The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-06

man THIS means In4t the temperature .
at Topeka by morning will be from
S to 10 degrees below zero.
1t 10 likely that below zero temper
atures will be experienced at Topeka,
but 1t il hardly probable that the rec
ord for February will be broken. The
coldest weather experienced on this
date was seven below zero In 1905.
The storm was caused by an area
of low pressure which Thursday ex-
tended over west Canada and the
northern states. Snow was general
Thursday from Minnesota to the Pa
cific coast.
Santa Fe Reports.
been little trouble caused in Kansas
by the storm. At Z o'clock this
morning the snow did not extend as
far as the extreme southern portion
Of the state. A mist was falling In
the south. Nowhere was the snow
more than inches deep according
to the railway reports.
Wind at Wichita.
Wichita, Kan, Feb. 6.-Thursday at
7 o'clock the temperature In south
central Kansas was 33 degrees above
zero. This morning at O'Clock 1t was
one degree above zero. It was % one
ing a drop Of "a degrees in the last
thirteen hours. Indications are FOR a
still lower temperature before morn
ing. Snow is falling and q 80 miles
an hour wind is blowing. Live stock
is suffering owing to scarcity of rough
feed and the open winter making it
unnecessary to provide shelter. Many
persons froze their fingers and ears
this morning. The water pipes In
hundreds Of residences froze last night
and there were not enough plumbers
in the city to answer the emergency
calls today.
drizzle Of rain lasting nearly all night.
a dry cold wind swept over Joplin this
ped to freezing. Heavy clouds. presag-
ing snow or rain. hang over the
city and lights are burning in all
downtown office buildings.
Blizzard at Salina.
Salina, Kan. Feb. Ga blizzard
ragged over this section of Kansas to-
day. Four inches of snow had fallen
at daybreak, and the fall continued.
The temperature was two below zero.
Stock is suffering greatly according to
reports.
Arkansas City. Kan, Feb. GA
this region today. The thermometer
registered 10 above 3ero at daybreak.
Atchison, Kan. Feb. "a cold wave
accompanied by snow and high north
wind struck the north part of Kansas
today. The thermometer registered q
est this winter.
Blue Cold at Hutchinson.
Hutchinson, Kan. Feb. 6.-"Jack"
Hanna, parcel post mail delivery man
who also collects mail from the letter
boxes, had to use a torch this morning
to thaw some Of the mail boxes free
from ice SO he could use a key. He
has carried mail here for sixteen years
and 1t is the first time he ever found
this necessary.
The worst blizzard this part Of Kan
sas remembers for a number of years
is blowing across the plains today. The
west half of the state is suffering from
snow Is blowing before freezing wind.
The thermometer registered 3 degrees
below zero this morning
st. Joe. Mo-, Feb. 6.-The first real
blizzard of the season Is raging
throughout northwest Missouri and
northeast Kansas. The temperature is
near zero, the coolest Of the winter and
there is 80 mile gale from the north
west. The light fall of snow is making
trouble for trolley and steam cars.
Forty Below Zero.
Spokane. Wash, Feb. 6.-Eastern
Washington. eastern Oregon. northern
Idaho and all of Montana today a. >
in the grip Of the first severe weather
of the winter. Temperatures in
Washington, east of the Cascades,
were reported from five to ten degrees
below zero with prospect of a further
drop, while from northern Idaho and
Montana towns came reports OF tenn
peratures 40 below zero.
Havre and Silver Lake each re-
ported 40 below. Billings reported 3S
below with the mercury slowly drop
ping. The freeze was felt by the rail-
roads In Montana, the trans-Co1-ti-
mental trains running from three to
four hours late. Northern Idaho ex-