The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-07-19
RAGING WATERS!
RED RIVER OVER BOTTOM
PLANTATIONS.
Thousands of Dollars DAM
age Done to Growing
Crops, Waters Now
Receding.

The famous Red river is now, for
the second time in 80 years, over
flowing its banks in July, and mum
dating hundreds of fine farms, doing
many thousands Of dollars damages
to growing crops, The editor of
this paper went over to Fulton yes
terday afternoon, to personally
take in the situation and give the
true facts to his many readers.
But ere we go into detail, will
state that we received news from
Fulton this morning July l9) to the
effect that the river had fallen two
tenths of a foot last night, This is
good news, as there may be a little
hope left to the farmer.
From Mr., John Glover, the eflc-
lent bridge watchman, we CLEAN
the following facts, with regard to
the river:
The present rise began some three
weeks ago, has alternately
rose and fell until last week, when
the very heavy rains in the Indian
Territory caused it to get on big
BOOM making it overflow its banks,
and cover several feet deep all the
lower bottoms; highest point on the
government guage 3l.6 was reached
yesterday afternoon, when it be-
gan falling as stated heretofore.
The only overflow known before, in
July, occurred just 10 years ago
yesterday, when the river stood
about six inches higher than now
that was in 1876. That year most
farmers made nothing at all Mr.
John Adams, on 600 acres planted,
made only three bales of cotton and
80 bushels of corn, in 1876,
The highest water ever known at
Fulton, was on May 23, 1892, when
the river stood on the government
guage 34,8-over three feet higher
than it has reached during the
present food. On May B, 1890,
river stood at 33 feet 8 inches
about "a feet higher than now. In
these two floods not only the farm
ers suffered, but the Iron Mountain
railroad was covered for hundreds
of yards, in many places, and lost
heavily by having its road-bed and
tracks washed out, These openings
remain still, the track having been
built upon very heavy piles 600 feet
long) driven deep into the holes
washed out,
From Mr., Dan Chaytor we learned
that all Red River farms subject to
overflow, above and below Fulton,
are now under water, and all crops
will be an almost total loss, Among
the farms thus affected are the
Cloud willow bend farm, several
hundred acres; the Paup farm, as
large; Ogden place, 300 acres, Will
son farm, 200 acres; Ferguson
place. 800 acres Brooks farm 200
acres; Bryant and B'Shear's place,
1850 acresj Summers place, 100 acresj
and many others, The McWhorten
farm, over 800 acres, being levied
Is not yet under, Nearly all farms
between Fulton and Garland City,
are no,doubt under water, Farmers
are damaged In the sum Of many
thousands Of dollars, hardly to be
estimated, Few of them will make
anything at all,
AT Fulton the large lumber mill,
the stave mill, and the shingle mill
have all been drowned out by the
high waterfall were running be.
fore the flood came, The stave
mill lost $1,000, by having 1900 hard.
wood logs to break loose and 80
down the river,
This food will fall heavily upon
the Red River farmers, and the
merchants who are furnishing
them, In 1890 and again in 1902 no
crops to speak of were raised, and
now for them to again lose no
heavily Is too bad-a calamity ln'
deed They are entitled not only
to the sympathy of all, but should
be helped in some way-by the gov.
ernment, If possible.