The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-09
THUNDER STORMS
They Are Promised by the
Weather Man.
But They May Not Come,
After All.
THIS WAS HOTTEST MORNING
At 6 O'clock Needle Was at 81
Degrees.
In Meantime 1OO-Degree Brand
Still Lingers.
THIS WAS HOTTEST MORNING

| The forecast from w aSn1ngIOn call
| ing for thunder showers tonight or
Sunday and cooler weather in Kansas,
Nebraska and Oklahoma is the best
weather dope received at Topeka in
many days. This is particularly true
| in consideration of the fact that Fri
day night was the hottest August night
on record in Topeka
While Sunny Flora, the local OBJ
server. stated that there is bare pos
sibility that Topeka will be sighted in
the distribution of the showers that
are forecasted, he stated that in MS
opinion the precipitation will be the
beginning of the end of the long con-
tinued drOuth.
Said the weather man: 1.-TWO weeks
after the first good rain in Kansas
. things will look different in the state
Pastures will freshen and there will be
ample time, for the farmers to plant
out forage crops. Business conditions
VIII pick up
At O'Clock this morning the ther-
mometer reading was 81 degrees as
against SO on Friday morning at the
same hour and 90 on the previous day.
The minimum mperature for the "a
hours was 81 degrees at s o'clock this
perature ever recorded at Topeka in
the month of August The tempera-
ture at I o'clock last night was 81
degrees.
According to an unofficial report from
SaIina light showers have fallen at
Ellsworth and Lucus. A rain and wind
storm visited the western part of Paw
nee county in the vicinity of Rozelin.
There was .02 of an inch of rain fell
at Dodge City. just a light shower, but
il helped
The Kaw river has dropped slightly
in the last "a hours the stage being
"a feet Soldier creek is now nothing
but a chain of pools.
Friday was one of the hottest days
of the season in Kansas The maxi
mum temperatures according to the
government reports ranged from 1O2
to los degrees
An Associated Press dispatch from
Kansas City states that reports of suf-
fering from the heat are becoming
more numerous. The report reads:
reports of suffering from heat and
drouth in Missouri. Kansas and Okla
horna reached here in greater numbers
TODAY than at any time since the per-
iod of intense heat set in nearly a week
ago. Not only the farmer and his I
beast but cities and towns over the |
three states and especially in Kansas, !
are harassed for want of water. Sew |
eraI towns are shipping in their water !
nv freight In others, low we IS and !
lack of water for use in sanitation has
caused disease. Lamentations for burnt |
crops come from all sections and IN :
some of the districts hardest hit, the .
feed for livestock promises to prolong
the suffering.
Indications today were that a sixth
consecutive day of extreme heat was
under way, with the likelihood that
yesterdays maximum temperatures.
ranging from 98 to 10, would be
equaled before nightfaI-
The frequency of appeals for aid
to water and health departments in
dicate the seriousness of the heat
- II ]
suburban districts inhabited by poor
er classes and unsupplied with water
mains because of sparse population
and ungraded streets, several cases of
typhoid have been reported Off
eials ascribe this to use of water in
low cisterns for drinking purposes
and to the long period without the {
sanitary influence of a washing rain. !
six new horse fountains in various
sections of the city were ordered in
stalled today after complaint had
cached the water department that l
he crush about the old fountains was
10 great in some instances that the I
whole street was blocked to traffic {
Residents around some of these pub c
ic fountains in the suburbs carry the ,
water home for domestic uses. This
Practice, usually forbidden, has been {
ondoned by the water department in e
he present emergency. {
Records at the fire department 7
more than doubled the number of r
Tres Officials of the department to- 9
lay -ssued an appeal that extraordi-
aTy care be exercised by household 4
rs in view of the inflammabIe state \
f objects long exposed to a blazing
un-'
a report from St. Joseph, Mo.
ends:
with no signs of relief from the
drouth, farmers and market
-ardenerS in this locality say crops
re irretrievably damaged Practically .
10 home grown vegeta bles are coming 7
n now Pastures are as barren as in :
yl1ter and stock is being fed or hur-
led to market Streams are dry and 7
many farmers are hauling water for Q
heir stock for miles. The tempera- {
ure today is slightly higher than for 7
everal days but there is no indication b
T rain"
oIIoWlng are the maximum tenn
efatureS 1or Friday reported from Y
overnment stations in Kansas and =