Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-10
Highest Temperature of the Day is
Reached at -Four O'clock in
Afternoon.
Mercury Starts to Climb at Ten and
Keeps Going Up Till Late.
HOT WINDS AGAIN GET BUSY
Here and Then CoOlish Zephyr Man.
ifests Itself for a Minute.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED
Excessive Heat Makes life Miserable
for the Kids-sIIEhtIy Modified
weather L. Promised for
To-day.

Though the mercury aid not hit the high
water mark Of Thursday II lowered
around the century mark all yesterday
afternoon
At o'clock The little column which had
been flirting with 100 the greater part Of
the afternoon. finally touched the spot;
then slowly settled back until Z. when the
breeEes broke the excessive heat Of the day.
The heat lost no time in getting in its
work As early as 10 twas some hot.
Then by degrees an advancement in tenn
perature followed gradually, the heat being
as oppressive as on the day before.
The hot winds were also in evid -1cs. II
anything. they were more active than The.
day before, yet there was an occasional
spell here and there when coolsh sort
Of zephyr worked its way in and gave
promise Of what might come regularly
some day.
No PrOstrations Reported.
Despite the unusual heat. no prostrations
were reported.
Slightly cooler weather is promised by
the weather man for today, but IT will
have to be more than slight for change
TO be noted.
The highest point was reached yesterday
for a corresponding period in four years
Last year 73 was the maximum, while the
year previous 65 was considered some hot
Not trace OF precipitation was shown.
Omaha and Des Moines enjoyed the dis
tinction of being the hottest places in the
wst Des Moines citizens sweltered under
100 temperature. other western cities were
summer resorts in comparison. Sioux City,
however. got a touch, with sS as the call
On account OF the excessive heat, about
fifteen schools throughout the city closed
son, Vinton. Long, Clifton HILL Farnam.
Columbia. Kellum, Lake and Locust.
Heat Injuries Crops.
Severe injury 20 the crops by the exces-
sive heat and lack OF moisture is feared
by grain men whose correspondents have
their eyes on the situation in various parts
of the state. Unless there is rain well as
q marked moderation In the excessive heat
there will be a big difference in the CON
ditions as compared TO the optimistic sov-
ernment report issued Thursday. traders
declare.
A H. Bewsher OF the Bewsher Grain
company said that in the western part OF
the state what looked like a 5o,O 900 yield
from the wheat fields last week. now would
indicate more than 47.0OO.0Oo with a dan
gerous situation extant unless there are
general rains.
Reports received by Logan & Bryan from
the winter wheat belt OF Nebraska and
northern Kansas are ominous. The sub
soil contains no moisture. as the result OF
the minimum rain fall OF early spring, and
the torridity is rapidly drying out what
little moisture there was in the ground.
Scattering rains have been reported in
various sections but not enough TO make
a material difference, and they were light
and only local
The hot winds OF Thursday and Friday
caused a strong bullish sentiment in the
corn market. Statisticians are busy with
the story Of crop failure on the schedule
Of every twelve years.
While il generally was conceded that the
corn is not high enough TO have suffered
material damage yet. a strong sentiment
prevails that a continuation of the torrid
spell for three OF four more days would
result in quite a different situation in the
Nebraska fields.
J. A. Cavers of the Cavers company was
inclined 10 view the fears Of crop damage
optimistically. He said that 80 far the
weather had not been protIacted enough
TO cause a loss IN the fields of the east
ern and central parts Of the state.