The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-13
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and cents And as for the river-well.
small boys ford it in places.
The average rainfall in the valley is
abundant. Records of the government
weather bureau office at Cincinnati.
which city may be taken as fairly CEN
trail for the region. put it at trifie less
than AZ inches per year. Unfortunately
however, the variations from year TO
year are wide enough to maintain all
traditions of the fickleness of the Amer
lean climate. For instance, the rainfall
in 1871 was nearly twelve inches below
the normal. In 1856 there was a def
cheney Of over 1012 inches, and in 1889
of nearly liz inches. In 1879 and 1880
one wet season followed another, the
excess rainfall being nearly ga inches
in the former year and nearly 12% in
the latter. Again in 1882 and 1888 the
excess was over ten inches in each year.
The deficiency in the rainfall for the
first nine months of 1894 amounted to
9S4 inches. OF these months, (Which
more than cover the growing season.
only September showed an excess COS
inch) above thenormal for the month.
July had deficiency of 2.95 inches, the
fall being only 10 inch for the month;
August was 2.07 inches below the nor
NAL, April Las inches, May L16 inches,
and March 1.13 inches. In each OF the
other months the deficiency was less
than 1 inch. The total deficiency for
the year was 1870 inches. In the first
three quarters of 1895 similar decrease
was noted. Although in January there
was an excess of 2.05 inches above the
normal, February showed deficiency
of 345 inches, March of 1.9S, April of .46,
May of 1.67, June of z.39, July of 81
~ her IF I D.,
inches-a total decrease for the nine
months of nearly 0.75 inches. The nor
NAL, with which these comparisons are
made, represents the mean of results
arrived at in observations covering a
period of twenty years.
For one thing, the double drought has
played havoc with regulations. Among
the thousands of springs and wells
which failed in Ohio and Indiana were
many hitherto believed by their owners
10 be beyond the danger OF drying up
Yet dry as a bone they became, leaving
their crestfallen proprietors the option
OF going thirsty and watching the stav-
IS of old oaken buckets warp and fall
apart, or of hauling water from the
nearest creek IN which a shrunken
stream was 10 be found. So called wa
ter famines prevailed in places suppos-
ed TO be exempt from such visitattons.
often assuming a serious phase, as. in
deed, was inevitable in cases where
people were forced to resort to unusual
sources of supply, which furnished wa
ter of extremely doubtful purity.
Not long ago newspaper dispatches
from Columbus made public a sorry |
story which had been brought to the
Ohio State Board Of Health by COM |
mIttee OF the residents OF a little coal |
,g,-s " n
the town depended. 50 the accounts |
ran. had failed. and so too had the only |
stream near at hand. Everybody was |
out OF water The teachers n the /
schools. unable to secure drinking wat /
er for their pupils. had hidden them pro
vide for themselves: but few OF the /
children had succeeded IN getting any
thing 70 I'll their impoverished can
teens. \ neightro-ing reservoir. from
which engines were supplied. was al
legged TO be polluted. and a cause OF ty-
phoid fever TO those vho. as a 1aSc re-
sort. risked drinking water from &
There was Statement, taal one child
had persisted or thirst
Wooded tracts. OF which there are rot
81 many q sto make injury 10 any OF
them a matter 10 be dLsreg s7o<
traces ot the two seasons scanty rain
fail
The fact X" sad II. r Wardrr. su-
OF the Cincinnati parks. Il
VINO has made a study Of the great
q question. that IN many places, nota bly,
n Central and Southern Ohio and Indl-
ana. many more trees are dying o. dead
than the average year adds 70 The AZ
boceaI mortality list Hsckcrie<. e-sseca-
- mad Wild cherry trees have soccurnS-
I'd n unusual numbers while sozoe oaks
- ,-z.-s.-, ~. -. s.r11rxfs. OF sxSsse-e
The bsSes CT elms have bern heavy,
largely. TO BE- sure because q the rsv
shes of rSso--n which fgihils n mission
- p=ruicSous activity BY boring soles &
iheSe a1e trees. bot also IA part b.
caose % the drought Even n TIE CT
riansSi PARKS. whe-e the utmost - 6ore [
10 preserve the tres. The ssneAs S-B=-
Our exp<rssace has been thai The young
rees stand -he ordeal mach better c1an /
30 these approaching maturity. cot
.nnag tie Losses By the5 Y statae.