Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-24
STORM CONTINUES IN WEST
Snow Flies, Rain Falls and Wind Blows
Over Wide Ares.
IRMNs on bad .LNls ARE OELMEO
iseautiful Sunshine in Omaha a.
compared 20 Kind Of weather
Prevailing IA some
Places.

Tho severe storm ga tae west and north
yest continues undated anu the railroads
re experiencing the greatest dificuity m
citing their trains through because Ut the
aavy snow end because the wires are
own Oh almos. every line Of travel. Trains
. most instances aIc from twelve to
.yenty-four hours late ami are getting
nrough the best they can on the Union
aeinc Nos. . and 10 Of Monday are ex-
ected 70 leave NORTH Platte today on
o. los time one wire was working to
forth Platte from Grand Island, ana the
Tres arc not up wesc OF North Platte
COMMUNICATION WIS had with CHEYENNE
trough Kansas city and Denver Re-
Jrts from Cheyenne show the storm IL
nabated with heavy anUw continuing TO
"A all over the Wyoming division. other
rough trains Of the Union Pacific had
It, been heard from AZ all.
On the Burlington main line most Of the
l. AIMS are from twelve to twenty-four
ours late. although No. 6 arrived Tues
y morning from Denver but one hour and
,enty minutes late. on the line from
nver to Lyons there is twenty-four
hes OF snow on the level with the snow
u falling. No word has been received
IN the Sheridan division Of the Burling-
since Monday. The Burlington wires
down northwest from Alliance and Il
showing when last heard from. on
main Line of the Burlington il is snow
west Of Akron and raining cast OF that
IN.
Ground Needed Rain.
ne Burlington crop and soil report for
Nebraska division given below, shows
ground was becoming a trihe dry for
lter wheat. which needed the rain that
falIirg Az over Nebraska. The report
for tn week ending last Saturday. buT
o speaks Of the rain which was falling
.nday: Rain during the week was gen.
and heavy on McCook division west
Holdrege and there were also some
ID rains northwest of Aurora on Linz
"A division. Rain was not, however.
eral on Lincoln and Wymore divisions
the ground was getting dry on the
and 22d there was q general heavy
a on two eastern divisions and on Nc
* division east Of stratton, so that
conditions are now favorable through
the district. t
OF much husRinE was done during the
tx, but such reports As reach the office
icate that previous figures are about
hit; that is TO say, a good average
p. yield ranging from twenty-five to
tenly bushels per acre.
he yield OF sugar. beets is generally
q ID and they are being taken out Of the
ground at q rapid rate.
Dples are abundant
GENEVA. Nebr Oct "a Especial -Rain
ia fallen continuously fer two days until
Tho precipitation has reached 3.S inches.
rms ground. which was hard and dry, is
thoroughly soaked. II Is still raining this
morning
HURON, S. D., Oct. 3AtspeciaI.) Ire
ports from the west and north indicate that
the rain and snowstorm that prevailed
Friday and Saturday over those sections
was more severe than at first supposed
While Huron was visited by an almost con.
t,auous downpour Of rain for twenty-fonI
GUS, localities from Atty to sixty miles
west and north endured storm of rain
slect and snow. So heavy was the sleei
iuo-g the west line Of the Northwestern
all way that telegraph and telephone com.
murication was very seriously interrupted
nd railroading made somewhat dlfhcult
From point one mile cast OF St Law.
ence. going west three miles, all but sev.
cntcen telephone poles were either broken
down or pulled from tho ground. About
ne same conditions prevailed along tho
Northwestern from Hitchcock north into
ffiith county. n serious feature OF the
storn Is the delay caused to threshing Cd.
ere,lons there being not more than one
falf 81 the small grain crop In this portion
az the state threshed. Potato digging /.
Interrupted because OF wet weather. tn.
crop is one Of the largest and best ever
grown In the state aud farmers, becaus,
of scarcity OF help and unfavora bl,
weather, are greatly behind In saving IT..
HARVARD. .Neb,. Oct ss-(special)--T
began raining Sunday about 4 O'Clock il
the afternoon and with but slight cessa
tons has continued to the present writing
the total rainfall being 800 inches. RI,
iain has been steady but at no time severe
phe storm. while inconvenient in many re
spects to stock and other farm and busl
mesa interests, viii be OF great value /,
fall feed and sown grain. as ii will start Il
the winter with plenty OF moisture an,
nal pastures and meadows better fee,
after the storm clears away. Considera5i
sathering OF corn has begun, which VIII
be Indefinitely delayed Corn Is yielding
well
WAYNE Neb., Oct 23.-tspeeial TeIe