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Takotna, Alaska, May II), 192&.
•t-RBSS SQUIBS.
If the Republican party is really
•'serious about collecting enough money
to repay Mr. Sinclair, it ought to put
Mr. Smith and Mr. Vare to work.—
'Detroit News.
There’s always something. If
Lindy keeps on flying, he may get
®hurt: if he quits, the workmen in
medal factories get laid off.—Jackson
'Clarion-Ledger.
John Barleycorn seems to rest in
Tiis grave with all the reposeful calm
of a Japanese waltzing mouse.—Ar
kansas Gazette.
Greece wants a senate after being
‘exempt for 500 years. We might lend
* 'them Heflin for seed.—Dallas News.
Men and women, according to Dr,
-Dunlap of Johns Hopkins University,
"first took to wearing clothes to ward
'off flies and other insects.” Now only
the men seem to mind the insects
•much.—Springeld Union.
Canada wants to attract 2,000,000
farmers from the United States, but
>ve doubt that Canada can give them
as many grievances as they have
lhere.—San Diego Union.
If Voliva finds the earth is flat, as
-he contends, his discovery may solve
the mystery of lost golf balls.—To
4edo Blade.
A picture of Woodrow Wilson will
■'adorn the new $1,000 bill. Fortu
nately we remember what Mr. Wilson
docked like.—New York Evening Post.
The talking movie may even give
his the “squash” of the custard pies.—
'Oakland Tribune.
An American mining engineer, kid
napped in Mexico, killed his four
armed guards with a bottle and es
caped. The War Department should
give this chap two bottles and send
him to >.. . r —Wichita Eagle.
FOREST IMPORTANT
PAR I IN FLOOD CONTROL
Forest.- are not onl yan important
factor in regulating stream flow, but
aiso aid in n«oditying climate and the
character of the soil, .tending toward
the improvement of the water-stor
age capacity of any watershed, ac
cording- to Raphael Zon, director of
the Lake States Forest Experiment
Station.
The part that forests play in the
regulation of stream flow-- has been
clearly brought out by scientific in
vestigation over a great many years
ana in many parts of the world, says
Director Zorn, and these conclusions
of the relationship of forests and
floods are of particular interest just
now when ways and means of pre
venting floods and regulating flood
waters are being given wide consider
ation. Mr. Zon states:
.h national policy which, though
considering the direct, value of forests
as a source of timber, fails to take
full account also of their influence
upon erosion, the flow of streams, and
climate, may easily endanger the wel
fare of the whole people.”
The tendency of the forest is to
equalize the flow throughout the year
of all streams having their origin in
tree-covered mountain regions, thru
the combined efforts of the forests
upon air and soil temperature, rela
tive humidity, effective precipitation,
evaporation, wind, physical character
of the soil, and run-off of water,
which in turn control stream flow. A
comparison of many streams having
forests ami non-forested watersheds
supports the conclusions reached by
the study of contributing factors.
. Expeiments show the effect of for
est cover to he most heneficial on
steep slopes, at the higher elevations,
and on nonporous soils. The forest
breaks the foro^j of storms, absorbs
some of the water, permits still more
water to seep down into the soil
where it is gradually released to feed
the springs and larger streams. The
maintenance of a forest cover is
shown to be the cheapest and the best
way of preventing erosion by its ten
dency to bind the soil in place.
forest and Flood Prevention,
The year 1927 brought two major
disasters that have thrown into bold
relief the need for national foresight
in dealing with the perennial menace
of floods. 1 'Mississippi Valley
and in ... d raging waters
took a huge toil v,i lives and property.
In dealing with the problem of pre
venting a recurrence of such disas
ters, it is essential, says Ward Shep
ard, forest inspector of the Forest
Service, that every factor which con
tibutes to floods be adequately taken
into account. He adds:
“Levees, reservoirs and other struc-■
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tures for holding or diverting water
always have been and always will he
the primary means of flood control;
but indispensable as engineering
works are to the harnessing of flood
crests, they should be backed up by
measures to reduce floods at their
! source, through the restoration of
! forests and grasslands as soil and
! water holders .and the protection of
i farm lands from soil washing and
| guliying.
“The effect of the destruction of
' vegetation and humus seems insignifi
cant on this or tnat acre, this or that
farm, this or that stretch of wood
land. But when we sum up the ag
gregate volume or erosion and. run-off
in an immense catchment basin like
that of the Mississippi and compare
this volume with the size of the
stream channel that must carry the
load of water and soil, we gain a new
conception of the importance of sur
face conditions. Floods in large
rivers begin as littie drqps of water
and little grains of sand on millions
of acres. Every tree, every bush,
tvery fallen leaf, every blade of
grass, every contour furrow, every
ounce of porous topsoil that impedes
the progress of these drops of water
and grains of sand toward the main
channel relieves relieves the lower
river of some of its load.
“It is frequently asserted that de
forestation lias no influence on large
rivers because great floods occurred
before the forests had been touched
by the ax. At the opposite extreme,
it is asserted that floods are due pri
marily to deforestation. It is neces
sary to use moderation and common
sense in approaching this problem.
Forests can not prevent the great
floods that come from heavy, long
continued, widespread rains, especial
ly when combined with the rapid
melting of snow. On the other hand,
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
In the Probate Court for the Innoko
Precinct, Fourth Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska, before Chris
tian Bolgen, U. S. Commissioner
and ex-officio Probate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of Hu
bade Hebert, deceased.
To all persons to whom these
presents shall come, Greeting; Know
ye, that it appearing to the Commis
sioner aforesaid that Hubade Hebert
has died intestate, leaving at the time
of his death property in this precinct,
such Commissioner therefore duly ap
pointed H. C. Wallick administrator
of the estate of such Hubade Hebert,
deceased; this, therefore, authorizes
the said H. C. Wallick to administer
the estate of said Hubade Hebert, de
ceased, according to law.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
of this Court, at Ophir, Innoko Pre
cinct, Fourth Judicial Division of
Alaska, on this th.e 21st day of April,
A. D. 1928.
CHRISTIAN BOLGEN,
Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge.
First publication, May 5, 1928; last
publication, June 2, 1928.
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both common-sense observation and
careful, study have shown that forests
may raiure the violence of floods and
erosion, not only in small watersheds
but in. large river systems.
“Engineering works are a primary
essential in flood control, but well
; kept ferasts will supplement.and. pro
tect them. The prudent use of forest
land, like the prudent use of farm
and giaaing land, pays its own way
apd the-, gain to flood control is a by
product.'without cost. A national pol
icy which, though considering the di
rect value of forests as a source of I
timber, fails to take account also, of
their influence upon erosion, the flow
of streams, and climate, may easily
endanger the well-being of the whole
people."
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Even if Harry Sinclair can’t be - put
in jail, he ought to have a sla;'- on
the wrist.—Florence (Ala.) Herald.
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