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 2268 PROCLAMATIONS, 1922. Mmm,1m Br rim Piucsmmrr or rim Umrnn Smyrna or Amzmca. A PROCLAMATION. Fwmmtfhagvmm WHEREAS, Ithe protection and Eerpetuation of our forests are ° °"°°’ vital to célur p1o1£i11;u£e·1d1indul.§.frial we are and national strength, and °· toourin 'vi u e t, co ort, and prosperit , an WHEREAS, a period of fifty years has passedy since, in April, 1872, there was instituted in the State of Nebraska observance of a day Zxi·p;cia]l)1y set aipart and consecrated for tree planting, and known as r a an WHEREAS, both through widespread annual celebration of Arbor Day and through the increasing observance of Forest Protection Week public attention has been ccgmmendably directpd to theisuvalule o trees the unnecessary waste o our ` h1ng` orests t oug preventable Bres, the deplorable effects of forest devastation, and the ngled for remedial measures against depletion of an essential natur resource: 0, A ,§°" ‘}‘92‘f,°°§, THEREFORE, I, WARREN G. HARDING, President of the 22, €v*:: dI;:g;1%‘;;i:uQ United States, do urge upon the Governors of the various States to niversury et arm designate and set apart the week of April 16-22, 1922, as Forest Protec- ”°’· tion Week, and the last day of that week, April 22, as the Golden Anniversary of Arbor Day, and to request officers of public instruction, of counties, cities and towns, and of civic and commercial organizations to unite in thought and action for the preservation of our common heritage by such educational and instructive exercises as sha.H bring efore the eo le the disastrous effects of the P P _ _ present waste by forest fires and the need of individual and collective effort todconserve the forests and increase our tree growth for ornament an use. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 31st da of March in the ear Y Y of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, [sun,.] and of the Indelpendence of the United States of America the one hundre and forty-sixth. W Annan G Haan. By the President: ING Cnannms E. Huemas Secretary of State. Br rim Pamsmnm or rim Unrrnn Svrams or Anmmca A PROCLAMATION rl»‘i'$l?$a$11iii?¤r£}li WIHZREAS, it apxpears that certain lands, within the State of U*;r*;mh,e_ Iriahqdeseribed m the Act of Congress aplgroved January eleventh, Am¢,p.356· mneteen hundred and twentytwo Public 0. 123), which have been found under the terms of san act to be chiefly valuable for the produc- Hpn tigillgerplr ior tigelprotriction of stream How, should be added to e in1 o a a 10D ores ; ‘*'°°"‘“""°d· NOW, THEREFORE, I, WARREN G. HARDING, President of the United States of America by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid Actlof January eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled ‘An Act o add certain lands to Minidoka National Forest, do lproclaim that the Mmidoka National Forest is hereby enlarged to mc ude the areas indicated as additions on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof.