Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-02
kansas CROPS GET RAN
WHOLE STATE BENEF1rsn
Corn will Average From Seven :.
Twenty Bushels to the Acre-s..
OF Garden Seeds Phenomenal-r,~.
Stock to BE Held for Better pri,...

1OpCh0J h0hsb July 6C.-lAdcTOSS1 ~
ports heavy rain In RusA county aoA
that grass and stock water is abunl
ant. Scott county reports an excelIer,
rain. The buffalo grass ranges a..
excellenv and there is plenty OF feaa
for the stock. Rain that fell in CIR.
ley county will insure a fourth Of !.
crop Of corn, ACCORDING to a dispatch
from Winfield. In Wellington, dur,n,
q severe rainstorm lightning strucL
a cookhouse belonging to a threshinz
outfit and two men were fatally IN.
jured. The rain was the most gen,
eral in the eastern part OF the STATE
which needed it the most
The sale Of garden seeds In the
state has been phenomenal. Farmer
purchased large quantities of turnips
sorghum and rye to seed for forage.
Many farmers have expressed their
intention of planting large fields u
turnips. The estimates Of the prob
able yield of corn range all the way
from seven to twenty bushels to the
acre.
XvU SpdSU1OulC CAOI IS u 6eII
stock will be made. The farmers are
now satisfied to hold the stock until
the prices get better, being confident
of their ability to obtain enough feed
for them now. While the rain came
too late to be Of great benefit to the
grain. it practically insured large
fruit crop. Apples and pears are get.
ting in bad condition, but now, with
anything like favorable conditions
they will make a large crop. The
Kansas apple crop is in fine condL
ton and the product promises to be Of
as fine a variety as has ever been
known in the state. The fruit sur
prised the horticulturists by the way
in which it endured the severe dry
spell.
The cities of the state will gain
great benefit from the rain. In some
places the sewer systems had gotten
into bad condition through the lack
of water to wash them out. They
have now been fully flushed and q
better state of things will result.
AL 1CC WulCn Wdo oLdI lug
some of the cities in the face has
now been averted by the cooler wealth
er. Water has been supplied in gen.
erous quantities, buildings have re
ceived thorough wetting and the
danger from fire is lessened tenfold.
Atchison, Kan, July 3d. The
drought in northern Kansas which
has lasted without interruption since
April Is, is broken. The Missouri Pa.
cific railroad has received reports from
all stations which extend 300 miles
westward from the Missouri river and
northward into Nebraska, and all e1.
cept two or three report downpour
from fourth Of an inch to two inches.
The rain was a steady, drizzling one
and lasted, in most places, for three
or four hours. The parched earth
absorbed the moisture as fast as It
fell. While the recent rains have
covered central and southwestern
Kansas, they have not touched the
northern counties up to within the
last "a hours.
Kansas City, July 30.-Rain fell
here almost continuously, the down
fall amounting to over an inch.
Lincoln. Neb., July 3O.-Reports
from all over the state show that the
rains that visited this state have left
the corn in many localities in better
condition than was at first thought
In some localities, however, there Will
be no corn, while in many localities
there will be about one-third Of
IRON