The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-06-29
Rains OF Saturday and
Sunday Changes As
pect Crop Situation
RAINS OF VALUE
Section of the State
Was Covered With Fine
Rains for Two Days

kGta were visited by good rains Sat
urday and Sunday night, and Great
ing quite n more favorable aspect
with reference to the crop situation
Saturday nights rain in this To-
cality amounted to .22 inches, but
spread over quite Il little section OF
country in this immediate section.
Some parts OF the county got the
rain and others failed. The rain
Sunday night was about general in
character Owe Dawson county, and
the value to the growing crops will
be great.
The reports from the county on
the whole is very fair, after the en-
tremely dry season, and with rains
of the past few days there is much
better tone to the situation. Through
Rome, Tobin, and Baker townships
wheat and corn are reported TO be
doing fine while in south Prosper
and Lisbon they are good. Union
and Mt. Vernon townships there is
little complaint about poor crops,
both corn and wheat standing up i'll
fine shape in those townships. A
portion of Badger is reported as
coming along fine, but in parts of
Perry and Blendon the situation is
some worse, but a tthe same time
there is a good showing for possibly
some gains with more rains in those
sections. The feeling on the crop
situation as regards the county is
very good indeed, and great faith
is placed in securing a fine corn
crop.
Outside Rains Numerous.
The rain of Saturday night cover
ed a good area of country. The rain
started about 40 miles west of
Chamberlain and was good. AT
Chamberlain, Pukwana, Kimball and
White Lake it is reported that an
inch of water fell. At Plankinton
and Mt. Vernon it was lighter, about
a half inch. At W~oonsocket 2 inches
of water is reported to have fallen
which extended in lesser quantities
in that section. There was no rain
east of here on the Milwaukee sys-
tenn, and south it rained in the vi
entity of Scotland nd Trip.
Sunday nights rain covered a
little larger area, so far as reports
have been received. Commencing
at the state line on the east at Can
ton, it rained there for about seven
hours, and about two inches fell,
while at Marion junction and Worth
ing it was an inch. Emery got an
inch and Alexandria got a half inch.
The rain extended from Marion
Junction down to Running Water
and covered that section around
Scotland, Tyndall. Memo and Free
man, where an inch of water is re.
ported.
There was a heavy raj reported
ove the Omaha system which ex.
tended from Mitchell to st. James
MINI. The rain was reported tc
have lasted several hours and gave
the intervening country q thorough
soaking. Between Mitchell an6
Sioux Falls the precipitation was
quite heavy. Rain was needed bad.
ly from Salem east, and the countr,
will be benefited to a marked de.
gree.
The weather following the rair
Saturday night was eXceedingl,
warm, and the atmosphere was quite
humid. The temperature was 80
Today the atmosphere has under
gone a great change, and it is quite
cool with a wind from the north
west.
All over this section the situation
is much improved. The rain of Sun.
day night failed to reach any dis
lance west nor to the north, no rair
falling at Aberdeen, Woonsocket
Letcher, Chamberlain or in tht
Black Hills division of the Milwau
kee road.
Excessive Heat In Kansas.
Kansas City, Mo. - Kansas Cit,
suffered from high temperatures ant
excessive humidity Saturday. Mucl
suffering was reported on account O
the sultriness of the weather.
At Garden City, Kan, the govern
ment thermometer registered 1O7
Some other. temperatures were: Sa
lima. 105; Hutchinson, 1O4; Concor
dia, 101, and Atchison, 80.
Prayers were offered in hundred.
Of Kansas City and Missouri churche.
Yesterday for rain. Three person,
were Frustrated in Atchigon. Kan.