Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-04
EAwEsT OF The YEAR IN SOME PLACES
Number Of Tswns Report Seighing
Excellent and the Cutters Out.
MOISTURE, HOWEVER, IS WELCOMED
Grain Will BE Benefited if Weather Turns
Warm from rcw On.
SEVERE COLD is HARD ON THE FRUIT
sleet which Preceded snow Generally
Thought 90 Have KILLED what Was
Left of the Early Blooming
Varieties.

Varieties.
snow-Mpy 3, 19O7-the same day on which
came forth from the city hall the second
Dahlman dog proclamation,
Put IL down in your note book and when
the oldest weather liar processes to tell
you that this doesn't compare with the
snow Of May To- anything from four to a
hundred years ago, make him prove 1t.
According to the Weather bureau archives
this is Omahas first May snow
The only thing that can possibly explain
the presence of snow on this date is that
it to have been circus day at South
Omaha and ladies day at Vinton street
base ball park, or that the retail grocers
were contemplating a picnic.
sleety rain began falling about
O'Clock Thursday night and later broke
into snow, of which about half an inch
had fallen up to o'clock Friday morning,
when the snowfall resumed, continuing
up to about II a. m. Friday, reaching a
maximum depth of about two inches on
the level biting wind accompanied the
snow and the mercury hung about 30.
Denth to Vegetation.
Shrubbery, fruit and gardens that were
| just beginning to show the benign effect
Of ordinary May day were covered
/ with ice and seet before the snow fell
and it is the general consensus Of opinion
among fruit men and gardeners that every
thing In the fruit and garden line in this
/ vicinity is killed, with the possible excep-
| ton of apples. Cherries seem to have
fairly withstood the frosts of several days
ago and were already forming. Those that
! survived the former frosts have gone by
/ the board now and it is predicted by nur-
serymen there will be no cherries in the
! banana belt this year.
Apples being harder fruit will yet
come out all right. All hopes for peaches
] have long since vanished. Strawberries are
not in such bad shape, as they had just
| begun to bloom and the buds that had not
already burst into bloom will survive the
cold snap all right, though the crop will
be very greatly reduced.
Garden truck is generally destroyed and
will all have to be replanted Grapes, It Is
thought by fruit men. have not been seri-
ously hurt on account of the lateness OF
I the season and the slowness of budding
! this spring thus far.
On the whole fruit men are of the
opinion the snow and sleet OF Thursday
night and Friday morning have practically
doomed the fruit crop for this section,
with the bare exception Of apples.
weather Bulls Grain.
One of the effects of the snow and freez-
ing temperature throughout Nebraska,
Kansas and Colorado was a sharp rise in
prices on the grain markets. The Chicago
market responded with a sharp advance
at the opening of u cent in wheat, 4 cent
in corn and g cent in oats. The winter
wheat crop has been seriously affected by
the continued cold weather and recent
frosts in the wheat belt. and the sudden
advance at the opening of the market Fri
day was in response to the latest weather
developments.
Snowfall I'm ther Places.
LINCOLN. Neb., May 3-snow. which
in some places fell to a depth of four
inches, covered the greater part OF Me-
braska this morning, breaking all known
records for the month of May not only in
the precipitation of snow, but in the tenn
perature, which registered q degrees early
in the day The snow was driven by
heavy wind in the eastern part OF the
state and the storm had all the marks
Of a blizzard, with drifts delaying trains.
Topeka. Kan, May 3.-An inch OF
snow fell over this section Of Kansas this
morning, with temperature Of 30 degrees
prevailing.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. May IA snow storm
|
morning. It will greatly benefit the grow
ing wheat.
KANSAS CITY, May s.-There was
light fall Of snow here and in northwest
Missouri this morning, following a cold
rain.
WICHITA, Kan, May S-Rain that
began falling here at midnight, turned to
sleet this morning when the temperature
stood at 80 degrees.
DEs MONIES, May S-snow is falling
in many sections Of Iowa today. The mer-
curry stands at 81 degrees and indications,
as issued by the local weather bureau, are
that the worst frost Of the spring will
visit the state tonight. One inch Of snow
has fallen in Des Moines.
MUsCATINE, Ia. May s.-A snowstorm
approaching blizzard proportions Is raging
! here. The temperature is falling and the
: wind is rising.
1 NORTH PLATTE, Neb May 2-(spe-
= cial Telegram.)-F1v inches OF snow fell
. here during the night, but no wind accom-
S panied II, and II win be great benefit to
I soil. The sun Is melting the snow fast and
5 all will be gone tonight.
70 GRAND ISLAND, Neb., May 3.-(special
o Telegram )-Five inches OF snow fell this
morning. The weather is now clearing and
snow Is melting rapidly. The temperature
J
> AINswORTH, Nab., May 3,-(speciaI.)-
There has been an unlocked for change in
the weather the last forty-eight hours.
May came IN bright and warm and school
children in the afternoon went TO the
creek and had a May day party. In the
8 night the wind began 10 blow cold and at
= o'clock the snow began 10 fan and has
a Continued until there have been over three
I inches OF snow fallen.
d LEIGH, Neh., May 3-(speclal The
n ground was covered with a light blanket
}. OF snow here this morning The nights
Il have been exceeding cold for the last few
y days, Ice appearing every morning.
e SHELDON Neb, May 3-(Special) -
T. Sleigh riding on May 8. Such was the now
Is city here this forenoon. There Is eight
inches of snow on the level. which means a
e wet soil when II has melted. oats. which
n has been sown for several weeks, are up
i fine and much apprehension Is felt as to
the probable damage the freezing WssthaD