Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1908 — WESTERN FLOOD IS DECREASING [ARTICLE]

WESTERN FLOOD IS DECREASING

KAW RIVER FALLING STEADILY AT KANSAS CITY. NO DISTRESS IS APPARENT People Driven from Homes Are Cared for—Considerable Damage tp Cfops About St. Joseph, Mo. Kansas City, Mo., June 12. —Flood conditions here are bettered oh the whole. The Kaw river began falling before daylight Thursday and the water steadily receded from the inundated district. The Missouri river continued to rise slowly, but it can do no particular additional damage at this point. From now on it is predicted that the situation around Kansas City will improve, and that as the waters pass beyond here damage may be expected to follow along the Missouri and the Mississippi east and north. Btock Yards Still Inundated. In the stock yards the water was receding fast but business was still paralyzed and no stock was being moved. Water still stood several feet deep in one-fourth of the hog pens, and there was two feet of water in the basement of the stock exchange. Despite the fact that hundreds of persons are homeless in Armourdale and Argentine, Kansas, no actual distress is apparent and the citizens of Kansas City, Kan., are taking care of all the needy. But seven persons sought shelter Wednesday night in convention hall, on the Missouri side, which had been thrown open to the refugees. In Harlem, the village across from Kansas City on the Missouri side, the people have been housed on the hills.

C. W. Roberts, manager for the Independent Telephone company at Perry, Kan., w-as drowned in the Delaware river there, while attempting to repair a break occasioned by the flood. Crops Damaged at Bt. Joseph. St. Joseph, Mo.. June 12.—The Missouri river rose three-tenths of a foot here Wednesday night and is still rising. The damage to crops in the bottom lands is rapidly multiplying. Situation at Topeka. Topeka, Kan., June 12.—While some of the lower portions of North Topeka near Soldier Creek and the “Little Russia” are yet submerged with dead water, the major portion of Topeka is above water and street cars have resumed service. The Kaw has fallen 5% feet since the waters began receding. The river is falling 1% inches •a hour. ■ _■ ■ The Rock Island and Santa Fe trains are reaching Topeka from Kansas City to Olathe on the Frisco, thence on the Santa Fe via Emporia. The Union Pacific continue* to detour west over the Santa Fe. The weather predictions are for more rain. Waters Subsiding at La Crosse. La Crosse, Wis., June 12. —The flood stage of the Mississippi river at this point has been passed, and the waters are subsiding. The depth of the river shows a decline of two-tenths of a foot in the last 24 hours. This indicates that the decline will soon be felt all along the upper river.