The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1906-08-17

.inues to rise. A half mile Of the
Katy track just north of the River
Bridge is washed away and as far as
he eye can see there is nothing but a
polling madly rushing mass Of muddy
water.
The river was five feet above high
water mark and likely to 60 higher.
This rise was very sudden and the
PEOPLE in the bottoms had barely time
0 escape and no chance to save any
hing in the way Of stoc|, and the loss
stock. crops and farms will be
tremendous.
The water has been over thousands
1 acres of the finest farming pros
ects that this county has yer had.
large island farm Of 400 acres ly-
1g between Mill Creek and the Cana
ian River is completely under water
md fine crops there are a total loss.
We learn that some of the people
Tho lived on this Island farm were not
,uick enough to leave and were caught
the flood
Relief parties are being organized
nd every able bodied man in that
.ountry is out and doing all he can to
ave lie and stock. However little
ould be done at st AS no man, nor
'oat could stem the tremendous cur
ent of the flood
For niles on both SIDES Of the river
he track was completely covered with
and and all kinds Of debris after the
water had receded so the track could
We seen. 1t was a week or ten days
hat all r. r. traffic was at COM
,lete stand STILL
At Durant. |. T. rain fell for II
,ours and Blue River spread over al
DIV land, the crops on all low land be-
ng swept away. Fifty foot rise in
he Colorado River and all Of the
yalley farms completely submerged
Good many OF the farmers begur
altering their corr when they dis
covered the flood coming. Realizing
hat green corn was better than nc
:orn at all.
Your correspondent saw large
'odies Of corn standing under watel
md the ears Of corn were fine large
.ars well matured and of course vii
our and mould when the water re.
.edes and will be worthless. Also
aw large farms of cotton as high a:
tall mans head which had been un-
Ter water. When the current was
lot strong enough to wash the cotton
lat on the ground, don't think it was
.uined, but lots Of it was washed flat
n the ground and covered with sand,
mud and debris. so it is total loss.
The Oldest settlers say that they
lave never seen such floods and des-
ruction in the history OF this country.
The prospect for crops we're never SO
good. The corn crop is immense
Thousands of acres of corn that will
yield anywhere from 80 to rs bushels
,er acre and the acreage is the largest
.ver known in this country.
Well this flooded district is blessed
With a few days of hot sunshine which
IS certainly greatly needed.
With warm personal regards for all.
More anon, WEsIERNER.
The above interesting account OF
experience in the floods of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory is written BY our
very highly esteemed Holly Grove
correspondent. Mr.. John M. Kerr. who
eft Monroe county few weeks ago
for visit to the Western country
The accounts given by Mr.. Kerr OF
the frightful damages done by the
recent floods is not exaggerated In the
least.
Only a little over year ago, 1t was
my privilege to 60 over that samn
strip OF country and then | behe'd
miles after mile Of fine farms which
had been covered 10 the depth Of sew
sral feet by floods from the same
treacherous Canadian river. In some
cases. ! saw thousands Of scFes
81 fine land covered BY sand to such
an extent that only few inches Of the
top Of the wire fence posts were yisi-
BILE. That Is one OF the "bitters' Is
the sweet OF living in the Oklahoma
country.
take pleasure in calling attention
10 the fact that Mr.. Kerr will write a
series OF interesting letters for the
ARGUS from the new Western state
and like all of his letters. will be of
exceptional interest to the Monroe
county people. Watch for them each
week. EDITOR.