The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-01

STORMS PREVAIL THnoIGHorT
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
Severe Thsna~r shower. East of the
Asansasns-Hezvy Rains Threat
en- the wheat Crep--Harxsssfax
Well Advanced In Pcrssans OF the
ssrafa Belt

L Is hardly - - ssaewes that .ne r~-
srsSn2ng showers OF the past cSxssr %
ElESss A7Ve beer as xzvor4bEr RECEIVED
Al eEsr The STATE where saey have h@an
gSHeraz. as &c SsaGfE@ Were sra las szso
Eaa7taS - ssSznssr have nemn ssss.Ers-
s2szsze oy : srsrnefai asAt. unnzuas anG
unnatural - ira So9GG eogctrv A. tns
@s@I1er sz-esa IA tsfs eity RE- reports
k7sFE En&s Ehs rain has teen general ara
tn1oS1ssfsen A2s been received seatInx that
n Eastern wzshznxroa TIE snunasx
SfoTn1s Tor TIE past f0rty-eigkt hours
were severe. TIE Signs fcr re nsxs tzsu-
tg-tosr aozzrs in9iezte showers. ard M re-
Sorrs szz been reserved uD 70 o.sss~,x
that sAEZesEea tEst there : % be AZ in
mediate cessation T.s old reliable s-ate-
r1ent came up rrera the observer a.
EateosA that there WAS q gr@ss deal Gg
water above ard beIew, ard rxnarts frcm
ether parts 81 re state ard sror oesres
outside ef the state indicate TIE move
naeat % Light etorrg
Just az this particular tire showers OF
long 1onttsue1 duration w8zsks be es5saR-
trous. a. SUCH srsrehtng rains as pre-
FzSiazs tUrt1z a corresponding period IA
3saS weHl1 have tAe same eject Spoa the
~aeat crop Of Washington. toward xnieE
tse eyes of the worIass EasAs markets are
turned. as ~ thas t4Eas
Z 1zrsllEa. manager fe~ J. @ ADAMS 4
Co. among Ese heaviest buyers ~ The
country. stated yezterssav taaE sne crop
~oula not De greatly deprecated wish 4
week Ct showers. bat tAas 3 Grenehing
razr would rsssaeS tie prod1ct ard rs
market vai1e. Il an sections es The state
sareshlng Is ees1E carrie. on. ard the crop
= being taken eare os zs fast as men and
machinery cAn 80 Il. II The Big Bend
country - least hair & The crep IS har-
vested n the NaIla W4Iia district the
harvesting Is nearly completed. snd 20 per
cent OF the crup IL the paIoass district
has been cur and stacked
TIE present year - an exceptional one
q relation not only . quantity and quail
sty. bzs 20 the Insight ghat taa whsat has
grown II has heen a year when he straw
might have furnished an additional value
= tae crop.
Mr. Careln explains that The xyssez q
harvesting e. Washington differs radically
srorn that employed along ERE llnes of the
r1n@coatfrsntaI roads and elsewhere II
the wheat states Of ths courtry. n 81
esasr wheat belts ire straw Is considered
an adjunct % the cereal i.S@ls. zad q mar
KIT has been made Tor & wherever q can
BE CT. 70 advantage TIE knives ~ reap
srs ara sci law. 2na after the tAresatng
the straw an5& q ready sale. In Washing
ten the straw Is short snd the knives are
SCI hfxh, while q system 81 conveying The
Heads TO 4 receptacle = employed an4
nothing but heads IS passed through The
threehlnx machine. The heads. after
cutting and prior % thrsshlnS. are stacked
~ themselves. While the straw Is beaten
Down ard naEares he earth. In nearly
al other states tie straw Is cut long ard
bound with wire "a shocks
IRE arguments advanced by washington
farmers against the usual custom Is ss2t
there ts conss<srabls waste By ssauektns.
Is the extra number OK handbags. ard
tnas fhe value q The straw @oEl1 rot
equal he loss of me waeAz atSei1- II this
o1fnssn Mr. Car5sn does rot ssTee. TX
cent thaE portIen q The harvested crop
ssst has ne@u threshsa. tbs wheat beads
are IN stacks OK TIE waeat remains st1fe-
IT,. IN earaer event considerable daaazs
fright result - tNe rain continues. AZ =
=, BE- bored. however. thar ths lucky star
thar has shsas across The &@s1T1ss - ne
s-st- ~ wsshfrgton has not lat sts Aght
- Cur ara that its beams VII 2e1esrsts
fas gray cicnas fsst hang sneve tae best
ana most prosperous state n The Cntoa-