Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-19
DEEPEST SNOW THIS LATE
si1 Inches Breaks Record for Similar Data
in Weather Bureau HiStOry.
MELANCHOLY REMINDER OF 'FRlscUs FALL
Vegetables ana Fruits said 60 Have
Sustained No Serious Injury
from the Present Pre-
cipitatiOn.

A heavy snow IN Omaha Aprii Is the
FIRST anniversary Of san Franeisco's destrue-
ton.
1t was a great day for the Oldest In
habitanL
by gum, this reminds me Of the spring
Of 81"
Some such remark started on 1000 con-
servants on the prodigies OF weather and
then the Oldest Inhabitants proceeded to
swap yarns that made the Younger In
habitants open their eyes.
OF course they went the present year
some better. Shows were always deeper
in the olden times. They always appeared
later IN the spring. The weather in short
was giddy young thing in those
days and was apt to do almost anything.
When morning dawned Thursday there
was snow on the ground to a depth Of six
inches and the trees were heavily loaded
with II, The snow continued almost
throughout the day. but the rising temper
AZURE melted that which had fallen and
turned the streets into seas Of slush min
gled with snow.
Record Break king on Date.
At the weather headquarters in the
federal building, Colonel welsh gave out
the information that this is a record-break-
ing snow in point OF lateness. The statistics
OF the bureau show that the last snow of
each year for the last ten years fell on the
following dates 1905 March 96; 1906, April
Is; 1904. April .; 1903, April 90; 1902, April
25; 1901, April II; 1900, April 70; 1899. April
6; 1898, March q; 1897. March Is But all
of these are described as only a trace"
mere fraction OF an inch.
A snow as deep as the one Of Thursday
has not fallen In April within the memory
of the weather bureau There is a
tendency there where only hard facts and
substantisted figures are given credence, 20
treat with contempt the weather re-
mnisences Of Oldest Inhabitant Stories OF
great snow storms in former years are
branded as very much exaggerated. to say
| the least" But n the Oldest Inhabitant
| gets behind the year 1871 he is safe, for
the records OF the weather bureau run not
back Of that year.
One Day All Remember.
Remember what a nice day this was last
year?'' asked one man Of another on a
street corner
NO can't remember dates" was the
reply
well your memory ought to retain
| April 1S 1906, anyway" said the other.
The man remembered all right when he
was reminded how, on the morning Of that
day. wild-eyed newsboys rushed from the
newspaper Offices with papers announcing
the greatest catastrophe that ever &C.
CURED in the western hemisphere-the San
Francisco earthquake II was beautiful
day and the whole city stood on street
| corners and absorbed the news as II came
in fresh extras every few minutes from
the newspaper offices. where telegraph op-
orators and editors. linotypers and press
men were working at highest pressure to
give the people the news.
Regarding the snow of Thursday, Colonel
Welsh says the moisture could not have
been precipitated in a form more useful
to the soil and crops. The snowfall was
general throughout this state and up into
Montana and Wyoming. The temperature
was moderate everywhere and the snow
was melting slowly and being absorbed by
the soil, which Is very much In need Of IL
Though the outlook Ii not for colder
! weather. the snow will protect the crops
II the thermometer should drop. 1t will
also protect such of the fruit trees al
have not been hOpelsssly Ripped by the
recent cold spell.
Not Fatal to Vegetation.
When the people of Omaha arose and
saw the beautiful snow Thursday morning
they little realized that the snow extended
from the Missouri river to the Rocky noun
tains. The railroad reports from agents al
along the line show the snow a grea
benefit to the soil and planted crops, ant
the report also says the snow, as falling
Thursday morning, would do little OF M
damage to the fruit trees some plum ant
peaches having been destroyed by the fFos
Of last week. This is only the very earlies!
vast quantities OF fruit are said to be for
titled against injury by the hardness o
spring, which has delayed nature In IL
process Of development, Not yet have an!
hard-tlm banners been unfurled IN Ne
braska with tho fruit or vegetable man.