The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-05-10
North Dakota ! Asrmers Get
Splendid Dreh Ning
A Wind STORM FO4LOWs
FARMERS ARE REJOICING TO-DAY
IN a ATlMELY DoWNPoUR WHICH
HAS COME AT JUST THE RIGHT
TlME-cAss COUNTY GETS GOOD
SHARE.

A general rain storm swept over the
state last night and this morning
soaking the ground and causing the
farmers Of the state to rejoice. Cass
county received heavy showers dur
ing the night and this morning a
heavy rain fell over the entire county.
Strong winds swept across the coun-
try to the north of Fargo this after
noon about 1880 but caused little dam
age.
The rain was the heaviest down
pour that has come to the county and
state for some time. In almost ev-
cry part of the state the fall was heavy
and along the basin of the Red river
the reports show that the downpour
was the largest that has been recorded
in long time.
In some parts OF Cass county it was
reported that as much as three inches
fell during the night and morning. The
official measure of the rainfall which
was taken by Observer Grasse of
Moorhead shows that during the last
twenty four hours there has been about
.5S of an inch of rainfall.
Last night and yesterday there were
.4S of an inch and this morning there
was 10 registered. Monday IS were
registered and the amount recorded for
Sunday was the same making total
Of IA for Fargo.
Along the northwestern and central
north part OF the state there was not as
much rainfall received as in this sec
tion Of the country Minot and Devils
Lake reported light rains. Dazey re-
ported no rain.
Bismarck had steady drizzling
rain. Valley City had heavy rain
for two hours last night and James
town had a light rain. To the north,
Larimore had a very heavy rain as did
Grafton. New Rockford and Bowden
reported good heavy rains
Hankinson and some of the towns in
Sargent county have reported heavy
rains during the night. At Hankinson
it rained steadily for four hours and
the soil is in fine condition.
The rain means millions of dollars
to the farmers Of North Dakota. The
greater part OF them have had their
seed in for some time and the plant
is just leaving the ground. Coming as
it does at this time, the crops win be
so thoroughly moistened that the entire
state can now go without good rain
for long time and good crop will
result. The farmers of the state ana
county are rejoicing and are well
pleased with the showers that have
been received in such abundance dur
ing the last twenty four hours.
The Wind Storm.
This afternoon a heavy wind storm
swept across the county It came from
the west and north toward Fargo.
At Mapleton the storm tore the
chin1neys from the blacksmith shop
and did other minor damage.
At the farm of q. S. Blake north
Of the city, the gale played havoc and
tore loose a number of buildings.
A buggy shed was lifted from its
foundations and carried over the top
OF granary and was not stopped un-
til Ii had gone for about fifty yards.
The roof of one of the granaries at
the Blake farm was torn away and
carried for some distance. A hay rack
was also lifted up and carried for
quite a distance.
The men working on the farm had
just started outside when the wind
came up and they were almost carried
off their feet before they could get
back into the house. The extent of the
damage is not known yet. No one
was injured,
Several other farms north Of the city
reported the winds to be very strong
about 1880 this afternoon, but the ex-
tent Of damage was not known.