Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-15
Suffering Families Gloss ITp
Houses and Camp ii Tents
Around Few Wells THAI
Still Furnish scant Water
Supply.



lny Aenaod Wite % RsnulnM A1nrnfd.a
Kansas city. Ang ls.--Ilow ~ eat
water for man and boeut arid how a.
save a little oua ~ wrecked cFoca a
corn prtseufea alnsunrI, Kansas uuH
vHlahouin az inaPeaslnHlg ftfautA pro-
blem today. a WAS sha tMelfih day
~ intense heat THERE wern sat.
tored showers ytlnfHai lItfMtsIi
and last nl2hi. Most of them Woro
Intellectual entirely and while ~ nsunh
n1 hnIf an inch of wafar rnff reafer-
day IA Topeka. Il was im narrowly rt-
stricted iifrtta. Long t4alnu ok tnna
cars supply several uklahoma and
western Kansas towns with an the
water they got. a ir4in ot lhlr1y cafo
81 water was shipped from plffnhurE,
Kansaa. early today 20 the nln&a 81
a coal company an tne HItlthurN dlH.
trict. The expense of ahlnuInR water
ls 20 great that several smaller mines
have shut down.
In section Of Seward county.
Kansas. where no rain has fallen In
two months, the few wells that 1IllI
Eivo water are surrounded by camp.
ers. families that hnse closed hopaa
knd gone 10 tent near wn.er Source
From Alma. Kansas came report
vouched for by one ~ Tho city ratA-
era. that a woman. ~ p momenl uf
desperation. wishing 60 verify or kllI
forever tho old story ~ frying en- egg
in tho sun. had prepared q fresh Iald
one nicely in a skillet with butter and
fried 4 10 a - an Il flaHHtpno before
her door with only the aun for heat"
Fire. which did nearly q Thousand
dollars damage IN home 81 Enter.
prise. Kansas. yesterday was atlElbut-
cd 20 the suns rays shining through
lamp chimney IN wlndow On pa-
pers on q desk.
Before noon in moat aectiona of
Missouri. Kansas and OklohomR. the
mercury WAS we'll on the way 10 lhn
hundred mark. In Topeka last night
was the eleventh during whseh the
Thermometer had not gone below 3s.
Last Nights Aflnlmnln Was ~
st. Ioseph. Mc.. rcpofla thai uhiaas
there Is rain within fS hours several
small surrounding TOXINS VIII be COM
PEELED % ship In water by rail- from
81. Joseph.
Hutchinson. Kansas reported a
slight shower. too little 10 measure.
during last nlght and temperatures
only degree or two lower taan yea
terday's high ones.
WiChlta and eUrrouLdinW country
have had an abatement of heat dur
ing the last two days. the theFmone-
ter not passing Ss dogrees but ms
county ~ parcheu
Farmers In the great Arhnn4sa val-
ley cora country where u Usually "a
said 90 ho 'wot when ever -tniur elsa
is dry" are cutting much ~ their
semi-matured corn and rushing f
Through q grinder into the aiios before
tho sun has drunk All the juice.
To Fray fuF ig1lr
Ia the last four days Ntotnruuf
Hodges 81 Kansas MSS received h4n.
dreds ~ letters asking him 20 44No
proclamation setting a. hour uf 3
certain day during which an uraY4ne
persons In Kansas shall offer snnpn,
cation for rain. ID vas widely eus
sested that next Sunday Afternoon he
the appointed time. The RvoaFaor q
considering the prunoank
The water supply 81 Kansas CRY.
) although drawn on in the last week
as never before. has shown ~ wprHo
sign than slight lowering 90 pres
sure ln dlHtan9 quarters OF the city.