WASTE OF FORESTS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 349, 15 January 1903, Page 6

WASTE OF FORESTS.

* aaaam JM _t_. *—- Mimbmi ptMMj •» «ttrip • «•*• •ay of fore** watte. It ul tfttaA tMttbiif g& ».©*© md tr* idta b» wh rl 4bt stoppage tf factariet tf •tte flttta Tkt lortif of tktrttt* fraya aloo* wfit cxcsed H,tOMM. ffct ■iWHt to baOUngt.tr *•»*» * «* %mi tf H»*et Ibm <* wstrat, •■• * • ttcen Mlrtct wafc* "tntoi tf •aft*? Mm tfattniHfaai (NttW 1* OMteMtt Us* itot tea tßrttfj fttthtl tfct flisM Mm, ted «»y ftoe at Mgft m «* ttttrtftrttktaf nul d lift f»y» ttt CUetft Xatet tf flotdtf Hum at tmiTcfilailt' t*> tffeate. Botw&yaaibeObiofeliU «*ch ** OMkulAi MfWH yetet Hnwrdf It It «* MMttjttU ft ttvpott «** *• tftinJttt *** f*m wnl pratitat tewMi—t Sit gtatt tMfe wrought by tfc* floof otltM, •Ad Ukaty to be repeated thfa y«er. w%# du« to the abnormal rapidity wi»h which the water cam* dowW.therlTtr. More water did not fall, bat tt MSMfuUr. Why?

Because the hills of PtnnsylTAni*, Ohio, Wert Virginia Mid Kentucky had for year* b?*n stripped recklessly of thrtr timbf_r-e«>rerinir. Not only had the luge a»d rip* trees been taksn, but forest' fteea had swept away the undergrowth. The natural •mpedhsente which formerly held be-ek the-- wittr ware gone, and it descended all at, once, into the rallays. He net thesedisastrous floods. About the middle of the nineteenth'. eentury it began to be noticed that the Ohio ran lower in drought and higher in flood than formerly. Ta«' federal perrernment >m appealed teaad sought to equ a lixe the-flow by the const ruettac of dams. Rut these measures were, only palliatire- and. did not go to the root of th« aril." All, the dams, that can be built will not regulate the waters as the natural growths upon the soil onee did.

Of course these natural growth* cannot wholly be restored, but aometetfng sea be dona in that direction. Mush oi the land about the Ohio's headwaters la. mora ojsafnl for growling- tree* thee for any. other, pfcfpoaaa. That; forest- lands, int elilg*n tly managed, will.yield a crop ular aa a wheat.field's has been deraonatrated. Scientific reforestation, und«r public aontrol. will prove pro Stable both in the production of timber and' in the prevention of floods. The Ohio valley states now pay a heavy penalty in flood damages for the ignorance and reeklessneaa of former generations. Until systematic effort is made to reforest the hills from which thar Ohio draws its wat«*e navigation will continue irreg? filar, and disastrous floods will be of frequent/ ceeurrenee. Probably It w»uld take at least a century to reetore something Hie natural condition*, but the tims and effort would be amply repaid by the public benelit.

100 810 FOR THE TURRIT. ft* a—flag **««*«»4« »«**«** ** I • Sow G«a»*r. " B*e? Admiral Hobler D. ("Fighting Bob") Stub was oik* of the apeak•r* at at b*nq**t given in Boeto* the•tfeer night, and in concluding his•peetfc told the following anecdote to Illustrate * point he mad*, cays th* Chfeego Chroniele. "W« were lying at CUnfoegoa when X r***ired a draft of 30 man. I had 400, but thought that possibly some ©T them might gat killed and then afcey would hare to give me some more. Among that draft there wti «ea raj tmm, large fellow from Detroit. Before w* got a> chance to driil them wa. got the men on board. At two o'clock in the afternoon we elatioaed ahem, did what we call giving them the billet. That same evening before we got a ahance to drill them we got the alarm: 'Torpedoboat* coming out!' "When I peeaed to get an the bridge I felt a tug at my aleare. It was the big fellow from Detroit. The electric light waa near as. "'Well, my man/ I said, baeng a little in a hurry, 'what ia it?' " 'Well,' said he, *I came down here to fight, and I want to fight, but X rfon't know where to go.' '."Where are you ataaSonedf I nuked. "He pulled hit billet out of hia pocket, and, after reading it, said: " 'I am stationed ia the port of that eight-inch turret.' "i said: "Here It ia, right here.' "'Well.' he replied, 'how fa the blazes do you gat into it?" la tke Ye»aealav. "Pa," said Miss Slangay, "you'll have to be thinking of digging up urnie loaf sugar for me." "Loaf Bugar?" exclaimed pa. "What o;i t-arth do you mean by-—" "Vacation money, pa."—PhfiaAlphia I'ress. •w« r H«fcta« th« Ttmfm, Mrs. C.ad—She's awfully baft fonnf .Mrs. Dorcas—Dreadful! She one* brought her baby with her when aha attended a mothers' metfcw.—Tow* Topiea. ._ - . J"TI .^—-