The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29

I 80 degrees at Pomona.
Ills a.m.-37 degrees at Palisade
1:20 a.m.-35 degrees at Palisade.
1885 a.m.-34 degrees at Pali-
sade.
2:20 a.m.-40 degrees at Palisade.
with a breeze blowing.
2:30 a.m.-30 degrees at Brook S
| orchard in Fruitvale.
2:45 a.m.-34 degrees at Logan's
orchard.
3 a.m.-37 degrees at Bridges
ranch east of the city 6 miles.
3:15 am-3S degrees at Palisade
and wind rising.
4 a.m.-25 degrees outside of the
Hamilton orchard and so degrees in
the orchard, Is degrees at the
Smith orchard on Orchard mesa. 20
degrees at the Logan orchard. SO
degrees at Palisade. 81 degrees Y
miles west of Palisade. 80 degrees
at the weather bureau.
4:3O a.m.-3S degrees at Palisade.
295 at the weather bureau.
4:45 a.m.-34 degrees in the Ham
i,ton orchard. 23 at his house and 2S
degrees at the edge of the orchard,
and "a degrees just across the road,
a.m.-37 at Palisade, "a at
Fruitvale, 81 at Pomona and 29.3 at
the weather bureau.
$50 a.m-30 at the weather bu-
reau.
From $50 am. on the tempera
ture began to rise throughout the
valley.
These reports, covering points in
all of the local districts, give an idea
of what the weather was like last
night.
A Comparison.
The minimum reached at the bu
reau last night was 29.3 degrees.
The minimum reached Sunday night
was 29.S. The minimum reached on
Saturday might was 2S.9 degrees.
In nearly every district the tenn
perature ranged a shade higher at
the different hours than it did on
Sunday and Saturday nights
General Alarm Sounded.
At 1:40 am. the general alarm
was sounded throughout the valley
and hundreds of new smudge fires
started up. The whole valley was
lighted by the mare of the fires and
heavy volumes of smoke arose from
many districts. From every neigh
borhood The Sentinel learns that the
smudging was the heaviest ever
known. Orchardists who believed
that they had fruit unhurt until last
night worked like TrojanS to save
the fruit last night, and it is gener-
allv believed that all were more or
less successful. The temperature
was kept up in every locality.
What Palisadc Did.
1t seemed that everybody in the
Palisade section turned out to make
smudges. In the town and orchards
big fires were built-fres that were
expected to heat as well as to send
forth smoke. 1t was found that the
burning of coal was very successful
in heating the atmosphere. John J:
Jenkins and others in the town OF
Palisade built great coal fires In the
streets. The upper end of the val
lev was literally choked with smoke
and the work was not in vain. Ihe
lowest temperature recorded in the
Palisade district, as far as reported,
was 33 degrees, although 1t perhaps
went lower at a few individual
points.
Several times the Palisadeans be-
came frightened, but worked all the
harder and sent the temperature up.
People residing across the river from
Palisade but who did not start their
smudges until late in the night tell
of feeling hot waves at Intervals
sweep from toward Palisade, show
ing how well the air was being heat
ed. At one time the smudges were
allowed to die down, just about day
break Suddenly it was seen that
the temperature had dropped from
3S to 33. The smudges were revived
everywhere and soon the tempera-