The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-22
COUNTY PARBO|LED
IN HEAT AND SWEAT
First Day of Summer Comes
and Makes Her Pres
ence Well Felt.
HAMMOND SUFFERS IN HEAT
Weather Man Promises Relief, But
Is Not Very Enthusiastic
About It.
About It

From Hammond to Gary and from
Robertsdale to Lowell the people of
Lake county sweated, sweltered, stewed
and brOfled under the hottest sun that
has shown on Lake county this summer.
Fortunately there were few fatalities
result of the tOrrid heat except I'm
the canine population of Hammond,
which was depleted by the death of half
Il dozen dcgs, shot by the police.
The various parks In the Calumet re-
giOn were filled with the people who
hoped TO get away from the bake ovens
which old Sol had made of their homes.
Inst night the residents of the entire
region lay their beds gasping for
breath and this morning many of them
oke very little refreshed after n
nights attempt to sleep.
May BE Cooler Tomorrow.
After three days of increasing heat
the best that the weather man can
promise is that 1t will probably be
cooler tomorrow. The fresh southerly
winds will become variable" This is
not very reassuring to the thousands
OF people who had hoped that a change
might relieve them and at least allow
them to sleep at night
Over on the lake front there were
hundreds of people who journeyed
thither in the hope of getting a breath
of the fresh lake breeze but they did
not stop to think that there was an
oftshore breeze and that the air of the
lake was being heated by that from the
| land instead of the blistered sands be-
! ing cooled by the lake breezes.
Consequently instead of finding the
much sought relief the Hammond suf-
ferers were simply toasted little more
and those who went in bathing are ex-
hibiting suburned bodies which testify
to the heat Of the suns rays
/ The city of Whiting was as hot as II
the lake was a dozen miles away and
the same was true at Indiana Harbor
iFhe people went out on the lake fron'
from both of those cities but they die
not find any relief from the heat.
1t Was Fierce In Gary.
Gary was a scorcher The hot sands
were hotter than ever before and the
absence of shade trees made the city
as hot as a desert And there was nc
place where refuge could be taken
from the heat. 1t was hot everywhere
compelled to put up with the discom-
forts.
Down in the southern part of the
county the heat has been so great that
the level of the Kankakee river has
been lowered inches within the past
week The sun has been drawing the
water up into the skies by the millions
of gallons and it has been deposited
over the farm land in the county much
to the delight of the farmers.
Bully For the Crops Though.
There was one of the worst thunder
showers in Hammond Saturday nigh
that has visited the city since the storm
overturned several buildings here 6
month ago The sorm was furious ant
month ago. The storm was furious and
Had it not been for the thunder show
ers which have continually watered the
vegetation in Lake county 1t is certain
that the crops would not have been a:
promising as they are today. Th'
farmers say that the hay crop will b'
better than ever and the wheat, oatl
and corn are all doing well.
Today strong south wind has beer
relieving the situation somewhat an'
II is expected that there will be shower
late in the afternoon. If these ma
terialize the temperature may be re
duced to an extent which will max
the weather tolerable