Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-23

Snow, frost and rain have played
havoc with the crops in the western part
of the Mississippi valley. The damage
done through the cold wave, which came
sweeping down from nor.awest Canada,
is reported to be enormous
Snow two feet deep cove:s the ground
in certain parts of Norm Dakota, and
around Winnipeg the Storm developed in
TO blizzard, before which neither man
nor beast could stand. Horses and oti.-
CT live stock perished 1t Hartley, near
Winnipeg.
THE cold wave followed the transforms
that have caused rot and lew in Min
nesota AID in the Dakotas generally
Snow las fallen as far south as Chey-
enne. which Monday night was freezing
und4r temperature of 30 degree, above
ze,o. Here are some temperatures for
Monday night;
Cheyenne. Wye. 1901 Coneordia. Kan. .4G
Lander Wyo. .36IDe Moines ..,... "a
Denver .......... .40lChicago .......... 81
Dispatches from ST Paul told Of ruin
TO wheat and fax in the Northwest
amounting to miliQns of dollars. Nearly
all the grain in shock, estimated at 30
per cent. and all the standing grain is
buried under snow and water. Eight
inches of rain had fallen in forty-eiglr.
hours. Railroad tracks have been wash
ed ort and trains from the Paeifc coast
have been for two days pu1hing through
deep snow aud are reported ten to TWEEN
t. hours late,
The rain has put stop to tlirashing
and with a shortage of cash grain on the
market, farmers are greatly discouraged
The grade of wheat that will be thrashed
later win be lowered generally.
In the Red River valley fields are so
muddy that it will be several days be
fore the thrashing machines can be NOV
ed. The situation is especially hard for
the farmers of northern Minnesota, as
their crops have already been severely
damaged by drought.
Much damage has been done in Wis
eonsin by rain. especially in the north
western part of the STATE. Rivers are
high. bridges have been destroyed and
jewellers on bottom lands have been driv-
en- from their homes Saw mills and pa
per mills on the Wisconsin river are
shut down because ( the foods.
The railroad reports say that more
rain has fallen in the western and north
western parts Of the STATE in three days
than has fallen all the rest of the year
Se&ere storms were reported from Spar
Ia, Wis, whore, il is said, hardly any
thrashing has been done for three weeks.
Many farmers in Iowa and Illinois, the
report will say, have. up hope of
more than a half Gro of corn.
I Iowa raised 29S,N0,000 bushels of
corn last year. quite percentage of
which was rendered understandable by
the wet fall, which kept the crop from
maturing before frosts came. The au-
thorities in Iowa have not looked for
over three-quarters of crop this year
under the best conditions, the govern
ment req TT Of Sept. 1 suggesting a yield
of 214AN 900 bushels. At least half of
this "a sed yield could be cut off by
a hard eze, meaning loss to the farm
ers of "a alone on the present basis of
values, Found 90 cents in Chicago, of
$5000o.SJ0.
Railroad officials share the present
alarm. The hopes of a great wheat crop
in the Northwest have been destroyed
already by excessive rains and snow
storms. and if the corn crop follows the
same course the railroads will not be
able to keep up their earnings to what
they have been heretofore. While mer-
chandise traffic continues extremely good
that is also bound to fal off if the farm
ers are not able to spenl money as freely
as they have been doing.