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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
An Expensive Sport

The announcement that Lord Vim
 borne Is providing the ponies for the
 polo team which hopes to wrest the
 worlds polo challenge cup from our American cousins this year calls at tention to the amazing cost of this
 game. The cup itself is worth, per haps. about f100. The officers of the American Polo association, however. estimated that the tournament last year--when, 1t will be remembered, the Duke of Westminster paid all costs for the ponies--ran away with no less than f280, 900. the cost of the game work l ing out f2400 per minute.
 This years contest will probably ex- ceed that amount. owing to the in- creaes in the cost of ponies. Animals that could have been bought four or five years ago for f100 now cost as much as fl000 The result has been that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14

1 of current magazine literature of the
 best sort. Then only the illuminati, the
 enlightened, could identify him. Fame came to him very late in life. l Like Lincoln, who was born only IA
 years before F'abre, the latter read his
 first books In the fields and by firelight
 Again, like Lincoln, he never studied at
 any college. Fame came to him later in
 life than it did to Lincoln, but he has lived many more years than were al
 lotted to the American.
 It Is recorded of Fabre that he is | without university degrees, without
 laboratory experience under expert di-
 rection and almost without education,
 yet little by little he absorbed all that
 the world had to offer on the subject
 of insects by reading scientific reports
 from the great educational centers and
 books, and he learned other languages
 than his own that he might read more
 reports and more books.
 l For recreation he wrote poetry. 1t
 is true poetry, for a man so imbued
 with the sense of the teeming life of
 the world can write only that sort l It was only about three years ago
 that the world awoke to the fact that
 in little French village lived one of
 its greatest scientists. old and neglected.
 It proceeded to pay honors to him and
 would have given him money. but the old man said. "I have enough" | He had not sought fame, but at the
 end 1t sought him. He is very, very
 old man. The recognition can mean
 little to him now. But the world hon.
 ors itself in honoring the man who
 could wait patiently for the praise that
 was his due.
 | There is lesson in his life for the impatient and the headstrong. If your work is worthy the world will find you
 and crown 1t.
 Surely in the terrible days of the civil 1 war there was no buster person in Wash ington and not one who bore a heavier | burden of care and responsibility than
 Abraham Lincoln. Yet 1t is of him, more | than of any other man of that time, that we hear he was always trying to help someone
 There's the story that is told of his son, Tad.
 l It happened in a railroad station The President was to take a trip, &C., companied by Tad and others. A sight seer wanted to see MT. Lincoln and de- cided that the best way to find him was to ask Tad.
 | T don't know just where father is. said Tad. but he's somewhere in there among the crowd. Just look around until you see someone helping someone else That will be father" The story does not tell whether the curious person found MT. Lincoln or not. But 1t does tell great deal about I the President who could find tempo rary relief from his own troubles by assuming those of others. In serving others self service is done. There was the jolly miller of the river Dee" for instance, who would not change places with the King of England.
 He discovered his happiness. you will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14

| APOLEoN had so shaped affairs
 M in France that he came to be re- A garded as indispensable to the welfare. if not to the existence, of the nation. He had lifted France out of the ruts of centuries. had reorganized the government on a new basis, and it had become so dependable on his will that his death would have been a disaster be- yond measure. His passion for war and his constant exposure in battle became a serious public concern and he was urged to provide against any possibility of being killed by bullets on the field of battle
 Then. too. there was a suppressed fear or assassination even in the streets of Paris where he was necessarily exposed, and he was liable to be killed any day
 Napoleon accordingly offered a large sum for a steel-netted shirt. to be worn under his waistcoat from his neck to his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14

Iy OR the past few weeks I have had
 unaccustomed leisure for the en- A joyment of literature, and I have been re-reading Scott. Although my late journeys were probably my fourth or fifth through some of his lengthy novels, to me they had all the sweetness and charm they possessed when they were terra incognita.
 Good literature is a cake that you can eat and have. And the more who partake of the banquet, the greater the enjoyment of each. for then is widened the field of that pleasant and profitable discussion which approaches in satisfaction the ac- tual gustation.
 When, from the frivolous and fanciful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14

Harp of the North that mouldering long has hung On the witch-elm that shades Saint Fil- lan's spring, And down the fitful breeze thy numbers flung, Till envious ivy did around thee cling, Mufling with verdant ringlet every string minstrel Harp. still must thine ac- cents sleep? Midst rustling leaves and fountains mur- muring. Still must thy sweeter sounds their si- lence keep, Nor bid a warrior smile, nor teach a maid to weep?
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-05-18

us notwithstanding, Sat er einen neuen
,Bro5eB erbIlt.
gei Der WerbanoIuns bes siim mil.
liondr gefuorbenen StIapenbduoIerS,
Der 5a6aoie riiiiiidle imo oeuiife Mi.
litdriliidtlinae nab iiberieeiiden
Sdnoern ifafite umo SumSertc bon
NldodIen nab Roro. rno Siioamerifa
6erifaderte, iuuroe befanntIid ieiige.
ltellt. OaB or i'm @ercin nit ieinem
s3ompli5en, ocnI gIgenten @eihmoIn.
5ablrcidc Bnli5ri. mo anoere @e.
ante ipiternntiib beitofen bate Ssn.
iolse DER gentnd]ten Gntbiillimgen bat
elm idiuer fomprpniitirter gclioei.
aommiiidr ScIbitmoro begangen uno
elm polijei.Sefrctdr lit nit mebre.
rer ShutlciiteH ii GHsIage3iiituuo
rsriest iDeraen.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-05-18
S6erIebrer III Sdleiien erif)ieBt
itmerfraate @attin auf oeren
8unih uno 0ann iid
ieI6it.
S6perer llniaa i'm Soit6eater II
Mies6aoen in @egenlUart oes
aaiiers.
Ger gtDintifer Garganico in EARN.
itaot abgeitiir5i lmo itwcr
berlest.
2 Spielpaarenfa6rif 0rei'
fel nie0erae aebrannt.

Berlin, II. Mai.: Cine Der,
n;dtell0c ieutt56rimit Lat Sonre.
berg, Die maleriib in 3Giiringea ce-
Iegene SSn0nitrieita0t. ocren Snier
luaareu Ourh ole gan8e 8elt qeben,
beimgeindt. 8oaitanoig berniAtct
pur0e Die beriibmteGreiielide Spiel,
paareninbrif. S5n 2riimmern liegt
illiolBe oss 9ranoes Der biitorii-de
Greiielboi. Ger Shaoen, mcIGer
Niillionen erreidjcn ojirite, miro oa.
ourd nod empiinOlidjer, onB aid nie
lnniangreidlen DiuiterIager Oen6lm.
men gum Cpier geiallen limo.
8nllienoe oon Nr6eitern iino our1
aen Brand or6eitslos oeporOen.
Gas 6euer mar uddtIiterlueile
entitanoen im0 3nar, lpie ourdl Die
beb6rOlife guinabme oes I9atbeitan.
oes balo oargetban murOe. in 5oIge
ben granoitiiiuug. Der giafhpdd).
.er Sdlill5 lit oenn aud bereiis per.
bdftet iporoen uno Bat ein poles Gs.
l:GnonlB abgelegt.
2ebrer t00tet 8attin auf
gBunid.
Berlin, II. Wlai. - gtus Qiebe
5u ieiHer Satin lit in Siri6bsrs, in
S6lsiisn Der Sbsrlebrer 5tmms gum
W0rosr uno Selbitm0rber genorDen.
Die 2sbensgsfabrtin Oes Nlannss lit
GoiinuneslOs am arsbs uno flsbts
i'm an, ibren aeioen Elm Gnoe Su ma
den uao- iie 5a -tootsn. Gr srfiiate bic
Bitten Der qermitsn. iuDsm sr iis err
idoB. Sierauf mutts sr isinsm sises
neH aeben eiu Gnos.
5lisger 6geiiir3t uno
6Der perlebt.
Berlin, II. Wdi. - Bel ben
gusihsionnssfliissn fir Sen Bring
4eiHrid Slug itiir5ts bsuts in Sarms
itaot Der QDiatiter Garganico aus be-
bsutenoer S0be ab. Der sylisgsr purs
oe 10 idper perIsBt, bab bic 4er5t:
nur geringe Soffnung babsn, :.bu am
aeben sr6altsn gu t0nneH.
Rei4stags griaBpabl
rsfultatIos.
Berlin, II. Wai. = SIM Rei6sz
tasspabltrsiie Stenoal, no bic Wabl
Oss aoHierDatipsn SSi6 fir ,ingilt;g
ertldrt morben mar, fano bic GriaBs
fpahl itatt. Der Dablgang Oerlief il
bod rsIultatIos. gs 1T cine Sti9s
publ 5piidsu S0id uno Dem Ratios
ralliberaIsH Wa6bprit not6psnois.
llnabbdugistsit Rorpss
gems gefeiert.
Gbriiiiaria. II. Wai. - 3u
elmer srObartigen pairiotii9en aunbs
gebuHs ssitaliets iid am Sonntag bic
Sabrbunberifeisr Der und6bdngigteit
Rcrussens. On bic 10000 SfllItins
Der mariL4irten am 9ormittag am To-
HisIidsn Shlob porbsi. pG9reno am
R.amittag cine erObe Militdrs unS
girgerparabe itattfanO, Die sbeufaas
am S9lob porbeiOefilirte. Sn BEN
llmSus befanben iiG nu9 5000 g(ms.
ritansr, bi. ismmtli9 tleine Stsrnens
banner trugen. giele bisisr amsriias
ner fparen seraos nod re9t3siiis gs=
mug nit benz 9ampfer ST. 2ouis"
eingstroffsn. Inn iid an Osm 3uge be-
tbeiIigen 5u tDnnsn. 9ln Der Spibe
Der ameritaniiden 0ipiiion maridirte
bic Wuiittapels bes 9scora6 GolleJe
BON gscorub. "a. Die ameritaniiten
Sslesaten tpuroen i'm 2aufe bes "a.
sss bonn a6nis 9aatOn in auSisn3
empfaHgsn.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-05-18
GptBelbtenFt erptefsn.

GpiBeIbtenite erptefen.
0tsn, II. Mai. Su Drag bat Der
Qrp3eb, psl6sn Der semdbregsIte Der
trauensmann ser national ipsinltE
5Iae6enpartei unp friibere glbgeprps
nete Suiba gegen ben iuneti6s6iidjsa
Reoatteur 6sQer tpsgsn 8erlsumbun9
anseisrsnst Bat, ieineR 9tbi6IuB 9t.
funoen. Der 9tnsetIasts III freiges
Tpruten, ba Der Gsritts6of our6 bic
geneisaufnabms als feitgsitsqt arr
na6m, Oub sOiba spibeIoisnit, geIsis
itet.
partei1snoFsn SOibos beseustsr,
bic Staatspoli5si babe Oeriudt, eie
qoIi6sdmten gu beitshen unb lie gu
psranlaTIsn, ibr bic SorrsIponOenjen
beutIder uno tIhe9ii6er &orpprutir.
nen aus3uliefsrn. Spiba puros in
eieener Sa6e osrnpmmen. Gr pertbei.
oiats feline 9anolungen iino betbsuerte
feline llnituIo. Der friibete 4bgeOro-
nste mar ppn ieiner purteiasnoFen bes
ituloiet, ssgen bobe gsSubluns De
c .beimniiIe Der partei an bic Ges
btimppli3ei psrratbsn gu ba6sn, unO
Der Rebattsur 6elIsr bate in isinsm
GIatts Sis 9si5uIoisuns ipisSsSbDIt.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-05-18
lie @eretteten befinben ii4 on goro
Oes 3o[ltutters ySeneca" auf Der
5a6rt na4 Salifar, 81. g.
ST. bem Boot befanoen ii6 uripriings
Is perIunsn, aber u itnb Den
gntbe6rungen erIsgen.
SIM periOnsn in minneapolis betm
aenterN zines 9ootes um's
2ebsn eetommen.
Q(utOmobils SoIliiion bel SRoiauapoIi@
foroerte brei MenIdeuI,bsn.
" eitere bier Ser II e6 r.
(e6enoen Ser per6ruHu.
ten Is olum 9ian" ge-
rettet

Z D e II II uPr Ue U II "
ten oGolumb bian" ge-
rettet.
Bottom II. Dfai. 8ier Der iIbcr-
rbenOen Watroieu oes anl 3. MAJ
auI Gober Gee uerbramten 6raht'
ouuLpier5 ,Gollmbian" muroen am
Sountdg uon Der Mannidait OeS
Ner. Staaten 3ollflltters ,Senera"
gerettet. Sie nuroeu IN eiHem Boot
pier3ig Yieileu RON Gable S5slano ge.
Iim0en. Sn ocm Boot batten iif urs
Ipr,inglid) - Mann Der WannIdlait
81 retten perludt, aber eli Daren ocn
eutbebrlngen erlegeu. g8abreno Der
eriteu beioen Gage, Had)oem lie eus
breuneuOe Sdiif uerIaiien batten, ia
hen Die Selte orei groBe 2ampier,
Gle jeOod ]u melt Don ibnen entiernt
!uarcn INN iie JlI bemerfen
Stlpitdn Solution Don Der oSenes
ca" bat ijbrr ole Hettltng Der &eute
Oic io.JenOc Gepeide aeianOt: o3ebn
llbr Gormittags, pier5ig Mcileu flo.
| lid ucu Gable SSslnuO. imlOGH mir
ein #ethmeSbeet mil Gffi3ier Siobert
9eirc. Den Wntroien Sscar aen0el
IlmO Grter geIauger uno Sei5er Yli'
dacI Su0piqien. Iie lleberlebenOen
uon - Uiam. Seler George Sna
iitar6 an TO-, Beter Sriel bcute. Iie
un0ern III ser 3ipiiden5eit. 2lae tar
ben iuiUlgC pom Suuger mo Gntbcb'
rlmgen. Qorratb oil Sd)iifs5Diebaf
uno @aiier nabe5u eridopit. Sic
aBeu 3piGbadfrumeu lm0 Sduhleocr.
Iols lie alligeilm0eu murOen. Sic be.
fumeu in Den eriten 5pei Sagen Srci
Iampier gu @eiid)t, aber ieitOemr
Initts nebr. Sic batten iebr uicl
| pom Regeu gu Ieiocn. 2(Qe befinOen
! iih m dr3tIiher 9ebulloIung; es gebt
jbnen gut.
(@e3.) Sobniton."
@aibington :. g., II. Mai
Bier Der . 0tann, Oie in Dem brit.
ten Boot an 3. Niat ben brclmenoen
IGanlpier ,.Gohuubian" perlaiien bat.
| ten iinO> an Sontag BON oem Ser
Stuatcr 3oQtl,tter nSeneCa" i'm oifc.
| men @teer. in Der Sobe Der aiiite BON
Gopu Scotia III Dem 9oote sefunocn
noroen .3ie ijbrigen eli Wonn poreu
| in Ser 3piiden3eit Ben entiesIi6cn
Gntbetrmgcu rpeIhe Die 2eltte Onrh'
5lmaden hutten. erlegen unO lore
9eiten porcn ij6er 9oro geporien
Iiuoroen. Gie lleberIe6enoen inro Die
Matroien Robcrt Siece. Gscar San.
0aQ rmO &eter 9ellanger; Der Seijer
Ritael 9u6nigieu uno ser crite Dit
5ier, oeiien 9lame in Der OrabtIoicn
Iepeife, Die BON Der Seneca" ein'
trai, niht aenuunt miro.
Die @crettcteu beiinOen iif iuioIgc
Ser gntbebrlngen Die lie ausgeitan.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-05-18
0Setterberid)t.

Ohio: Sdones @ettcr am @oit.
tag imO Gienitog; Ici6tcr, pcranoer.
Iifer @ino.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-13
ANIMALS OF CALIFORNIA.
Museum Curator Describes Many
Beasts and Birds Rarely Seen.

animals Little Known in CallfOr-
MIA" was the subject OF an illustrated
lecture recently delivered by Walter
p Tavlor. curator of the museum OF
yertebrate zoology at the University OF
California, before the large audience
at the Washington school in Oakland,
the lecture being given under the aus
nices of the board of education. MI.
TayIor told Of many animals now but
rarely seen, and many Of these were
entirely new to the rank and lille OF
his audience. The following are ex-
cerpts from his talk:
.sThe fisher, small tree climbing
animal. is the most agile wild animal
in California. 1t takes two men to
shoot one, because the fisher is al
wave on the opposite side Of the tree
from, a single marksman. A marten
can catch a squirrel. but a fisher can
catch a marten. 1t is one of two ami
mails which likes and eats porcupines.
The other is the bear.
1.-THE black bear, by the way, is
nearly extinct in California. 1t is en-
tirelv gone from southern California.
twenty years ago the grizzly bear
ranged ali over California Today the
museum has been unable to find a
single wild specimen.
Another nearly extinct animal Is
the sea otter Its nearest relative is
the river otter, which never goes into
the ocean In 1900 the sea otter wa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-13

most numerous. Now It is nearly ex-
terminated. It's skin, il good, is worth
$4,000. The few left are protected.
Another strange marine animal Is
the sea elephant. 1t has nearly dis
appeared, showing that wild beasts or
birds can live against carefully regu-
lated sport, but when they go into the
markets they begin soon to be rarer
and rarer.
"A remarkably big animal. now
making its last stand, is the Roose-
welt elk, found only in Del Norte
county. In 1925 it ranged from Del
Norte to San Francisco and was quite
plentiful.
The California woodchuck has been
traced by the museum to Mount Whit
ney, the highest altitude at which evil
dence has been found of any wild
animal
"A curious creature is the mountain
beaver. 1t has changed little in the
one million years that the horse has
developed from a small three-tOed
animal. This beaver is related to no
other living animals in any class sense.
1t is itself fast on the way to extinc-
ton. The coney has a similar history.
1t lives in almost inaccessible heights
of the Sierras and collects heritage,
which 1t dries for winter food. 1t, too.
tionary course, being crowded to the
high mountain tops.
The big horned sheep OF the desert
is likewise q strange beast It feeds
on dry twigs, and does not need water.
If a spring is handy, 1t drinks. II not
convenient, it gets along ON three
drinks a month. It can go on with
out drinking water Mt all An expedt-
ton from museum discovered an en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-13
INSECT MOVIES.
Films Used to Depict Growth and De-
velopnaent of Lower Orders OF Life.

One of the most interesting Of the
great number of immensely interest
ing things at the American Museum
Of Natural History in New York City
has been the exhibition by r. L. Dit
mars of the Bronx Geological Gar
den, OF moving picture films showing
the growth and development Of in
of tire curious things that came on
the screen.
A salamander was coiled around
her eggs, and down reached a hand,
finger lengths of about four feet or
more on the screen, and pulled the
which one got the impression were
about the size of watermelons, were
shifted in the pictures suddenly to the
palm Of the hand. Placed back I'M
der water, the eggs were so transpar-
| ent that one could see the bodies even
| before the youngsters came out.
Hind legs appeared, followed by fore
legs, and this screen ended with the
| perfect salamander, child's size,
standing upon what seemed in the en-
| larged picture to be Pixies Peak, but
which probably was a pebble. -s
| There were pictures of moles (the
size on the screen of grizzlies) walk
ing across the ground and beginning
to bore into the sod. They disap-
peared, whereupon big human fingers
reached down from the upper edge OF
the screen, pulled the mole out gen.
| thy, and then made precise cross-sec-
tons SO that everybody might see just
what kind of subway tube moles
build.
| Baby blacksnakes came out Of their
| eggs on the screen. A lovely old ma
| tron rattlesnake of the diamond-back
variety mothered her young on
large scale. A kingsnake made a dart
at a live rat, killed said rat, and
swallowed it. A king cobra walked
right up to you, spreading its hood as
1t came.
There was a long film that had to
do with insects-crickets pictured the
size of a mans arm, and much more
active; locusts that came over what
you first thought to be a particularly
big lump of the Rockies, but which
turned out to be a mere leaf, and
katydids that sang in motion.
There were spiders finally, and
other insects which reared armored
heads SO large that they might be
Crusaders in close-fitting armor. The
Spiders wove their nurseries" stood
guard beside them for weeks with
out food" as Mr.. Ditmars explained;
spun their webs, and carried their
young on their backs, about 800 to a
back, until the tiny things left mother
and scrambled across the screen ner-
vously to begin life on their own
'hook.-New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-13
A. S. EATON IS DEAD.
Kansas Sheep Raiser Dies at Wamego
Home, Aged "a.

Wamego, Kan, March IA. s. Ea-
ton. widely known throughout Kansas
as a sheep raiser, is dead at his home
here, aged "a years.
In the early days Mr.. Eaton was
an extensive breeder of thoroughbred
sheep in western Kansas and eastern
Colorado.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-13


tirely new species of sheep ON the
eastern SierraS some time ago.
The prong-hOrned antelope sup
piled the cheapest meat to San Fran
cisco in 1857. Now It il nearly gone.
THE skunk is supposed to be harm
full, but government figures show it -
a valuable animal to the farmer as
well as to the furrier.
1.-The bat also does great good in de-
vouring insects. The mastiff bat,
found south of Fresno. is to inches
long"
The speaker also dwelt at some
length On the kangaroo rat, which
builds its nests of sticks, stones. bones,
seed pods, or whatever else may be
found, calling attention to the fact
that one Of the distinctive features Of
the animal was the fact that it never
drinks water, its sole food being dry
weed seeds.-Forest and Stream.
Nothing Too Good for Her.-Nrs. New
lygilt-"That's q pretty good lookin' one.
That's one of our finest Instruments.
sold one just like it to Mrs. De FRAGILE.
Solid mahogany, seven and q half oc-
taves." Mrs. Newlygilt-''Seven and a
half? Send me one with eight" -Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Evening star., 1914-04-26

volume of water flowing into them from the
many tributaries that early each year are
swollen beyond their banks.
Some great and widespread action must
be taken to hold back or retard much of this
water so that there will be no critical point
where the levees will break and the overflow
food the valley for hundreds of miles, caus-
ing destruction, ruin, want, and death. The
levees are made larger and stronger every
year; also are increased in height. The bot
tom of the river becomes filled with silt in
direct proportion. No permanent security
can be looked for in this direction.
To go back to the head waters and water
sheds Of the tributaries and start from there
to hold back the waters from excessive rain
fall and thawing of ice and snow is the only
remedy. No reservoir could he made that
would be large enough to contain all this
water for a sufficient length of time to allow
the lower lands to drain, and only water
enough let into the river that the levees
could safely hold.
If every person living in the watershed of
the river and its tributaries was to dynamite
his lands according to approved methods OF
modern agriculture, each field SO dynamited
would become at once a reservoir. Several
million acres of land so treated would have
the capacity of keeping back all the water
necessary to reduce the floods to minimum.
The wonderfully increased Weld Of crops on
lands treated with high explosives would
more than compensate each farmer for the
expense incurred, and where there was any
reluctance on the part of land owners to &C
to this expense, the aid Of the government
might be enlisted for the general welfare.
On the mountainsides where forests have
been cut down dynamiting should be imme-
diately put into operation SO that rcforesting
could be begun at once. All gulleys should
be crossed with terraces, and no waste OF
open lands permitted to remain idle where
the process Of dynamiting would put them
to some use in the stupendous task of check
ing the floods.
Evening star., 1914-04-26

ishes the soil; it produces floods that destroy
property and endanger life; it transforms
streams from features of natural beauty into
destructive torrents; and it impairs the
value of the larger waterways as sources of
water supply and for power and navigation.
CAN this be prevented? Certainly. 1t is
prevented in every carefully worked
garden, on every properly cultivated farm, on
every well kept lawn. The whole trouble
is due merely to carelessness and neglect
Professor McGee says that, both for the
public welfare and for the benefit of the
owner, each farm should be made to take
care of all the water falling on it during the
entire year; and all that part of the water
not needed for immediate use should be SO
caught and absorbed by well titled soil or
contour burrows and ridges as to pass into
the ground.
Already the government and several
States are putting into effect plans for re-
forestation, with view to restoring natural
conditions about the head waters of naviga-
BILE rivers. But the area of crude farming is
vastly greater than that of reckless defor-
estation, and need is proportionally more
acute for the adoption of sound and con-
servative methods in lieu of those which
grew up naturally enough in pioneer DAYS
the more SO since in extensive districts the
lowering of the water level has gone SO far
as to threaten the very life of farming.
In short, our prosperity-one might say,
indeed our very existence as a nation-is
seriously threatened by the progressive loss
of agricultural capital represented by the
lowering of the ground water level. Prompt
measures must be taken to put stop to the
mischief, if we are to save future generations
from otherwise inevitable impoverishment.
Some help promises to come out of the
desperate need of some method for checking
in part the yearly inundation of the N1issis-
sippi Valley. Beyond certain point existing
levees and retaining banks on the riversides
are totally inadequate to contain the great