Deseret Evening News | 1901-07-18 | Page 1 | Missouri River Cuts Its Banks

RIVER CUTS ITS BANKS Eight ight jMiles iles Below clow Part of Its Us Waters Now Plow Flow Plowing Flowing Flossing ing Into the tile Platte Island Five Miles Long Formed a City rity MO no July Mis Mist in rt t tf r Ui hu cut Its banks at ot n a point r i south futh of oC Leavenworth and andt t c t tine ring p part rt of Its waters Into r r l HM river rhe bed of at the Platte Piatto r frat rsc fl 4 t and there thero cb i I that within tho the next few teW days das the Missouri will wll be transferred com corn completely complete to the bed of ot the Platte An Island III land tWo five miles long and In somo some pearly nearly two miles wide has hM ha been formed If It the Missouri adopts tho the new now channel this land will be trans transferred erred from train Missouri to Kansas