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Show B ARKANSAS TOI SLOtf SLUG INTO THE RIVER High Water May Result In Destruc-HJ Destruc-HJ tlon of Town, Unless Course of HH River Is Changed. Pino Bluff, Ark. Whllo oppcollnA ns a last recourso to President Roose-velt Roose-velt for permission to cut through government leovccs mul change tlio courso of Arkansas river, leaving Pino Illiiff high nnd dry, but unfo, every nvnllalilu niiui In this city hns been put to work strengthening nl-ready nl-ready crumbling banks until tho creRt of a sixteen-foot rlso passes this point, In an cITort to prevent nn over-flow over-flow which would mean destruction of property valued nt hundreds of thousands of dollars nnd possibly loss of life. Whether their efforts will lie successful Is problementlcnl. A largo occtlon of land thirty feet Hl north of tho walls of tho county court liouso and Jefferson hotel, each val-lied val-lied at $100,000 Is slowly disappearing Into the river, and warehouses along tho bank, which liavo already been HH partly wrecked, mny fall nt any mo- men I. Should tho wnter break through tho bank It scorns certain novcnil Htreols lined with bUBlticss Hb houses nnd a mtlo long would bo do- HHj |