The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-30
WHEAT HARD HIT
BY LATEST STORM
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very unfavorable. In driving thru the
valley, Mr.. Wood found occasional
patches of wheat not yet headed out
and estimates that; a considerable
acreage cannot mature before Sept 1
at the earliest, even with continued
god weather. The nights have been
so cold that little progress could be
made, and every day Of rain makes
the outlook more dubious. Flax is
loking well, but the total northwest
acreage, Mr.. Wood estimates at not
more than one-third that of last year.
"A Staggering Blow.
The storm last night was a stagger-
ing blow for wheat Heavy rains fell
last night at st. Cloud, around Fargo,
at Casselton, Fergus Falls, and altho
Grand Forks escaped with only a
sprinkle, the surrounding country was
we'll soaked. Thursday night New
Ulm had III inches of rain, Monte
videro 1.0S; Worthington 1.s0; Alex
andria 81; Milbank and Redfeld,
South Dakota, 1.S0 and 1.5s. All this
| and the only effect was to set 1t back
further. Last night these points es-
! capped but other points had rains. The
storm was very irregular.
! Rust More General.
The worst feature, however, is the
rust. This morning reports came
from the Northern Pacific road in
North Dakota and from the 500 line
4 from Hankinson west. The worst
| rust is in the Jim river valley in
South Dakota and 1t extends to
1 Wahpeton, NJ, D. =. To this morning
rust was "a localized proposition, but
! that is is general. From north CEN
| trail South Dakota to the Northern
Pacific line from Fargo east into Min
nesota complains are, increasing.
! Red rust is general and black rust
appears in places. Eureka and Hoff-
man, Appleton, Morris, Granite Falls,
Benson and Willmar were Minnesota
| points sending u1afavorable reports
Pyrotechnical Here.
The 'toldest inhabitant' of Mime
apolis whitfield another notch in the
thunderstorm" corner of his record
! stick this morning, admitting that last
nights meteorological disturbance
/ here was the worst of its kind he had
ever seen.
AS describing the thunder, the old
smile of the gods rolling beerkegs
over a bridge, wouldn't do at ALL
/ Aroused from his slunber, one would
/ have imagined a cavalcade Of iron
shod horses dashing across the room
| overhead. Fifteen minutes later, and
continuing for more than half an
hour, the crashes of thunder resem-
bled the sharp crack of dozen gat-
ling guns fired simultaneously, fol-
lowed by the boom of a thousand
thirteen-inch cannon lined up from
zenith to horizon line. The lightning
flashes were not three seconds apart
in fact, they were almost continuous.
Indoors they resehbled the binding
splutter of an arc light whose carbons
are not in juxtaposition.
iz=~T Then came rain in volume that sug-
gested the possibility that Jupiter Plu-
vius, accidentally or Intentionally, had
: unplugged his entire supply. Cutters
were filled with rushing streams, and
about the sewerholes the water surged
and foamed, unable to enter. In the
streets that have quick descent,
such as Cliff, or KenWood the water
!. rushed pellmell, carrying with it every
and howers in ieoring. !, park were
, crushed to earth, and this morning
, were half buried and bespattered with
mud - 1i.g
3 The wheat bulletin at the weather
department reported that all along
the path of the storm the rainfall ap-
proximated a cloud burst and cul-
In less than fortyhve minutes 1.30
inches of water deluged Minneapolis
and in ST. Paul there was nearly AMI
inch more. This was nearly equal to
the total rainfall for the entire month
of May.
1t was reported at the railway pos
tai clerks office that there were no
: serious washouts and that ali the mail
trains were on time. The railways
: had dreaded seriousresults and We're
] prepared to send out wrecking trains
J at a moments notice.