Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-08

passing through the coolest wave in
the history OF the city, according to
the government records here, although.
some claim that the winter Of 1893
was colder. The thermometer during
this cold spell has been two degrees
lower than it was on December 26,
1911, the coolest heretofore in the
history of the local weather bureau
Twice before the mercury went to 25
and three times before to &c.
The mean temperature for "a hours
showed 20, eight degrees lower than
has ever before been recorded
Bear creek, about. the intake in the
Santa Ana canyon, 20 miles from Red
lands, is frozen solid, according to re-
ports, and there is great danger that
the power house of the Pacific Light
and Power company in the canyon Will
have to close down because the stream
Of water is so small that it will not
generate the current.
Reports from Bear valley say that
the great lake there is frozen over.
And there is not one bit OF snow on
the mountain peaks that are general
ly covered at this time Of the year.
VENluE, Jan. 8.-Venice holds the
record for low temperatures in the
beach district. According to the ther.
memeter on the Windward avenue
pier, it was IA degrees above zero
shortly after daylight this morning.
Ice nearly covered the subsidiary canal
and venturesome boys were elateI
over the prospects Of fine skating.
They found, however, the ice was not
thick enough to bear their weight.
PASADENA. Jan. S.-One of the
| most novel parties ever held in the his
tory Of Pasadena was skating party
at the home Of w. F. Phillips, at which
guests enjoyed the unique experience
of skating on the ice and picking
oranges at the same time.
a driveway 80 feet long was flood
ed and it was solid sheet of ice as
the most expert skater could hope for. |
a large crowd took part in the sport
and skated until the ice began TO melt |
about II O'Clock.
OANARD, Jan. S.-Nentura cOunty's |
Gas supply was put out Of commission |
by the early morning cold snap. In
four places pipe was pulled apart by
the ice and frost and the county this
afternoon was without gas. Great |
amounts OF oil have arrived in the
Camarillo and Santa Paula sections to
help in heating orchards. Great dam.
age has been done.
SANTA MONICA, Jan. s.-polire
Judge GARLIC, who is sick at his home
on Fifth street, says that during more
than 70 years Of his life in California
he has never seen anything like the
weather that began with Saturdays
windstorm. ut is unbelievable, he
said, land it seems as if the world has
been turned bottom side up for a ma
tive Of California to experience such
weather as this at home"
LONG BEACH, Jan. 8.-A heavy
cloud Of smoke, through which th..
rays of the sun penetrated with diff
iiculty, hung over this city this morn
ing. The smoke came from the
smudge pots in the citrus belt and was
blown by northeast breeze. Several
blocks from the ocean front, the smoke
stretched across the sky and at no
very great height like a great menac-
ing thunder cloud.
POMONA, Jan. S.-Last night was
the looked-for coolest night. The |
mercury dropped to 81 in numerous
places in this this district, but in the |
orange groves smudges maintained an |
average temperature Of 26. They be-
lieve that they saved their fruit. The
cold was net confined to any particu-
lar district but seemed general.
Great clouds of smudge smoke cover
the valley. P. J. Dreher, secretary Of |
the San Antonio Fruit exchange, and |
other experts can place no estimate on |
damage. Experts will be sent through |
the entire district and a report will be
compiled as soon as possible. It is
believed that the outside fruit on the
trees is all that is lost. The tempera.
ture in the city not adjacent to smudg-
ing territory was reported at i8 for
the night.
SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 8.-Rain is |
predicted. 1t was warmer today, al
though the morning frost increased the
damage to lemons. The barometer is
falling.
BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 8.-The lowest
temperature this morning was 20.
Young orchards at Edison and San
Emidio are safe, although the crop wa,
damaged. There is heavy loss of
oranges, the extent depending on the