Forest Protection Week and Arbor Dav L924

By the President of the United States of America

AProclamation

Whereas, it is essential to the continued comfort, welfare, and prosperity of the people of the United States that abundant forests. widelv distributed and maintained in a condition of high productiveness, be forever wisely conserved as one of our greatest na. tural resources; and

Whereas, because of our constantly increasing need for wood and other forest products, together with our past failure to provide for reforestation, we are drawing upon our supplies of timber four times as fast as they are renewed through growth; and

'Whereas, the most formidable agency of forest desrrrrction and Drevention of reforestation is fire and, of the fires which annually devastate vast areas, fourfifths are ascribed in origin to human agencies and virtually all may be controlled and made innocuous through prudence, care and vigilance;

Therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, Presid'ent of the United States, do urge upon the Governors of the various states to designate and set apart the week of April 2l-27,1924, as Forest Protection \Meek, and, wherever practicable and not in conflict with state law or accepted customs, to celebrate Arbor Day within that week. I also urge all citizens, either in ' assoeiation or as individuals, all schools, and the press of the land to give common thought to the protection of our forests from fire, to the end that, in the future as in the past, these forests may supply us with wood, protect the purity of our streams, and otherwise serve the people of the United States.

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 15th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-eighth.

(Seal) CALVIN COOLIDGE.

By the President: CHARLES E. HUGHES, Secretary of State.

THE HOME OF MAPLE, BEECH, BIRCH and OAK HARDWOOD FLOORING

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LAST HOO.HOO BULLETIN LIVELY NUMBER

The last issue of the Hoo-Hoo "Bulletin," published at St. Louis and edited by Henry R. Isherwood, was a very fine piece of work, from many angles.

The appearance of this monthly organ has improved in the last few months, and in size it is much larger. This last issue, for March, was full of news and pictures, telling of Concatenations, and Hoo-Hoo Club meetings, all over the country.

California came in for her share of comment and editorial praise, on the showing made at the last meeting held in this state. The large Concatenation held by the Los Angeles District, at Venice, was covered completely, with pictures of Bookstaver and hisInitiation Committee, of Snark Rosenberg, and also a picture of Phil B. Hart, who heads the Membership Cornmittee.

ORANGE COUNTYHOO.HOO TO CONCAT

Word comes from Mr. H. G. Larrick, Scrivenoter of the Orange County Hoo-Hoo District, that there will be a Concatenation held by that district sometime in May. Under the leadership of their Snark, O. H. Barr, Orange County expects to bring her membership up to 100 per cent Hoo-Hoo.

They have also arranged to have regular monthly meet- ings, on the second Thursday of each month, the time and place for the first one, to be announced a little later.

Curtls Williams Provides Good Meetin$

Past Vicegerant Curtis Williams was the chairman at th'e Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club luncheon on April 3rdt

The boys turned out in good form in his honor, th being about sixty-five with their feet under the table Et 12:15.

Snark Rosenberg called the meeting to order, disposed of a considerable quantity of bu5iness matters in short order and then turned fhe meiting over to Mr. Williams.

He made avery fitting introductory speech, in telling the boys of some of the exploits of Capt. Richmond P. Hobson, U. S. N. retired, hEro of the Spanish-American War, the man who made the heroic attempt at Santiago Bay, by sinking the Str, "Merrimac," in an efiort to bottle up the Spanish fleet.

Capt. Hobson has spent considerable time_ in.lhq plghibiti,on movement, attd is now prominently identified with the International Narcotic Education Association, with Los Angeles headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce

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