The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-25
WATER SLOWLY RECEDES
FROM DANGER POINT
RAILROADS Experience But Little
Trouble Compared with
Last Spring

Unless another heavy rain occurs
today there Is 30 further danger OF
an overflow Uf the Cottonwood river
Within the city or washOuls ON rail-
roads running into Guthrie The
Gimairon and Cottonwood reached
their highest point al s o'clock this
morning and after remaining At o
slaHdstill an morning began slowly
to rerede this afternoon.
AL three places IN the elbow
district In West Guthrie tlns morn
ing the river lacked but foot oi
being out 0g Ms banks. On Eighth
street, near the Farmers on Milli
just north olalhe Perkins avenue
bridge whore a channel Was cut by
last yours fiishtwUitef saleefFeessss saleefFeessss the
elbow district, and on SeyeHh
street. just west Of the Guthrie Mill
Ing companys plant
The river lacked several feet Of
being ont 0f It's banRs north OF
Cleveland avenue vi high stage this
morning.
The reports from Seward earlg this
morning that lle Cottonwood river
was up to The depot at that place
are groundess and latest telephonq
communications from there report
THE river to have reeeded greatly
during the forenoon. though the river
Was bank full this morning, aa 4
was last night
uKatyH Tracks Washed Out,
The heavy rain last night washed
ont the Katy" tracks between Okla
homa City aud Falls, near Arcadia,
II the Deep Fork river bottoms aud
main line tlalns are being dei0ured
through Guthrie today by way oi
Falls over me Santa fe line from
Oklahoma eliy The Katy tracks
were washed Dut between here and
Fails. near Meridian Monday morn
ing, but were repaired late yesterday
afternoon Sc thal trains could pass
The FL Smith and Western pas8en
ger trains got no further than Me
ridlaA yesterday aud work train
which attempted to 80 through q
Welcetka was ditchei late yesterday
afternoon between paden and holey
caused bg tie track sliding Oft the
grade dump
West slders Were Nervous
AT & o'clock hast night things look
"a quite nervous to West Siders be-
cause Of what looked like a heavy
rain had SET IN for ali night and tht
report that the Santa Fe passenger
train was held al Seward on account
81 water being SO high there alDng
lhe Cottonwood river that the tracks
were covered In places Rumors
came from Seward Tint the river
would certainly be out Of Its bankl
III Guthrie before morning aud resi-
dents III the eIalb0w' district vert
warmed to get out fast night By th'
officers. Some leli their homes ane
went to friends Oh the Faat eide, bu
all returned this morning after mol
inc that the river was at standstill
saua Fe on Schedule Time.
rhe siuia ~ lines have been re
paired since the last floods and tralni
are running on schedule today will
no washouls reported anywhere, WA
tor ram over tie tracks near ket
Rock On Hlnck Bear creek and nea
Cherokee along the salt plains on thl
Denver nuid and Gnlf road but th'
road hed was not damaged,
Eastern Oklahoma trains ran %
schedule tutay aud ihe road bed /
in good condition for So much rain
FAN. Reports received by the atatl
board "a agriculture today SLOW thu
ihe hail storms 81 Sunday and sai
urdat were more general than fifn
luaicated Reports from ghandle
are ghat tho cettan eron Is tnta
luss Farmers In the city ioaay from
Meridian and CgyIe Fep0l4 heavie
haIl fhan fell here Oh Sunday Whicl
dld much damage TO all growlnl
crops
Train aersice on the Kg Smith az
Western valls likely bH restored q
| rhniS8ay II Il d0es not rain an
| lbA4e
u|ls Streets In Bad Condition.
file ssrte rfnmisaioner aHd I'll
city officials ate kept hnsy platln
danger signals In the streets wher
sewers have eaved IN and strineln
boards ii the street CROSSINGS SO fha
| people ran get acrDss the man
| streets TINT have been toxin up pr
naraiory to paving Several X
wagons were stuck Ii iAe mud m
| an hauling wofk BIZ the paving cor
tractors had q Be stepped 90 aee0uE