The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-09-13
DESOLAT|ON SITS
|. HEAVILY ON THE
WESTERN PLAINS


Three years Of drouih has placed a
crown Of thorna on the men. women
and children Of West Texas aud with.
out money. some without the very ne.
ceaytles Of life, without food for their
'nniinah who are drawing them toward
sreoner fields and richer hnryosta, the
caravans OF dosolltlon are drug ins
Their way into the oiiiol OF Fort Worth
Ind Waco, and men who held hlEh
+ n Ieads In title aud ownership arc
W .sdg themselves "ior sale that
They may sustain thor women aud
childton sheltered from the flaming
Bun by tarpaullns which have not felt
Tho moisture Of the skies for 70 long
That the youngest Of the caravan never
oaw rain
. "Hoartrcndlng' Is the word that has
come TO Food Administrator Peden
From the drouth area. Last year tho
Farmers and the cattlomen brayed II
but. Surely nature. herself, could not
be 30 cruel as to lnfllct upon them an
other year a soourgo Of Intense heat
And shrlvollng up Of the plains. but
ihls year there is nothing left to chal.
Ienro ravagc Of nature az relentless
ID the great guns In their devastating
of the northern plains Of France.
The situation Is without the province
81 man and dollars. Rain has forgot
! ien the plains, no clouds break the In
q fenslty OF the blue. no rofreahmont
BONES In dew, no relief advances In q
kindly mist or fog All that can be
done Is to help the men and the wo
mon and the children aa they como
INTO Eastern Texas.
The Silent Exodus.
y. u. spiller. secretary Of tho Cattle
Hnisers Association Of Texas, report.
"a that Fort Worth is crowded With
wagons Of "expatrlltos Of the plains,
/. md the same intelligence comes from
= Mace. On one day alone 1876 families
naased through Brentwood, and on
mother day 10 families passed.
N rough G0ldthwaite.
On August n Administrator Pedcn
|kired to Governor Hobby on the Sit
A uatlon
"Drouth conditions now prevailing
IN Western Texas most seriOun In IBIS.
tory Of the country Oldest lnhahi'
tants have no recollection OF anything
Approaching II. Ten counties In The
DrownwOod district will not mako an
\ AVERAGE OF 800 bales Of cotton per
county as against normal production
Of 10. 900 bales. Thousands Of farmers
and farm hands necessarily seeking
other employment, and an average Of
$50 farmers a day are leaving the dis
trict.
\ "There ls no grain crop II we can
q get rains In the next 30 days. with
proper state and Federal aid, farmers
would be able 10 plant wheat and oats.
but they must have this aid
Similar conditions to that In the
4 lBrownwood section are reported 10
7 administrator Podon from the district
administrators at San Angelo and
amarillo and a recitation Of these con.
dltlons has been wired to Governor
Hobby by the three administrator OF
Brownwood. San Angelo and Amarillo.
Trying to Help Them.
Administrator pCdon rs deeply con.
cerned over the situation and has
plared the facts before n W LOWS,
ohief OF the United States employment
+ nerylce for Texas. at San Antonio. nH
y well as directed letters To DDS county
administrator urging that they riye
lhe extent OF personal relief needed,
also that wherever these unhappy
fnmlles can be- placed 80 as To gam o.
b.