The daily sentinel., 1907-04-22
FROST AGAIN TONIGHT
Low Temperature in Some Portions
Last Night-Slight Dam
age Reported.
Fair tonight and Tuesday; rising
tcnnerafure tonight; frost tonight.

Fair tonight and Tuesday; rising
temperature tonight; frost tonight.
The above is the forecast for west
ern Colorado for the next "a hours.
The temperature in various fruit
sections of the Grand valley reached
pretty low stage again last night
but did not get as low as 1t did ON
Saturday night
The Sentinel made inquiries
throughout the valley today and
conservative statement would be TO
the effect that some damage has been
done to various varieties of fruit In
some of the orchard districts but the
damage has not been disastrous and
with no further serious injury the
prediction that this valley will wit
ness the harvesting of one of the big
gest crops in its history, will be full
ly realized.
Last night as well as Saturday
night men were on duty at the wea-
ther bureau, under the direction of
Observer Guthrie, and close tab was
kept on the weather conditions and
in close communication with the fruit
growers the men on duty kept at all
hours of the night.
It was not as cold last night as 1t
was on Saturday night, at any point
in the valley, the lowest temperature
recorded during the night was 27 de-
drees at Fruitvale. Saturday night
the lowest temperature recorded was
&c degrees at Fruitvale.
Saturday night two alarms were
given, one at two o'clock and one at
four o'clock last night the general
alarm was given about $3.50 O'Clock
All we're fairly well responded to by
the people although there was but
little smudging done in the city.
The minimum temperature in
Grand Junction during the night was
so degrees. The maximum here yes
terday was Sc degrees.
The weather conditions were an
nounced at eleven O'Clock this morn
| ing by Observer Guthrie as follows:
An area of low pressure is cen
tral this morning in Montana. A
decided rise in temperature, since
Saturday morning, over Idaho, Mon
tana and South Dakota, has attend
ed the appearance of this low. The
pressure is high from western Texas
northward through Nevada and un-
seasonably low temperatures obtain
in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and
western Texas. Generally fair wea-
ther prevails except in western Kan
sas and Texas where light precipita-
ton has occurred
The indications for this locality,
during the next SO hours are for
continued fair weather. with rising
temperatures tonight. but 1t is prob
able that there win be frost again to-
night. and protective measures
should be taken.
The temperature fell to 20 at Pal
isade Saturday night and much
az ~ "A lot Vyu mn fhprn .
night it did not fall below 40 in Pali-
sade and no smudging was done as
there was no danger.
At Fruita the temperature ranged
around 80 degrees Saturday night
and last night.
At Clifton 1t was around 29 de-
grees at one time last night.
Reports from the Pomona district
| indicate that much smudging was
done there last night and Saturday
night under the direction of the Po-
mona Improvement league. Thor
ough Investigations in the orchards
in that section indicate that the dam
age has not been heavy, that if there
is not a more serious freze in Po-
mona they will have as big IL not a
lager crop in that section than last
year.
Fruita, Palisade. Bethel, Clifton,
Orchard Mesa Fruit Ridge and other
districts report more or less dam
age done to the fruit, but all dist
riots report that there has been no
sweemngly disastrous Injury done
and with no further hard freeze great
crops are insured.
All classes of fruit have suffered to
some extent. The apple crop is only
lightly touched so far.
1t would be impossible to estimate
the amount of damage done for sew
eral days yet.
At Denver this morning 1t was
down to 2S degrees; Pueblo 22 de-
grees. Amarillo. "a degrees.
POMONA is SAFE