Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
From the st. Paul Dispatch.
CHANCES ABOUT EVEN
For a Flood With the Spring
ThaW Which is now in
Evidence.

Will there be n fl od? That is a
question that ~ receiving consdrra-
tlOn just now. and fear is general
| that there will be trouble when the
vast amount of snow and ice begins
to disappear.
| Muj Jones, of the engineering de-
pnrtmcnt, L. :. A., who is one Of the
best posted men ON this subject, said
to TIE Dispatch this morning:
Il calculate th0hances of Il flood
about even. 1t Sdittirult to decide,
much depending on contingencies
that may arise in the future. have
been keeping careful track of the
amount of SNOW on the ground. and
have taken measurements at the
various Mississippi dams Up in the
reservoir, the drainage basin Of the
Mississippi, sixty inches of snow have
fallen. There is only atOut three
feet on the ground, the balance hav-
ing passed off by evaporation. l
find that the snow converted into
water is differently reported at the
different dams. At POkegama dam
the amount Ia 5k inches OF water; at
Sandy Lake, I inches, and at Pine
river, Sh inches. This water must
go into the river or be absorbed by
the ground. Where the ground is
dry, a large. Quantity will he nb-
sorbed. but in thtswamps and. lake
surf.ceH' all q it. will s9 into the
1.-THE river is yet low, AMI it has
not yet begun to rise in these parts.
Further south iRthe region of the
Ohio and south OF that the rive + is
over its banks, but his should cause
no alarm here: The floods brl6 W
always occur earlier an q suhside. a 3
a rule, long before the Water begins
to rise in this country. o
"In this regard Providence seems
to have disposed wisely, otherwise.
il the high water came at the same
time all along the length Of the river.
the flood would he very serious. The
chances for.a flood will depend
l;rgely on wh"theC the snow will
st":y until the heavy spring .rai i6is
come. with thSsno@ end he r: in
a food YOU'D pc iheyitabIe: But /
!!:;!: !;$:k '9r, Il: large b..'k ."t ths::sn"!%
soaking int" the ground beiore the,
Ginning ot the H1iin: r: r:in". H:. ::
80! anticiiHts: tint .ii4 :;?8u!tfy, .:s
Vel a. the :"aHtr} ( mi 1ltxntinSa: is til:
RED k!ver.S the North. VII! Sre!s9!mf. 8! q;
magnifice6t crops this summers. us
the result 1f II: hi < snow. tniI:: :1h:
stea;d Il :fec;slins,. :aslair,C: they have
:: V!seryer: I26ns sthtsd today that
tie 6eisit Il rs .rivef 4: ! p:!:ese,it was
IS feet: t: and ID t66a}t .iiiQ da1gtr' point
%.s atc!t il iesi -; ~:
-: ~. 'i;i EiI 6a;ie Nex;s::: :;;: ::.:
O.. Joseph. Da!ies,. !?t ;. Mi!f!Iid, W.:
Ills been y!siti9e. re!ptiyes :: in. this
,v!:c!n!tx r:t$rg:;a: e &! hi! !::; *:@:: tn. the
:Mi:: :.;.;;' ana M9s: ii 6: Il. yai1:tt:: re:
ti;iirHed from Fr;eeroft sunday::: :
4 Sartx ;it:;;f 81 4: %iiS;rn:t: fi:%::i"*n
stopped at 'Ela' Dale. during tho
std1rfi last>weeh-.-:.:. ." -:
=: ri: ct tow: n officers iamet' weine:4doy'
to G'c16ialifS.: %
A creaii.ery is T. beEul1, at i,s"7u
this spring. Parties were putting up
ice lur the same last week.
The rain 1nesdav night and
Wednesday, has settled the snow
Roads are in n very
bad condition.
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MOOrhead had hot munic ipal
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