The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-11-25
|IITH's DROUGHT LOSS
Inns UP INTO MILLIONS
:, SUMMER AND FALL PLAY
a'.voc WITH FORESTS AND
WE STOCK IN WIDE AREA.
81 AND GAME ARE DYING

llama in Which Millions of Acres
Were Swept, and Mississippi Hard
w. Hit. Many Other States Suffer
r ~ Drouth of Several Months.
3 ,rw ORLEANS, La.-Drought,
.;.b has continued practically since
II ;s working havoc in the forests
4 among live stock of Louisiana,
F;..;ssippi, Alabama and western
Lor;da Oklahoma, Arkansas, Ten
s,e4 and Kentucky also have suffer
severely, but not to the extent not
N Mississippi and Louisiana.
nmber scouts reporting to the mill
4 l at Alexandria, La, say l,OOO,-
M Dl acres or more of cut-over land
~. been swept by forest fires i'll
a,r,I and northern Louisiana alone.
;orests where fires have been avoid
thousands of mature trees, hard
Sood and pines, have died through
/ " Of moisture. Millions of feet OF
cnt for the mills have been de-
Assored in the fires. Conservation
III and reforestation have been set
ssrk many years by the fires and
ropght which have destroyed seed
sngs and small trees.
Forage Crops Hard Hit.
Hot drv weather made a good crop
cotton. but it proved disastrous to
ln-oge crops. Corn was badly stunted
I'd farmers were unable to grow
I,ts or other quick crops to sustain
Ere stock. Pasturage disappeared I'M
f. tbe long drought. Streams dried
l. and wells failed, with the result
Kat farmers were forced to rush their
Ian cattle, including mich COWS, to
harket and sacrifice them tor any
Irice obtainable.
Railroads, particularly the Southern
b.r;fc and the Illinois Central, are
Eong what they can to relieve the I'M
Trecedented situation. Water is beng
I,rled in tank cars from artesian wells
1 distributing points along the lines,
md farmers use their milk cans to
I,rrv home limited quantities Tor
irnking.
Live Stock Loss in Millions.
Coming on top of the epidemic OF
ntbrax, which earlier in the year de-
,roved many herds OF cattle, the
Irought has cost the south millions IN
n Stock but the greatest havoc has
Jeaa wrought in the forests. In Lou
Siana oil fields operations have been
Iuspended for the last three months
hue to the drought. Bayou ChickasaW'
shich is 50 miles long and drains
water shed of 100000 acres, is COM
Yletely dry for the first time IN MS
Dry. Some lumber mills are pumping
water two miles to keep their plantsin
,peration and the tanks filled against
he menace of fire.
Local papers in Louisiana, Missls-
ippi and Alabama report deploIraoie
onditions. Gardens withered early III
he season, greatly increasing the cost
t living. Hundreds of residences ana
arms have burned and the roads are
eyeral inches deep in dust, ground as
ne as talcum powder. Vehicles raise
reat clouds of dust, which makes
irving dangerous. The dust has seep-
into residences and ruined curtains
arpets and tapestries.
Fish and Game Perishing'
The drying up of scores Of streams
as killed millions of fish, Reports
lonth ago said deer and other wild
anne were perishing in the swamp
stricts from lack of water, or from
rinking from poisonous pools. :,
Railroads have employed additional
orces to guard bridges along Their
mes from fire, and state and municl,
al authorities have issued speclal
arnings to the public to use extra,
Urinary caution in regard to hre ana
avoid, as much as possible, driving
YER public roads which are especially
angerous by reason Of the constant
oudS of dust.