PLATTE BRIDGE nearly three thousand s an a feet has been run and flagged crossing twenty small islands most or adlof which seem available for bridge heads the deepest quicksand found was waa yas less than seven feet and mandof many of the channels can be crossed without piles or by the tho use of one section in the center so far the prospects are fairer than has been the general impression press lorl lori and if the north channels are susceptible of anything like a similar subdivision sub bub division the bridge can be built scouts are now on the little blue bi ue sp spring rang creek and elsewhere reporting as to timber with orders to examine for stone peat coal etc kearney carmy verald herald