Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
FOR MANY YEARS the forestry

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a great mistake in stripping off their
woodlands so recklessly. But these
warnings have been largely disre-
garded. One result has been an in
crease of destructive floods in
spring, since the lands stripped of
forest cover do not hold back the
water as well as wooded lands do.
1t seems likely that the destruc-
tive floods that occurred in many
localities this spring, were due to
large extent to this cause. Floods
will be more destructive than for
merly, until such time as the people
plant and raise heavy forest growth
around the headwaters of their
streams.
Such foods as those in southern
Alabama and nearby localities,
which have rendered $4,000 people
homeless, are a heavy blow to the
industry of the nation, and means
should be found to prevent them.
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THE DEVELOPMENT of a COM
munity depends largely on the
temperament of its business men, as
to whether they are pushing and
active and enterprising, or whether
they are content to accept business
as they find it and take what comes
to them.
If you go into some towns on a
sleepy afternoon when there is not
much doing, you would find some of
the business people idling in their
doorways, watching lazily the things
going on in the street. And then If
you went into different type of
town on the same kind of a day,
YOU would find the business men
busily working out schemes to push
their trade and enlarge their bust
ness. Business is not a kind of
thing that starts of itself. 1t has
to be pushed.
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THERE NOW APPROACHES the
Easter Season and the pitter-patter
moments of the sweet-girl gradu-
ates. The world is moving so swift
that Cupid has set the clock ahead
so that June weddings" begin in
May, as a means of avoiding the
June rush. Leading merchants of
the country say that almost as many
presents are given during the spring
months as during the Christmas
holidays, the only difference being |
that the gift-giving period is not all
punched in a few days.
The day of giving mere presents
of whether they are use
full or not, is passing, because peo-
pie are getting too practical to con-
tinue that sort of waste. Instead of
'doo-dads," practical and necessary
articles have become best sellers in
he big stores and shops.
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SWEETEST OF ALL SOUNDS
Xenophon declared that the
sweetest of all sounds is praise"
He probably was right.
Alexander Pope warned that !
praise undeserved is scandal in {
Iisguise." He must have had in
mind that flattery which a noted
described as "false, I
nsincere or excessive praise" i
Praise, then, when deserved and q
incere is an excellent thing, but G
artery is something to be Stunned.
raise, used judicially, inspires and !
If the person praised a
eserves it, even in measure, he 7
ill, if wise, let it go to his heart /
ut not to his head. If it goes too
trongly to the head, it will be a
trong and dangerous wine, intoxi- t
ating and filed with folly. If it v
oes to the heart, then it may t
ause him to feel he must be wor-
by of it. h
It is human nature for men to S
esire praise, just as it is human e
allure to despise fattery, when j
ecognized for what it is. When a !,
ian is so vain that flattery serves i,
,r praise, that is doubly foolish. a
incere praise may turn a head, S
ut f1attery whirls the heads of the
polish, the vain and the light
eaded.
Praise is strong medicine. Too
luch is bad. A little is good. Ad-
mustered as it should be, it is an E
DR.. Samuel johnson D
nee remarked that "praise, like ,
Did and diamonds, owes its value /,
its scarcity" Is it because of il
s scarcity on the tongues Of men o
lat xenophon described it as the L
sweetest of all sounds?" f.
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PROPERTY VALUE OF TREES m
There is no doubt that the people ST
, appreciate green foliage They e.
Re tree shaded places, streets well q .,
ned with shade. Any householder al
ho has a bare lawn could add very ia
UGH to the value of his place If he ii
ould set out few trees on it. Most ia
cry home yard would be more at M
active with evergreen trees at suit
lie places, especially in winter. 81
If the developers of real estate til
ii plant trees as soon as their 10