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\ t\t : : several different places
' . along the Nctiulha river , where
levels have been taken , by dif-
fcrcnt persons , the gradient is i !
not less than 10 fl per milc. On
account of anticlinal or sinclinal
formations in thc underlying rock
" . . mow ' strata , which sometimes brings
thc top of same to the height of
bottom of channel ; then the fall
,1-is'lno'dified : by this , bbth above
and below where the same occurs ;
" " .f below this thc fall is greater andY 1
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above 1t is less than the average
. fall. This prevails for sonic dist -
t " . tance each way when normal
. . " ' conditions again take place.
. . / : If at any place along thc course
. . ' of a stream thc forces of nature
. ' " which originally caused anticlines -
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J clines in the rock formation were
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, - ' less violent . then the perpenclic- i :
uiar fall in the stream , if the
, ' : . . forces were less violent then wc
t have rapids with thc underlying
rock coming up to thc botton { of
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" The condu ion prevailed forty
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.1 . years ago , when U. S. Surveyor
, " meandered'thc Ncma-
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o ha river , as the same appears in
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- ' in the deputy county surveyor's
, , oftlce. At this time the native
/ grasses covered all of thc high
, prairies and in times of excessive
Hoods the water went into thc
natural channels and waterways
not ' laden with silt , as it does
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. , now , since the , alluvial soil comes
down into the Kemaha , where it
encounters the brush from the
w'oodman's ate , and other debris
when gravity sends it to the
bottom of the channel and thus
" , filling it up several feet in more
. .J recent years
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1'0 illustrate , near the center
, of sec. 12.at Boyd's bend for 4I of
. a mile quoting from these same
government field notes is a con-
tinuous rapid. West end of sec.
. 20 in Falls City twp is another
rapid. In sec 21 is a perpcndic-
icular fall of four feet , and in the
, next two hundred feet is a rapids
, . ; ' . " , ' makIng total fall of seven feet at
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this place. And immediatcly at
. . the bend Mc1\Iannus records a
' ; mill site. At the lower end of
. , . the bend is another rapid.
. . I make the quotations from
' 'o to' . , . field notes to perpetuate a truth-
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t. : ful tradition of the condition pre-
: vailing- that time. And also
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for the purpose of saying that
l , when a new channel is made and
, ; the river shortened , the in.reased
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, velocity of the water will , by the
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channel l deeper than it ewer has
I , been in recent years , and will ex-
pose not only these same rock
formations as before , but others
not hitherto exposed. This will
bc the case no difference where
the new channel mar IJe. At the
time we speak of thc fords and
crossing : places in the river were
at these rapids < and were numcr-
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ous..s thc , field notes show ,
Dundec's bend is about fivc-eights
mile around and onc-sixtecntll
mile across , if a channel were cut
across thc bend. This rock exposure -
posure would be apparen all thc
way , , also above and below , after
thc new channel shall have attained -
tained its growth , which will not
be very lOng. , I am not locating
ditches. This will bc the work
of a topographical engineer , and
will bc located 'at the right place
regardless of anything I might
think or say.
My desire is to show that wc ,
have a practical problem before
us.Ve have a fall much great-
cr than any tributary thc Mis-
souri . ! river coming in from the
east side where these same prob-
lems have been successfully
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soh'cd.
Referring to Iaj. 13urbanks
question , propounded i n his i
very interesting letter to the
11' , a 11 I I s City papers , I beg
leave to say that his proposition
of a water power in conjunction
with thc drainage question , is in
part what has induced ume to dis-
cuss probable geological forma-
tions at' the bed of the Nemaha
channel ; and , in my opinion , the
possibilities along thc line hc has
indicated , and also that of furnishing -
nishing' water economical and in
sufficient to meet any desirable
and expectant growth of Falls
City are interesting problems.
At this time , however , to re-
claim thc overflowed lands of thc
county is the paramount issue
with every citizcn.
The mouth of the Nemaha riv-
er is three miles from the B. &
r.L depot at Rule and is not less
than sc\'cn tyfi'e feet below it.
The B. & j\I. depot at Salem is
fifteen miles from Rulo. Low
water mark at Salem is about
fifteen feet below thc depot ; leav-
ing sixty feet , which divided by
fifteen miles would make four
feet per mile , even if thc B. &
M. railroad were a perfect level.
I mention this to silence a cer-
tain individual of Palls City who
has been saying , with an air of
wisdom , that the Ncmaha valley
has a fall of only two feet per
milc. Some men may give cred-
encc to this story to thc disadvantage -
vantage of all. I desire to say to
this man : "Ccasc to talk about
things of which you arc not con-
veIsant , " or we will turn a little
kodak towards you , and will re-
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poorer goods coyou elSeVlhel'e ? . " {
. e e ( JOur line i 13 .h'l7a.ys so clean
and complete and t1C ! prices the '
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Blood Rectcrctit c and Tonic PiUs , tOO in each , , I . :1 : j
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bottle and DR. SCALES 33-Day Treatment , ' ;
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Call ill and examine our title ;
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of H afln tTIocl < s.
A. G. ANf\JER . :
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE'
veal your idenity in a way that
will bc unpleasant even for us to
luok l at. When a peacock struts
he only sees his own gaudy feath-
crs. Others , however , sec more
than that of him. ' \Vhcn he is
stripped of his plumage \ he hides
out , and .can't bc found again un-
til his plumage returns.
Yours Trimly
P. E Grinstead.
An Ugly Cut.
Irs. Dunn of \Villiamsville was
in town \Vednesday. She informs -
forms us that bier son , Byron had
thc misfortune one clay last week
of severing an antery on thc
thumb of his right hand , from
which he lost so much blood that
it caused him to faint away. Hc
is however mnch improved at this
time and the wound will soon bc
healed up.
New Barn.
J. S. Hillyard is building a
large barn for \Vm. , Chapman at
his feed yards west of thc Farmers -
ers hotel. Mr. Chapman found it
necessary to make this addition
in order to better accommodate
his large feed trade.
Col. Weaver to Start.
Col. Weaver , thc black pacing
horse owned by J.M. Nausler and
Spence Foster of this city , will
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start in the races at Hiawatha
July 4th. This horsc' has devel-
oped great speed this season and
a bright future is in store for he ' :
and his owners.
Geiger's Violins Best.
C. I. Davenport of Omaha has
been in thc city this week , over-
hauling some of thc vault locks
in the local banks. Mr. Daven-
port is ' arm old violin maker and
always calls on Joe Geiger when
in the city. Hc pronounces thc
violins made by Joe to be among
the best hc ever tried. Hc now
possesses one of them and is just-
ly I proud of his pOfsession.
Colts Win Again.
The Colts won another game of
ball last Sunday ; this time from
Tecumseh , by a score of 6 to 4.
Owing to the late arrival of thc
' ' ' did not
train , thc 'l'ecumseh boys
arrive until five o'cloclt , but they
were ready to go to work as soon
as' they arrived , and from the
first it was seen they were out-
classed , although they put up a
stubborn fight for thc supremacy.
't'his makes ten games the Colts
have played this season winning
eight of thcm. They will play
with Atchison next Sunday and
it promises to be one of the best
games of the scason.
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