Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-12-25
In other words, we will not pull the
chestnuts out Of the fire for my one.
Depths of Snow.

On account of the misstatements sem
out about the amount of snow in NORTH
Dakota, W. H. Fallon, chief of the state
weather bureau, has prepared the fol
lowing from a special report from all the
observers throughout the state. The re-
port shows the depth of snow on the
ground on the 10Th and end of Novem.
Der, with remarks. Since that date a,
least one-half of the snow in the south.
ern part of the state and one-third in the
northern part has melted:
Bathgate: 18th, Q inches; Both, 6
inches. Nearly all snow is in drifts. Nc
crops in ground.
Dickinson: 18th, l inch; Both, O.s
inch. Eight to twelve inches of snow DO
miles northwest.
Gallatin: 18th, 5 inches; Both, 6
inches, Drifted less than for past ten
winters. No winter wheat raised, and
what has been sown a failure. There is
but little plowed ground this winter.
Grand Rapids: 18th, 3 inches; Both, 5
inches. Plowed and burned land prac-
tically bare. All snow drifted to stubble
and prairie grass. On 18th had severe
snow storm, with high wind, followed by
cold weather, freezing ground so as to
stop blowing and nearly all kinds of
farm work. 1t is a fair estimate that at
least 30 per cent. of the grain in this
LaMoure) county was unthreshed at
date OF this storm. None known to be
unstacked in this county.
Hope: 18th, 3 inches; Both, 4 inches.
Not many drifts. Snow has covered
ground most of the month, making good
protection for winter crops.
jamestown: 18th, 4 inches; Both 6
inches. No drifts 18th; small drifts Both.
Milton: 18th, l inch; Both, Is inches.
Snow on prairie is from 2 to 4 inches,
but on plowed ground nothing. No
drifts.
Napoleon: 18th, 8 inches; Both, 10
inches. Prairie and plowed ground we'll
covered with from 8 to IL inches. No
winter grain own in Logan county. Bad
drifts.
Power: 18th, 6 inches; Both 4 inches.
Not sufficient snow to make large drifts.
No crops in ground. All blowing ceased
with snow storm of the 10th and 18th.
st. John: 18th, Is inches; Both, 10
inches. Prairie snow drifted; lays level
in timber. No crops in ground this sea-
son of the year.
Sykeston: 18th, 0.5 inch; Both, 1.2
inches.
University: 18th, 3.2 inch; Both, 1.8
inches. Ground generally covered, ex-
cept on smooth roads and plowed fields.
No crops in ground.
Valley City: 18th, l inch; Both, 4
inches. No crops to protect. Wet
weather of September and October pre-
vented grass from burning; in conse-
quence snow is held where it falls. which
with what may reasonably be expected,
will insure the filling of the lakes and
sloughs in the spring.
Wild Rice: 18th, 3 inches; Both, 3.5
inches. Snow carried off fields and
lodged in tall grass and ravines. Not
enough sno" on prairie to protect any
crops that may be in the ground.
Willow City: Both, 6 inches.
Woodbridge: 18th, 3 inches; Both, Is
inches. Free from drifts. The ground
has been we'll covered all the month with
snow.
From the LIST to the 10th inst. mild and
pleasant weather generally prevailed,
permitting the work of threshing the
large amount Of wheat still stacked.
From latter date to close of month,
owing to heavy wind and snow storms,
with low temperature, the work was
greatly retarded, and in several places
altogether checked.
". II. FALLoN,
Observer, Weather Bureau, Director,
Central Station, Bismarck, N. D.