The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-28
HIST! IT'S RAIN.
Showers Reported All Over Kan
sas Today.
Topeka Favored by Only Seventh
of Inch.
MORE ELSEWHERE
Hays City Gets Nearly Three
Quarters Of Inch.
May Be Beginning Of End Of the
DrOuth.
MORE
ELSEWHERE.
Kansas IS happy todav:

Kansas IS happy today
The drouth which has sizzled the
state for the last few weeks is DOOM
ed. Sunny Flora, the Topeka weather
man, says the showers which have
cooled every portion of Kansas today
bid fair to combine and offer a relief
to the nervous farmers who have been
watching with fear the temperature
over their corn fields.
In Topeka today the showers have
registered IT of an inch But Topeka
was not in It with the other parts OF
the state. Government and railroad
reports show that all portions of the
state have been dampened with rain
that has reached the inch and a half
mark in some places.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
reports heavy rains and light showers
all over their lines from the Pan
handle in Oklahoma, up through Kan.
sas from the east to the west. The
Rock Island sends in the same glad
ltidings.
Here are a few of the towns and
districts which were made joyful be
ginning at o'clock this morning:
Wichita, Wellington. Herington.
Abilene, Salina. Mayfield, Harper, At
tica. CaStleton. Kingman, Dodge City,
Hays City, Winfield. Hackney, Bells
Plain, Burns, Mcpherson, Marion.
Minneapolis, Strong City, Manchester.
Ellinwood, Concordia- independence,
Howard, Eureka. Peabody, Florence.
Garnett, Belleville. Marysville. Hol-
ton. Lawrence, Valley Falls and Atch-
ison.
1t freshened up the corn fields.
good 1t freshened up the corn fields
Reports indicated that corn has not
been greatly damaged.
Showers were general over the state
the western portion of Kansas being.
more thoroughly watered than the
stretch lying further east. The best
/ arf oP esf. &c hot fss
a possibility-even probability-of
more rain to come.
1T looks like the beginning of the
end of the drouth,'' said S. d. Flora,
the local government observer. this
morning. The indications are for 1T-
tsettled weather. with probable show
ers tonight or Thursday. The outlook
is more encouraging than for the last
few weeks
Rains are reported at the following
government stations: Hays, Sc of an
inch; Macksville, IA: Sedan, IA;
Dodge City, 80; lola, .O4; Manhattan,
O2; Usage City, 10; Toronto, AZ; Con-
cordia, 10.
More Showers Coming.
Today has been a day of showers IN
| Topeka and the weather bureau has
more scheduled. The government re-
ports unsettled condition with prob
ability of showers for tonight and to-
morrow. And the people of the city
are going without umbrellas and coats
! daring the rain to come.
Up until o'clock this afternoon the
! temperature had reached a maximum
of so degrees. After a number of
weeks of heat nearly 20 degrees above
: this mark. the relief comes is a well
come to the city. Lawns and flowers
) that have been withering and cracking
in the sun are putting on a new color
of green and life seems worth living
once more
5 The wind is blowing 20 miles an nour
: from the southeast. When it shifts tt
: the northeast-more rain probably will
follow in its wake. Hourly temperatures
| follow: