FLOOD ZONE AT A GLANCE 

 Shaded Portion Under Water. White County Not Included 

 Here. 



to H.irrisburt; Irom lus tann (ivc milts 

 east and north of town. "Ihcrc's a two 

 story house that floated across tlie pa\e- 

 ment between here and lildorado." he 

 said. "We have ~ to S feet of water at our 

 plate. Lucky 1 liad another set of build- 

 ings up on the rids;e. V('e re living up 

 there. Aly new house is in bad shape. The 

 waves have knotked the windows out on 

 one side and I'm afraid we 11 have to re- 

 build part of it. The water is up within 

 two feet of the second floor. I lost 700 to 

 800 bushels of oats and the hay and 

 straw, also a steer and all the thickens. 

 But 1 saved tlie rest of the livestock. I 

 estimate my loss at around Si'iOO to 

 S'>000. There's 9 feet of water o\er the 

 Hig l-'our tracks north of town. " 



But Gates wasn t worrying about his 

 money loss. He was alarmed about the 

 possibilities of typhoid and other Inunan 

 diseases from drinking contaminated 

 water. It we have our health, we tan 

 go aheail. he said. "But with our wells 

 polluted. Iin atraid ot what might hap 

 pen when the water goes down and 

 farmers return to their homes. 



At Carbondale H. A. Spatford. s.uii- 

 tary engineer tonneited with the stale de- 

 partment of health told us that ^~ men 

 were out working to saltguard the w.iic.r 

 supply and health londitiuns in the Hooil 

 zone. "We expect to go from tarm to 

 farm, pump out the flooded wells, .uid 

 chlorinate them if we tan get there !k 

 fore the people retiirn to their homes. 



Gallatin, the hardest hit lOimtv. had 

 80 per cent of its farm lands imdc 

 water. And that means the best laiiv! 

 and best tarms in the countv. In .S.tluic. 

 -lO ]ur tent is uniler water, in W liile -'"" 

 per tent, Massat 2()-2'> per tent, Fojx 

 " per cent. H.irdin 10 per cent, Alex 

 an.ler H) per cent. Pulaski JO to J^ 

 per cent, Johnson *■ per tent. H.niiiltun 

 4 to 5 per tent. 



At the crest the ftoot! this \ear stooti 



HERE'S WHERE ITS THE WORST." 

 A. R. Wright, left. H. A. Spafford, State Sanitary Engineer. 



between seven and eight feet alx)ve the 

 191.S mark. By Feb.' 10 the flood had 

 retetlcd more than five feet from the 

 high mark. I:ven then, rail service in the 

 area had not been resimied. Telephone 

 and telegraph .service to the river towns 

 such as Shawneetown and Metropolis 

 w.is still out. W. W. Wesselius, Illinois 

 ilirettor of the Reil Gross, at Marion told 

 the farm flootl relief committee com- 

 posed of A. R. Wright. I". I'.. I.ongmire, 

 and H. C". Secor that it was guess work 

 to estimate how many homes were 

 w reckeil. The Red (iross, he said, would 

 rebuiltl some houses and help the needy 

 f.imilies get re established in a home. 

 It will not give permanent aiti to those 

 who have resources, or cretlit. Some aiti 

 woultl f>c given to destitute farmers. 

 We must get down to intlividual family 

 treatment," he saitl. "basctl on needs anti 

 resotirces. Case workers will determine 

 who is to retei\e aiti. We will have a 

 br.uith otfite in each lountv anti expect 



RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS 



in Marion. Director Wesselius, left, and Mr. 

 Wlngate. 



to work in close to-operation with the 

 C^oimty Farm Bureaus in handling farm 

 cases." 



In Saline county, Farm adviser Harry 

 Neville said that the seed problem would 

 be serious there. "We have 432 Farm 

 Bureau members and half of them are 

 flooded, llieir straw and hay are gone. 

 Most of the grain feed is under water. 

 The flood covered our best land and best 

 farms. It caine up about two inches an 

 hour for a while, then slowed down. 

 Today (Feb. 10) it has fallen 5.34 feet 

 since the crest on Feb. 3." He estimated 

 that it would require at least 10,000 

 btishels of corn anti 10 carloads of hav 

 to take the rescued livestock through un- 

 til grass. 



In Gallatin, F. L. Drone, president of 

 the Gallatin County Farm Bureau said 

 that abotit JOO horses and mules were 

 tirowned out of some 1600 listed in the 

 census. He anti I'arm Adviser Roll put 

 on hip boots and worked day and night 

 doing what they tould to relieve flood 

 sufferers and livestotk. Farm advisers 

 in the other flootl cotinties were etjually 

 as busy. 



"\'esterday ( beb. 10) I went 1 i miles 

 bv boat anti w.dking through water in hip 

 boots," Mr. Drone s.iiti. I workctl New 

 Ha\en. GoM Hill anti Shawneetown 

 townships. There are horses, cattle, anti 

 liogs marooneti all over the county. On 

 Roiintl PontI Hill there are about lOOo 

 lidgs. "00 i.ittle. and 900 horses anti 

 imilts. (G.ill.ilin is heavily poptilatetl 

 with li\cstotk). This ridge has about 

 ,v() to 100 at res in it. mostly barren 

 L:roi;iid. The li\estotk hatl eaten all the 

 ^h^llbs. the b.irk otf the trees, and the 

 brant lies up as high as they could reath. 

 Much of this stock will die from starva- 

 tion. Some of it is deatl alreatiy. When 

 an animal gets weak and tlrops. the hogs 

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