ARBOR DAY. 139 



FROM A. J. POPPLETON. 



EL PASO, TEXAS, April 19, 1888. 

 DEAR SIR Yours was received in the City of Mexico. 

 A letter cannot reach you in time. Arbor Day is recog- 

 nized and celebrated in Mexico. Mr. Morton, its author, 

 is a benefactor of other states and countries as well as his 

 own. In Nebraska, "Plant trees" should be the eleventh 

 commandment. 



A. J. POPPLETON. 



FROM JOHN C. FREMONT. 



Los ANGELES, CAL., April 20. 



H. L. WOOD, ESQ. : DEAR SIR I received letter con- 

 cerning your intention to honor Mr. Morton by a special 

 Arbor Day edition of the Press, and I sincerely regret 

 that my reply will not reach you in time to have a place 

 among the tributes paid to his noble work. 



It strikes us always with surprise when suddenly some 

 great act makes us see how much good one man can do, 

 and Mr. Morton's is exceptionally of this kind. I am 

 naturally and by the education of experience and travel a 

 lover of forests. Their still and solemn beauty, the sense 

 of repose and shelter which they give within quiet depths, 

 while storms may rage through their summits, have been 

 a real joy to me. 



