Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-01-06
LACK FROST"
HOLDS WEST
IN GRIP
new BELOW ZERO RECORDS ARE
MADE IN VARIOUS PLACES..STOCk
AND CROPS HAVE SUFfERED.-CAI
FORNIA IS HIT, TOO.


: Denver, Colo, Jan. G.-Slight ;sbate
I lient of the extremely cold weathc,
=, that prevailed Yesterday and last
= night throughout Colorado, Wyo
mlnig and New Mexico, was predicted
by the government weather bureau
: here today. In many cases the ne v
low records for this date wsre record
ed among the government records for
below zero temperatures last night
being:
Denver, 20; Pueblo, 1S Leadyil e,
30; Grand Junction, 6; Cheyenne, "a,
Sheridan, Wyo., 80; Lander, %:
Amarillo, Texas, :; Rapid City, @;
Flagstaff Ariz., il. In New Mexico
the temperature approached the zero
mark the government records show
ing at Santa Fe . above and ut Ros-
we'll 81 above.
Fair weather is indicated in Colo
rado for tonight and Tuesday, not
quite so cold and slowly rising tenn
peratures in eastern Colorado Tues
/ Cay, colder weather with snow in east
portion is the prediction for New Mex
leo today and tonight.
TIES UP TRAINS.
The cold weather caused consider
able interruption in railroad traffic,
trains from the east and west being
reported from one to four hours late.
Considerable suffering and probable
loss is indicated from meagre reports
received from the cattle and sheep
RANGES.
WORST SINCE 1888.
San Francisco, Calf, Jan. U.--Relief
from the biting cold, the sharpest felt
since January, 1883, was promised to-
day by Tic weather bureau here.
Fer the northern and central por.
tiors of the state. the foE ecast was
warmer weather tonight, with a shift
Of the ind into the southeast. For
southern talifornia, the change would
not arrive. until tomorrow
The lowest temperature here was
32.S. Ice formed on the streets and
the Marin county shore of San Fran
cisco was cracking with ice this mora
ing.
DAMAGE TO CROPS.
Considerable crop damage was re-
ported but the weather bureau had no
figures on the extent.
Los Angeles, Calf, Jan 6.--Dense
pals of smoke from the smudge pots
in orange groves overspread today the
entire citrus region of southern Cali
fornia in an effort to prevent tremend-
GUS damage from the coolest weather
known in this vicinity for years. Ice
formed everywhere The weather bu-
reau here reported killing" lrost OH
all the shelves of the foothills where
orange growers for years have known
no dangerous temperatures.
Damage was general but until the
cold abates no figures on losses can be
accurate.
Riverside, in the heart of the orange
belt was the coolest spot of ALL AT
the thermometer fell to Is
degrees
s. A. Little head of fruit company,
around Riverside would
be at total loss.
RECORD COLD AT SAN DIEGO.
San Diego, with a minimum of 2S
degrees, experience the coolest wealth
er in its history, according to weather
bureau records
Seattle, Wash, Jan. 6.-The lowest
temperature in Seattle this morning
was 25 degrees. Light snow is fall
ing with rising temperature.
Temperature in Alaska are not alb
normal. Sitka with high tempera-
ture of 3S, having been warmer yes
lerday than Seattle.
Los Angeles, Jan. 6--At Santa Bar
bara water pipes We're frozen and
one man treated for frozen ear.
degrees.
COOLEST SINCE 1905.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan 6-The
thermometer registered frotl 3 to s
iegrees this morning in Salt Lake .
Jity. This is the coolest since Feb
uary ~, 1905, when the mercury fell
o four below. At noon there was
lecided rise in temperature Severe
weather. is reported from all parts of
ltah and Idaho.
CANE FROM ALASKA.
Washington, d. c., Jan 6.-The east
ward advance of the first cold weather
VI the winter. coming down from
Alaska and the Canadian northwest, :
las been effectually retarded by an
rea of high tpressure developed over
he western Atlantic Ocean and Coast
tates, the weather bureau announced
his morning
Very low temperature prevails
throughout the west, the line of severe
extending into the Tex.
S panhandle
SO BELOW IN HAvRE.
Spokane, Wash, Jan "a temper
ture of 10 degrees above zero was
eported here today by the local
'eather bureau. The coldest place in
iontana was Havre, which reported
6 below.
1t is estimated that about 80 per
ent of the oranges and lemons re-
eived in Chicago are shipped from
'alifornia
Frank Cuneo. one of the largest
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