The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1951 Page: 2 of 16
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We’re Bain* Robbed of Our Soil!
(Excerpts from remarks made by Secretary of State John
Ben Shepperd at the annual meeting of Sabine River Waters
shed Association in Longview, July 30, 1951.)
“Communism notwithstanding, the most crucial and im-
pelling problem now facing the people of this country is the
conservation and restoration of water and soil. Unless the fla-
grant waste of these resources is halted, the next hundred
yearn will see this country steadily and swiftly reduced to pov-
erty and desolation.
“Water and soil are the essential bases of human exis-
tence, and where they are depleted, life will be accordingly
depleted and meager. The greatness of a nation often flows in-
to the sea with its rivers, never to be reclaimed.
“The Sabine River Watershed Association is doing more
than preserve water ... it is preserving life, freedom, and hu-
man happiness, by conserving the staple on which they de-
pend.”
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In our land of plenty it is very difficult for citizens to be-
come unduly alarmed at our waste of soil. We take our boun-
tiful crops for granted. We are prone to feel that the Almighty
has endowed us with perpetual rich soil from which golden
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away from us without being unduly alarmed about it. Dark
muddy creeks and rivers are positive evidence that the soil is
washing away. Watch these streams. If they are black or red
in color . .. and all Texas Rivers are, even when not on a ram-
page . . . that’s an indictment against us because that murky
coloring is soil! Implacable soil.
We must lend every assistance in soil conservation efforts.
The Murvaul lake project is one soil saving program ... in ad-
dition to its many other benefits. We’re being shortsighted in-
deed it we fail to put over the lake, as well as other such con-
servation programs. This and many other opportunities have
been and will continue to be presented to us. We must accept
our share of the responsibility to save our land.
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Clements, U. O. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1951, newspaper, August 9, 1951; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth900872/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sammy Brown Library.