Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-04-26
SNOWSToRM REACHES AS FAR
SOUTH AS MONTGOMERY, ALA.
AND FROST is REPORTED IN
LOUISIANA.
IOWA SUSTAINED
VERY HEAVY LOSS
FRUIT PRACTICALLY RUINED
ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM
OVER STATE; ALL MlSsiSSlPPk
VALLEY HARD HIT.

Kansas City, April 25-A snowstornl
prevailed this morning over eastern
Iowa and all over Missouri, northeast-
ern Arkansas, eastern Kansas, Tennes-
see, and as far south as Montgomery,
Ala. Temperatures ranging from two
to three degrees below freezing to
three degrees above freezing were re-
ported in Kansas, Missouri and north-
ern Oklahoma.
The frost is as far south as northern
| Louisiana. Freezing temperature pre-.
| vailed at Memphis and killing frosts
were reported in western Kansas
points. The general opinion among
Kansas City fruit growers Is that the
fruit crop of eastern Kansas and west
| ern Missouri has not yet been serious-
ly injured.
Loss Estimated at $40, ZOO, 900.
Chicago, April 25-Freezing tenn
perature with a heavy fall Of snow in
some parts has caused enormous dam
age to budding fruit and vegetation IN
the western lake region and the upper
mississippi valley. -.
\ The storm loss in the middle weEts
1t is believed. will be over $30.0O0,0OO. VI
/ The Michigan fruit belt--th0 back
/ DOu0 Oh IuG ulSIIlCC--~l6 OC6CI4UC0
as almost wholly wiped out for the
season.
Experts here estimate the losses in
| ten states as follows:
| Iowa-$10, 100000.
Illinois-$6, 100000.
Indiana-$20 100000.
100000.
Wisconsin-$2,0 100000.
Kansas-$1, 100000.
Kentucky-$1,5 500, 900,
Missouri-$2 $4,000, 900.
Nebraska 81, 800, 900.
Ohio-$5O0,000
May BE a Few Strawberries.
In wisconsin reports say that moth
! ing in the fruit line Is liable to escape,
except possibly strawberries. Mar
inette reports two feet Of snow.
In Illinois indications are that the
frost killed fruit buds and garden
truck in the north and central Sec
| tions.
! In lower Michigan there is little
hope for early fruit. Estimates say
the damage Is Is per cent.
Upper Michigan reports heavy
fall or snow and the blizzard con.
| tinues.
Chicago Weather Observer Talks.
| Commenting on the situation, Prof.
Henry J. Cox of the weather bureau
said:
1T is hard to exaggerate the SER
iousness of the situation as regards
fruits and vegetables. There has
been weather as cold as this at this
time of the year, with no serious dam.
age. The element which makes 1t
DANGEROUS this time Is the unseason-
ably warm March, which brought veg
citation to q stage where it is most
susceptible to cold.
| "Even an ordinary frost would have
been serious, but this is hard freeze
lasting several days. It is true that
in the northwest and in the immedt-
ate vicinity Of the lakes there was
some let up today, but outside Of these
regions the cold was, In many cases.
more intense than ever. There Is no
relief in sight for another twenty-four,
hours, and probably not for two or
three days.
Southern Crops May Suffer.
"The. states in which the freezing
has been severe are Wisconsin, Min
nesota, Iowa, Missouri. Nebraska,
i Kansas, the Dakotas, Indnana and
Michigan. The cold Is now spreading
into Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tens
nessee, Oklahoma and Mississippi"
The spread Of the storm to tho
south is thought to put in danger
crops Of grain hitherto considered
safe. The general opinion Of experts
has been that the grain crops have
not terminated sufficiently to be in.
jured, but this probably is not the case
in the southern states now affected.
and other loss than that Of fruit and
vegetables may result.
| John Inglis, crop expert Of the
board of trade, stated it as his opin.
ion that unless in these southern dis
tricts or in places where the groundl
itself was well frozen there would be,
no loss in the grain crop.
Heavy Snow In Georgia.
Atlanta, Ca, April 25.-For the first
| time in the history Of Atlanta an April
snow fell early today for three hours.
The fall was as heavy as any OF the
past winter.