The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-03
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vermillion, S. d. March 3.-Clay county resi-
dents on the Missouri river bottom not
worrying much as yet over the flood situation, as
they see no immediate cause for alarm. While
the conditions somewhat similar to those in
the spring of 1881 locally, farther west in South
Dakota and north in North Dakota, they are not
nearly as bad. If the present warm weather con
tinues few days longer the ice in the Mis-
souri, at this point will have gone out, and then
eside from the usual high water no damage would
ensue. The foot or more of snow has vanished
and the Ice in both the Missouri and Vermillion
rivers is melting at rapid rate. -, .3~
So far as Clay county is concerned local condi-
lions govern possible overflow and with the Ice
all gone for several miles west the banks of the
''big muddy will be able to Withstand untold
quantities Of ice and water that must come down.
However farmers will not be caught mapping.
They keeping in touch with conditions and
will be ready to move to the upland at mo-
ment's warning.
| repetition of the food of 1881 would do an
| inestimabe amount Of damage. In that year
the bottom not the Inhabited area that 1t
now is, and very few farmers made a living
there. Now nearly every quarter section is occu-
pied. 1t was in 1881 that the old town Of YER
million under the hill was washed away. 2,
Fruit growers of Clay county do not appre-
ciate the extremely warm weather, as they fear
their trees will soon begin to bud. Freezing
weather is almost sure to come again and then
| the fruit will be nipped If the cold comes In a
| few days no harm is likely to result.
Relics of Tragedy.
| Interesting relics of early days were brought
| to this city yesterday by woodchopper, who is
working in the timber south of the city. While
chopping down a tree H. Mount found a rusty
nail Embedded in its very heart about twelve
feet from the base The tree is about three
feet in diameter and it is presumed that the
nail was driven into 1t when but a mere sapling,
and has pushed upward and inward as the tree
grew. Mount holds to the opinion that row
ing band Of Indians must have camped close by
where he is at present working, and that one OF
| thu n drove the nail.
| II substantate this belief, Mount has in his
posse sion an old tomahawk and flint found near
by e days before. Several charred bones are
also to be seen near the tree. What is probably
the skeleton of human being is being exhib-
tied by the discoverer, which was also picked
up recently in the timber Many outrages We're
posed to have been left behind by the Indians,
and it Is not at all unlikely that the skeleton is
that of a victim of the red man forty or more
lyears ago.
graduate of the University of South Dakota,
lis making at Oxford, Eng. in athletics is appre.
ciated by his friends in his home city. His
broad Jump of "a feet 4h inches and hurdle race
lin II 10 seconds are better records than he
ever made before. altho his high jump of feet
6 inches is one-half inch lower than his best.
Young is highly pleased with life at Oxford uni
Iversity.'
YANKTON,. S. D.-The earliest breakup in
the Missouri river at. this point occurred last
night and today. The ice for several miles
above and below the city has been slowly break
ing up for several days. and today the river
is running full of immense foes.7 The thickness
of the ice is most unusual, but there Is little
or no danger of gorge, owing to the fact
that the ice is longer firm, but breaks
readily. ~
The Yankton Bridge & Ferry company lost
some of its pontoon floats in the breakup, but
succeeded in saving majority of them. The
river will be running free from ice and oper
to navigation in a week.