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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
S. DRAPER
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In accordance with law I designate Saturday, the twenty-fourth day of
April, as Arbor Day. -º- -- &
At no time in the history of our country has the great value of trees
been appreciated as it is now.
In the days of the pioneer, when the land was heavily wooded, trees were
considered the enemies of the settler, because they interfered with his tilling the
ground to obtain food.
In these latter days, when trees are being ruthlessly and recklessly destroyed
for purely commercial purposes, the situation has changed, and it is necessary not
only to save them, but, for many reasons which were not so important in earlier
times, to increase their number.
Trees are of value in every way and should be planted in large numbers,
properly protected and cared for; and I urge all the people of the Common-
wealth who are so situated that they can do so, either to plant a new tree or
properly care for some existing one, on Arbor Day.
Given at the Executive Chamber, in Boston, this thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one
hundred and thirty-third.
EBEN S. DRAPER.
BY HIS ExCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR,
WILLIAM M. OLIN,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
(śmā Śaur Ulle Cummulturalth uf ſilaggarlutaetta.






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