Show I NO flOOD DANGER I UNTil THAW COMES I Ii i i Jordan River Somewhat Lower Than During Past Week For a few days lays at least leaNt residents along the Jordan river will breathe easier in inthe inthe inthe the belief that the river will not go over oer its banks until a slight thaw comes There are scores of families along the river most of them north of Fifth North street who have been in daily dali dread that the waters of the Jordan would come pouring over oer the banKs bank and drown them out of their homes The perilous condi condition condition tion of many num of Jt r these is shown in the fact flit that chat in many man places ilace s the pres prese preset e et eit t bank of the Jordan is more than tour four feet above the ground upon which th houses hous stand With Ith the river over Oer its Hs banks blinks it is 18 certain that many mam would IK Is forced d to leave lease their homes until the floods t feel feet certain that a good many man peo Po people Popie 0 pie will be 00 forced fored to move moe out to save their lives Ihs if ii the tI city dh does not do some seine something thing with the surplus s canal said A I L Cooley Coole yesterday Mr lr Cooley Cool lives at Ninth North street treet and the river For two days das the water has haR been a trifle trine lower than it was WMS a It week eIk ago but this morning it was just a shade hade higher than thau yesterday There are three or four homes north of us and aUlI a good many to the south whose occupants would be driven out if the river row rose ro much higher There have ban been s several eral times during the last few weeks week according to Mr Ir Cooley Cooler when wh n the river came ame near going over Oer its banks bank and antI he lie sees no hoi hope hOlJe e for forthe forthe forthe the people living along aloni the river unless B the tue th council widens and deepens d pens the sur surplus plus PIUS canal He lie believes there is much more water due diw from the hills bills in a short time than within recent years and de tie declares delares clans clares it will mean but one thing the overflow of the Jordan with consequent damage to scores COrES of ot people There is more water in the Jordan right now than at any an time last summer CX ex except during the flood times timet said Mi Mr Ir Cooley ool yesterday Many Ian houses were flooded when the ice iN jam jaul of last laRt Decem December December ber her caused a sudden rise here at the Ninth North bridge In case of another slight Jam the water would go over in ina ina ina a hurry and there would be no n hope for forthe forthe the people But It will make no differ difference difference ence enle about ice jams janis in a short time for tor forthe forthe the river will go over oer its banks unless much of the water is handled through the surplus canal Danger from front the flood has been felt along the Jordan river in its snaky course cours through the city from Crom the southern to t the northern limits But the greatest danger is felt north of Fifth North street t where the scattered residents arc now and hay hav ha been bf i n making preparations to combat the HIt flood at the first sign of high highwater water All of the western part of the city tit t near tilt river will almost be d within the next few weeks it itis it itis itis is believed and the damage damasI to the Ull res resi residents dents dent ind Industries along the n r will any an record of fir tho tl past |