The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-10
TWO MORE LIVES
 LOST IN FLOOD
INUNDATION TO BE LONG
WATERS NOT EXPECTED TO RE- CEDE FROM SOUTHEASTERN
 ARKANSAS UNTIL APRIL.

Little Rock, Feb. 10.-Reports from Arkansas City yesterday indicate that two more persons may have lost their lives in the flood. When special Iron Mountain train was run to Hal ley Monday to take away residents as the water began to rise, man named Courtney refused to leave. Monday night he telephoned for aid, A man named Burton went from Arkansas City Tn boat to rescue Courtney.
 Yesterday his boat was found float ing near Trippe, half filled with water. Neither of the men has been heard from.
 Although T. B. Gilbert, chairman of the Tensas Basin Levee Board, last night said there is no danger of any levees in the vicinity of Arkansas City giving way, residents of the town expressed fear that if back water begins to fall rapidly before the crest of the Mississippi river
 Hood passes the pressure on the side Iof the river may cause the levee to give way. At present, it is said, the backwater serves to relieve pressure on the levee from the river. It is
 feared, also, that the levee may be weakened by softening from the water on both sides. Backwater is falling at the rate of about one inch in 24 hours.
 The river stage at Arkansas City last night was 563. The Weather Bureau prediction is 56.5 feet for the Highest water, but Mir. Gilbert said he believes the stage will reach 57 feset. The levees will hold more than 57 feet, he said The crest of the flood passed Memphis last night and is expected to reach Arkansas City by February IT.. The rise at Arkan- sas City in the "A hours ending last night was two-tenths of a foot
 Bacswater at Lake Village yester- day exceeded all previous records by several inches and still was rising slowly last night. Yesterday it rose two inches in 12 hours. Favorable reports were received at Lake Village from the crews working on the Mis- sissippi river levees. Last night it was believed there was no danger of levees breaking. Backwater continu- ed to pour fro n1the city into Lake Chicot All train service is cut off and the town is under water from two to five feet deep.
 Chicot county will sustain at least Sa5,000 loss to bridges, County Judge Harry E. Cook estimated yesterday. The Iron Mountain bridge across Con- D erly bayou went out yesterday m oning, endangering the county bi, tge just below. It is believed this bid ye, built in 1912 at a cost of $12,- poo, will be washed out in few days. Judge Cook said he believes several other county bridges will be washed away.
 Levee authorities in Lake Village continued yesterday to predict the backwater vii rise two feet higher than in 1912. Should this occur, the cituation would be made more seri- ous, residents said, as a part of the land now above water would be sub- Thousands of head of live stock are collected on the higher ground. Many of the animals are dy- ing from hunger and exposure. On some of the low ridges stock is stand ing in water two feet and more deep Several thousand head is collected on a ridge between Chicot and Eudora. It is estimated the backwater will not leave the county before April l.