PROCLAMATION 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE OF CALIFORNIA 



The State Commissioner of Horticulture has 

 instituted a campaign to destroy the ground 

 squirrel throughout the State. It is said that 

 these rodents do an annual damage to the 

 amount of $30,000,000, a great part of this 

 damage consisting in the destruction of food- 

 stuffs, and in these times special efforts should 

 be made to prevent such loss. 



In connection with the campaign the State 

 Commissioner of Horticulture has personally 

 offered prizes to those schools of all classes 

 which make the best record in killing squirrels. 

 I heartily endorse the plan, and I hope that the 

 efforts of those in charge of the campaign will 

 be crowned with success, and in connection 

 therewith I do hereby set aside the week of 

 April 2Qth to May 4th as Ground Squirrel 

 Week, and trust that during that time the 

 school children and all other persons will do 

 their utmost to relieve the country of the 

 ground squirrel pest. 



WIUJAM D. STEPHENS 



Governor 

 Dated: Sacramento, April 8, 1918. 



HERBERT HOOVER, UNITED STATES 



FOOD ADMINISTRATOR, ENDORSES 



SQUIRREL CONTROL CAMPAIGN 



WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9, 1918 

 GEO. H. HECKE, 



Commissioner of Horticulture, 

 Sacramento, Cal. 



Understand you are undertaking campaign for the 

 eradication of ground squirrels in California. This 

 has my hearty approval as these squirrels destroy 

 vast quantities of food which might otherwise be 

 used for support of our armies abroad and the allies. 

 The school children should be of great assistance in 

 this campaign and the knowledge that they are doing 

 a patriotic duty should stimulate them to their utmost 

 efforts. 



HERBERT HOOVER 

 United States Food Administrator 



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