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Show I. : TWO FREAKISH RtYEnsJl m Tho Journal printed n story the Mot " jlay about the freaks of the IUo Gigfflc. l m It hna recalled somo other whlm?of l m 'ho r'ver. During the constructljlftkt r tM tho Atchison, Topoka & Santa Ft ill-' ill-' UK way In 1BS0-81 the constant cha itliig cPftwi0 t'le r'ver'fl courso caurpd the Sfa-c Sfa-c fjfc 1'nny great trouble and expense. 5 ho , flK lodging pf n largq cottonwood tr Van mt a Band bar has many tlmca bee Ttho -?canu 01 turning the rlvr mlloniid i lml,Cfl out of lts cl'nnno1' Tlie 'Mot tj-SB-'Los Lunes, tho county Beat of Vkfjri-h,'CTIa Vkfjri-h,'CTIa county, New Mexico, had for ny W:$B- years endeavored to brldgo tho rher r W feo as to facilitate travel betweejib t?(lf t and Fort Slaijton and tbtgVii? f- w Inn'110 wuntry, As It was, tfajci &' pfton bad to bo suspondod for rnoMia "il during high water. After a dea!Rf fefll altlrmlahlng and englneerlnK for fUjSs, K nf a contract was lot during low watRio one of tho railroad contractors to fijad Kg! - the bridge, which work was acijow-1 acijow-1 pllsbcd with a pile driver and crewjffiit Btt had been at work on the rallroad.trgb If town bad a grand celebration onMRb' I '" r'dgo was opened for twai. 1l. Bpcechcs, winding up with a bangsSt ft with music, fireworks, and PVic: B4ifl In the oveulng. Hut, sad to relateTfit EilBiJ"" runo Yfe3?Ht"it.v ERKWMoegan to cut up Its otd capers, andjilu K-P9&!t n,K'it wound up by changing U tSKmm (o tho far. aide of the valley, at Mcit tHft -f 'h. tour m"efl away, and leavlug Los Luus Brs3:H Rrul lts I'r'dfio stranded high and rag;' iK:! TllQ t0Wn council 5lold lieatcd IBpm whether to remove tho brldgo ofTm-HgS ofTm-HgS tempt to turn tho river back lnttfjta' Kkyi.Old channel. An attempt was mio KCfmtlnally to tirn the stream. Jm |