The Forrest City times., 1912-04-19
FLOODED RIVERS COVER THE BASIN River at Up-River Points Falls, But Flood Rises In The St.
 Francis.
FEARS FOR AN '82 STAGE
At Madison are Entertained-Si Situa. ti0ns in the Bottoms South and West Growing Rapidly Worse.
 1000 Refugees Cared For.

According to last nights river re- ports the upper rivers were gradually falling, with the exception of rise at St. Louis. At Cairo fall of one foot was registered, while Memphis registered fall of .2 The Govern ment gauge showed rise of | at HeleDa up to o'clock last night, but later special 10 the Gazette from that city says that the river there is on a stand, and adyices from Lake Village and further down the river indicate that the river is either falling or on stand all along the line
 The St. Francis was on a stand at Marked Tree last night, and at Le- pente, nine miles east, fall of two inches was registered up to pm. yesterday.
 At Madison, however the river con- tinues to rise, tenths being re- corded as it's climb for the twenty four hours up to last night, and the rise will probably continue for several days.
 While the week has brought relief in measure to dwellers along the upper reaches of the Mississippi and it's tributaries, the flood is far from being at an end, and the scene of activities, has only been shifted, the main scene the past week and al present being ill the lower river, where breaks have occurred at Modoc and Panther Forest in Southeast Arkansas and at points in Northeast Louisiana at Beulah, about twenty miles north of Greenyille, Mississippi and further down the river front of the state, thus relieving to some extent the pressure of the water against the leyee line further north
 LuXora, Barteld, and Osceola ill the upper portion of the St. Fran eis line, the week has been q grim de termined battle that seems to have resulted in a victory for tAe rivers antagonists the last reports from
 
 practically won, and the subsiding waters there giving them hope that the battle was won.
 FHe flood waters of the basin and : the rising St. Francis seek their only outlet through that river back into the Mississippi at the St. Francis mouth a short distance above Helena. and the Mississippi rose steadily : at that point throughout the week. , causing much uneasinesS and threat ening 10 break the leyee there and in undate the town, and this has only , been prevented by ceaselesS struggle with all the men and materials that could be gathered together How ever, 1t is hoped, that by the time this reaches our readers the strain at this point will have been relieved, at least to some extent, and the danger of a break in that vicinity lessened
 Behind the leNee, however, in the St. Francis and along that river. the waters continue to rise, the guages al various points showing rises during the week that averaged about half a foot daily, and in many instances more, the rise being most marked at Marked Tree. At Parkin. at Madi. son, and further down the rise main. tained about the same average. and until Wednesday. with the exception of some coming out of Burnt Cane and between that point and the Cut of, no Mississippi river water was seen. "Wednesday afternoon though. the muddy waters of the big stream were noted as lar south as Wittsburg. and hopes of an abatement of the rise in the St. Francis was given up. Practically all of the lands 10 the east oIthe river and to the foothills Of Crowley Ridge south of Madison and Nidener, were flooded tle frst of the week, few isolated mounds and high places alone remaining above the tawny flood, and since then near. y three foot rise has come. and al least three feet mere is expected. which will place the water at Madi. son nearly, if not quite up 10 the high water mark of lss2
 Nearly two thousand refugees are being cared for from this point. five hundred of them being fed and sheltered at the camp at Crow Creek. while the others are scattered around throughout the county, many of them receiving their daily issuance ofrations in this city, where Capt. Stern, chair man of the local committee, and his assistants have been having a busy time, issuing out the government re- lief supplies.
 A carload of supplies was received Tuesday night, comming out attached to passenger train, the work of it's distribution was bepuD Wadpapday n