The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1914-05-02
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER LEvEE ASSOcIA-
TION.

TON.
The Mississippi River Levee
Association has been doing effec-
live work In lts Efforts to gel
the great Mississippi river prob
lem understood by the people OF
the Nation 20 hat it canbe treated
ss aSde6nite and specific probietn.
Mr.. John A. Fox, the Secretary.
Manager Of the Association spent
last week in New York In confer
ence with number of the leading
magazine publishers aud succeeded
in wakeuing q great deal Of in.
terest among them in regard to
this great national undertaking.
Mr.. Arthur Page. editor Of Worlds 5
Work was especially interested
and through his great magazine he
-
is going % assist the people Of the
Delta in getting their progect be-
fore, the United States. He has
delegated Mr.. George Marvin, !
forceful and efficient special writer,
to make q trip throuGhos1t the en-.
tire Delta Ia nEiaer 10 viaitall 81
~ cities shd 'xstlaer sAeh inter
li it n ill be ,,ecessnrS n rEs-
aasst fl1 nstter clearly apd icsi'
cally ii a series Of 1--WE or six ~
ticles. Mr.. Marvin has been II
5WasIingtan with Mr.. Fox during
the past week and th4 27th for =
extended trip throuUht the Delta.
He expects to start q Cape Gixad.
eau and come down the river grad
uallyyHso as to visit every city and
community ann obtain all the facts
regarding the levees. the bank re-
vetments. channel Improvement Of
theaback countrysSdependent upon
the levecs, and in fact everything
that will enable him to place the
case squarly before the people.
Mr.. Fox has given thim letters
Of introduction to parties al along
the thou,s,ld miles and asks that
the people sc eyefy city dong the
line do everysls g in their power
to help Mr.. Marvin iu securing his
data and iafosmakien, Thess ar.
ticles. appearing in suchse great
magazine as Worlds Work. will
be of sthe greatest benefit to the
country and Mr.. Marvin has had
a great deal of experience as war
correspondent in the far Feast and
knows how to handle this great
subject from a human interest point
of view.
He comes to the Valley with an
open mind, entirely unprejudiced
regarding one system or an other,
and it will not be his mission
to say how the matter shall
be solved. He will simply gath
er all the facts in the case and pre-
sent them clearly and forcefully,
leaving the matter Of the solution
to the technical boards Of engineers.
His articles will prove conclusively
to the American people that this
great Mississippi river problem .
national one and the cause is great
for the iwork to be undertaken BY
the people directly affected alone.
He will be able to show that the
protection of twenty twillions Of
land in the heart ot1khe country
will be the means of adding en-
enormous output to the cotton crop
and he will also be able to show
that the amount lost each year IN
damages by the floods Is far more
than Sufficient to complete the
eulire levee system land revet the
banks so as to prevent these
disasters.
No better opportunity has come
to the people Of the Delta than
will be given through World :
Work. and it behvovs everyone
from Cape Girardeau to the Gull
to cooperate in the fullest mannes
With Mr.. Marvinlwhen he takes his
trip, and TO assist him in getting