Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-01
HIGH WATER
PERIOD BREAKS
ALL RECORDS
Lcvco Undergoing Greatest
Strain in South i'm His
tory-Rclief is Being Pro-
posed in Congress.

|
priation of $1,000.Q00 for relief of
flood sufferers in Missouri Illinois,
Arkansas Louisiana aud Mississippi
J is provided for in Il resolution in
troducod yesterday by Representa-
tive Rhodes, Republican, Missouri.
| Memphis, Tenn. April 80 With
| all previous records smashed for the
number of days the Mississippi river
has been 40 feet and more, the lev
ees are now undergoing the greatest
strain in the history of the South
From two to four weeks more
| fighting must be kept up by leVee
boards before the river will fall to-
a point anywhere under the danger
line. More rains will prolong it to-
a POINT no one can calculate.
The rains along the Cumberland
Arkansas, Tennessee and upper Ohio
rivers will retard the fall at Cairo,
Paducah, Memphis and points south.
1t will probably not check the fall,
! but past predictions as to dates
when the water might recede from
the dykes arc now knocked into
cooked hat
Figures from the local United
States weather bureau show that
this flood has stood 36 days against
the lovee at a stage of 40 feet and
more.
Other periods when the stage of
the river remained around 40 feet
were in 1908, when it was 405
feet for two days; in 1907 it was
40.S feet for three days, 1919, it
remained 45.3 feet for 29 days: in
1913 II was Asa feet for 2S days.
There were two rises in 1918, one
in January, when the river exceeded
40 feet and remained, so for eight
days. then in April. when the stage
passed the highest mark in history.
going to 46.5 feet aud remaining
above 40 feet 20 days.
In 1917 the river rose to a stage
of 40.1 feet and remained so four
days. In 1920 it went to 40.3
feet and remained above 40 feet four
days.
Flood stage on this high water
was reached during the night of
March 10. On March 25 it went to
40 feet and has not been under
those figures since.
J. II. Scott local United States
meteorologist, says fully 10 days
viii be required to get the Misss-
sippi under 40-foot stage and away
from the leyees in this territory.
South of Memphis it will require
a longer time, and now, with a new
rise developing in the Arkansas and
White rivers, the situation is more
gloomy than it has appeared in sew
eral weeks.
Keeping Up Work.
There Is no let down with work
In the Third Leyee District there
are about $500 men working day
and night. AS soon as weak spots
gre developed laborers are rushed
10 repair them. w. l.. Thompson,
! chief engineer of that district, said
last night he had received no
reports indicating any serious trouk
BILE at any point. 1--WE are having
a few boils, but they are worked
on at once, and as | am in constant
touch with the situation all the time
| am confident we will hold unless
more serious trouble develops than
we have had in the past as hours"
! At Vaucluse 500 men are working
to construct a new dyke around ex-
tensions of boils in the levee there.
j. w. Summerlin, president of the
Tensas Leyee Board says his entire
district seems strong enough to with
Istand several more days.
There is nothing of a very seri-
Gus nature and we have everything
well in hand" he said. A similar
report was sent from Lake Village
New Rcelfoot Trouble.
New trouble in the Reelfoot lev
ee at Mile Fifteen and Mile Sixteen
caused an assembling of forces there
yesterday, Reports from Hickman
say it is now question of fighting
against time. If the river falls as
rapidly as indicated, the levee there
can hold. However, no very bad
Ispots were found yesterday and en-
gineers say they have a good cnanee
against the cave-ins.
The river fell about six inches
at Hickman yesterday. 1t will be
slackened by the rise out of the
Tennessee.
The Tennessee river will rise
about three or four feet at john
lsonville within the next So to AS
hours. There is little rise above
THAT point. Heavy rains have put
Duck river over its banks at CO.