The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-04-21
Draining Yellow Creek.
Iuka. Miss, 4-1StlO. /

Esignature with reference TO The
above subject, l did not make my
point clear in one or two. instanc-
es, s Instead Of. advising every
body.who now, owns land to hold
to it; / had in mind only those
who owned land in, the proposed
| drainage. district. If one owns
LAND in Yellow Greek bottom, do
not think he should become fright
ened at prospective taxation on
that particular land and sell at "a
sacrifice. 1t would obviously be
an absurd situation if every man
in this state this morning should
make up his mind that he would
not sell any land that he might be
fortunate enough to own, and
equally absvrd would be the <atti-
tude of one advising that course.
l only intended to. say that yell
low Greek land should not be sac
rificed. 49,,
] am due an apology to the To-
cal real estate dealers in that l
failed to except them in my state
ment of last week. / know perso-
nally each real estate dealer in
this County and l am sure that
there is not single one of them
who would forget the interest of
his county as whole in the pros
ecution of his business. The To-
cal real estate men have done a
wonderful good in advertising
our country, and they will do
more yet along that line and it is
not my purpose to knock their
line of endeavor. They are pio-
neers in their line in this county
and will certainly do great work.
In eS9siti,Qsning last, week about real
estate companies i had in mind
the people of other states who
have no interest in us other
than to speculate and become
wealthy upon oar resources. They
have unlimited capital behind
them. and they are' out for big
deals only and they will be on the
ground in due time, if II once be-
comes certainty that the Yellow
Creek lands will be reclaimed.
i am reliably informed that all
the. merchantable timber has been
removed from the main yellow
Greek bottom except one tract Of
about $50 acres between the
Southern Railroad and the river,
and with the exception Of probab-
[1y 500, acres between the Southern
Railroad and the, head of tie
Eoreek.. ! also.know it to be FACT
that within the next two years ev,
cry tree of any consequence in the
entire bottom will have been re-
moved. and marketed, :. with the
possible exception OF a small tract
or two near the head OF the creek
| am further informed that the
timber of marketable size in the
tributaries is even now on the
market and it is a safe guess that
the saw mills will get it too with.
in the next two years. With the
timber removed there remains
no practicable o bection to the
proposition of draining the lands.
am not attempting to anticipate
arguments against the ditchtng of
this creek and answering them in
advance, b1< l merely make the
statement about the timber to
show that the time for this work
is ripe. My reference last week
to the remarkable interest at pres
ent being manifested all over our
country by the farming classes in
their own interest was made with
intent to show: that the time as
now at hand when this work
should be accomplished. 1t is
+ true that this work twill cost the
land owner something. 1t will
cost him the expense of the drain
age system and after that is ac-
compl:shed it will cost him aver
age of $l0 per acre toput the land