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Show A BOUNDARY LINE MISTAKE. It Co.t CI rent Krltain a Strip of Land About a Hi (r as Khoda Inland. Sav FuiiNrisco, April 13. The Chronicle's Seattle special says a mistake mis-take which cost the British government a piece of land as large a Rhode Island has just come to light. FInsign Moole of the United Stales navy, connected with ,the coasti4nnd geodetic survey, i i.anthorityviafor" 'tltt statement that the ,;roti mowrm, for the bptimlarv. at i Blaine, Wash.. mi f.;r many' miles east 1 of thr, ire aoo rardi horth nt tb 4Dth I parallel, which sLonliLfae thefHWndary, rfffee jeais"'iio;'huf fnid not heen officially offi-cially reported to Washington. The mistake wes probably made ia lt5i by surveyors in northern Montana. |