Show farmers driven out by floods fort smith ark threatened floods thursday were driving farmers in the arkansas and poteau river bottoms to seek safety on higher levels with livestock and equipment recent rains in uie he lowlands of oklahoma drained by it fort smith have swollen both rivers the two streams which flow together and brought the arkansas to flood stage weather bureau officials in sending bending out warnings varn ings to inhabitants df at the menaced area predicted a stage here of twenty four to twenty five feet friday morning flood stage is awen ty two feet the flood will be of short ration iu bureau officials here believe ind and will confine itself to the territory from the mouth of the neosha river near fort gibson okla miles west to a point downstream fifty five miles west of fort smith |