Imperial Valley press., 1913-08-16
TERRIFIC HEAT BURNING UP
CROPS OF MIDDLE WEST

kN N--AN III | Mo. -AI-- 10. III \
tu get water for mm and beast ana
how To save q little ont of wrecked
crops Of corn presented Missouri Kan
"a, ana oklahoma IN increasing serious
problem yesterday. which MAS the
! twelfth dly of intense heat.
There were scattered showers yr--
j t,rday afternoon ana last night Most
II thcm were Intellectual entirely. ana
l-hilr 50 much Is half an inch of rain
| fell at Topeka, it Wa, in n1rroWly rr-
/ -rictnd limits.
| Long trains uf tank ears supply scy-
,taI oklahoma aud Western Kansas
towns with all thr water they get 4
train of thirty cars "f water was ship
I,d from Pitteburg, Kan, Early yestnr-
! day TO the mines Of a coal company in
the Pittshr- district Til" expense of
~hlppl0- W5ior hoW">rr, j. So -reat
tuat several smaller mines have shut
down.
Iu 4 section If seward county. kms.
vh.rc no ruu hao fallen in lWo months
.,r frW wells that Still -iNc water
~- ~arr"mdod hl c1mper-. families
".l' h51r CLOSED turn houses Jud -u.
'.nt near i waller ~ourc.
r.um Alma comes report >5url.d
c.r ay .ur Of 'hr city fathers 'hot d
u.n,n m moment "t desperation.
ul~hm- 4, Verify or XIII forever the oII
Story ,f frying M ,-4 III the sun. had
prepared fresh l,id one nicely III a
skillet with butter ma "frird Il to u
Il" On rll-~tonr before her door,
with only the sun for heat.
Fire. which did nearly $1,000 dam
age in a home 1t Enterprise, Kan, yes
-erdoy was attributed to the suns rays
shining through lamp chimney on pa
perS On 4 desk.
Before noon in most section, If Mis-
souri,. Kansas ana oklahoma, the mer-
cury wa, Well IN TIE way to the hun
dred mark In Topeka last NIGHT was
he eleventh Iurn@ which the Their
mome'"r had not gone below -.
Last ul-ht'- minimum was -.
=. Joseph. No. reports that unless
rhrr" is rain within tS hours several
small surrounding towns Mill hc COM
r-n.d ,o ,hip VI N,.-r py rlil from
M. Jo-eph
uurhM~on h,u.. reported y -.i-ht
-ao".r. ..o ".I. ~ m.,-mo. during
.-~. n-... uI Temperatures .u.s j J.-
-n". o- .A. .a<.r ',n .--'.~d.>.- IS
itch one.
W.l. .. -u~.m.au- country
.a.. ..J .n ..a..m.ut ". .-.H mru-
.u. .-. ..>o aY.-. N.- .a.u.w..~ ...
..--H- VI. ..--a.-. .u. a. ..u.rs .-
n.rrh.J
r.~r..- m .a. -r.d \.an-,- ...-
..H rr.u country uh-rr # usually 1
~ai go ua ..,r' >tliru .Nrr.W.,-rr else
I is 1ry." are emitting much Of jhrir ~.sn.
w.'r.d corn .nd ru-hu- il hrou-h %
-"mI-" into 'hr ~.luo h-for. tn. ~uu
h.- .,.rwH'aI NED thr Juice.
lu ,4n .u-t fvur aay~ Goyr.u.r
H.a--~ uf Kansas hao received nun
ircdo of letters asking Iim Du i--u"
4 proclamation setting an hour II ccr-
tain day which an praying persons n
hanSas shJE oncr ~uppllcltion for raiI.
4 was widely suggested that next sun
day ne the appointed time The GOV
orn"r j. considering the proposal.
The water supply Of Kansas City, Al
though drawn On in tn" last week rs
never before, has shown np worse sign
t1an slight lowering 81 pressure IN
distant parts Of the city. Agitation by
public spirited persons for better water
conditions for horses has resulted in
the opening Of a number Of fountains.
| Along the streets Of exclusive residence
districts the sign water horses here, "
often hangs beside 4 lawn faucet and
/ Z Me pail.
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