The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-06

0egTeeS. Tn1S would 1n01cate tnat the
mercury will be down close to the 30
degree point at Topeka by Sunday
morning. Reports show that there has
been q big drop in the temperature
in the western portion Of the state.
The rainfall at Topeka for the "a
hours ending at o'clock Friday night
was 2.08 inches-and thus another rec
ord was broken. It was the heaviest
"a hour rain ever recorded at Topeka
in the month Of December. The pre-
vious record was 1.58 inches on De-
cember and 10. 1911.
The rainfall to date this month IL
2;S5 inches. The previous record for
the entire month of December-in q
years-was 2.41 inches in 1911. And thus
not only has the December wet wealth
er record been eclipsed. but despite the
0routh OF the summer, 1913, will 20
won on the records as a wet year. The
normal precipitation for an entire year
IL 1915 inches. while up to date this
year the measurement has been 3459
inches.
Practically every district in Kansas
IL now well watered. The fact that the
Kaw river has taken a sudden Jump
In the last "a hours IL evidence that the
ground at last is fairly well soaked. The
stage OF the river this morning at To-
peka was 81 feet. a rise of 3.8 feet since
Friday morning. This is the highest
stage reached by the river in six and
one-half months. There NAV be a
further RISE but according to the wise
there Is no danger Of flood, unless Of
course there is a continuance of the
heavy precipitation in the next few
weeks. There has been some drift
wood floating down the Kaw today.
The Shunganunga has risen material
ly. and Wards creek which runs
through Auburndale, which for several
months has scarcely been a creek at all,
was a raging torrent early this morn
ing.
The Republican is swollen, the rain
fall having been particularly heavy
At z o'clock Friday night the sky was
clear at Wichita.
A press dispatch states that snow fell
late Friday at Dodge City. Another
report from Abilene stated that the
rainfall had been heavy at that point
two and one-haf inches Of rain hav-
ing fallen in the "a hours ending FRI
day night.
A report from Little River, Kan,
reads: -Four and one-Quarter inches
of rain have fallen this week, and q
steady downrour continues tonight.
Pastures are as green as midsummer
These who gathered vegetables after
the first frost Of the winter and left
the small ones in the ground. find the
latter are now better than those gath
cred earlier The minimum tempera-
ture today was SO degrees"
A dispatch from Great Bend: Tho
rain Of the last four days. amounting
to precipitation of three inches,
seemed to be at an end tonight, and
the weather was turning colder. All
streams in this vicinity are bank full. %
At Last the SUN Broke Through.
The sun was shining through the
clouds at two o'clock this afternoon,
and at the same time a rainbow could
be seen in the north-an unusual di-
rection. The day has been much
more pleasant than any other day
this week. The temperature has av-
eraged twelve degrees above normal
for this date. The wind was variable
early this afternoon. although there
was a tendency to blow from the
west. The rate Of speed at two
o'clock was six miles an hour.
An Associated Press report received
from Kansas City today reads:
Rain continued falling today in
many parts Of Kansas and Missouri,
where weeks Of wet weather has swol-
len streams and caused damage to
farm property.
Several central Missouri points re-
port flooded streams and roads SO
deep in mud the farmer cannot get to
market"
The hourly readings.