Show BUNN NC FULL OF WATER WAT H town of Armour dale abandoned and f people are baitin waiting 9 for flood to subside the evicted people find shelter for themselves and their belongings and are waiting time when they may return with safety kansas city the great raw kaw ails bourl flood which has almost reached its crest drew hundreds of thousand of sightseers to the bluffs overlooking ilie the flooded bottoms on sunday bunday the water has done all the damage that la Is in its power the railroad yards have been evacuated the packing houses and business establishments have vacated their lower floors Armour dale has been entirely abandoned by its inhabitants and water Is run ning twelve feet deep in its streets there is no excitement anywhere the evicted people having found foi themselves and their movable prop c aty there Is nothing to do but tc wall wah for the tide to tui turn ft officials and business men of both kansas cities express a determination to put an end to the annual hoods floods the great difficulty has been that two states having two city governments the united states government three counties and numerous interstate railroads are involved during the past 3 amr ar the united states has de declared clarel the kaw a navigable stream this gives the war department authority to order the remo removal viiI of the union pacific and missouri pacific low bridges which obstruct the river and cause the overflow of Armour dale arid and the stock yards at every high water arty any scheme of raising the banks of the raw kaw would involve elevating the rail road tracks ono one measure proposed la Is to cut a canal across the point ol 01 land where the missouri makes its big bend to the east cast this carial canal would carry the missouri overflow from a point above kansas city to a point several everal miles below the city officials of the two kansas cities are co operating in steps to control the rivers |