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Show Forest Protection . Week Proclaimed Forest Protection Week which has been observed in this region now for three consecutive years will be again nationally observed in response to a proclamation just issued by President Presi-dent Coolidge calling upon the citizens citi-zens of our country to unite in its observance during the week, April 21 to 27. Its object is to check the tremendous losses occurring throughout through-out the country in consequence of forest fires started through human carelessness and lack of prudence. The week will be largely observed throughout the entire mtermountain ! region by schools, Boy Scout organizations, organ-izations, and others to whom the National Na-tional Forests have a strong appeal. It is indeed wise that we should so observe this week for although a large part of the mountainous for-eests for-eests of this region are not subject to the extreme hazards as the forests farther north and west, nevertheless i tremendous value are locked up in I them 38 billion feet of timber, graz-j graz-j ing for 450,000 cattle- and horses and j 2,750,000 sheep, while forest watersheds water-sheds frunish irrigation to some 4,- 000,000 acres whose crops are worth I 100 million dollars a year. Under I these circumstances the preservation of our mountain lands forested and unforested from fire and misuse is 1 a matter of paramount importance. |