Arizona republican., 1915-05-26
THE GOVERNOR CALLS ATTENTION
 ID MOOSE RACE
Executive Proclamation of Memorial Day Makes a Special Reference to the Movement to Locate a Sanitarium Here.

Embracing in his call to the observ- ance of the day the recommendation that citizens of Maricopa county extend their patronage to the program of races to promote the location of the Moose Tubercular Sanitarium in the Salt Riv- CT Valley, Governor Hunt yesterday ! issued his annual Memorial Day proc lamation. The proclamation sets aside Monday May 31 as the day to be ob- served and calls upon the citizens of the state to on that day pay tribute to the departed heroes who so nobly served their country in the past. The governors proclamation follows: Whereas, under the laws of Arizona, which sanction the observance of May 30 annually as Memorial and Decora- tion Day, it is provided, also, that whenever any legal holiday shall fall on Sunday the following Monday shall be observed in an appropriate way;
 Whereas, Memorial and Decoration Day of the current year falls upon Sunday. thereby making it legal and proper that the following Monday shall be the occasion of tate-wide tribute to those departed heroes who have had an important part in the shaping of our national history.
 Whereas, in the county of Maricopa, wherein the capital of the state is sit uated, prominent fraternal order has arranged a special Memorial and Deco ration Day program in which all citi- zens are invited to participate for the commendable purpose of promoting the establishment in Phoenix of a large sanitarum for tuberculosis sufferers, r- blessing in which the people of Arizona may especially participate;
 Now, therefore, I Geo. w. P. Hunt, governor of Arizona, by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, and act ing in conformity with the sentiment of the people of Arizona, do hereby pro- claim a tate-wide observance of May 31. 1915, as Memorial and Decoration Day, and do urgently recommend that, on the holiday thus set aside, all ap- prOpriate observances shall be made by educational institutions, fraternal ord CTS, historical and civic organizations, in deference to the memory of our ma tion's heroes, to the end that their deeds of heroism and acts of public service may be commemorated by pres ent generations, and perpetuated in the recollection of posterity.
 It is further recommended that on the day thus set apart all citizens of Maricopa county, having at heart the welfare of humanity and being desir- ous Of publicity manifesting their ap- proVal and support of the movement initiated by the Loyal Order of Moose toward the founding of a tuberculosis sanitarium in or near the city of Phoe- nix, extend their generous patronage to the program of entertainment ar ranged by the local lodge of the order hereinbefore mentioned, to the end that in our remembrance of the departed we may not De unmindful of those among the living upon whom the shadow of a dread disease has fallen.
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the state of Arizona to be affixed.
 Done at Phoenix, the capital this tWenty-fifth day of May, A. D., 1915.
 GEO. w. P. HUNT,
 Governor of Arizona Attest:
 SIDNEY P. OSBORN,
 Secretary of State.