Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-03

tually during the morning. The storm
had been confined for the greater part
to the western and northern sections
and telegraph communication to south
ern and eastern points was much less
disturbed
Railroad Wires in Iowa Lost.
At the Chicago offices of the North
western and Burlington roads officials
declared they were having no serious
trouble with trains. At the Rock Isl
and general Offices, however, the rail-
road wires in Iowa were reported lost
and the whereabouts of several trains
unknown because of the loss of tele-
graphic communication The usual
kilograms of the weather bureau here
were incomplete owing to the curtail
ment of Geographic facilities. The Ca
madam and American northwest and
most of the country west of the Mis-
souri, river failed to report. Scattered
reports from Dubuque, Davenport, Kan
sas City, Springfield ILL.,, and Peoria
showed rain or snow.
Reports to the western Union.
Manager M. V. Moffett of the Chica-
go Office of the Western Union conn
pany said his reports of the effects OF
the storm on his companys wires
showed the following:
"Our service is all right east and
north, but we are having trouble in
the west. Last night a blizzard came
up north of Des Moines, Iowa. 1t
spread around in the shape of half
moon to the northeast and to the
southeast, extending west of the MiA
sissippi river and as far south as St.
Louis. Many of our wires are down in
this district. We are in communica-
tion with Cedar Rapids, Des Moines,
Omaha, Kansas City and st. Paul, but
the smaller towns are seriously al
fected"
Big Delay to the Postal.
At the office of the Postal Telegraph
company the following was given out:
Our reports show heavy delay in
communication with points in Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah,
Montana, Oregon, Washington, Califor-
MIA, Arizona, New Mexico, Minnesota
and the northern peninsula of Michi-
gan. We also are having trouble with
some points in Wisconsin, including
Milwaukee. The storm had been fol-
lowing our wires for the last two days
and we have been expecting it to
reach Chicago"
Iowa Crippled.
MarshalltOwn, Ia, Jan. 30-Central
Iowa is in the grasp of one of the
worst billiards of recent years. which
set in at l o'clock yesterday morning
Marshalltown is practically cut off
from communication with the outside
world by telephone and telegraph
There is not a single railroad wire
into the city, and few telegraph wires
of any kind.
Heavy Storm in Michigan.
Detroit, Mich, Jan. 30-A severe
snowstOrm, which was general all
over lower Michigan yesterday, is
and telegraph wires. The snow was
heavy, however, and not drifting, so
that railroads suffered little delay.
Texas Practically Isolated.
Louisville, KY, Jan. 30.-High winds
and snow formed combination that
seriously interfered with wire com.
munication in many parts of the south
and practically isolated the state of
Texas. At some points in Texas and
Oklahoma the wind blew at the rate
of seventy miles an hour carrying
binding storm of dust At Fort Worth
awnings and signs were torn away
and small buildings demolished. Sew
eral persons were reported, to have
sustained slight injuries.