Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-06
FLOODS ABATING.
Better Outlook Reported from the
Northwest.
HEADwATERs ARE ABOUT EMPTY

South Dakota Farmers Well Out of Danger
and Prospects for Planting Crops Are
Good-Labor Will Be in Demand Soon
Flood in Minnesota Also Checked-Cre-
vase at Flower Lake on the Mississippi
Doing Untold Damage.
St. Paul, April 6.-The river at thi.
point is still rising slowly, passing the
eighteen-foot mark yesterday afternoon.
This is four feet above the danger line.
and the flats On the west side are most
ly submerged. the residents of the shan
ties and smaller houses there having
been compelled to move out some DAYS
ago. The loss is chiefly to the poorer
people. who are being cared for by the
city. Yesterday afternoon the water
swept away several ice houses ct South
st. Paul. with several thousand tons of
ice. Weather Bureau Officer Lyons
thinks the head waters have already
emptied their water and that the stage
here will soon begin to fall. The follow
specials to The Pioneer Press give the
situation at other points:
jim River Situation UNCHANGED.
Yankton, S. D., April 6.-Conditions in
the jim river are unchanged, the river
remaining stationary. The railroad
tracks continue to wash badly, but the
bridges are still firm. 1t will be several
weeks before traffic is restored. The
only train now entering this city is on
the Milwaukee, which only runs to
Mitchell, and washouts are reported in
that vicinity. Farmers in the valley
are now well out of danger, and the
only damage that can be done is to
crops. The loss will be heavy in this
direction.
Flood Subsiding at Huron.
Huron. S. D.. April 6.-The floods over
this part of the state are subsiding and
with week of pleasant weather farmers
can begin seeding on high ground The sea-
son Is three weeks late and the acreage
OF wheat and small grain will be less
ened 10 per cent. in this locality and
from 20 to 25 per cent. north. Much Of
the corn left out during the winter is
rotten, and farmers will clear the ground
for wheat as rapidly as possible. There
is plenty Of seed, but labor will be in
lively demand. Should wet weather
continue ten days more the wheat acre
age VIII be cut down much more than
above indicated. The crop acreage will
fail Tar below that of last year.
Checked at Crookston, MINI.
CroolIston, Minn., April 6.-The Red
Lake riverat this point is at stand and
the prospect of frost gives hope that
the flood is checked for the present. The
stream lacks four feet of the greatest
height ever known. One hundred fami-
lies have vacated houses on low-lying
land in the city and moved to higher
ground. Reports from Fisher state that
a high wind is driving the water off
the prairie and washing out the tracks
on both railroads; also raising the river
and endangering county bridges.
Worst Over at Moorhead.
Moorhead, Mimi. April ct is the
general belief that the river here has
reached its height, and the only danger
now is the ice, which is expected to
come and interfering with the bridges.
The authorities of Moorhead and Fargo
are cooperating to cope with the sit
uation. The water is within one foot
of the south bridge. flowing over the
Northern Pacific bridge, and within
two feet of the north bridge. All COM
munications between this city and Far
go is cut off, the water being from one
to three feet deep at the west end, or
Fargo side, of the two wagon bridges.
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