The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30
FLOOD SITUATION
Still Serious in the Mississippi
Valley; Congress Will Aid
Sufferers; Southern tx-
nress Will Carry Free of
Charge Packages
lPv the Associated Press.)

washington. April 27.-The hooo
situation in the Mississippi valley
south of Memphis, still remains seri-
Gus. so far as the transportation u
the mails is concerned. Reports 70
Eostmaster-General Hitchcock from
"a ious representatives Of the railway
mail service indicate that IN IAahs
sections it will not be possible 20 r.
est b|ish regular mail service Wltnln
thirty lays at least. Some ume aSo
the PostmaSter-General directed tnal
temporary mail service by boat pc
estahlished wherever possible, and in
view Of the continued serious condl-
tons, he has issued instructions that
the order be- extended.
Carry Packages Ere OF Charge.
Atlanta. Ga, April 27.-Announce-
ment was made by the Southern tx
press Company here tonight that they
will carry free Of charge all packages
Of clothing and other supplies for the
food sufferers in the MISSISSIPPI val
lev. 1t was required that all boxes
be plainly m~arked-and addressed to
the agent of the Red Cross or AssO-
ciated Charities at the point OF destl-
nation. There has been an urgent
demand for supplies Of all kinds fo1
the victims in the vast flooded areas
diONS the MISSISSIPPI, dIlu III Coili
pany, it is stated, will do all in its
power to facilitate the work Of relief
Viii Appropriate.
Washington, April 27.-An tmme-
date appropriation Of $500, 900 fOl
the rebuilding and repair of levees OF
the Mississippi and its tributaries wa:
made certain today, when the HOust
passed the Senate's joint resolution
authorizing the expenditure. Repre-
sentative Humphries of Mississippi
called for the resolution in the House
and it passed withou objection. |
was understood by members of tn
House that the fund will be availabl
for repairs on the Missouri riveHan,
other important streams where bleak
nave occurred at some distance iron
the Mississippi. Congress had pre-
viously authorized the use Of approx
mately 100000 for emergency wor'
to stop the aNage of the flood.
Engineers Preparing.
: New Orleans, La. April 27.-Wit1
the waters from the anthe fOres
+. and the Dog Tail Y in the Mis-
sIssIppl leNees pouring their combine
flood back into the big stream throug
= red river tonight. State and govern
ment engineers are preparing to max
n hardest fight they have ever bee
Y called upon to wage against FLOOD
IN the lower Mississippi. All ubint
south OF Rec river experienced rise
Q OF one-tenth Of a foot or more tina
n a a New Orleans. The guage (:
seven tonight recorded 2O.2, a ris
OF tWo-tenths Of a foot since the sam
r, hour this morning.
e The levee situation in the yic;nit
OF New Orleans without materi,
n change. Engineers are kept bnsy !,
n N~eStlSatlng rumOrs of trouble in II
Y river banks, both above and hello
4 the city but all Of these have bee
n found to be without foundation.
re A stretch Of 1000 feet Of leyee ia
miles below Buras is reported To !
o the worst section Of the embankmen
s, south Of this city. A large force
n workmen has been rushed to +,
t threatened stretch and those
charge of the work express the b
ne lief that it would be in condition
I'd hold by the time they reached hey
conditions in the flooded area
m northern Louisiana are little chance
en- Some Of the inundated towns and v
lagos report the water SLOWLY feca
&c ing n others in the lower Tens.
as basin are now experiencing the +,
n force Of the flooded stream on
ne way back to the Mississippi Just abo
forrest.
h water from the Ark,os
nt creVasse continues to spread over =
"A country around Dolly Ridge. Ravv;1
20, Glrard and Crow Lake. Advjces ~
RayFllle late this afternoon stat
> that water completely surronnds :
- town. :