Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-03
Des Moines Flood Sufferers
Wanted to Work In Mich
igan Sugar Beet Fields
WHOLE FAMILIES WILL GO
While Not Wanting to Lose Any Con-
siderable Number of Good Citizens
Ecs Moines Can Spare Many Who
May Return if They Wish in the Fall
Sickness is Not Prevalent.


I gan to realize yesterday how fortunate
I it is compared with Kansas City, To
/ peka and Gainesville, Ga, it's sister
I in calamity from visitations of the ele
! ments during the past week. For her,
not only has the flood receded NOR,
1 than six feet, so that the danger from
the water is entirely gone, but thu
cases of sickness do not number ar
epidemic, which it was feared. wouli
be one of the after effects of the flood
The water has so receded that MANY
people are returning to their homes
but these homes are not habitable, ant
will not be until the sun shines a lit
tie. Yesterday the sun broke thru the
clouds for a few minutes, the first time
since last Thursday afternoon Then
1T hid behind the clouds as if the Sight
OF the havoc and sorrow wrought or
the face of the earth during it's alb.
sence shamed ii.
Railroad train service has been al
most entirely restored. The railroads
are giving employment to many men
VINO need work because of the flood
The business establishments which
We're closed by the flood have resumed
business. The city seems again to be
jogging on about as it did before the
catastrophe came.
There are but ten cases of pneumonia
in the entire city. 1t was feared that
the exposure incident to the flood
would leave the germs of a thousand.
The only future danger is from fever.
The city will do its share in warding
places With lime.
The railroads are prepared to give
employment 10 all of the persons who
need employment because of the losses
sustained in the local flood. Their Off
ces here are enga ging for labor along
the grades in all parts of the state all
desirable unemployed men. 1t was
stated yesterday that the Milwaukee
wishes TO hire 1000 men; the Great
Western also is after laborers.
Several hundred men have been
thrown out of employment by the flood
thru the shutting down of factories.
Aiost Of these however, will resume OPP
erations at once. Some. however, fig
ure that the dull season has been has
tened on by the coming of the flood at
this time, ana have begun to cut down
expenses. Other Industries, however.
are employing more men than formerly.
The gas company. for instance, has had
to place all of its inside worllmen at
work on the streets.
The city is not giving employment to
food sufferers. Extra forces are at
work, however, and many of the men
who gained places in them, are suf-
fererS from the flood. Last year an eff
fort was made to do something for the
people driven from their homes by
giving them public employment. This
will probably be followed IL any re-
main idle, after the work Of rebuilding
the dykes begins.
The Omaha Employment Agency adj
vertised in the Register and Leader
yesterday that it could supply entire
families of flood sufferers with work in
the Michigan sugar beet fields. Pres-
dent d. B. Lyons. of the Commercial
Exchange, at. once took up the matter
with the company by correspondence.
i
yesterday afternoon:
Can take 100 of your families at
once and put them on good work. VIII
send agent upon advice from you. An
swer.'
President Lyons at once consulted
with persons connected with the flood
relief bureau, and wired back that 1t
probably would be wise to send for
ward the agent referred to. 1t is ex
pected that this agent will arrive in the
city today.
Being rather familiar with the pro-
cesses of beet sugar manufacture, and
sugar culture" said Mr.. Lyons yester
lay evening, II know that every mem
Der of family over seven years of age
Of both sexes can find lucrative en-
ployment for four months or more from
this date. OF course these people will
be expected to produce credentials and
make "a fair proposition which L doubt
not that they can do. Michigan nas a
dozen large beet sugar factories, SO
that the work Is there.
"Of course we must use discretion In
this matter. We do not want to lose any
number of desirable citi-
zens, whom we can retain as residents
here. On the other hand, there are
many who can be spared, and many
others who will feel that they must
sieze upon the first good opportunity
10 recoup their losses. These people
will furnish free transportation to tn
Michigan fields, as / understand their
and all who can DO so can
return here In the fall. Those who have
an interest in Des Moines Of course will
10 this.
81 see how this opportunity may
prove God send to some. Getting
work for people is certainly better than
giving aims"
Sickness Not Prevalent.
In speaking of the sickness that is !
following the flood, DIR. N. NJ. Smith,
,ity physician. yesterday said: The
rush of illness which came for a few
days appears TO have ceased, as we
nave only few cases today. The i'll
ness is not of a serious nature. being
and pneumonia among the
older people and measles among the
children. The old people, who We're
caught, are having considerable grief
On account of rheumatism, the expos
IRE having brought on attacks of 1t.
With the assistance of the other ply
sicians who came to my aid, we are
giving the cases the best of treatment,
and the majority of them will soon be
well. | hope that the sun will come
out bright and warm for a week or so
TO dry out the homes that are flooded, |
rs 1t is dangerous for the people to re-