Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-07-26

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smaller. No relief'other than a5slight
cooling of the atmosphere resulted.
The Indications seem favorable for
more showers, but no one attempts
to say when general rains may be ex-
pected. The situation throughout the
state has become very uncomfortable.
Everything is stifled with dust and
water is becoming very carce Over
a month of 100 degrees temperature,
with hardly a drop of rain, is the story
reported from many Kansas counties.
Pending the coming of rain, farmers
are rushing their'stock to market, try
ing to buy feed for their stock and
hunting for water. In the cities the
prices OF milk and other farm prod
ucts have largely increased.
In Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo-, July "a. The
thermometer in Kansas City remained
at or above 1O1 for five hours Tues
day, reaching 1O2, the maximum at
four o'clock. A fair breeze from the
northeast made the conditions more
%bearable; but six pr%ostrations were
reported. One proved fatal. Local
thunderstorms are predicted, but
they can give little relief.
Damage to Kentucky Crops.
Louisville, KY, July 24.-There was
one prostration from heat Tuesday,
with a temperature maximum of 100.
Dispatches from over the state tell of
intense heat and great crop damage.
Paducah reports that at two o'clock
the government thermometer. regis
tered III. Langstaff's MILL had to shut
down owing to the heat. There were
five prostrations. A special from Paris
says the present drought is by far the
worst ever known in Bourbon county.
Reports.say that the corn crop will be
ruined and the tobacco crop will be
nearly half a yield. Some farmers
along the Maysville and Lexington
pike are even refusing drinking water
to travellers owe the road. Cisterns
are giving out and wells are going dry.
There has been no rain here for five
weeks. In some instances water for
stock is being hauled five miles. A
special from .Williamstown says farm
ers have been compelled to quit work
in the fields on account of the extreme
~ high temperature, while thresher
men are not making more than half
time, the men employed to run the
machines being unable to work for a
long period at a time. A week of this
kind of weather and corn and tobacco
will be ruined. No rain has fallen
here since the 4th of July.
Another Record Breaker.
St. Paul, Mimi, July 24.-Reports
from all sections of the states of Min
nesota and the Dakotas show that the
heat wave continues with if anything
increased intensity. Many stations
report Tuesday as being a record
breaker, with maximums ranging
from 100 to los. Bismarck reports a
maximum temperature of 1O6, the
highest in many years. InsSt..Paul the
top was reached at 1904, just one de-
gree below the previous high record
established last Saturday. In this
city the relative humidity was above
the normal and Indications are for
thunderstorms, The>heat has had the
effect of maturing grain much earlier
than usual, and in northern Minnesota
and Dakota the wheat is about ready
to Gut. Work in the harvest fields,
however, is carried on with great diff
fculty, many ~prostrations of men and
animals being reported.
In Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., July 24.-Showers Wis
tied the east central part of Nebraska
Tuesday evening, but there was no
general rainfall and none at all in the
sections most sorely drought-aflicted.
The precipitation at Grand Island was
nearly a third of an inch, and itranged
downward from that to a sprinkle in
the towns of Alma, Franklin, Trenton,
Hastings and Aurora. In the state crop
bulletin issued Tuesday it is admitted
that early planted corr in the southern
half is ruined and late planted in great
danger. In the northern half early
planted corn is badly damaged and
the late suffering for rain. The maxi
mum temperature for Lincoln Tuesday
was 1O3. In the western part of the
state live stock is being marketed at
any price the farmers can get.