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Show "Forest Protection" Week Designated Governor Mabey has issued, a proclamation proc-lamation naming the week of May 22 to 2 8 as "Forest Protection" week in Utah, and urging on various organizations organiza-tions tho duty of directing public attention at-tention to what may be done to prevent pre-vent and suppress disastrous forest fires in the statie. The matter was called to the attention atten-tion of Governor Mabey by R. H. Rut-ledge, Rut-ledge, district forester, with headquarters head-quarters in Ogden. A proclamation by Pres'deufl Harding also calls on the Governors of the various states to issue proclamations designating this particular week as "Forest Protection" Protec-tion" week. President Harding estimates tha annual less from forest fires in the Uni.od States at $20,000,000 approximately, approx-imately, and the devastation of timber tim-ber land and other natural resources as extending over 12,500,000 acres. District Forester Rutledge informs Governor Mabey that "Forest Protection" Protec-tion" week and tho intensive campaign cam-paign cf education carried on by the various forest protec tive organizations organiza-tions in 1920 were "thorouskly successful." suc-cessful." "Public opinion,' he continues,, 'was arcused to a recognition of the necessity for individual carefulness Kvith fire in the mountains, since the 'number cf man-made forest fires last summer were markedly less tl an in j-1919. and slightly smaller than the I average for the past ten-year period. |