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Show PAGE SIX THE WEEKLY REFLEX WORLDS - trftlron lain Ii Ahead Unless Some Action Is Taken, Expert Says. Such disastrous floods as those of recent weeks can bs prevented only by vast undertakings to prevent soil erosion, according to government ex- perts. r MESCAL IKE - b? s. FINNEY OF THE FORCE HLO, FIMNEY SAY that distinguished man Hdu UP ELM STREET I SEEN By C. M. PAYNE Practically Disarmed l. huntlxy VXMO By Twi WAS eaMM W wm Him'? Vwtm distinguished? Lookin' on- - me be- WALKING QiliTH A big S MOT IN HlS LOINE WITH, LAST Breaking Into Business 0Lwthll. I it HE HAS BEEN gOlN 'ROUND OPININ UP Kuo we D I Too CHAIN GROCERY STORES -- TEN one Look I KNOWED it AND AT KNOWD HE WAS7 WHAT WIM HM? 2 DO and where WAS Vou GOING WITH DOES HE They attribute these floods to denuding tbs soli of tbs vegetation that receives and bolds water In the soil and holds the top soil In place. The water from rains and melting snow now rushes ever the bare sol without sinking In and carries the top soil away, to hoot Thus our fertile soli is steadily being washed Into the tea, and life and property artf more and more Imperiled by floods. Example of a country that did not perceive the same danger' now confronting ns Is Chinn, denuded of trees and other natural vegetation hundreds of years ago and now the perennial victim of the most disastrous flooda since the time of Noah. Millions Spent. Ws have spent hundreds of mil lions of dollars In attempts to control floods ones they develop, but we scarcely have begun to attack the problem at the source the prevention of floods. Under a new government subsidy much may be done to restore the fertility of soil and something may be done to halt the wind erosion of the soil that produces the great dost storms of the last few years.' But virtually nothing will be done toward permanent reclothing of the soli with the verdure necessary to the absorption of flood waters at the source. Morris L. Cooke, engineer and administrator of rural electrification, has been preaching for years the ruin that awaits us unless we mend our ways. Soli Erosion Damage. "We must attack the problem of soli erosion control as we would an armed foe about to defeat us," said Mr. Cooke. "Let things go on as they now are going and In SO years we will hare a total area of really fertile land not much more than three times the size of Nebraska. We are likely to go the way of Asia Minor and Tibet unless we sense onr dangerous situation and act promptly. This Is no fanciful picture, according to Mr. Cooke. A single dust storm, he says, has swept away at much as 300,000,000 tons of fertile top sol! from theVheat belt; the Mississippi river carries 400,000,000 tons of top soil to the Gulf of Mexico every year; more than 100,0000,000 acres already have been destroyed as crop bearing soil, while another 125,000, 000 acres have been seriously Impaired for crop bearing and an additional 100,000,000 acres are seriously threatened. The total annual damage amounts to $400,000,000. "We unwittingly have broken the balance of natures forces, says Mr. Cooke, by clearing too much of our forests, turning under too much o our sod, and grazing too much of the remainder tn such manner as to deWe have stroy the grass roots. planted tile, dag ditches and straight-ened.fft-d cleared creeks and rivers to hasten Consequently less rain and snow penetrates Into underground storage. More of It rushes to Th cations only real fiood according to n. H. Bennett, eht tbs soil conservation service a natlon-wld- s program of rr0D tatlon, rotation, and refoiw' calculated to hold American to, particularly that of hilly an(j talnous regions, where it and to give It the utmost (Wl porosity so that heavy ral have a fair- chance IcrdraT derground. The - , ft fhMnt mm low wki op, kmm Any cufr4$ toatmuH iwrrmTtiy cka patty! MHE R OPFIU POOR MAIN AS (ClNpNT HI HAVE frig JUST a CPHCK POOH OPEN Miss Flirt Two strange men spoke to me on the street today. JjMAoiU ffarn hTTnh UA stranger., never tries to speak to me. G LEYS PERFECT : : : j Them Daughter Mother, I wish you would stop bossing father around so much.- Whats the matter now'1 Daughter y ell, every time I get Mother BRtTVSO yiRRtS AND TStobl cownra. WHILE ntfrifltRIUCKlKfcHtM dp maih . ikirs fiJUY N 6IfHtM-l6lEU.LB imrss JMtfRUEPARft.CftLK (M mi have a drink or water 7 some young man Interested In me he grows serious and asks me I take after yon. a SWRV Th. Weighty Problem Well, Peggy," said the neighbor, "and how do yon like your new GUMr "lil: iJ:i;V,l:v, Doat Rian gov-ernes- riTriCR, a 50Hm6, erS us of waftft HIH tim wm op ik'MH BrmtR SOI oot U6nf AND Trrn tTM$bCRUKDorsHf fHIMK HE KISSED MW JoeDMKI pjipnc'W'ft orriMHimiOf n Teggy thought a moment and then said: "I half like her and hall! dont like her, but I think I baL dont like her the most," n th cm;s beg See L ch I 10 .hi Vw. u," VS. lit cloth dipped In v!neg rubbed over the kitchen stove A a'- T;i El- it lea GEE chi eor h v A 1505 M it Flannels and blankets wifi soft and white and will nt sh; washed with a tablespoon of monla In the water. GER' ' th it M SK beg GER i.T ch wt; tSE ; a One, teaspoonful of onion added to each quart of potatoei them a different flavor.' C Bll Syndlowt. Y- U To keep celery crisp thorot wash It and cut for serving, p It In a cheese-clotbag and In a cold place. Taste an envelope cover of your cook recipes you have clipped and save. c ;bER It la hlaoked-wll- l remove ej grease that may have accuasj on it. TP S chs A 4 p ,BER r of WNU Sarvt th cl 10 CO J k a those wr : i 31 DEI 2: DA K IK LOU SCOT Juntif 12 r A ,L0S n4 O Hart's a taking powde, tried, tested end used exde lively by experts. Boui TON tconA TON the R 1 13.1 ?nce "4 A JlTON frtl N, R SI .cnee UakinSfP.diSm PLATES REPAIRED . Maria to look like new 11.00 plus postage CHICAGO DEXT At PIRATE 1X10 Hllxa Are, CblcMo. Out of the experience of thousands of motorists has been developed a simple method of the "First comparing oil performance Quart Test. It is just a matter of noting hoWTnany mileS yoiTgo after a' dralnaad-refi- ll before you have to add a quart. It you are obliged to add oil too frequently, try the "First Quart" Test with Quaker State. See you dont go farther before you have to add e first quart. And, the oil that that stands up best between refills is giving your motor the safest lubrication. Quaker State Oil Refining Company, Oil City. Pa. i . BEKC Us ... Jast TbiiN Them Aild Oliver was careless about his personal effects. When mother saw clothing scattered about on chair and floor 6he Inquired : "Who didnt hang up his clothes when he went to bed? A muffled voice from under the blankets murmured, Adam.v', jid Sbew mpa Tells the Story By GLUYAS WILLIAMS JL1 Ws chs; to I "FIRST QUART" tell-tal- 11 1 By O. JACOBSSON Hanging a Chandelier Upt tt tbs sea without benefit to carries with It valuable top run-of- f. ADAMSONS ADVENTURES M 10! Lighter Side of Life as Depicted by Famous Cartoonists and Humorists SMAi i RR POP 7 - Flood Prevention Is Matter of Checking Soil Erosi Mi ST" COMICS Looks Like the Case Will Break Any Moment Now THURSDAY, MAY 111. U U i |