The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-02
SIGH FOR NICE WEATHER
SUMMER SLOW To ARRIVE
Winter Kisses Spring an Anectionate
Farewell and Leaves on Her Brow q
Moist Imprint-Immersed With
aDrizzling:.Ra in-Tfresome.

The mont Of May Just past will be
remembered by Anaconda as a very dis
agreeable one. There We're few pleas
ant days in it, and many stormy ones.
March weather was more preferable.
The last 20 days of May were wet and
the roads were muddy and the streets
more than muddy. The grass and cot
tonwoods thrived during the damp sea-
son, but the threatening clouds and
general uncertain, unsatisfactory condi-
ton of the elements tended TO depress
The spirits of most citizens. and cause
them to sigh for dry weather and an
~overcoat. Business has suffered mate
rally, for when the sun positively re-
fuses 10 shine more thar % minutes in
three weeks men close up like CLAIMS
and don't spend their non unless they
are obliged to. The continual frown
that the heavens have worn of late has
had the effect of making young men
old. n old men older-until now this
city resembles a muddy old camp after
a hard winter. If the sun doesn't come
out soon the people will feel very bad
~, I'M may not get over Ii all sum-
mer. Bicycles that ordinarily should
have been battered up by usage. are
still In show windows. Patent leather
shoes repose in the cases in which they
were shipped to the city. Straw hats
are not to be seen. Umbrellas, mack
intoshes and rubber shoes parade the
streets at a time when seersuckers,
straw hats and smiles are supposed to
be in evidence. Tender lowers shiver
in the presence of spring and droop their
heads in anguish and weep tears of sor-
row over the delay in the arrival of
summer, which was expected yesterday.
New cllSG words ha va haan oninad sinna
the sun went into seclusion behind dark
clouds, and some of them are corkers.
The rain and cold have been pretty en-
eral over the state. and the last crop
bulletin issued from the Montana Sec
ton of the service sums up conditions
as follows:
The week has given much cloudy and
rainy weather. with a mean tempera-
ture a little less than the normal. The
rainfall has been from one to two
inches over all central. southern and
eastern sections. All correspondents
unite in stating hat the range and
grass fields are in the best condition for
years. and that The outlook for grains
of all kinds and for field and garden
crops Is exceedingly promising. While
some low lands have been Hooded and
are too wet for best growth, for the
most part the rains are. of inestima-
bic value to- the farmers of the state.
Crops are in most excellent condition
in the extreme western part of the state,
and most fruit is in full bloom. The
correspondent at Plains, under date of
18th, says ii has rained there 30 hours
ont of the past 36, and still raining. w.
H.. Steele, at Grantsdale, reports that
after making a close examination, he
thinks there will be about one-half crop
of cherries n plums. The berry crop
promises well, and apples are not in
inrp1 In some fields winter rye is
three feet high. The correspondent at
Falls reports grass to be as
fine as ever seen. and that he never
saw such a strawberry bloom before.
Showers have been frequent i'm the
Beaverhead valley. and not for many
ing as now. At Dell 1t Is reported that
the loss of lambs was heavy with some,
while others report no loss.
There is some seeding yet to be done
in the southern counties. and some of
the rivers are bank full, with low lands
flooded and too wet for work. But gen.
orally no damage has resulted from the
heavy and continuous rains. 1t is re-
ported at Belgrade. in Gallatin county,
that wheat never looked better. but
oats and barley do not seem to be do
ing so well. though the stand is good.
The correspondent at Billings, in yell
lowstone county, reports that Landing
is about over. with the crop below the
average.,
Some snow has fallen in the noun
tains i'm central counties, but generally
the temperature has been about the nor
NAL. and with the copious rains, crops
are advancing fast. Correspondents
generally report considerable loss of
lambs on last week, though the outlook
is for a large crop of both lambs and
calves. Fruit trees are coming rapid
ly into bloom, and are very promising.
one correspondent. at White sulphur
Springs, reports that winter wheat is al
most entirely winter killed. He states
that potatoes planted two or three
weeks ago are not up yet. Alfalfa and
clover are making a good growth there.
The bottom lands are still a little too
wet and cold for the best growth of
crops in Teton county, though they are
not backward. The correspondent at
Shelby reports grass to be 10 inches
high.
There has been less than the normal
rainfall i'm Choteau county. and IL has
been cooler than usual. yet there has
been a marked advance in vegetation.
and farm work has been pushed. The
work of repairing fumes, bitches and
dams is going rapidly forward.
Seeding is progressing rapidly in VAL
ley county, m 1t is about finished. The
prospect for hay never was better, and
the ranges are exceedingly fine. Range
stock is in good flesh, and the wool clip
will be good. The correspondent at