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| | } 14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1922 FLOOD RELIEF MEN ENCOUNTER Bl6 JOB More Than 300,000 Acres Inundated in Illinois Springfield, Ill, May 13.--Reports of flood damage along the Wabash River received through the Red Cross by the Illinois Flood Relief Commit- tee today indicate that the loss in Lawrence, Wabash, White and Gal- latin counties has been under-esti- mated. Glenn Kies, field representa- tive of the Red Cross who has com- pleted a preliminary survey of these counties finds that a total of 92,000 acres of farm land was inundated. -In Lawrence County, 45,000 acres was overflowed, of which nearly half was planted in wheat and it is esti- mated that the loss of this wheat crop alone amounts to more than $400,000. Four hundred families are affected in this one county. A large percentage of these families must be cared for during the next four or five months, pending the raising of a new crop and seed must be provided for many of them. In Wabash County 17,000 acres of land was inundated; in White County 20,000, and in Gallatin 10,000 acres. This is in addition to the 200,000 acres of land overflowed along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers in Illi- nois. Howard K. Weber, chairman of the Illinois Flood Relief Committee which wag appointed by Governor Small to «~ssist in raising funds for flood suffer- ers and which is co-operating fully with the Red Cross, called attention to this enormous loss today and urged greater activity in raising funds. Grave Situation. «While some funds are being re- ceived," Mr. Weber said, "it is evident that the people in the State in general do not realize the gravity of the situa- tion. Chambers of Commerce, Civic organizations and committees appoint: ed by mayors are working in a num- ber of communities, but in a majority of the cities of the State there is no organized effort." Grant Burgner, executive secretary and field representative of the Red Cross has established headquarters in Springfield in connection with the Red Cross Flood Relief Committee ot which H. M. Merriam of Springfield is chairman. He is co-operating with the Illinois Flood Relief Committee through its secretary, Halbert 0. Crews. The Red Cross organization through- out all of the inundated area is mak- ing a complete survey which covers every farmer affected by floods. The survey will show whether or not the farmer owns his farm or is a tenant, if he owns it, how much of an equity he has in it; how much insurance he carried on farm equipment and stock; how much he has been damaged; what he owns in the way of stock and equipment; what crops he has on 'hand for feed or seed; and all other infor- mation tending to show his loss and his ability to take care of the loss without assistance. All of the ex- penses of this survey are being met by local Red Cross chapters in the inun- dated areas or by the National Red Cross organization. None of the money contributed for flood relief will be used for overhead. All of it will go to provide relief. Police Station Filled ; With Community Stills Toledo, O.--May I borrow your still? "One person in the neighborhood buys the still and his neighbors pay him so much for the use of it," Judge Aaron Cohn declared in talking be- {ore members of the League of Wom- en Voters. "It makes the rounds like the old sauerkraut cutter. "We have community stills piled to the ceiling at Central station." E WINNETKA 110 PHON ; [I "HARRY PORTER Furniture Moving Expressing Shipping and Packing SPECIAL TRIPS to CITY MOTOR SERVICE J 845 SPRUCE ST., WINNETKA Legion and Men's Club to View U-Boat Films Members of Winnetka Post, No. 10, of the American Legion, with mem- bers of the Winnetka Men's club as their guests, are to view the cele- brated German U-Boat films Tuesday evening, May 23, at legion head- quarters. The films are to be shown by Colo- nel Siqueland, of the United States Intelligence service in Europe during the World War, and are being dis- played in very section of the country. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock. Those planning to attend are requested to mail in their "reser- vations" to Adjutant Marcus D. Rich- ards, without delay. It is explained that the gathering is not a dinner. KENILWORTH "CLEAN-UP" Tuesday, May 16, was "Clean-up Day" in Kenilworth. 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