The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-06
CHILDREN 1EEThING
BABY is VERY COMFORTABLE AND
LAUGHS DURING THE TEETHING
PERIOD. THANKS TO
MRS.WINSlOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP

vista, cut, like gigantic avenue, or
lane. through all timber and brush dis
tricts. together with monuments set at
intervisible points, from three to four
miles apart
The monuments erected are of two
types, depending upon the import
ance of the locality. At prominent
stream crossings and main points OF
travel, the line-marker consists OF a
j-foot aluminium bronze shaft, weigh
ing 300 pounds, set in 1000 pounds OF
concrete. At less important points
the monument is smaller, being des-
| ignated as a cone, cast of the same
metal and requiring only 1900 pounds
of concrete for the base. There are
approximately POO of these monu-
ments along the 600 miles construc-
ton, mostly on pack animals, some
times on the shoulders of the men
themselves, was very slow and Ia
borious.
This survey is declared by engln-
GERS to be the straightest of the world
for the length encompassed In speak
ing of it, one of the engineers said:
The start was made from one OF
the desolate peaks of the Mt. st. Elias
Alps, on the southern extremity.
There we laid our course straight FOR
the northern lights and thereafter we
sweryed not so much as hair
breddth-peaks, gulches, bottomless
swamps-wherever the needle point
ed, there we went, one day cutting
our way through brush tangles, the
next building track across marshes,
or crawling over rocks and through
crevasses."
Small steamers, plying the Yukon
and Porcupine Rivers, co-operated
with the expedition but they were able
to reach with supplies only a small
portion of the actual route. South OF
the Yukon is a vast region, over 25O
miles in extent, over which all sup
plies had to be transported, for the
most part, on the backs Of horses and
mules, the commissary wagons being
rendered useless by the terrible mud,
which follows the escape of frost
from the soil in that region.
As might be expected, the greatest
difficulties were encountered beyond
the Arctic Circle Following the
rough scaling of the southern portion
of the survey, the joint expeditions
established their base at Rampant
House, an ancient Hudson Bay sta
ton. on the Porcupine, from whence
several dashes were made before the
Arctic Ocean was finally reached.
When the steamers landed the top
ographers and their equipment at
Rampant House, the native Indians
were amazed at the drove of what
they first took to be huge dogs, but
later decided must be variety of
homeless caribou. Inquiry developed
the fact that they had never before
seen nor heard of the horse.
Almost at the water line OF the Arc
tic Ocean, one of the larger of the
monuments stands today, marking the
international division. The final lap
required to place it there was over
a region fairly bristling with natural
difficulties, although only about 100
miles across. The course led over
treacherous lakes and swamps of the
Old Grow country, over the American
Mountains, the Davidson and British
ranges, thence down the long slope
to the coast. On this dash, wild ami
mails raided the caches and menaced
the surveyors. Ravenous mosquitoes
settled upon them in hordes day and
night; phantom lakes mountains and
cities lured and confused them and
over all blazed the summer sun of
the Arctics, "a hours each day.
The farthest-north monument was
placed in October, two years ago.
Since then the line has been travers.
ed several times for the purpose of
closing up the different divisions, and
the work is not yet complete Each
year a large force of men will be en-
ployed, during the open season, to
brush-out the avenue and keep the
monuments in repair.