Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-22
MORE DAMAGE TO VEGETATION
People Crowd Street Cars at
Night in Guest of Fresh
Air.-The Record.
RECORD OF THE HOTTEST DAY.

] p. M. IO3 IL p. m.......... Sc
g p.m...........1Os I2 mIdnigk.... SO
p. characterization
Above is the hourly record of an
other hottest day on record at the To-
cal government station, made, it is
superfluous to state. yesterday. These
figures were registered in the free air
well above the street aud where the
mercury was unaffected by the copdi-
tions that mortal man had to contend
with.
On the streets thermometers show wed
from 10 in the shade to 125 in the
sun, condition of affairs that would
make an ordinary stoKer of a man-of-
war out of the trade. Thermometers
that were not set to register above
no went as high as they could aud
then burtt their bulbs.
The breeze that drew across the
face of nature smelled of scocched
vegetation. 1t raised blisters on the
bare places aud brought forth streams
of Precipitation elsewhere. The fact
that the degree of humidity was very
low alone rendered life tolerab.e.
There was very little doing on the
streets or anywhere about the city,
most people Preferring inactivity TO
putting forth any great effort to find
Il cool place. In the evening it was
impossible to sleep and the street cars
did IN immense business hauling pas
sengers who travelled merely to keep
cool till we'll into the night.
Intense Suffering
Records all over the middle west
were broken to smithe-eens. tenn
peratUres ranging from 104 TO 1O6 be-
ing reported from Iowa, Illinois,
Missouri and eastern Kansas and Me-
braska. Suffering WAS intense, but
there were not a great many prostra-
tions owing to the dryness that pre-
vailed. The damage to crops done on
such day as yesterday cannot be es-
timated.
IL the people of Rock Island county.
in common with those of the upper
Mississippi Wiley. were asked TO name
the one thing they desired above all
else. the single woId rain would Iise
till the man in the moon could hear it.
Every day of hot and dry weather is
cutting bushels of corn from every
field in the county. and if it is contin-
ued much longer the plants will die in
the fields and be unit even for
forage. One can now see the unusual
sight of king corn trying to send out
a shoot before it has been able to
tassle. The silk hangs waiting for
the fertilizing pollen upon which de-
ponds the development of the grain
and which may never come. O-htr
growing crops are suffering as Sc
verely. The weeds. aud even the
sand burrs. find it hard work to re-
cover nightly from the drying out
they daily receive.
Manufacturers Alarmed.
Manufacturers are becoming
alarmed by the outlook, for light
crop means light orders for next WIN
ter and this means idleness in the
shops. One prominent local manufacr
turer said today general rain at this
time would be worth $50. 900 to his
concern aud others Will echo the
statement in proportion to the extent
OF the business they are doing
In Former Years
That there have been other drouths
preceding this will be seen by the
following table showing all the great
drouths In the history of the country
from 1921 to 1876:
In the summer of 1921, 81 days.
In the summer of 1880. IL days.
In the summer of 1867, IS DAYS.
In the summer of 1862. 80 days.
In the summer of 1874. As days.
In the summer OF 1868, 81 days.
In the summer of 1894, 63 days.
In the summer of 1705, 40 days.
In the summer of 1715. 40 days.
In the summer of 1928, 81 days.
In the summer of 1870, % days.
In the summer of 174l. ~ days.
In the summer of 1749, los days.
In the summer of 1886. Al days.
In the summer of 1862 128 days.
In the summer of 1878, 30 days.
In the summer of 1871. 80 days.
In the summer of 1912 % days.
In the summer of 1856, "a days.
In the summer of 1871, ~ days.
In the summer of 1875, 26 days.
In the summer of 1876, 20 days.
1t will be seen that the longest |
drouth that ever occurred in America /
was in the summer of 1862. No rain
Iell from the first of May to the first
IF September. Many of the inhabit-
ants sent to England for hay and
grain.
The government thermometer reg
stored 1OI at $3.50 O'Clock this after :,
loon.
Licensed to Wed.
christian Sanll ...... davenport
frs. Tbrace GegenheImer ......Rock Island
larry M. Isbell .MaquoketS. Iowa ,
Iiss LeuR Hendricksen.." LOST Nation, Iowa