Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
SPRING Is HERE
BIRDS COME BACK
THE ROBIN AND THE BLUE BIRD
RETURN TO MONTANA AFTER
SOJOURN IN THE SOUTH
Ambitious Gardeners Get Busy; Roads
Begin to Entice Motorists; Buds APP
pear on Trees and Shrubs and Grass
Is Green All Over the State.

Spring Is o an accepted fact.
There are those whose memory con-
jures up images Of spring seasons
that began with an early smile and
then after q while developed a frOwn.
Montana people, however, have ac-
cepted the present spring as a reality
and are making the most of II.
The robin and the bluebird have
returned from the south, getting
back here but little after some Of
the folks who vacatiOned In places Of
palms and all that. The robin still
has his red breast, according to gen.
eral observation, and he seems to be
as busy as ever in quest Of that early
worm that the prOverb says the bird
catches. 1t is apparent, though, that
the robin has never heard Of the
proverb.
The bluebird is as blue as ever but
not in the sense of being melancholy.
This emotional %songster's feathers
seem to be a bit bluer than the blue
Of the skies-and that has been de-
cidedly blue lately.
Along with the birds. including the
meadow lark, have come the early
sprouts of the shrubs and the sugges-
ton of buds on some of the trees. All
of which means that hundreds OF
gardeners all over the state are at
work. For Office men accustomed to
nothing more strenuous than playing
golf, this gardening business is pro-
ducing many aching muscles. But In
some instances the surplus weight &C.
quired during the winter is being re-
duced.
Grass Very Green
The grass has become remarkably
green in Montana city yards the last
week or so-and that is always &C
cepted as a convincing sign Of spring
When the dead grass has been raked
up and the old garden hose has beer
put on the job a few days, something
like a summertime appearance will bt
achieved. Lilacs will be leafing out
pretty fast now, and in their a viii
come the leaves of the trees.
It is true that many Of the aspiring
gardeners of the early spring days will
not persevere, but it is likewise trut
that many others will keep on the trail
of every weed, coax every flower ant
vegetable along and glory in their mere
human accomplishments Throughout
the season.
Spring-time road activities, merel,
the beginning of the seasonal programs
are under way in many counties. Mucl
work is outlined for the season. Feede
roads for the farmers are receiving
much attention.
Already the thoughts of many peopl,
are turning to the camp out in thu
mountains, or, if there is no camp, tx
runpIovf,,l cv,nfc o1Crn fha cfrnoyoc r
means from now on-unleSS Old MAJ
Winter should get nasty and spiteful-
the phrase, Lets go out to the cabin,
will be heard with increasing frequenc.
until at last Summer is actually here.
The call of the out Of doors is TO
some the call of the wild flowers
With weather like this they sprou
fast, and o one will be able to Sc
the deep blue of anemones on the hills
then the yellow bells, and following tn
grand pageant of hosts of blossoms
just now some folks are looking abou
for pussywillows, those downy littl
things that are brought to the school
oom for the youngsters nature stud
and for the teacher to tell about il
romantic words.
Anyway, spring Is the accepted fac
in this region, although weather rec
ords show that the average last dat
of the killing frost here alOn
about the middle of May-which doe
not mean that MI. Jack Frost may no
be kind this year and let the tende
plants grow. Tulips and other bull
flowers planted in the fall are 500
due to unfold their blossoms, and, bein
hardy, they will not be much concerne
about Jack Frost's notions.
The farmers are very busy. Plowin
and seeding and all those things hay
to be attended to when there is tt
chance. And, always the foe of tt
farmer, the gopher, is out-and hs
been for a long time-to do all til
damage he can in the name Of Sc
preservation and other fundamental
animal instincts.
called her before this; somehow h
knew she WAS mIItely asking for