The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08

temp efa-uT6 or Ii below zero was 1S5-
isteTed. Traffic on railways west IS
practically suspended by heavy snow
storms
Augusta, Kan, Jan. s.-Augusta is in
the grip o. one of the coolest snaps OF
the year. The city owns its gas wells
and does not supply any other town,
hence the pressure is strong.
Abilene, Kan, JAN 8-With the cold
est weather in five years, Is to IS below
zero, this section is not suffering. Farm
ers have their stock well sheltered. A
fire in their residence drove G. G. HUT
man family out in their night
clothes.
Arkansas city, kan Jan s.-With the
weather man not offering any relief the
citv is IA the throes of one of the cold
est SPELLS Of winter weather ever ex-
perienced The Thermometer register
ed 7 below zero.
cold wave is on in earnest here II
brought the sevarest weather which mas
occurred in this vicinity in long time
The temperature dropped TO ~ degrees
below zero and strong, piercing Nl.u
from the northeast seemed to greatly
increase the cold, making exposure to
il unbearable-
ottawa. Kan. Jan. &-The coolest
temperature for two years was regis
tered in Ottawa when the thernofne-
fer showed a minimum of II degrees
Salina. Kan, Jan. s.-The highest
Temperature recorded here was below
zero which is the coolest record Tor an
entire day in several years.
E Independence, Kan, Jan. 8.-The tenn
perature fell to degrees below
Ell Dorado, Kan, Jan. 8.-The failure
OF the gas supply here Sunday caused
the people to dig out their Old coal ana
wood stow and those who didn't nave
these kind of stoves suffered Ihe MAN
gas pipe to Ell Dorado broke near Au-
gusta-
Concordia, Kan, Jan. 8.-The govern
ment thermometer registered Is below,
which is the record for six years Ine
coolest day ever recorded here was IN
1888 when it reached 25 below on jan
uary IS.
Hanover, Kan, Jan. 8.-AlI records
for cold this winter were broken me
government thermometer registered 10
degrees below zero.
MarysviHe, Kan. Jan. S.-The Their
memeter reached 10 below zero. A light
wind has been blowing from the north
which made the cold more penetrating. |
Arkansas City, Kan. Jan. S--With all
the large consumers cut off, the natural
gas supply in this city is extremely low
today. The pressure is lower than it
has been before since the company |
raised its price from rs to 80 cents. It |
has become such a serious matter from |
a domestic standpoint that Mayor A. |
III. Moore has issued an order request I
ing consumers to pay their monthly I
bills under protest as the city may I
take steps to demand refund
Rise Brings Temporary Relief
Kansas City, Jan. S.=Relief from t
the intense cold came to the Missouri /
Valley and the Southwest today in the I
shape Of a rise of from 10 to 20 de- /
grees in temperature. From to /
inches of snow fell over parts of Mis- /
souri,, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, I
Nebraska and Iowa. Temperatures
i 1 1.oIf tn n
to SO above in Fort Worth. Texas.
Trains from the west still were delay
ed today and more snow and prospects
of continued cold left the prospects for
permanent relief little brighter for suf
ferers in isolated communities of west
ern Kansas.
a SO mile an hour wind swept Ok
Iahoma today, but the mercury there
had climbed from below zero neigh
borhood to six above.
Nebraska emperature ranged from
2 below at Omaha to 10 below at
North Plate. Des Moines showed
below Zero in Kansas City and Wich-
tia. Kan. was the lowest figure for
and Kansas, Amarillo, Tex,
above.
Find Farmer Badly Frozen.
Wichita, Kan, Jan. 8.-Wichita and
southern Kansas has been swept by an
cy northwest wind since early last
hight, the temperature here falling to
10 below this morning and standing
rear zero tonight. Wichita is practical
y without gas today and much suffer-
ng has resulted from this shortage.
County officials have arranged for
more than 200 orders of coal to be de-
ivered to poor families tomorrow, be-
,ides all that could be delivered today
Tt is reported from Protection, Kan,
hat a farmer named Warren was
Iound there today badly frozen and is
n a dangerous condition. Stock near
Wichita is not suffering SeriouS1y b1It .
stock further west is in a serious CON
lition. Several western Kansas rail-
'oads are entirely blockaded and on
# E7ers trains are MANY aol1rS late