Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-19
GREAT CORN CROP
BADLY DAMAGED
'IDr and Hot Winds Creating Havoc
/ With Bright Prospects.
SMASHED ALL HEAT RECORDS
a. Muskogee the Temperature Was
fi4sz With Hot Winds Burning
il The crops--Fort Smith
/ Reports 109.

Topeka. Aug. 1s.--After, another
lsweltering day, with maximum tenn
norature Of 100 degrees two degrees
foWer than Sundays maximum, relief
came In the form Of o cool breeze
nom the North. The temperature was
me highest on . corresponding date
for 20 years. Reports from over the
state indicate continued hot weather.
1ho temperatures in the Central and
southwestern portions ranging lover
400 degrees.
The b0O-million.bushel corn crop
nhich seemed almost assured in Kan
naS and Nebraska on August l has
heen crimpIed and shrunken by the
excessive heat of the past few days,
and absence Of adequate rain for two
weeks past Generally the corn In
lthe eastern part Of the state does not
appear to be seriously hurt, a1d some
parts even OF Central Kansas are still
hopeful Of full crop, but in Western
Kansas and some Of the big corn coun'
ties in Northern Kansas and Southern
Nebraska reports indicate that the ex-
areme heat and drought has done great
damage to the crop. The amount OF
damage done Is impossible to estimate
ii the present time.
Belleville, Kan, Aug. 1S.ANo rain
mas fallen here this month and the
temper atures for the past ten days
have reached 100 to 1903 degrees every
day. A great deal Of the corn is In
critical condition. The best informa-
ton is that 1t cannot make over half a
crop. Early corn is probably damaged
Is per cent. Late corn much more.
some fields are beyond redemption,
Others with rain this week will come
out with fair crop. Pastures are
burning up and ponds and creeks going
dry. Fruit trees and gardens show the
III effect Of the extreme heat
Clay Center, Kan, Aug. 1S.-Corn
has been slightly damaged on the up
lands by the recent hot dry weather
On the low lands 1t has probably not
been damaged at all. Should the coun.
y get a soaking, general rain within
che next two days 1t is doubtful wheth
or It could ever be told that the cror
had gone through hot spell. he
ground Is not very dry and the corn Il
beginning to feel the effects Of the
hest. Even with continued dry wealth
or this county will get considerable
corn.
Oklahoma City, Ok, Aug. 1S.-For
mer heat records Of the summer In
Oklahoma were broken in nearly every
portion Of the state. The highest regis
fration, ia degrees, was at Norman
At Gage, in the Northwest, ITO de
grees was reached At Sayre, the reg
istration was 112; Kingfsher and Nc
Alester 113 and Ardmore III. Crops
along Red river valley are beinl
ruined
Fort Smith, Ark, Aug. 1S.-Th'
temperature reached 1903 degrees here
as recorded at the United State
weather station. This is the highes
mark that has been reached in THU
place since the establishment Of thu
government weather station, % year
ago. In 1896 the thermometer ind
Gated a temperature Of 107 degrees.
6alina, Kan, Aug. lS.--Best authori
ties estimate that the corn crop in thi
vicinity has been damaged rs per cen
BY the extreme heat in the last week
and that there will be 60 per cent OF
crop. The ears are large but the grail
a -Shrivellng rapidly.
Muskogee, Ok, Aug. ls.-All hea
records for this section Of the countr
were broken when the government
Thermometer at Bacone universit
registered 114% In the shade He
winds are burning up crops.
Banker sues City Of Seattle.
Seattle, Wash, Aus. 1S.-Samuel
Bonnifeld, owner Of a bank in Beloi
Kan. president OF the First Nation;
nonk NJ Fairbanks. Alaska and n