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Show FIRE PROTECTION WEEK To reduce the number of unnecessary conflagrations, mostly the result of carelessness and ignorance is one of the most important matters to impress on the public. Avoidable fire losses reach into millions of dollars weekly both in cities and in forest wealth of the nation, and demand constant calling of attention to this waste and criminal loss. Efforts to save tha forests of the country from fire will be commemorated com-memorated during the week of April 22-28, in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Harding on March 5. The idea of a special week to be devoted to forest fire prevention preven-tion originated in the Pacific Northwest in 1920, and the observance observ-ance has since become nation-wide. - The proclamation calls attention to importance of forest preservation pres-ervation to the industrial and commercial life of the nation and to individual welfare. It points'out that ' fires are result of carelessness or thoughtlessness, thought-lessness, seriously threatening the timber supply and endangering the cover of the watersheds of streams that are used for navigation and irrigation. |