Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1920 — FOR ARBOR AND BIRD DAY [ARTICLE]

FOR ARBOR AND BIRD DAY

GOVERNOR GOODRICH ISSUES PROCLAMATION ON ANNUAL EVENT. Governor Goodrich has set Friday, April 16, as Arbor and Bird day in Indiana, in a proclamation in which he said: “If we fail to plant trees today to enrich _ and beautify the state, and to furnish shade and comfort to the men, women and children in years to come, we shall have neglected a duty, the importance of which is not easily determined. “We shall ever have a deep interest in bird life. Without these cheerful friends, with their beauty and their songs to lighten the daily task by cheering the heart, much of the charms of life disappears, i Moreover, their value as destroyers of multitudinous insects in the garden, orchard and field is of such ! consequence that every act to en- ' courage bird life is an act of a public benefactor. “Let us, therefore, do what we can to encourage the planting of , trees and protection of our birds. To this end I urge an Arbor day celebration 'by the various county and municipal authorities, believing that they should join in making this day distinctly beneficial to all the citizens of Indiana.”