Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-04
Forest Conservation
News Notes
Mcdowell Va. ADril |.

but substantial, until the stone
work can be rebuilt. The bridge
across the Bullpasture river is dam,
aged to some extent.
! Not so much stock lost along the
river as reported. The greatest
loss is from the wash that took
soil, fences, and a few buildings
The damaged is estimated to be
several thousand dollars along the
Bullpasture.
Graz Run cut through bank in
Mrs. Hooks field, coming on down
through Z. A. McNulty's meadow
and pasture, cutting and moving
everything as it went. The water
works were over flowed and sand
Ell down. No doubt the water
coming as it did saved the lower
end of the village.
We have frequently wondered in
the past few years why our people
generally have cut so much timber
from hillsides and along river banks.
In many places where this has been
done nothing could be gained for
the hillside was too rocky to make
pasture, and frequently too steep,
still the onslaught continues.
Along the river in places there is
not a tree left to stem the tide.
Do our people ever think they may
be damaging their native country?
Do they realize that the coming
generation has to suffer for it?
Do they realize how long it took
those trees to grow?
The destructive flood of last week
will illustrate the point. Some OF
the damage done can never be re-
placed. The gullies on the hillsides
and the rocks in what was once a
fertile field are evidence. There is
the artistic side too. The barren
hills are not restful to the eye. The
rocks do not beautify when denud-
ed of the trees and shrubs, no mat
ter how scrubby, that covered them
by their green foliage and MOSES
and ferns that grew underneath.
Why not leave the timber in waste
places that could never he used?
It will help retain moisture in
drought and prevent the wash dur
ing the flood. They will also yield
protection for our birds and small
animals. Many people think the
protection of onr birds is mere SEN
timent, but it is of the utmost prac-
ticality.. They are one of mans
best friends in his fight against in
sects, caterpillars and such pests,
and the farmer owes the small birds
a debt of gratitude.
| Mrs. J. B. Bradshaw left last
Saturday for Charlottesville, where
she was invited to attend district
meeting of the Daughters OF the
Confederacy. She hopes to be able
to give out a definite date for the
the ladies of Highland to meet.
Probably May Sth.
Miss Hester Jones, our High
|School Principal, returned yester-
day from Richmond, and Miss Saw
/ lille, her assistant, returned from
her home near Lexington.
The epidemic of of measles has
abated and we hope it will not re-
appear.
Mrs. w. H. Darby, who has been
ill for sometime, is convalescing,
land we hope for complete re-
Icovery soon. ....
| Rev. V. H. Starbuek preached
lat Stony Run last Sunday having
been sent there by Presbytery. -
The people as one person are
eagerly awaiting news from Con-
ferance. 1t was very hard to give
.lup Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
ga. and VIM. M. McNulty
went East Tuesday morning =
/ Miss Margie Bryant closed
! very successful term of School at
1Seldom~ Seen. She expects to take
the summer course at the Harrison
burg Normal.
Miss Nettie Bryant was home
over Sunday. Her school closes
lin a few weeks.
The Primary room of the Nc,
Dowell school closed at Easter
Miss Quidore having done her work
thoroughly. The High School does
ont close until late in June. Oul
, school property is in need of some
Improvements. Unsightly out
buildings, fence minus paint, young
: trees that were put out sometime
ago wese destroyd, and there is
. lack Of equipmenton the inside: A
well equipped school house with wei
: kept grounds is ap uplift to any
} community. . There is good dea
r in osilent" influence sometimes
More peoplesec the outside OF oul
houses than ever see the inside 0
them, and we are Judged largely BY
appearances. anyway. A goet
. cleaning up, q wisely selected lot 0
trees. shrubs and vines would beau
! tifv. our town at the small expens
of doing ii now" A.