CARS CROSS AN AVALANCHE.
A mile south of Atchison, Kan., the
entire side of a bluff is sliding into
the Missouri river. Tlie avalanche,
*says the Chicago Record, is a quarter
of a mile long, and at its base is the
most expensive piece of railroad track
on the Missouri Pacific system. There
is probably not another quarter of a
~mile of track in the United States
f •
which it costs more to maintain. The
> odd.thing about this monster -land
-slide is that it has been slipping down
for 20 years, and unless it takes an
unexpected plunge will probably be
slipping for the next 20 years, and
possibly fifty or a hundred. The ava
laliche is moving more or less at all
<times, but not enough to require
w atching by the Missouri Pacific "ex
cept about two months in the spring.
During the winter the moisture is
held in the ground, and when the
frost thaws and the spring rains come
the great mass of earth begins slip*
ping. Sometimes it comes down a
foot in 24 hours, and once in awhile
it slides six feet. The Missouri Pa
cific then puts a force of from 20 to
50 men to work pulling the track back
Ato its proper place and keeping it
level. A man • is employed to watch
the track at night and see that it
does not get so far out of line as to
topple a train over into the river. Or
ders are issued to engineers to go slow
over the bad track, for the jar of a
train might cause • an unprecedented
move.
. The bluff is one of the highest of
the1 very high bluffs along the Kansas
side of the Missouri river from Kan
x nnn City to the Nebraska line. Ly
ing under about 15 feet of earth there
are one or more strata of ro*'w aggre
gating from 20 to 40 feet in thickness,
“ There seems to have been a perpen
dicular split down through this rock
dividing the bluff almost half in two.
arid extending a quarter of a mile
north and south. The side which lay
on the river, or east side, slid because
there was nothing to hold it, while
the opposite, or west side, was up
. against another bluff. Thus the east
side began gradually to sink into the
river and-has laid bare a .wall 30 or
more feet high in places. Here and
» there enormous bowlders?,' which hung
for a long time undecided with which
side to identify themselves, finally
lost their balance and crashed down,
* dashing themselves to pieces below.
It costs the Missouri Pacific several
t thousand dollars and causes a great
deal ofv anxiety every spring, but
there is no way of avoiding it.
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Fresh Bee/, Mutton, Pork, Chickens
Meat and Steaks'Cut To Order
✓
At thb Butcher shop just opened in the Miners’ Store
0YSTEPS Free delivery to the Creeks l EGGS
Freighting:
JIM OLDFIELD
Wk arb Prepared to accept freight for im
mediate delivery. ANY CREEK.
RECORDER’S BLDG*
THE TANANA
DEAKYME
WINES LIQUORS AND CIGARS
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Accommedatious For Travellers
C, P. Pederson, Mgr,
Notice To Trespassers
Public nov.v-c i.» hereby gi.cn to all persons
not to tiespa»s v> u i;in me oounciary lines of
- discover $ claim on toe upper Hootlaiiana creek
Without me consent of the undersigned, owners
of the above mentioned property.
Rampart, Dec. 27, 1902. F. D. Weils
John Murray.
To Whom It May Concern
All persons are hereby warned not to
trespass on claims Nos. jb, 6b. .Camp
Robber bench, or Squirrel creek claim.
All on Hunter creek, R2mpart Mining
District, without the written consent of
the undersigned, owner of said claims.
Alex. Jamieson
Dissolution of Partnership
The firm of Potts & Mcllroy is this
( day dissolved by mutual consent F W
Potts will continue the business and to
whom all bills due the late firm is payable
Rampart Jan 15 1902 F W Potts
S D Mcllroy
I The dance given at the court
ho ise Thursday night was largely
attended. The floor is the best of
ar y in camp and all present enjoyed
themselves hugeiy. Coffee and
sandwiches was served at 12
o'clock and dancing kept, up till
2:30 a.m.
A petition is being circulated by
“Roosh” Massey asking Judge
Wickersham to refuse a renewal of
a liquor license to J C. Nelson*
Wm. Ne son, J. E. Risdoa, or J. J.
Morgan. This is the outcome of
the seizure of the dog team from
, “Roosh” some time ago.
5
ans
SHAVING
NORTH or NEW COURT HOVOI
BATHS
JU4.1U6 HOWNA*
Rampart Restaurant...
4 3
Reading Room & Lodging House
Klapproth and lcweclvn
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Freighting
Goods packed to any wdl
in the Rampart diwtme*.,
General Jobbing
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Wood delivered i« my quatit&y.
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A. J. Shaoaa*
St. Andrew’s Mission
Sunday Serme*
Sunday School, na.m.
i Evening Prayer with Addrsss, 7*r
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ACORDIAL WELCOME TO AJLU
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Attoaxst Law.
NRm 14
Rampart Aka.
H. B. EHLE M. D. '
Physiciawi & BurgMiA.
| Office, Parke Buildtiftc, P«wt Si.
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