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Book Title: Doane Robinson's Encyclopedia Of South Dakota

  Arbor Day. A day appointed by the Governor, during the planting season of each
year, to encourage the planting of trees. The designation of such a day was
first proposed by J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, in 1872 and was at once
popular. It has since been observed in Dakota Territory and South Dakota.
Through proclamation the people are enjoined, upon the day designated to plant
and protect trees; and the schools, to instruct the children in the love of
trees and shrubs and how to plant and cultivate them. The day was first observed
in. Dakota, April 24, 1886, upon the proclamation of Governor Gilbert A. Pierce,
who said, in part: "The one requisite to make the land the equal if not superior
of the most favored regions of the earth, is the growth of forest and ornamental
trees. The wide prairies need them. They are a protection and ornament. They are
a direct and material addition to the value of the land and will in a few years
become a source of constant income. They will grow while you sleep. They will
add to your wealth while you rest. No investment will pay better, both in a
material sense and that satisfaction which is the growth of pleasant
surroundings. Let every public place be made to blossom like the rose, adorned
by nature's purest and loveliest ornaments which shall grow and flourish like
the cedars of Lebanon,-like 'a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out
her roots by the river and shall not see when heat cometh, for her leaves shall
be green.' "-(Jeremiah 17:8)

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DOANE ROBINSON'S
Encyclopedia of South Dakota
FIRST EDITION

Published by the Author
PIERRE
1925

COPYRIGHT BY DOANE ROBINSON. 1925

WILL A. BEACH PRINTING COMPANY
PRINTERS AND BINDERS
SIOUX FALLS


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