The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-02
TWO INCHES RAIN
Topeka Receives Much Needed
Soaking.
The Deluge Began at 4:3O This
Morning.
EASTERN SECTION ONLY
Rain Did Not Reach Western
Half of State.
Marion Limit on Santa Fe,
HeringtOn on Rock Island.

Topeka and vicinity were viSltedthlS
morning by steady soaking rain gen.
eral over the eastern part of the state.
Blown up from the southwest by a gen.
tie breeze, tt II began at 4:30 o'clock
and continued until 7:S0. For three
hours the rain poured on the dry and
dusty city and whitening crops Of the
county. When it was over the govern
rnent gauge registered 1.94 inches pre-
cipitation or two thirds as much as fell
during the entire month of July.
The rain will undoubtedly be the sal
walton of the corn of the state in the
eastern section, as farmers have COM
plained during the past week that the
hot winds had left the crop in a con-
dition such that only early rain would
save It.
The local weather bureau acknow-
ledges thai the weather dispatcher of
the southwest slipped one over on them
by sending up the rain and explain it
in the following way. Monday morning
that region rain was falling in the Pan
handle and in Oklahoma at Enid and
contiguous points. ThedisturDance, how
ever, was not taken to be serious
enough to provide rain for so great a
territory as would reach Kansas and
ncy.
The night temperatures which had
varied only from Sc at sunset to 50 at
midnight end kept the forenight a
nervously hot one with little breeze, be-
gan to fall after II o'clock and at 4:30
when the rain began the thermometer
recorded 79 degrees. In five minutes
thereafter, it fell to 70 and at o'clock
was down to 69.6, the coolest of the
right. At o'clock when the rain had
passed, the mercury climbed back to
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Reports From Railroads.
The Rock Island reports general
heavy rains from Kansas City to To-
peka. From Topeka to Herington
which covers the middle section Of the
state the rain was heavy but not as
heavy as Topeka. From Herington to
a point about 30 miles south the rain
was scantys and from here to Wichita IT
picked up again. falling in torrents at
Wichita, Wellington and Caldwell.
From Herington southwest on the ter
ritory between Herington and Liberal
the Rock Island telegraph officials say
that there was no rain whatever. This
means that southwest Kansas did not
share i'll the valuable downfall of mois
ture.
The Santa Fe reports good rains from
Kansas City to Emporia. From En<
poria to Florence and Marion the rain
diminished and at Marion it did not
rain at ALL West of Marion on the
Santa F'e the officials found no traces
of rain, except in the vicinity of Wich-
ita.
From the Rock Island and Santa Fe
reports it will be seen that eastern, ana
southeastern Kansas got good rains.
Central Kansas was thoroughly soaked
in the vicinity of Herington and direct
ly south Southern Kansas from Wich-
ita and east the rains were as heavy
as reported in Topeka.
Harveyville, Kan, Aug. "A good
soaking rain of an inch and a half, in
valuable to the crops of the county
fell here this morning beginning at 5
o'clock.
wichita, Kan, Aug. 2.-Showers that
fell in south central Kansas Monday
afternoon and last night did not ef-
fectually break the drouth of the last
month. A clear sky and rising temper
ature prevailed again today with in
dications of more hot weather.
Emporia, Kan, Aug. "A good
rain visited Emporia and surrounding
country early this morning, the pre-
cipitation registering .56 inch.
Cottonwood Falls, Kan. Aug. "A
much needed rain of .26 inch fell here
this morning bringing cooler tempera-
lures.
Council Grove, Kan, Aug. "A
light rain fell here about 5 o'clock this