The weekly soliphone., 1915-09-03

the public health are being cartet
off the streets, alleys and premises
Disinfectants are literally used
The water supply is being CAREFUL.
looked after. Large quantities o
pure water have been shipped il
from Little Rock and Hot Springs
The sanitary committee has issue,
warning against using home wa
ter without first boiling it.
Some of the Heavy Losers.
Among the land owners wht
have lost crops valued at five thou
sand dollars and over are lack Cal
houn, w, S. Hinkle, Chas. Bate
man, Thad Kinman, DR.. Runyan
Yancey farm, o. D. Watson, T.
stephens, John Keel, former state
senator, Levy Cook, Asa Policy ant
Mack Brothers. The supply stores
that have suffered most by reason
of having large outstanding &C
counts with the farmers in the
flooded districts are Williams Bros
doing business at Diaz, and Wolf
Goldman Co., Sol Hineman, A
Bowie, Newport Furniture Co.
JohnsOnAvery Hardware and Fur
niture Co., and the three banks in
Newport-First National, Arkansas
Bank & Trust Co., and the Farm
ers' Bank.
Seventeen Miles of Water.
The damage to the roadbed
track and bridges of the Iron
Mountain cannot be estimated. j
w. Dean of Little Rock, general
superintendent of the Iron Noun.
tain lines in Arkansas, went tc
Newport early in the week and SUI
perintended the repair work. Near
!, ly one thousand men have beer
constantly at work on the White
river bridge, the trestles, roadbet
and track for a distance of nearly
seventeen miles, beginning JUS
north of Bradford and extending
nearly two miles north of New
port. All along this stretch o.
track the water comes up to the
dump and in many places it reach
es the ends of the ties. Thousands
of head of horses, mules, cattle
hogs, sheep and goats line the
roadbed. Trains slow down tt
four and five miles an hour ant
often it is necessary to send mem
bers of the crew in front of the
engine to drive the stock off the
track. Hundreds of car loads OF
rock have been dumped on the
roadbed to hold the track down
Personnel of Relief Committees.
While every able bodied citizen
of Newport is a willing worker
those placed in authority and up
on whom rest the responsibilities
of directing the receipt and distri-
button of funds and supplies as
are Mayor A. T. Hubby, chairman
Chas. G. Henry, secretary-treasur-
er; w. D. McLain and j. F. Nc
Cuiston, camps and commissary
DR.. E. L. Watson, DR.. G. X. Ste
phens and o. l. Hubert, santa
ton.
Jacksonport People Heavy Losers
Reports from other towns and
villages in the path of the flood
indicate they have suffered the
same experience as Newport, and
how many escaped drowning is a
miracle.
Jacksonport was at first report
ed wiped off the map, and many
lives lost. Later reports state nc
one was drowned. Almost the en-
tire populace took refuge in the
court house. 1t is said that about
400 inhabitants chose that building
as the safest. All crops are ruined
and many stock drowned.
0lyphant Submerged; Grubbs Els.
capped.
Olyphant withstood the same
siege as Jacksonport. There being
no big buildings there the people
are said to have gone to the sand
ridges some distance away. ]. w.
Ladd, who lived miles south of
Newport reports he had 125 acres
in cultivation and failed in saving
to keep bread for a family
Much stock lost.
Grubbs is reported high and dry,
a surprise to many. Crops unharm-
ed in that vicinity.
One Man Lost a Young Fortune.
T. S. Stephens, one of the
wealthiest land owners and larg-
est producers in the county, living