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North Shore News-Letter (1907), 28 May 1910, p. 4

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H. P. DAVIDSON. Prop i F.'-Sc.h‘.DSmNG$-¢W “New Vv-IA- -â€"â€"-,â€"* 5. This erosion and gull’yibg has produced naturai' paths. forth’e waterjjahW during eVer-y ,rain or than (bender: rush down through these channels and thus have ’ the ground and the mountains {at nonlyapidiy than they would if: these «amiable games. mus‘. or, n’atutal“ ditthes fii'd gubtceziist. ’u», in othetiiOgds,-isl canéing‘. the natural digit}: ofvdtai‘nson Jud «hetefuo sane man would wish to have adfiih; but where common sense fionfd' indiéate the necessity of creating even; pos- sible obstad’e' afid: evervf means which wodld‘ keep thei‘uaters'frggh , gathering intq’fan; and‘from am. in: into' the streémsiand'out of Ithe‘ mountain; “ '- 6. Thehfletthc «mm: intend am: Post Office. .nghlandgarlel as 35nd Class master. In the Aptilinufilbex of American Forestrv. Filipert Roth; professes? of torestrv in 'the University ‘0 Michigan and forest watden of his‘ state. gives these reach: for ac-‘ quisition of nationaljorests \in 'the Southern Apfialachian and White mountains: “ ' . ' I. All the lands of thesj mounts ains ate ii! pfivate hahds and the forests are cut_ by man and devast- ed byfirc's as fast as the owners fine it pra’gticablg‘ and prbfitable to do so-_ : ‘ T - 2. This devastation of- our for: ests in the eastern United, . States has converted millions of acres of forest into unsightly and unused ' waste lands; it has ruined whole countries in' the. level 'dist: riots of the Lake region; it has mined entire mauntain' ridges-in Pennsylvania; it has ruined thouse ands of acres ofthe Very mountains under consideration and is t‘o-day extending clear up to timber line in that most famous of all-our mountain tracts. the Presidential \ Range. stretching its hideons hand i of pillage and destruction up the slopes of Mits- Madison. Jefferson- and Washington. the grand old domes. dear to millions of ‘our- ruvr--. . 3. Unlessi thc government inter- feres; this devastation will coni- tinue filth increasipgrapidity and it will be him few years When praci tically allclf then mountain land: will b: dcnidc'd of their protective forest Cover. ‘ ‘ - - ' 4.‘ This 1 denudation of' ‘the mountains ‘in many places has 1 -‘ sult‘cd in a complete removal of all soil. laying" bare ch; solid. rock and thus preventing all future for- ‘13.. v v- ‘â€"-. ands of acres have been washed into unsightly and useless gully lands; and throughout the mount- ains and over thousands Of acres. all immediate stages of erosion. deterioration and destruction can' be. seen. 5. "This waterjfad seasoning”; 31.5074 um. media wucmm p: can audited. may»; am i ' theprintdhbdrhhintfieckofml ' I. In other placesthquS: TELEPHONE: SATURDAY. mm, 1910, more theyerodethe land and the» 4 more -: powerful :thev are to em < arav the soil. :0 that . this civil is one which not on'lv'c'optinue's but -is xetting'dv‘orse thehngerit hits. 7. The-earth which is thuewash- ed ‘out in the- creation of these gullies and-in the removal of soils from the slope: is nfi'fied into the Streams and sooner or later : finds its way into the navigable :pam ofthe ri'yerbelow. where every ineh of depth of water is precious. ‘ 8. With the forests and other obstacles removed and with ‘in numerable ruts, gullies and runs age finv’ --. 10 The establishment ind main- ctnan‘cc of a forest cover on thccc mountainsi win not be a great ex: pcnsc to the people. The fo’rcqt‘s on thcsc mountains, in due time. ‘ _ J "-2“ war be selt“supp6:tihg Viand'w‘fiu‘ imply pay; Back such capital 3543: put into thé purchase hi the Ian '5. .ll. This’joicst’ covgr iskhe onily rcgulator which ' can maintain {in these mountains; wh‘igh'js assurdd- ‘ly' feasible; practicabk. and per- “ manc‘nt. Some artificial 'rgsérvbig’s. no doubt. will be built an tithe. An extensive set of such teservdirs monk! mean disglaxiement of dil- wavs. highways, farmhomes. eEC . it would mean the making of lake out of the very bottom lands on which farming is successful and “mm... Such reservoirs would permahent.v’_5uch ireScrvoirs wp‘ meanwhc Wing-oi--mny (1' {had bfing‘ yith than ' the; da f [of flood gata‘strdphiq; And1 g 12. The“ forestcove; is not It; t(mg lands whichsmfld be , for other purposes." and doesvguot prevent .sucfi' use at. ahy future time; Thoutfiiimoaz" we 91¢th settled “assume ‘ gum”; We 9“ eeeteithe rer . the :end, at: memoir}: wohld certainly an up, with mud antes: the entire [wstcni "is safeguarélgc‘ by a forest cover on; the mountafins. A AAI, '5¢ an COPY- :hc WWW.” L e: ‘1 9915i? :imé. .the’wh {4‘2“ fleck“? nude 6" "“3“ $2: of “new gegulatiqu' «the ‘nbove xenon: .m'the oncom- 5pupi¢din suppdtt any: "Weeks ' We ehfl'never ferget a public meeting held in old fins-c Hall,‘ Corner 01 .. State and Randolph. Claim. inst after the Moving up {cf the Maine. It was: kind of in- ‘Lâ€" _--0h 1“ am a ShaniaidJ' The .‘speaker Was none other than Dl’. Gun- saulns. ‘ L' we: are» allquit‘e prone to be proud of our origin. The write‘ris quite ‘eélysciodsol thinking. if not sayim’z at times. "I am {New Enalanden." 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