Flood Control on the Saint Francis River, Missouri and Arkansas: Hearings... on H.R. 7875..., February 3 and 4, 1930...1930 - 172 pages |
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... County in Missouri . It thence runs through the hills of Missouri for about 150 miles and debouches on the flood plain at a place called Wappapello , and thence it follows the flood plain of the Mississippi River to its mouth , about 8 ...
... County in Missouri . It thence runs through the hills of Missouri for about 150 miles and debouches on the flood plain at a place called Wappapello , and thence it follows the flood plain of the Mississippi River to its mouth , about 8 ...
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... County at the beginning of the county line and thence coming through an area marked on the map as " Big Lake , " a natural reservoir , which , on account of the water conditions within recent years and in order to dispose of a great ...
... County at the beginning of the county line and thence coming through an area marked on the map as " Big Lake , " a natural reservoir , which , on account of the water conditions within recent years and in order to dispose of a great ...
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... counties in the St. Francis River source in the high- lands of Missouri it will tend to solve the problem . We have con- structed at an expense of $ 6,000,000 the necessary channels to take care of our own water , and of course I am not ...
... counties in the St. Francis River source in the high- lands of Missouri it will tend to solve the problem . We have con- structed at an expense of $ 6,000,000 the necessary channels to take care of our own water , and of course I am not ...
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... County . At that point there is now a lock and dam . Through the influence of that lock and dam there is a diversion of water which drains in from Little River , tributary to the St. Francis , creating a very sereve condition affecting ...
... County . At that point there is now a lock and dam . Through the influence of that lock and dam there is a diversion of water which drains in from Little River , tributary to the St. Francis , creating a very sereve condition affecting ...
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... County , is No. 17 . Those boys have held on by pure grit and cussedness . They just won't quit . They are in default now . This last blow put them out of the running and they are in default in their millions expended for beneficial ...
... County , is No. 17 . Those boys have held on by pure grit and cussedness . They just won't quit . They are in default now . This last blow put them out of the running and they are in default in their millions expended for beneficial ...
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acres amount Arkansas Army engineers backwater area BARRON BEGG Big Lake bill Black River bonds breaks build Butler County cent CHAIRMAN commerce committee Congress construction cost COSTON Craighead County crops DAGGETT damage delinquent Doctor TAYLOR DUNBAR Dunklin County effect expenditures extend farm Federal Government Federal interest feet flood control flood waters flooded area floodway Francis Basin Francis County Francis levee district Francis River gentlemen give improvement JONES Judge Driver KOPP Lee County Little River Little River drainage loss LYNCH Madrid County Marked Tree ment miles Mississippi County Mississippi River Missouri Missouri and Arkansas navigation overflow Parkin pellagra Pemiscot County PHARR Poinsett County protection question railroad Red Cross relief REYNOLDS RHYNE road SEAGRAVES SEARS situation statement Stoddard County stream taxes territory tion Total tributaries TSCHUDY United week ending Thursday WHITTINGTON
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Page 14 - Engineers, no money shall be expended on the main river project until satisfactory assurances have been given by the local interests that after completion the flood-control works will be maintained at the expense of local interests.
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Page 76 - Citizens of the United States were in custody of the marshal under a lawful commitment, from whom they were violently taken and murdered. The alleged murderers were indicted under section 5508, Revised Statutes, which made it a crime to conspire to injure any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of a right secured him by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
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