The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29

-, WORKED out by MAJOR zen
erai Jaldwin and other state and fed
eraI engineers. Presumably tn
preach VIII be made by dynamitine
IL VIII be approximately 1000 fee
wac, under previous plans discusse,
and will flood an area Of more tina,
'O,OOO acres. The town of St. Bern
ard alone will be menaced bv tn,
break. 1t has a population of abou
800. Virtually the entire area TO h,
lands. = Ping
Engineers today still were doubt
tul as to the effect that the crevasse
might have upon other sections OF
the state. The possibility that the
water from the breaks above Vicks.
burg might rejoin the crest of the
Mississippi flood below that CITY II
time to swell into menacing nro.
portions at New Orleans in spite OF
the crevasse still appeared to trou.
bic them.
1000 Must Move.
Approximately 1000 persons must
be moved out of the area before the
crevasse is made and reparations
Will be settled upon by a committee
OF i've persons constituted bv two
appointees of Governor Simnson
two persons named by the New Or
leans city council, and one member
designated by the board of levee
j commissioners of the Lake Borgne
district. . -
Hundreds of persons formed the
seemingly endless caravan which
streamed out of the doomed area
Battered automobiles, trucks, wagons.
and even pushcarts trundled
through the gravel toward New Or
leans where they will be cared for
until the waters recede from their
homes. All movable belongings
were included in the (, miscellaneous
bundles which freighted the vehi-
cles. i'-
Many of the refugees were per-
sons who had been driven from
their homes in the Poydras area bv
the 1922 break. In the previous
flood they had but the briefest no.
tlce, and in many cases were forced
to abandon their belongings.
The waters from the Poydras
break will inundate about 10000
acres, 1t was estimated by engineers.
The crevasse of 1922 flooded about
that much territory. No towns of
any, size are likely to be touched bv
the waters. The village Of st. Der.
nard Is periOusly close to the path
the water is expected to take. but II
was thought that it would escape
Truck farmers and trappers are
the main inhabitants of the doomed
area. None of these will be able to
depend on any income from their
regular sources during the year. The
lands of the truck farmers are like
ly to be under water several months
and 1t will take several years to make
up the number of muskrats
drowned by the high waters. The
oyster and shrimp industry along
the shores of Lake Gorgne is ex-
pected to suffer heavily also.
More Land Flooded.
Meanwhile, the waters pouring
from Stops Landing claimed addi-
tlonal thousands of acres of farm
Lands in the Mississippi delta and
inundated new towns.
A small private levee at Anguilla
Miss, had been swept away bv the
waters from the Stops LANDING
crevasse many miles north of the |
town. and as a result about $500 /
people were suffering from lack of
food and shelter. Water was said
TO be feet deep in parts of the
town. - - - VIC
In southern Arkansas efforts were
beng made to save the Arkansas
river levee at Southbend. The situa-
hon was considered desperate.
A dozen other towns were INN
lated by the flood of the Arkansas.
and Oochita rivers. Dermott. Til
er, Eudora, Arkansas City, Kalion.
" atson, kelsO, McGehee, Cominto
and Lake Village were included
among these.
with water In some parts of the
Town reported II feet deep. and ris-
ng at the rate of an inch an hour
lake Village faced the crisis of the
lood. With all avenues of escane Il
gone except by boat, there were s.
'OO persons to be taken from the I
own, food supplies were expected to
asst through the day. Boats from
Iudora were despatched to take off
women and children before evacuat-
ng the entire city.
More than 1000 refugees from,
acGehee, Rermott, Tiller. and tbe
surrounding countryside have floct-
u INTO Monticello and with the 4
movement still in progress, churches.
chooIs and private homes were
pened to the homeless.
In the upper reaches of the flood
q Arkansas and Mississippi sections
ne situation was reported greatly
improved as Red Cross assumed
harge OF relief at New Points and
astened food and medical aid
neseue work, well advanced in the
iuer Hooded sections around Green
me- Arcola and Leland, Miss. and |
umerous Arkansas localities was
WHY extended to newly inundated |
FROM many parishes in northern
ouslana refugees continued 10
cream into Vicksburg, Natchez ana
Their high places, fleeinc tba f to.+ ,.af
rom the Red river and other 4
5reams of that section. II
4
New Orleans, La, April 27-The I
isis probably has passed in
le Mississippi river flood situation
nj no more extensive bardebin {
and loss of life and prop,
,ty IS anticipated in the opinion Of
of Hnrn..- y [.