The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-07
COLD WAVE EXTENDS
OVER ENTIRE WEST
Central and Southern States
Also Afflicted With Sudden
Drop in Temperature.
AZ BELOW IN MONTANA
Range Losses Will Be Slight,
Owing to Preparations OF
Stockmen.
IL BELOW IN MONTANA

CHICAGO, Feb. ga cold wave thai
held virtually the entire country ~es'
of the Atlantic states In its grip was
felt here today and by the end OF the
week will include the states along the
eastern seaboard, according to the Of
fetal forecasts. Zero weather today ex'
tended as far south az Texas and IN the
northwest states the mercury went 70
80 degrees below.
The cold today was central over the
Ohio valley All parts of the country
except the Atlantic states reported sud
den low temperatures.
Extreme temperatures were Havre,
Mont. AZ below; st. Joseph, Moa zero
Denver, l2 below; Amarillo Tex,
above; Bismarck, n. D., and Winnipeg,
Man, 80 below; HemlngfoTd; Neo' 10
Farmers in the grain belt arc graf
fled by the snow and cold affordlng
protection to winter wheat. Western
cattle are said to have been prepared
for the cold and stockmcn Will suher
little.
Worst in Two Years.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 6.-Ex-
trcmely low temperatures to follow IN
the wake of the wintry blast that today
gave the southwest its coldest weather
of the season was the prediction TO-
night from the local weather bureau
Reaching a mark slightly under zero
tonight, thermometers over most OF
Missouri and Kansas were expected TO
90 to s or 10 degrees below by morning
All day Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
and northern Texas were IN the grasp
of one of the worst storms In two
wears. A northwest wind that reecned
thIrtv.fve miles an hour added to the
severity of the blizzard. Clearing skies
tonight gave some relief from the cut
ting sleet that fell most of the day, but
the bitter, freezing wind continued tne
suffering there, In some localities, ruel
will suffer, it is said, because the open
winter has caused stockmen to delay
building shelters and providing feed to
last through a protracted storm perloo'
Moderating in Montana.
SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. 6.-After
a two-day cold snap, the severest IN re-
cent wears, eastern Oregon and wash
ington and northwestern Montana eN'
perienced q slow rise in temperature TO-
night, with indications of further rise
tomorrow, accompanied by snow hur'
ries.
At Butte. Mont, jump in tempera-
ture from 30 below zero early today to
degrees above at nightfall was re-
corded.
Many city and county Jails were
thrown open to the homeless.
in several outlying towns high ten
sion wires were snapped by the extreme
cold, throwing. the town into darkness
Livingston. Mont. was in darkness
throu ghout the night.
From eastern Montana slight mod
Grafton in the weather was reported,
but Il further drop was indicated to-.
night. At Billings the official record
showed So below, the lowest in nine
years.
Speedy relief was indicated by
weather reports from northern Idaho
towns, rise of from 10 TO 20 degrees
beiug reported. A good blanket of
Snow protects the Idaho grain fields.
Westbound transcontiDental trains
were reported several hours late through
Montana.
Thirty Below.
GRAND FORKS, \. D., Feb. 6.-Lo-
cal thermometers registered so degrees
below zero today, the coolest of the