Crittenden press., 1907-01-24

place for l75, 600 people. more than
there are m any one of four Of our
States, viz. Arizona. Idaho. Nevada
or Wyoming. About ffty miles from
Durango, Col, there j. point where
four, states corner Al this place by
stepping a few feet in either direction
one can walk in four ifiereut Common.
wealth IN a. many seconds. These
These State, arc Colorado, Utah, New
Mexico and Arizona. \ nearly
parallel case is at IIarpers Ferry,
where the train .topc. a few minutes
TO allow the passengers to alight
and enjoy a view which permit. them
to look into three States Maryland
Virginia aud West Virginia.
The highest aud lowest elevation in
this country are in California. within
one hundred mile, Of each other.
The loftle,t is Mt Whitney u. I99
feet high. and the lowest is Death
Valley, about $50 feet below the
level Of the sea. Two Oceans pass.
in Yellowstone Park, is so named be.
cause whenever there l. shower in
the vicinity aud a certain small creek
oyerfows, its waters spread out over
the edge Of the continental divide
and pas, into tributaries Of rivers,
part Of which flow 20 the Atlantic
aud tho other to the Pacific ocean.
There a number cases where unique
situation have developed in cities
that happened to be divide by State
lines. These oddities are the result
of differences in law. The boundary
between Texas and Arkansas runs
along the main street Texarkana. and
iorme rly if a FIGHT occurred on the
side Of the street, the combatants
merely had to cross to the other side
walk to be out Of the jurisdiction Of
the authorities governing the territory
where the disturbance had taken place.
The two sides of Texarksna did not
deyelope equally, because the admin
istration Of one State was more en-
terprising than the other.
Bristol is located on the State line
bctweed Tennessee aud Nirginir.
One Of these States has regulation
preventing colored people from oc-
cupying the same street car seats with
whites, aud the has not, consequently
the colored people have merely to stay
on one side of the car, on the bound
AIRY street, to sit were they please,
The dividing line between Missouri
aud Kansas is State street in Kansas
city. Missouri is wet and Kansas is
dry, so one side OF that particular
avenue is literally lined with" FRS,
and Last Chance saloons, This
locally is supposed to have been the
birth place of this original form of
saloon advertisement
North Dakota has prohibition law
and Minnesota has not. The Red
river of the north is the boundary, aud
it separates the two towns of Fargo
aud Morehead. Each saloonkeeper in
Morehead has little blackboard, and
these vehicles are sent for anyone on
the other side of the river who wants
a drink When citizens of Fargo !
begin to have a dry feeling IN his
throat he merely telephones the bar
tender who keeps his favorite brand |
Of liquor, and lew and behold, he is
given a free ride both ways for the
price OF his drink Such enterprise |
is certainly novel if nothing else.
Undoubtedly the most extraordinary /
boundary complications are those re-
,ulting from what are known as the
stores. These places
IRE scattered all along the line be-
.ween the United States and Canada
rom Vancouver to New Brunswick.