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Show FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. A proclamation designating May ?2 to 28, 1921, as Forest Protection week was recently signed by President Presi-dent Harding. During this week it Is planned to hold exercises, which will bring before the people the serious se-rious and unhappy effects as well as 'the unnecessary waste caused by preventable forost fires each year in the UnUed States. According to the estimates given, S 3,0 0 0 fires destroying destroy-ing approximately $20,000,000 worth of timber occur each year. What we are working for is to enlist individual and collective help to prevent pre-vent man-made fires for the protection protec-tion of the natural resources of the Country. |