The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-06-30
From Tuesdays Daily

Vinita and vicinity was visited late
yesterday and last night by the heav
lest rainfall that has been experienced
here in the past two years. The first
shower began about AIS and eontinu
ed until about five. During this show
er considerable hail fell and did some
damage to growing corn. The down
pour was so heavy that the cutters oi
the principal streets of the town were
filled to overfiowing.
The second downpour began about
Sis and continued until nearly
O'Clock and was even more terrific
than the first Before this rain stop
ped the streets in the more level por
tions of the city were running full oil
water from curb to curb and water
stood three or four inches deep on
level lots.
During this rain the wind blew a
hurricane and did much damage to
trees, barns and out houses both in
the city and country to the south and
east. At Miss jamie Halls ranch a
calf barn and other out buildings were
demolished. NJ G. Hawkins barn
two miles south was moved from its
foundation. Charlie Bazzel's hay barn
in the south part of town was struck
by lightning, which together with the
wind completely demolished the barn.
d. S. Warren's big barn east of town
was blown off the foundation. The
silo at Frank Burkhalter's dairy was
torn down and a big barn blown from
the foundation. J. Frank Knowles
barn, probably the largest stock barn
in the county, nine miles east was
completely ruined and one man badly
hurt. The frame work of Mr..
Knowles new home withstood the
wind. At Alton great damage is re-
ported as result of the heavy wind.
Hardly plate glass was left entact
in that city.
Other losers by reason of the wind
in Vinita were w. L. Lyons whose
barn, house and chickens suffered a
loss estimated at $50; Dock Isbells
outhouses were blown to pieces; the
Union Grain company's elevator was
damaged by lightning; the Crawford
show tent was blown down and several
other buildings damaged.
A peculiar feature of this loss, how
ever, is the fact that the losers feel
that providence more than offset the
damage by the winds, by the great
benefit that will result to corn, hay
and pasture lands because of the soak
ing rain. In all, according to the gov
observatory, 3.2t inches of
rain fell, which is by far the biggest
rain here in many months.
Cattlemen are rejoicing today for
The pasture lands are soaked, and even
in night the dead grass has seemed
10 revive and the. entire county re-
sembles a blooming paradise. From
almost complete ruin the cattleman
las been carried by the hand of fate
o great prosperity. The rain will
make the late crop of hay, and on the
whole the year that had presented
uch dire prospects now holds promise
# being one of the most prosperous in
ears.
Reports indicate that the heavy rain
all was general over a radius of one
undred and fifty miles of vinita, ex-
ept the Grand river country to the |
outh and east of Vinita The rain
xtended only about twelve miles east
t this city. At Ketchum the rain /
lerely laid the dust On to the south
ast no rain was reported, while south
heavy rain fell as far as Chouteau.
Vest the rain extended to Enid and
n the north to Emporia, Kans., and
} Springfield, Mo-. on the northeast.
Kansas City. Mo-, June 27.-Rain,
lie first that has fallen in many weeks
anne yesterday to Missouri, Kansas,
klahoma and Nebraska. The pre-
pitation, ranging from two and one
alf inches at Norfolk, Neb., to barely
trace in western Kansas and south
IN Oklahoma, ended what was in
ost places the hottest day of the
Ear, and while hours of steady down
'ur will be necessary to revive the {
crops to any great ex-
MT. the showers served to cool the
mosphere and gave farmers hope.
Heavy wind and electric storms ac-
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