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Show PANCLITCir LOSES IN CHICAGO CAGE GAJ CHICAGO, April 5.m. high school cnn-ic up in tlie scts half to take a 21 to 12 guine fti Garfield county high of Tiui;.,,,, Utah, Friday afternoon In the f cago national prep cage moot, i Coloradoans, as a result of tlie , tory, going into the semifinals the tourney. The Windsor five tt; ed the Utah team at the end of first quarter, 8-2, and at the h 8-6. In the third quarter AViud ran up a 10 to 10 lead. FOilEST PROTECTION j WEEK. I Forest I'riileclion Week which I l:ss been observed in this region j now fur three cnnsecnl ivo yearsi will lie again nationally observed in response to a proclamation just issued by President Coulidg'e calling call-ing upon the eiti.ens of our country coun-try to unite in its observance during dur-ing tlie week, April 21 to 27. Its object is to check the tremendous losses occurring throughout the country in consequence of forest fires started through human carelessness care-lessness and lack of prudence. The week will he largely observed throughout the entire intermoun-tain intermoun-tain region by schools, Boy Scout organizations, and others to whom the national forests have a strong appeal. It is indeed wise that we should so observe this week for although a large part of the mountainous forests for-ests of this region are not subject to the extreme hazards as the forests for-ests farther north and west, nevertheless never-theless tremendous values are locked lock-ed up in them 3S billion feet of timber, grazing for 450,000 cattle and horses and 2,750,000 sheep, while forest watersheds furnish irrigation to some 4,000,000 acres whose crops are worth 100 million dollars a year. Under these cir-: cir-: cumstanccs the preservation of our mountain lands forested and un-forested un-forested from fire and misuse is . a matter of paramount importance. |