The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-13
.THEELEvENTH DAY
1t Brings No Relief From High
Temperatures.
Clouds Keep Needle to 100
Above This Afternoon.
SHOWERS FOR FOUR TOWNS
Republic, Jewell and AtchisOn
Counties Report Rains.
lief for Topeka.
SHOWERS FOR FOUR TOWNS

Weather of the 100 degree brand is
still the order of things at Topeka.
From midnight until o'clock this
morning there was a II mile breeze
blowing from the south. The mini
mum temperature this morning was
80 degrees as against 81 Tuesday
morning and 50 Monday morning. The
| mercury did not rise so rapidly this
morning as was the case on Tuesday,
the hottest day of the year.
The white flag is again flying from
the flag staff on the MuIvane building
which means that the end of the heat
is not yet at hand. Sunny Flora, the
local observer, said today: ''It means
that We'll have another hot night and
that the therm Ometer will probably
register at least 100 degrees again on
Thursday. Here we are only two and
a half weeks off from September. 1t
may be that We'll be carrying this 100
degree temperature into that month.
But here's hoping that relief will come
soon. The sky was clear at nearly
every government station in Kansas
this morning.
few showers are reported from
Kansas points. A Topeka man was
caught in a downpour at Atchison
late Tuesday that lasted for an hour.
The Santa Fe reports that a quarter
of an inch of water fell in Jewell and
Republic counties. Hanover and
Hays were points at which govern
ment stations are located which re-
ported 10 and .04 of an inch of rain
respectively. At Maryville, Mo-, "A
of an inch of water fell. This makes
.92 for the last 4S hours, thus break
ing the drouth at that point.
South central Kansas is still suffer-
ing from the heat today, according to
an Associated Press dispatch, which
reads:
There was no interruption today
of the unprecedented high tempera-
lures in south central Kansas. This
is the thirteenth consecutive day
degrees or more. Last night was
calm and oppressive. Ordinary porches
were converted into sleeping porches
and hundreds of families spent the
lawns and still others drove to the
country in motor cars and spent the
night in their cars. The Big Arkansas
river is dry above it's confluence with
the Little Arkansas river
Thousands of pounds of fish are
being taken from the Ninnescah river
which now is dry expect at it's deepest
points. Many cattle are being ship
ped from eastern Kansas to the west
ern Kansas pastures where rains have
been reported this week.
This promises to be the hottest day
of the week thus far at Hutchinson
A report frorci that place reads:
The thermometer stood at eighty
SIX degrees at o'clock this morning,
one degree hotter than the same hour
yesterday. Early last night was un-
usually hot but before morning was
much cooler than usual at that hour.
But this morning starts with the prom
1se of being the hottest day so far this
week. There have been no rains in
this territory and none is in sight"
Suffering il daily increasing in
northwest Missouri. An Associated
Press report reads as follows:
The hottest weather and douth
throughout northwest Missouri con-
tinues unbroken and the suffering and
damage is daily increasing. Growers
say the fruit crop has been greatly
damaged. Grapes are dying and
bursting and apples are dropping.
Some farmers are hauling water for
miles for their live stock and have
little time for other things
The maximum temperatures in Kan
degrees. Clay Center was the hottest
place in the state according to the
government reports. The high marks
for the season were reached at Man
haitian.
At Parsons, report has it, the
farmers are baling their hay as soon
as it is cut. 1t is so dry that the
process of curing is unnecessary
A session of prayer was held at EN-
poria in a tent on the Walnut school
grounds with the Rev. r. Henry Jones,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church, as the leader.
Following is a list of maximum tenn
peratures at government stations for
the - hours ending at o'clock this
morning:
COncOrdia 1n4 ,Ja-roa.