The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-21
HEAVY RAIN
HELPS CROPS
Storm Was General Over Kan
SaS and Oklahoma.
HEAVY D0WNPOUR HERE
Storm of Great Benefit to the
Growing Crops.
REPORTS ARE FAVORABLE
Most of Kansas Wheat in
Good Condition.
REPORTS ARE FAVORABLE

For the second tine this month gen
eraI rain has visited southern Kansas and
Oklahoma and this morning the ground
IS covered with nearly Al inch OF water.
As a result. farmers are optimistic con
corning crop conditions, and those who
have been predicting wheat failure have
been silenced.
The rain began IN this city at 1 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. During the early
TarJ Of the day the sky was overcast
with clouds, and consequently the people
Of this city were confident that the rnuca
needed rain would sOcn come. Many,
however, started down town IN the after
room without umbrellas. Soon q good
rain was falling and for one hour the
storm continued without cessation and
At O'Clock there were ten-hund-ed
CT an inch OF water On the ground The
rain then almost ceased for a few min
utes, CIt soon the downpour began sgain
and continued Throughout the night At
: O'Clock Weather Observer johnson went
10 the roof cf The Sedgwick building and
measured the rainfall, nnding at that
hour % OF an inch had fallen
Not only was Wichita and its inlme-
date vicinity blessed with a heavy storm
but other cities report rains also. Tele-
graphic reports received at the Rock
Island Office last night stated that there
was general rain all along the South
western Line. which extends from Nc
Farland TO Fort Worth. Texas Reports
received ar the Missouri Pacific dis
patcher's Office indicate heavy rains from
Wichita 70 Kfowa and from Wichita 20
Fort Scott. The Santa Fe Office reported
that there was rain as far south &c Pur-
cell. T. e.
the local weather Office stated that e was
then raining at Kansas City. Dodge CITY.
Davenport Iowa, Denver and Fl Worth
The rain last night brought the rain
faL for this month TO q higher point than
Is normal az this date IN March Cd 70
Z o'clock last night L45 inches had fallen
since February e. The rainfall this
month is greater than L was the CORES
nonding month last year. and the weather
observer states that there Is no reason to
be Respondent over the wheat outlook.
The storm yesterday and last night was
Cnacconpauied by wind or lightning.
The wind which whipped around the cor
ners q houses on Wednesday was but an
indication that the storm was foruirg
The weather observers feel that their
regulations FOR veracity have been sus-
tanned by the storm. as they had predict
ed il a hours in advance When asked
" hat had produced the storm, Weather
Observer Johnson said.
ION Thursday morning the low pres
sure was over the Panhandle Of Texas.
This was the storm center and the wind
circled around that point As the wind
moves around the low pressure from left
TO right or from east to west. it BROUGHT
moist air from the Mississippi valley
across the plains and toward the high
plateaus. AS the air ascended to the up-
lands or Kansas and Oklahoma the nois-
ture became condensed and fell as rain
he rain VIII prove Of great benefit to
the oats of which a large quantity has
been sown, and the prospects are that
there will be an abundance Of early feed
for the stoclZratSers OF southern Kansas.
George H. Randall. secretary OF the
Kansas 9Iulers ASSOCIATION. yesterday is
sued a crop bulletin based on reports
from al parts OF the state The bulle-
tin was carefully compiled and Though
Il may be = surprise to some because Of
the favorable conditions which IL indi-
Gates. there is no doubt that il is cor
rect The bulletin was prepared before
the storm.
The report is as follows:
Never perhaps in the last ten years
have the conditions regarding growing
wheat been 50 contradictory SIS they are
ar this date From the southern and
southwestern portions OF The state the
damaee Is quite serious. and II the rres-
ent dry, windy weather continues many
Of the fields ia this section VIII have 20
be uiowed up. sumner Cowlev. Jcrper
and the southern part Of SedEwiclC Cruu-
ties seem 20 have been she worst suffer
ers while material damage is reported
from Harper. Barton and Reno courties.
According to REPORTS the greatest dam
age has been done 10 soft wheat. and
che reports also show that Is per cent
Or The growing crop IS hard wheat. Ta-
king the face OF the returns as a pretty
far average. I think Il IS safe 10 say that
So Ger cent Of the hard wheat IS stiu in
fair condition and with eoo6 rai1s AMI
se1soaahle weather within the next ten
DAYS. may yet give promise OF good
crop.
1T may safely be said that in nearly
all Of the territory north % the main line
Of the santa re railroad wheat is SUI I'm
very fair condition. and in many l1csu-
ties the conditions seem 20 De very tavor-
able one correspondent from the east
ern part OF the state writes that pros