The Times Past

Thanks to unseasonably warm temperatures during the past week, many local streams have been running at near capacity levels, including Cottonwood Creek in Davenport’s downtown city park. The water level is substantially above what many locals say they have ever seen there. Some urban flooding has been reported on local streets—and portions of Hawk Creek Ranch Road were closed for a time earlier this week due to water over the roadway.

Northeast Lincoln County had high tide Tuesday morning when more rain hit, bringing the two day total close to one inch. When that much rain falls on ground that is already saturated and still frozen to boot conditions get rough

Bob Sullivan’s recreation center, aimed at the city’s youth, was opened for business and appeared to gain immediate popularity with the younger set in town. A juke box was installed and the kids were making good use of this new facility.

Because of the rapid spread of influenza the past week the Davenport schools were closed yesterday afternoon by City Health Officer J.F. Poynter. While the disease has spread rapidly no resultant cases of pneumonia have been reported and it seems to be in a much milder form than the flu of 1918.