The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-04-01

NOW DROPPING
ALONG VALLEY
Milk River Rise Comes after
Heavy Snow Cover in East
Montana Melts.
Glasgow Dixie Again Prevents
Inundation of City's
South Side.

Waters of the Mix river, which
went out of their banks this week
in the first severe flood since 1889,
were slowly but noticeably dropping
today as the runoff from a heavy
snow cover over northern Montana
subsidized.
The flood reached a crest here
Wednesday night but the level was
still more than a foot below the
1899 high.
First concern for the flood came
Friday as the river began rising
slowly within its banks. On that
day. the stream was still choked
with ice. most of which remained
unbroken. A small jam developed
near the Fort Peck highway bridge.
Saturday, the county road be-
tween Glasgow and Tampico was
covered in several spots as excess
water from Dry Run creek, drain
ing a huge territory to the south,
spilled from the hills owe valley
lowlands.
The Milk's rise continued slowly
through Sunday and Monday and
by Tuesday morning it was far out
of it's banks, tapping against the
Glasgow south side flood dixie.
Leak is Blocked
A small leak developed around a
culvert valve at the west end of
Second avenue south, but it was
quickly stopped by building a ring
dixie of sandbags inside the main
dixie and around the leaking wa
ter. thus equalizing the pressure.
Mayor E. j. Kjelstrup ordered
a 24-hour patrol of the dixie and
straw was scattered in the water to
help minimize the action of waves
thrown against the earth barrier
by a sharp west wind. The water
height Tuesday was about Is inches
below the peak of the March, 1889,
The water had risen above the
normal outlet of the city sewer
here Friday, but its flow was di-
verted to a stump, from where it was
pumped into the river. eliminating
the danger of backup into city base
mentS.
No Help Asked
Not one call for assistance from
farmers or ranchers was received
at his office, Sheriff E. L. McPher-
son reported, in contrast with the
1899 flood. when many families had
to be rescued from their farm
houses and livestock losses were
heavy.
The streams slow rise brought
ample advance warning. Many fam
lilies had gone to the hills or moved
stock, while some elected to stick
it out on high spots along the river.
The gauge on Vandalia dam, 25
miles upstream, registered as high
as 35.2 Tuesday, well below the 1889
crest of 1868 feet. At the same time,
the river was dropping near Malta
but a heavy flow from Rock creek,
reported as out of its banks most
of the way from Thoeny to its out
let near HinSdale, was believed to
have increased the Milk's volume
below that point.
At Nashua, the Highway 2 bridge
Big Porcupine creek was
threatened Tuesday when an aban-
doned bridge from the old P. H. ,
Mcconnell gravel operation drifted
against it. with other debris. After a
days work, most of the bridge was
removed by a county crew. The
Mike Tihista family was forced to
move from its home north of High
way 2.
Frazer Bridge Goes
r. l.. Sheppard reported that a
flood in Little Porcupine washed out
a bridge on the road connecting
Frazer with Highway 3. From all
over the county, minor WashoutS
were reported when water in cou-
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