Arizona republican., 1908-07-14
 Tempe Department F.W. GRIFFIN. Manager

worse. In the vicinity of the Moeur, Fumerfelt and Meredith ranches the wind seemed to reach its greatest force. w. A. Moeur's house was par tially unroofed and the roof carried some distance and piled up against a canal bank His loss is estimated at $500. The J. R. Flumerfelt house was badly smashed by falling trees and the wonder is that the oc- cupants were not killed. MT. Flumer- felt returned yesterday morning from a trip to Kansas City and the scene of desolation that greeted him was not especially pleasing. The date or chard came in for its share of dam age and the summer kitchen was wrecked. At the Beltramenille and Meredith places practically everything was moved down by the wind Both houses were wrecked, all the trees were blown down, and. as a farmer expressed it yesterday, all that was left standing the next morning was the milk cows. Sam Warmers tent house was badly damaged and Mir. Warner and family had to seek shel- ter for the night with a neighbor. No doubt dozens of other instances similar to those above related oc- cured during the storm, but they had not yet been reported yesterday after noon.
 Mir and Mrs. A. J. Peters were out in the Kyrene district in the auto when the storm came up. They man. aged to reach the Jensen ranch be- fore it struck them and stayed there during it. Afterwards they spent the better part of the night trying to get home. The roads were so strewn with trees that they were finally obliged to abandon the auto and take a light rig with which it was possible to squeeze through some of the tight places and get to town.
 Dr. A. M. Keyser gives a graphic ac- count of what happened to him and his friend MT. Stuart. who is stopping with him. The doctors place went the way of many others. He ayers that chicken coop of his looped- the loop ten times before it struck ground and that Jack CampbeIls light wagon, which had a canvas top on. chased around over a twenty-acre lot with the speed of an automobile during the progress of the storm. There are numerous incidents more or less hum orous that might be related. but the situation is far too serious a one to be considered lightly.
 4 Melon Patch Ruined. As near as it can be determined from the report of ranchers, the hail zone was much smaller than that of ! the wind No hail fell west of town | and very little a mile east. South, | however, it was at its worst, and Pat | terson & Cos. cantalouDe patch has been totally destroyed. The patch was | twelve acres in extent and some 900 i crates had been gathered. It was reckOned as one of the best in the l Tempe district and as many as 150d more crates were expected at the | least Ten minutes after the hail. | storm landed all that was left were 1 the melons. The sight yesterday ! morning was a sad one. Not weed 1 vine or leaf was left in sight: only l the melons remained, and they were unfit for shipping. An effort was made to gather the best of them. but
 so few were found that were market l able that the whole thing was giver up and the patch abandoned. The 1 company's loss is not less than $100' if cantalOupes bring anything like {
 fair price this year. By some gooC fortune the Patterson patch was th'
 only one in the direct path of thu
 storm. Others were slightly injured
 but not enough to speak of, and pick
 ing in all other patches continued yes terday as usual.
 Wires and Poles.
 The report in yesterdays paper re
 garding the electric light and tele
 phone companies damage was sub
 stantially correct, though it was no made to appear nearly so great as
 really turned out to be. MT. Chandle had a force of men at work early yes
 terday cleaning up the wreck and
 was expected yesterday afternoon tha i. power would be on for the main par
 of town by night. though it will b some time before all the small job
 about town are repaired. MT. Chand , Ier's loss is some ten or a doze poles, a transformer and other incl dentals. in all about $500.
 The telephone company has trouble , of it's own. Four or five poles on tn a long distance line are down and tf g wires broken in as many places. I | was hoped that communication migf n be established with Tucson again la. I night. but it will be several days b'
 fore the forty odd troubles aboI 6 town are repaired. The company f handicapped by lack of help and thel n is so much work to be done on il a long distance line that slow progre r is being made.
 I The Creamery's Damage. F As mentioned in yesterdays pape V the Pacific Creamery was hit har : The plant was entirely shut down al e it was impossible to handle any mi if yesterday. Every effort is being ma,
 to get one boiler in operation to ke'
 the ice plant running, but it is O of the question to get up enoul
 steam to run the condenser or even
 separator The Mesa Creamery
 taking care of much of the milk
 the meantime and the creamery for
 is working night and day in ord
 to get things strengthened out
 quick as possible. The cupola on t
 warehouse wasf stripped clean fro
 one end to the other.
 Taking everything into consider ton, it is little less than miraculo q that some one was not killed. Tn .. fan. the only accident of a serious n