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 1924 PROCLAMATIONS, 1923. and that this proclamation and those  the boundaries of the 4•***·r>¤·*9¤·1°¤· Tonto N ational Forest and the Coconmo ational Forest, which I lgave  mrgied this daiyinaie made aéid are intelniled toulgc and shall e consi e as one ac eccme e ective sim taneo. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be afiixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 14th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred twenty-three, __ [SEAL.] landdofdthedlpdrelpendclxicle of the United States the one un re an o y-eig. CALVIN Coouoos By the President: Ciaunrms E. Hucmas Secretary of State. .§2@¤£!&. Br run Pnnsmmrr or rim Uurrmn Sums or Amumca A PROCLAMATION .,·.; ,?`i'° P"` ChWITHmtg1e approach of (¥ctotli1erCS;;1h¥ Palnniversary cg the great . - `cago, it is customary or e `e xecutive to irect attention each year to the enormous fire loss of the nation and to prolpose the observance of that date as National Fire Prevention Day. am informed that the national fire loss for 1922 approximated fifteen thousand hves and somewhat more than five hundred million dollars. If this is correct, or even alpproximately correct, It indicates that the $2 fire wasuiis was theb argeclt silnce 198916, whc)1; the;_ifea1i1f11ldS·a:11 nciscoeo ation rougttetot toave veune million dollars: Bilbo fact that, with  our improvement of methods m most d11'6Cl»10IlS,·th6   loss continues to mount upward Iyear by Kcézr places a strilnng pomt of unterrogiation opposite our c aims of h naticinalaleiiiciencz. I am 1I`;fo1£’IIIi:l tha1}1311912, which wigricit an excep on year e per capi a oss o e coun ry was. and that in 1922 it was $4.67. The importance of every possible; measure to reduce this loss is so apparent as to require no argument. $}‘€hi"i’§§21l2°%.l€£H1?£‘¤*£€§°F.e“e€.‘P;° *%;:m2:.‘:J1>.;.;;*:..gT*:a*:..P¤;1* s a or hazards; another large portion to poor construction, inefficient enforcement of buildinéurggulations, and the like. All of these are subject to correction ugh proper procedures, and it is highly desirable that public attenticn lie directed Ito tfihgm and every encouragement given to measures or essening the menace. In view of these facts R•·=¤¤¤¤gg¤¤d% dg NOW, THEREFORE, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the ms,¤. Ilggited StatBs, designate Tuesdciy,hOct0b§r Qgh, asdNationa1 Fire vention a, an recommen t at it e 0 serve in a manner most fitting. I particularly recommend the importance of educaticnzl eifort through the schools, mdustrial esta hshments, and in t e omes. Ip whegegf, I haveb hereuntio set my hand and caused the sea o e United States to e e . Done in the City of Washin ton this seventeenth day of September in the year of our Iiord One Thousand Nine Hundred and [sum.] Twenty-Three, and of the Independence of the United States, the One Hundred and Forty-Eighth. Canvm Coouoon By tléc President inuau Pmnurs Acting Secretary of State.