Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1901-07-18
ROAST IN MANY STATES
Government Reports Eleven sweltering
in the Boiling Sun.
KANSAS CORN CROP CUT SHORT
Must Ship Cattle to Market Because
Water Is Getting scarce-Pastures
Crops Almost Ruined.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-Reports
to the weather bureau show that the
hot weather continued yesterday in
nineteen states and territories of the
| great corn belt, the Ohio valley and
various portions of the south. There
seems to be no immediate evidence
of abatement, except in the south and
southwest, where local thunderstorms
may cause some moderation. The
states affected include Indiana, Illi-
nois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Ok
lahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Da-
kota, North Dakota, Colorado and
Michigan. 1t has become considerably
warmer also in the upper lake region
and in New England, Marquette,
Mich, reporting today record-break-
ing temperature of 102 degrees. Hope
of rain today in the region affected
by the heat was not fulfilled, only
traces of it appearing in one or two
sections, except at Galveston, Tex,
where about two-thirds of an inch fell,
and in eastern Texas, where there
were local thunderstorms. The tenn
peratures reported today show only
slight variations from the extremes
of the last few days, and these are
due to local conditions entirely. In
Des Moines, Ia, today the tempera-
ture was 100, in Kansas City 102 and
in Omaha 102, while at Davenport, Ia,
Denver, Colo, Little Rock, Ark, New
Orleans, North Platte, Neb., st. Paul
and Vicksburg, Miss, it was 96 or
higher.
KANSAS CITY, July 15-No relief
came yesterday from the heat. It
was repetition of the past two weeks,
with reports from many places in
western Missouri, Kansas and the ter
ritories of temperatures over the 100
mark. At most places the sun shone
mercilessly with not even a itful
cloud to break its rays nor a slight
breeze. In Kansas City last night
proved more bearable, a breeze from
the north alleViating the condition
but a day of intense heat followed.
Tonight there is a prospect of rain,
in Oklahoma, but there are no indi-
cations of change in any other part
Of the southwest.
With no relief in sight the fears for
the crops that have been expressed
are fast becoming realities and the
scarcity of water and generally dry
most serious one. What the real dam
most serious one. What tn ereal dam
age to corn, the crop most affected,
will be is problematical, but it is prob
ably safe to say that half the crop
will be lost. The supply of water is
short in almost every direction and
the shipments of cattle and hogs to
this market to save them must con-
tinue. In Kansas City today the gov
ernment thermometer reached 1O2 and
at Marysville, Kan, 104 was recorded
against 100 yesterday There were
three prostrations at Marysville.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 15.-Nebraska ]
again suffered from the heat yester-
day. The highest temperature report
ed by the weather bureau was 102 de-
grees at 4:30, but the thermometers
in the business district recorded 100.
The mean temperature of the day was
so degrees, the highest of the year.
The reports show that no rain has
fallen in the state during the last
twenty-four hours.
Reports that reach Lincoln tonight
indicate that rain falling within two
days will yet save the corn crop. The
wind shifted to the southeast this
evening and the atmosphere is some
What cooler,
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July 15.-Ths
long continued drouth has resulted in
the entire ruin of the corn and oats
crop in this section of the country.
Corn has commenced to tasse1 only
few feet high and no amount of rain
would now be of any benefit to that
cereal. The fruit and vegetable crops
are also complete failures, and the
pastures have dried up so that the
farmers are paying enormous prices
for hay and feed. Today was clear
and hot, with no relief apparently in
sight.