Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
A HEAVY FROST.
Reports From Over the Northwest
Regarding the Dam
age Done
SUNDAY Morning's Frost.

Sunday Morning's Frost.
As will be seen by the telegraphic re-
ports below, the frost seems to have
been general over the state on Saturday
night. though it is probable that the
damage will not be found to be 80 severe
as some of the reports would indicate.
Somereports from points north of Grand
Forks, however, say that good deal of
wheat will not be cut. as much of it was
very backward
Most of the farmers around Fargo
who had mnoh wheat yet uncut, stayed
up on Saturday night and prepared
smudges where they did not rlready
have them ready. The reports from
those who used them were generally
strongly in favor of their use, as pre-
tentative of damage by FROST
The following are reports furnished
by the Western Union:
Red Lake Falls-Very little frost in
places.
Drayton-Light frost; no damage.
Grafton-Frost; thermometer regis
tered %.
Warren-Light frost; think no dam
age done.
Stephen-Frost light.
Hallock- light.
Grandin-Froze pretty hard; no dam
o. 9 reported yet.
Grand Forks-Little frost; no dam.
age known yet.
Valley City-Heavy frost; damage
thought to be 80 to 40 per cent.
Hendrum Frost; thermometer at 6
q. m. 20.
Park River-Light frost.
Langdon: Light frost; thought to be
no damage.
Erie-Frost; grain damaged.
Clifford-Frost; don't think much
damage.
Portland-F Frost, thermo meter 80;
country covered with smoke.
Mayville f.ost; didn't freeze
water.
Towner-Light frost; no damage.
Devils Lake-Thermometer 80; no
frost.
Lakota-Heavy frost.
Gilby-Little frost
Hope-Heavy frost; froze one-eighth
inch.
Everest - Heavy frost; froze one
eighth inch.
Edgeley-Heavy frost; some damage.
Oakes--Heavy frost.
Jamestown-Thirty to fifty per cen t
damage.
Valley City-Heavy frost.
Cooperstown-Heavy frost.
Sanborn--Heavy frost.
Superintendent McCabe telegraphs
from jamestown as follows: reports
received from every station in this
division are conflicting, but all claim
that very little, if any, damage to crops
will result. All our agents have made
inquiries of farmers, and the majority
claim that the frost was too light to in.
jure wheat seriously. Farmers around
Jamestown claim that no damage has
been done, but are all anxious.
Major Fleming talegraphs from
Wheatland as follows:
Light frost at Wheatland; the Their.
mometer reached thirty at 5:15 Sunday
morning, but no damage to wheat or
oats excepta very few pieces that are
yet green. 1t can be noticed on the pc.
tatoe vines, but corn is not touched.
Smudges were general in this region,
many persons prepared them after 2
o'clock last night Ihad ffty.fve large
ones all burning at once. I don't con-
slider the damage at all serious in this
vicinity, wheat being more than half in
shocks.
James Holes said yesterday afternoon
that they had fifteen big smudges round
their land, and although the thermo.
meter went 80 below freezing, the grain
did not appear to have been damaged.
The beans and tomatoes were q little
touched.
The thermometer at the agricultural
college registered 80 40 as the lowest
point. President Stockbridge said the
garden at the college did not seem to
have suffered any damage.
The only weather stations reporting
frost yesterday morning were those at
Bismarck, Buford, Huron and Moor
head.
Killed by a Desperate.
SHE1BYv1n1E, Ind, Aug. 23.-Don
Bruce, city marshal, was shot and ia.