Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-08-21

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at about 1:3O o'clock. The rain fell in
torrents and the wind was strong.
Hail stones were thick and some re-
posts saying that they were to be seen
six inches thick on the ground. Among
those who lost by the Storm were the
Clemmons and Lipperts both OF whom
had most of their wheat cut. The
hail hurt the flax pretty badly ana Ed
Clemmons will have to ploW up what
was hit on his place. Henry Kemp
also lost some flax but had most OF his
wheat cut before the storm. On the
Cornell place there was damage done
to oats and flax and on the Russell
farm the oats and speltz were damag-
ed considerably. The strip Of hail
was narrow in width not being over 2
or miles wide and moved in a south
easterly direction.
The loss by hail on the Ed Clemens
place was 60 acres of fax. Frank Glenn
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20 acres of oats. John Severn lost all
the crop on one quarter, the southeast
quarter in the section, while the north
half of the section was not touched by
hail. He had ITO acres in flax and 40
acres Of oats. 1t was the only part Of
his crop that he did not have insured.
Reports from those on The ground
early in the morning after the Storm
are that the hail lay thick in the road
and on the prairie, and in some low
places in the road the axle Of a buggy
scraped the stones, they were piled
and drifted 60 such depth.
Steven CorWin lost what crop he did
not have cut and Aug. Klose lost his
grain. Some OF the losers returned
tWine bought for harvesting as they
had no use for it. Mr.. Corwins loss
will be on 200 acres of wheat, $50 Of
oats and 300 acres of flax, on the last
named the loss being partial. He had
about 25O acres OF wheat cut.
In Monday nights storm A. w. Rus
sci lost the greater part OF 100 acres OF
wheat, while he had 175 acres cut and
shocked.
The losses will be considerable on all
such grain but a good deal may be
saved after threshing as the yield is
large and even the hailed grain may
Weld as much as in other years
crops.
The prairie grass in some parts Of
the track of the storm was badly cut
up. Most of the hail struck the prai-
RE where the farms were scarce.
Train men coming from Oalles this
morning report good deal of hail be-
tween Ypsilanti and Adrian along the
track. Most Of the grain in that part
of the county is in Shock.
A telegram from Dckey stated that
the hail of last night cleaned up a good
deal of what was left from the hail Of
Sunday night. The storm extended
north and east of Dickey. A good
part of the wheat had been cut. 1t
was stated that flax was damaged
about 80 per cent and wheat in shock
about the same. 1t was the worst
Storm Of the week and was accOmpan-
led by heavy rain and wind. Losses
west of Ypsilanti and Montpelier are
also reported from the same storm.
Among those who lost were the follow
ing, who had parts Of the crop stand
ing: VIM. Saye, Will Lenton, Mrs.
Cassell, Will Derby, l.. Bennett and
others
In Sunday nights storm that went
east and south OF Ypsilanri, in addi-
tion to those losses previously reported,
the farms of Lon Williams and Leo
Pfetferlee we're struck and the crops
not harvested badly damaged. The
strip of hail was reported about three
or four miles wide.
In addition to the hail losses from
Tuesday nights storm in the southern
part of the county John Ford Of Mont
pelier lost about all his crop, some
..s3, 600 wiped out in about 20 minutes"
he says. The new Chicago ranch lost
about 500 acres Of flax, no insur nee.
J.T. Nolan Of jamestown had 100
acres of wheat south of the Beaver
which was pounded down into the
ground so that not spear Of the grain
was left standing. He says that fire
weeds as big as his thumb were cut off
by the hail. He had cut only seven o.
eight acres of the field. William Nc
Whinnau also lost his flax and ROht.