Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-22
THE SUMNER OF 1916.
EXTRAORDINARY WEATHER FOR JUNE
AND JULY.
Ten Inches OF snow In june When People
Froze TO DeRth--Overcoats and aiittens
All Summer Long Suicides Through
Foar That the sun wa. Cooling on.

Ifoxe To behth~~bNstfositA Nhu fAith'hH
All summer Long r Suicides Through
Pear That the sun Was Cooling on.
II haven't heard much else but talk
about the weather since came 20 New
York z said NouHgenarian James Ninchcs-
ter of Vermont who Is visiting bis dnugh-
ter IN this cty. "and you have had pretty
FuuR winter Tor here. | suppose, but re
member The aar that was winter from one
end u II ua.l the other, and when the
weather was 80 severe ia June that terri
bile snowstorm prevailed on the 18th OF that
month and l~0ple were frozen TO death in
the month of roses. don't think there are
many people who have as vivid a recolec.
tion of the year without summer rs |
have. for various reasons, one being that
there are few surviving wLo were rs old rs
| was IN that year and another u because
near relative 81 mine WAS frozen TO death in
Vermont ON June Il Of that year, which
WIS the year 1915
II was "a years old then, and lived in
Vermont. where | have always lived, and
where that memorable season was at its
very worst aS In the other New England
states IN jane snow fell but inches deep,
aud IN New York, PeunSy hania and New
Jersey il WIS nowhere deeper than 3 inches.
III gFtfi0HL " WIS ~ tittltN on Tue icNNl. !
mean the great snow Of June H. Snow fell
several times during that month. aud ice
froze every day IN the month IN fact,
there were snow and ice in every month Of
1916.
THAT snowStorm OF June II was one OF
the seycrest onts ! ever saw, even in the
depth Of winter in that locality Of severe
SHOWS. An uncle Of mine had some sheep
Ia back pasture lot. To get 10 that lot
be had 10 20 through a piece OF woods for
nearly a mile The weather had been very
cold all through June. The big storm Of
the 18th began along about noon, and my
uncle started after dinner 10 20 to the sheep
pasture to fix up Il shelter Of some kind for
the sheep No one had any idea cold and
eccentric ny the season had been up 10 that
time. that we could have fall Of snow
that would amount to anything at that
time ~ year WAS 1T my uncles when lie
left home 10 so 10 the sheep lot, and rs he
went ont 81 the door be said to his wife in
"a joculur way.
IF I'm not back in an hour, call the
ucighhurS aud start them after me June
j. u bad month TO got buried ia the snow,
especially when it gets to be 80 near the
month Of July
Nothing more was thought Of the mat
ter The snow increased In fury, and by
night ii had ,lrifted 80 that the roads were
almost impossible, but even then, and
when il grew dark, none OF us felt uneasy
about uncle. The weather bad become bit
ter cold When night set in in earnest,
aud there wa, no sign OF my uncle's return,
his wife sent me aud my cousin, who was
two years Younger than me, to alarm the
neiGhbors and tell them that We believed
nucle hal been lost in the snow aud had
persisted
We had a hard time getting to the near
est ncighbcr's less than u mile away, and
there gave the alarm. but could 10 ua fur
ther The III @hbur summoned others. and
ia spite OF tae severity of the night they
searched the wu0dS until morning, hat no
sign 81 the missing man could be found
The search n.ls taken up by others the fol
lowing dag aad all 90 the next night. with
ont any tral Uf him being discovered, ex
crpt that L. reached the pasture and built
a shelter ~ EaglghS Ia one corner Of the lot
under which the sheep were huddlcd on
the forenoon ut the third day the searchcrs
fnuul my uug,e buried In the snow mile
from thr pasture. ia almost an opposite di
rvytion from 1Wc lie WIS frozen still.
lie had ey identity become hgvilGerpd In
the blinai.,stJo nrl htd wandered about
until hr Sucritnibyd To fatigue and cold Il
sscug~ a ngu.; improbable thing that a per
son ever tull q i'm 10 u snowstorm III the
middle Of June tn tins latitude, but have
this sprrowHl knowledge 81 orc Instance,
~ le.st, where such thing wis only too
true.
The wind daring June, July and An.
gust of iSli WIS continuously from the
north and ii blew lefrply AMI cold Farm.
erS wore heavy oycrcnatS aud mittens while
l..-z. q. q. an
months There was but little use OF plant.
ing anything, nothing grew TO speak Of,
but they 3id plant corn ~ usual, and plant.
ell with mittcus on
There was very little rain during the en-
tire season The great piles of iircwood
that always accumulated during the sum
mer months ut the farmhouse back doors
IN readiness Tor winter didu't accumulate
IN IslG They were needed for current use.
July wis colder even than June, aud Aus
gust WAS colder than July. Ice half an neh
thick formed In July, but in August il froze
AN inch and more There WAS n heavy
sruwstUrm CA Aug %. The whole sum.
mer was ~ bleak and drpGry rs November
There was not u green thing to he seen any
where The first two weeks IN Suptemb Der
brought tie first real warm weather there
had been during the year. The thermom-
Cter went up To 20 degrees, which was -
degrees warmer than II had been since May.
The general opinion Ind been that the
cause Of the cold summer was u sudden and
rapid cooling Of the sun by some violent
disturbance, ard many believed that the
end Of all things was at hand The appear
nncr Of the warm spill tn Scpten her,
Though, Gisptilcd that fear for time, but
on tie 10Th of the month the cold weather
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