Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-20
WEST COOLER, BUT STILL DRY
Light Showers FreShen AiT-Injury
to Crops Over Wide Area.

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Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 16.-
! Heavy showers last night and early
! to-day relieved conditions in parts Of
| the heat and drought-StriCken re-
| gionS of Missouri, Kansas and Okla
! homa, but the rains were far from
| general and in most instances made
! quate. Where wells and streams are
| dry heavy precipitation is regarded
| necessary to replace the exhausted
! water supply.
Temperatures shat for IL days
! have hOvered about the 100-mark
| fell to-day in Southern Kansas and
| Northern Oklahoma because Of show
ers and clouds, but, according to the
! United States weather bureau here.
| there were evidences of a 18th day OF
extreme heat generally over Missouri,
| Kansas and Oklahoma.
! Arkansas City, Ark, reported
! heavy rain falling this morning over
wide section Of Southern Kansas.
| The temperature at Arkansas City
was - degrees below yesterdays.
! Hutchinson, kan.,. reported rain
amounting TO nearly an inch. North
ern Oklahoma has attained great re-
! lief through showers that began yes
t@rday afternoon and continued to-
! day.
Light showers fell in this city yes
terday. The principal benefit fur
niShed was the cooling OF the atmos-
| phero and burning pavements. Hun
dreds OF children, and in many in
stances their parents, rushed into the
streets and stood in the rain.
Drought in Northern and Eastern
Kansas and most Of Missouri con-
Il
which has had less than half it's nor
NAL rainfall since April 1, faced a
possibility Of a failure of it's water
supply.
City authorities sought to find
wells or springs to which they might
lay emergency pipes to provide a fire
supply. In Springfield all churches.
by agreement, prayers for rain will
be offered this afternoon.
In Southeastern Kansas and South
western Missouri many mining
towns are suffering for want of wa
ter. Pittsburg, Kan, and joplin,
Mo-, are supplying many Of these
points with water shipped in tank
trains.
st. Joseph, Mo-, reported increas-
ing damage from drought Fruit
growers Of that district who had ex-
pected heavy crop Of apples, say
the apples now are dropping from the
trees immature and that the late
crop may be total loss.
Topeka suffered the 18th hot
night, during which the minimum
temperature has exceeded rs.
trainload of water is being sent
from Topeka every day to supply the
railway shops in Horton, Kan.
Wichita, Kan, reported showers
this morning after an oppressively
hot night.
Hand-picked catfish are being en-
Joyed by persons in eastern Jackson
county, Kansas, as a by-product of
the drought. Most of the streams
/ nave 5hrunE TO standing -~c1e 90
the ASH have been driven to close
quarters.
Harvesting by Moonlight.
la o'r05Se, Wis, Aug. I6.--NU1.-
light threshing was the rule on the
big farms about La Crosse, both on
the Wisconsin and Minnesota side
of the river last night. Thresning
crews were unable to work in the
day time since Wednesday on ac-
count of the intense heat, so men
and teams slept during the day, and
early last evening when the moon
came out brightly, and cooling
breeze swept over the farms, the
forces resumed work and continued
throughout the night.