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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1908. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. By (he SliortCutj! By MATIC BARNES. f Coirrig1tUd, ltMt.by M.M.CunuliUfliaro. Bparvlllo wan grateful to Henry Oris wold. Nut lnco tlio ciiifiitfonient of McMnliou's mltwtruls two tiiontlm be fore lind tho'towu liad 10 much to talk About. Nine yours ko Ilanlt Grlswold lind gone to the city In hit Sunday iK'inr and suit 11111, with cowlildu boot mid doth cnp to complete bli costume. Now litt liml returned Henry Grin wold, and to tlio splimdors of wall tailored clothe bo mlib'd tbo wnsiiilflceiico of fur lined cont and shoo and lint equally Blowy. Hparvilla wa accustomed to fur coat, but with tho fur outside, while Henry showed only the clolb. Patent leather shoes, too, every duy lu the week wore rffnrdod with awe not un mixed with envy, Even more Interesting won tho evi dent Intercut Grlswold dbmlayed In Nellie Morrlwon. They had been sweet hearts lo the old school daya and bad kept up a correspondence, a fact din Mmlnated by the postmaster, but It waa evident that Grig wold bad como heme with the Intention of cutting out Ben Pierce, who eacorted Nell homo from church Btindny evcnlnp and oth erwise pive evidence of ultimate aerl oua Intention. Public sentiment waa largely la fa vor of Ben. Had Sparvllle been ao frivolously minded a to Indulge In betting the odd would bnve been bout three to one In his favor, for Ilenry bud seemed to lone Intercut lu akatlng and coustlnjr and other winter sport In which. Bparvltle delighted. He visited the Kind and the coasting bill, but merely aa a spectator, and at such time Nell, fully couacloua that the exorcise brought a stronger glow to her chocks and an added sparkle to bcr eyed, waa most Inclined to bee tor blm. Grin wold ascribed her treatment to a deslro to dUplay her powers of co- "WHO CATOUKS HA EKEP," DB QUOTED. quctry, but when, near the close of the second week, ho made formal proposal of marrlugo and was refused be stared at ber In dismay. .. "It'a this way," explained Nell Judi ciously, seeing bis bewilderment "I llko you, Harry, but you are ao differ ent now. When you were a boy there was no one who could beat you In a skating race, and you used to go down Deeman's bill faster than any of the others. Now you're afraid to coast" "I'm not afmid," denied Grlswold. "I don't want to; that's all. I bare found other amusements." Nell smiled and changed tho subject, and Grlswold went home feeling miser able. Ho loved Nell, and this refusal was a blow to his heart and bis pride. It wns Ben who tugged Nell's sled up Bcemuu's hill the following after noon and found Grlswold gloomily re garding tho coasters. The hill swung la a rough half circle down the steep declivity. Usually the roadway was beaten Into a glare of Ice by the coast ers, for It was the only good coasting place In the neighborhood. From the brow of the hill the entire road could be observed. All summer Henry Beeman bud been cutting the thick growth of pines which bad cover ed the hillside, and now only a broad expanse of glistening snow crust dotted with tbo plno stumps remained. It was a pretty spectacle, and Grls wold enjoyed It lu spite of the evident favor with which Nell regarded Bon. who accompanied her lis her dashes downhill and the walk back iifrnln. with Nell walking by his side. Nomi nally Noll's sled was her Bister's, and Ben's was supposed to be the property of his little cousin, but those two youngsters had little use of tlielr pos sessions. The sun was dlpplnjr toward the hills on the other sklo of tho valley nud most of tho coasters had gone home when Nell Bettlod herself for her last ride. Ben had stopped to tie his shoe laces, and Null looked over ber shoul der. "Who catches may keep," she ealled ivi ootimred momentum. Ben urn tu .iou, . , sprang to ti 1m feet and ran for bis sled, throwing himself upon It and starting oft at a terrllle pace. Grlswold gave one glance at tba Hy ing "figure "far ahead, lie know that Ben's alcd was not as good a Nell's and that be would not catch her until she reached the bottom of tho Incline. There was just one chance for blm self, and, throwing off hi coat be caught up the pointer that Jlmmle Sweeney bad JiiNt brought up to tbo top of the bill. At the foot of tbo field was a place where two length of the fence bad fallen In, and there were two or three similar breaks where be stood. It was (ho work of an Instant to step through one of these and throw himself face downward upon tho sled. Ktcerlng with both bands and foot Grtswold shot down the steep declivity. It was several years since bo had been on a sled, but it all catuo back to him, and with a skill that was the talk of tho bill for the remainder of tho season ho steered his flying sled In and out be tween the stumps, shaving the bark hero and dodging a trunk there just as a fractured skull seemed Imminent It took but a few seconds to accom plish the Journey, but to Grlswold It seemed years before he shot through tbo opening of tho fence and with a last terrific effort swung himself into tho road. Just abend were the smart gray jack et and saucy little bat that be was pur suing, and us bo shot past be caught tho runner of Nell's sled. "Who catches may keep,'" bo quot ed as he steered the two sleds Into tho aofter snow besldo the road to permit Ben to pass them. "How did you do It?" demanded Nell wondcrlngly. "Bid you think It would bo BenT bo countered. Tbe girl shook ber bead. "I wanted to see If you would make an effort" she explained shyly. "All the way down I beard Ben shouting, and I waa afraid that bo was alone." "Ho was," explained Grlswold. "I came the abort way." Nell looked at tbe runner marks where Grlawold had como through tho break In tbo fence and then at the stump dotted bill. "You camo straight downr she gasped. "It waa tho only way." be said quiet ly. "Ben already bud a lead on tbe road, and I knew that I should have to take tbe short cut In order to beat him." Nell looked blm over sternly. Tbo thin leather of bis shoes waa cut and torn, and here and there was a rent In bis clothing where bo had struck a tree. Tho gloves bung in shreds from the scratched hands, and bis necktie waved under bis left ear. "You go back and get your coat" she commanded, "and then we'll go borne and tell mother and Harry. I'm awful ly glad that you win," she added as be turned away to oln-y the command. "I didn't think you would, but I never dreamed you would come tbo short way. No one has dared before." "No one else had you at the end of tho slide," be explained, with a boppy laugb, as she slipped her band In hii and they started up the bill after bis coat LAND RESOURCES other's gain, but all too frequently one's lout is another's disaster. From a study of toils, it becomes clear that the key to the problem lies in the control of the water which falls on each acre. Thin water-fall is an asset of great possible value; saved if turned where it will do good, lost if permitted to run away, doubly lost if it carries away also soil that, on the average in our domain, crops can use to profit all the rainfall during the growing season and much or all of that which can be carried over from the non-growing seasons. This great ly simplifies the complex problem, for the highest crop values will usually be gained when the soil is made to ab sorb the largest part of the total rain fall and snowfall. In securing this, there will be the least run-off and sur face wash. Obviously, then, the high est solution of the problem by the tiller of the soil essentially solves the whole train of problem. How is this control to be effected? All the known and tried methods of preventing wash and turning the I fall into the soil should be employed (to the utmost. It is obvious that all methods of culture and all crops that inrrr.Kr ihr irnnularit v and nnroaitv of the soil contribute to the end i sought. Deep tilth to promote soil 'granulation and deep rooting plants to form root-tubes are specific modes of ( great value. Artificial and undcrdrain- age by preventing water-logging and (promoting granulation aids the end sought. Contour cultivation by ar resting and distributing the surface wash may also assist. Alternate strips of protected and cultivated land, reservoirs for catching and distribut ing concentrated rainfall, and other divides, serve to limit the wash of the slopes and give the surface waters the right direction. It is possible that some of the more radical and permanent remedies will be found by a closer study of nature's methods. Nature has been working at this complex problem of balance be tween soil formation, soil waste, sur-, face slope, plant growth, and stream development for millions of years. Looking closely at her methods we note that she uses a much larger va riety of plants to cover and protect the soil than we do. These plants have a wider range of adaptation to the special situations where protection is needed. We may therefore inquire whether we should not follow this precedent further by developing more kinds of profitable plants and by using the protective varieties more freely on slopes especially subject to wash. The present profitable forest trees are a resource of this kind to be employed to the utmost We also have many shrubs, vines and fruit trees whose employment on wash areas is urged, both alone and in con- (Continued from page C) some such rate as one inch in a thousand years. At any rate, surface wastage must be very slow unless as it is to out-run soil production and lead to the loss of the body of the soil. Surface wastage is therefore a serious menace to the retention of our soils under present modes of manage ment. Historical evidence enforces this. In the Orient, there arc large tracts almost absolutely bare of soil on which formerly bore flourishing populations. Much more than simple loss of fertility is here meanced; it is the loss of the soil-body itself, a loss almost beyond repair. The immense tonnage of soil material carried out to sea annually by our rivers is an im pressive warning of the danger of ex cessive soil-wastage. Nor is this all; the ash from one acre often covers the fertile portion of another acre or of several. Sometimes one's loss is an- junction with trees, However, a large part of the berries and fruits now used are perishable and have limitations of preservation, transportation, market, etc. If additional shrubs could be evolved by modern selective methods, whose nut-meats or dried-seeds should be made available instead of the wat cry pulp, and which could be handled much as cereals are and have similar wide, year-around markets, there would be a larger choice of crops to grow on soils subject to wash. There would be less pressure to cultivate the cereals on all available soils and they might be limited to surface less sub ject to destructive wash. Another of nature's marked methods is the use of plant societies or combi nation crops, No doubt there is much crowding and repressive rivalry among natural mixtures of plant, but there seems also to be associations that are mutually beneficial. Cannot greater advantages be taken of the combina tion method? It is clear that legumes and cereals are helpful associates in rotation and in some combinations. May not the principle be pushed much further by the modern processes of selection and culture, so that legumes and cereals could be made more inti mate companions in cultivation, indeed so that such helpful associates might replace weeds as the spontaneous companions of the crops we cultivate? Certainly much can be done by using such plants as fall, winter and spring crops, to cover the soil when spec ially exposed to wastage? These and similar devices may be used to reduce the bare surfaces so much developed by present modes of cultivation, and may make it possible to cover perma nently by profitable portecting crops the slopes where surface wash is most menacing. Can such modes of soil manage ment and crop selection be made to give reasonable profits when the long er stages, say the long run of a life time, are considered? This must be answered by those whose knowledge of tbe practical art of tillage fits them to answer; but it is clear that if such protective measures are not profitable now, they will soon become so, for if the loss of soil proceeds at the present rate and the number of inhabitants continue to increase as now, the value of the residue of tillable soil which will remain after a few centuries will be so great as to force extreme meas ures for its conservation. 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