, 1923-04-05

timber products and hauls lumber 1000 to 1000
miles from the west and south.
1t would take a book to tell all of the activities
OF the country in respect to our friends the trees.
Here, however, are some of the many:
The United States senate has appointed n COM
mittee which will this summer take a trip through
the northwest to make a survey and recommend
a conservation and reforestation policy. Senator
Pat Harrison of Mississippi is chairman. He says
1t is a crime for the government to delay longer
In talking action.
Arbor Day this spring will see the planting Of
millions of trees. In addition many of the states
Will have a planting Week" In the fall, which is
the best time to plant several valuable kinds of
trees. Texas and Alabama led off with Arbor Day
on February %. Rhode Island will be the last to
celebrate, on May IL.
Arbor Day originated in 1872 with J. Sterling
Morton of Nebraska, afterward secretary of agrI-
culture under Cleveland. Charles Lathrop Pack,
president of the American Tree association, calls
upon all good Americans to begin to get ready for
the celebration of the Arbor Day Centenary In
1872 by planting trees now.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs, with
its nationwide membership of 100000. will carry
out a National Gordon Week Campaign" April
22-2S, In which Arbor Day paintings and the plant
ing of Trees for Remembrance are urged. Mrs.
John d. Sherman, chairman of the department OF
applied education, Is In charge of the campaign.
The American Tree association Of Washington,
d. c., is a new organization. Mr.. Pack. after three
years of endeavor to unite the foresters In a ma
tional forest policy, withdrew from the presidency
Of the American Forestry association and founded
the new organization, which will devote all its
energies to secure nationwide planting of trees
by the people. He Is a man Of means and a tree
enthusiast who has made a scientific study Of for
estry. He is Identified with the "Hall OF Fame for
Trees and with the Trees for Remembrance
movement. He was chairman of the National War
Garden commission, 191s-19. and Is author Of eThe
War Garden Victorious" The association has no
Initiation fee and no dues; planting a tree makes
the planter a member and entities him to an en-
graved certificate and a place on n national honor
roll TO be featured mt the centenary in 1872.
Mrs. Harding was awarded the first membership
certificate. as she planted the Armistlce elms In
Washington. The association has Just brought out
two books by Mr.. Pack: 'Trees as Good CitI-
zens' and "The School Book OF Forestry" The
principal purpose Of the former is to simplify the
problems of those who would grow shade trees
1t covers all phases of the subject. Mr.. Pack has
also organized the American Nature association,
which has begun the publication of the Nature
Magazine, which is devoted In part to trees.
The Boonville. NJ. y, high school has planted
1000 pines.
100000 trees from the state conservation commits
sion; Glens Falls takes 100000.
The Illinois Forestry association. under Presi-
dent Henry O.. Cowles, Is drafting Legislation pro-
vldlng for farm forestry courses in the state col
lege of agriculture and for forestry demonstrations
at the state experiment station.
Each post OF the Woman's Relief Corps, q. A. H.,
viii plant In 1923. n memorial tree for Clara Bar
ton.
w. Il. Cox. state forester OF Minnesota, has plant
ed 10000 trees along highways the program cnlls
for trees along the 1000 miles OF the trunk high
way system.
The California redwood lumbermen have decided
TO place their forests under scientific forestry man
ogemcnt; this means that these forests Will be per-
petuai.