He loved the rod and gun but as the
Henry family was large and the in
come small Patrick went to work in a
.country store. He cared little to make
sales and when he could get a crowd
of customers together he loved to talk
and politics and freedom soon became
his subjects. Frequently at night he
talked with his mother on these sub
jects, but it seems that she was so
fond of talking that when she began
to give him advice he had no chance
to talk and was so interested in her
words that he did not care to. Final
ly he became a lawyer and by his
brilliant speeches came1 out .of ob
scurity and made a name for himself
in history
Reforestation Of Mountain Slopes To
Prevent Floods
The best and most convincing ex
amples of the devastation and ruin
caused by this loss of forest cover to
protect the watersheds, may be seen
in the great plains of north central
China, whose rivers rise in steep
mountainous country which has been
converted by unchecked, forest exploit
ation into barren slopes entirely de
void of vegetation. After study of
China's problems by prominent engi
neers, it has been decided that refores
tation of the mountain slopes up near
the sources of the great streams which
sweep through the plains of China,
offers the only hope and the most
practical means of checking the ero
sion and the floods.
