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limit of its regular movement forward and the onlj- important changes which 

 can be expected in the future will be movements such as have been mentioned in 

 the western territory, and also shifts northward and southward along the 

 northern line brought about bj' extremes of temperature from year to year. 



In Texas the line extends from western Yalverde County to Mertzon in Irion 

 County. It then runs northwest through the western part of Sterling County, 

 passing through the northeast corner of Glasscock County east of Konohassett. 

 From here it proceeds northeast, just touching the southeast corner of Howard 

 County, across Mitchell and Nolan Counties, passing through the northwest 

 corner of Taylor County just west of Merkel. It then passes northeastward 

 through the middle of Jones County just east of Stamford. From here the line 

 continues northeast, passing through the eastern part of Haskell County, just 

 touching the southeast corner of Knox County, then into Baylor County, pass- 

 ing just west of Seymour. From this place the line runs north, passing just 

 west of Vernon in Wilbarger County, and leaves the State north of this place. 



In Oklahoma the line enters the State in Tillman County at the extreme 

 southeastern corner of Jackson County and runs slightly northeastward through 

 Tillman County, passes into Kiowa County, just touching the eastern boundary 

 line of Jackson County. It then passes 2 miles southwest of Vickers and con- 

 tinues to a point 10 miles east of Hobart in Kiowa County. Turning northward 

 it passes 1 mile southeast of Bessie in Washita County and onward to a point 

 12 miles north of Clinton in Custer County. From here it proceeds northeast- 

 ward across southeast Dewey County to Longdale in Blaine County and con- 

 tinues to a point 7 miles north of Isabella in Major County. From here the line 

 runs southeastward, passing through the southwest corner of Garfield County 

 to Hennessey in Kingfisher County, tlien turns northeastward, passing across 

 southeast Garfield County to a point 5 miles north of Perry in Noble County, 

 and continues across Noble County, passing through northern Pawnee County 

 to Nelagoney in Osage County. Bending eastward, the line passes through 

 Washington and Nowata Counties to Yinita in Craig County and continues to 

 Cleora in Delaware County. From Cleora the line turns southeastward to a 

 point 6 miles west of Flint in Delaware County and continues southeastward 

 into Arkansas. 



In Arkansas the line enters the State at Cincinnati in vrashington County 

 and goes east to Fayetteville, continuing due northeast through the north end 

 of Madison County and the southeast corner of Carroll County, through Boone 

 County and through Oakland in Marion County and Prestonia in Baxter 

 County. 



In Missouri the line enters the State at Bakersfield in the southeast corner 

 of Ozark County and continues northeast through Howell County to a point 4 

 miles south of Woodside in Oregon County. The line then turns eastward, 

 running through the northern part of Ripley County to Poplar Bluff in Butler 

 County. From Poplar Bluff the line again turns northeast, running to a point 

 4 miles north of Leora in Stoddard County. Here the line turns southeast, 

 entering Mississippi County at the extreme northeast corner of New Madrid 

 County, and then runs to East Prairie in Mi.ssissippi County, at which point it 

 joins the 1921 line and continues to the Mississippi River at Belmont. 



In Kentucky the line enters the State at Columbus in Hickman County and 

 then runs southeast, crossing the extreme southeast corner of Graves County 

 into Tennessee. 



In Tennessee the line enters the State at Dukedoin- in northern Weakley 

 County, continuing due east along the border and entering Henry County in 

 the extreme northwest corner. From there it goes southeastward, passing 



