The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-27
Missouri Riuer Drops Here But !
Huge Gorge Holds at Williston
Danger Of Flood In Lower Sec.
tions of Mandan .Alleviated
When Heart River Recedes
danger Not Yet Past Here
AZ Rise Will Occur When
Williston Gorge Breaks

Falling sta ;es were recorded
along nearly the whole Of the Mis-
souri, river in North Dakota today,
according 70 @. w. Roberts. federal
iikte0rolo9iik -.'-5,s. 81 go = - 'ss.
At Williston, where 4 huge gorge
has been causing much concern for
the $600,00 vehicular bridge at that
point, a slight fall has been reported
by the weather observer there. who
stated that water was evidently
sscaping through or under the
gorge.
There was six-inch drop regis
tered in the Big Muddy at Bismarck
during the past "a hours and the
cakes of ice which filled the river
from shore to shore yesterday have
almost completely. disappeared.
The river at Washburn and Sanish
was also reported clear OF ice with
slowly falling stages at both points.
Heart River Receding
Receding waters in the Heart river
were alleviating the dangers Of q
flood in the lower sections Of Man
dan today. The j, Undated underpass
Of the Northern Pacific railway on
the eastern outskirts Of the Morton
county seat was also reported to be
gradually clearing itself Of water.
Threatened washoutS along the
Memorial highway, where tho over
flow waters Of the Heart had been
tapping the edges Of the grade in
some places for the past three days,
were drying beneath the warm sun.
Despite the falling stage Of the
river. there is still danger to be
guarded against in the lowlands I'D
jacent to the Missouri, Mr.. Roberts
said today. The breaking Of the ice
gorge At Williston and the gorge in
the Yellowstone at Fairview will -un-
doubtedly cause another rise of the
Missouri and It is this condition that
must be watched by the river-border
dwellers.
Fishermen should not ATTEMPT to
set any traps or nets of any kind
until every vestige Of ice has disap-
peared from the river, Mr.. Roberts
said. The ice cakes arc unusually
large this year and will smash .
boat or-any other floating. wooden
object into kindling in the wink Of
m eye.
.s, Highest Level Equaled
Indication that = break - occur
ring. or has occurred in the ice jan,
at Willistonl which 10 imperilinR
the 100000 highway bridge near
that point, were seen today in the
fact that the water level below the
jam Is rising while above the jam II
'is falling.
Readings taken last night indi.
Gated that the water level at Willis.
ton, below the jam, was -10.l feet
while above the jam It was .26 feet
This equalled the highest water level
ever recorded IN the river at that
point, II was said today at the state
highway department. here.
Shortly before noon today, how
ever, the federal weather butess
hers WAS advised that the level at
Wflliston had risen to lib 4eet and
that the level ct Trenton, above the
bridge, had fallen.
: II could not b determined, ac-
cording t0 adviles received here,
WHISTLER the Jam was breaking 81 tn
riwef had 6StabliShed Z new chan.
nel vhjch was serving a.; N o1tlel
Tor the water impounded by the tcl
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abGvS anl below tho lam lMdie1ted
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