We have just made an investigation of the flood situation from St. Louis to Salina, Kans., and from Salina to Miami, Okla. And it is one of the worst disasters, I think, that the country has ever suffered from water.
Remarks in Grandview, Mo., After Viewing the Flood Disaster Area
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