
] the grounds are bare and ugly, still
suggesting the gray, grim desert. b,
I all means plant trees around the schoo
houses.
And when planting, don t forget tn
rose garden or the sweet shrub in som
bare corner. Here in Fl Centre, pei
fectly wonderful rose garden could b
made between the fire engine hous
and the library; and what a pleasur
it would be to every passerby. Llttl
children would love it and pause t.
inhale its fragrance as they run t.
and fro; old people would find it
never failing delight and every MAJ
and woman in the community woul
consciously or unconsciOusly get some
| thing out of it that would make lif
sweeter and happier for them as the.
go about their daily tasks.
The university extension service ha
started a campaign in the interest o
farm home ground planting; that i
good as far as it goes, bnt will not som
organization in the city start move
ment for larger program of plantin.
to be carried on in the early part o
1923? Will it be to the Chamber o
Commerce, the Ten Thousand Club o
the Boy Scouts with their "big bro
thers, +" the Rotary Club, TO which th
honor of such a campaign shall go
All that is needed is leadership; TIM
| community will fall in line when
definite plan has been worked ont.
He who plants a tree, plants love;
Tents of eoolness spreading from
above.
Heaven and earth help him whC
plants a tree,
And his work its own reward shall be