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Show FOREST PROTECTION WEEK DESIGNATED SAM LAKE prll 14" By a proc-lamatlon proc-lamatlon issued yesterday Governor, Mabey has set aside April DJ to t -'. inclusive in-clusive as Forest Protection week. The proclamation is in compliance ; with a proc lamation issued by Pres- Ident Harding and requests that the week be observed 'in a manner commensurate com-mensurate with the Importance ol the occasion." In the proclamation i--ued by Pre- i ident Harding at Washington March OA, n is requested inai tne governors of the Several states Issue proclamations proclama-tions to set apart this week as Fon st protection week. The proclamation' further a.ks that officers of puMi. Instruction of bounties, cities an ' towns, and officers of civic and commercial com-mercial organizai Ions unite in thought and action for the preservation of our common heritage by planning such educational ed-ucational and instructive exercises as liall bring before the people the dls-j astrous effects Of the present waste by forest fires, and the need of individual in-dividual and collective effort tq .conserve .con-serve the foic -t.. and increase our tree! growth for ornament and uife. The proclamation further states that "the protection and perpetuation of our forests are vital to our contiued industrial welfare and national1 strength, and to our individual health, comfort and proseprlty." |