La Junta tribune., 1915-06-05
SOME HAIL STORM.
In Janta Visited BY Terrific Down.
pour Of Rain and Hail-No Seri.
oss Damage Done u Crops.

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| pour Of Rain and Hail-No Seri.
oss Damage Done to Crops.
No very great damage resulted
from the hailstorm Of Thursday af-
ternoon. Notwithstanding the fabp-
l0us tales that have been told of Il.
There was practically no hail either
In the Fairmount country or Hol-
brook Valley. and no damage was
done 30 far as we have been able to
learn. There Is no truth in the SEN
sational reports Of damage done on
the Reynolds ranch and the farming
territory Immediately adjacent. There
was very prolific fall OF hail in that
section, and some OF the hailstones
were as large as an egg.
Where anything In either animal
or plant life was hit by one OF these
mammoth hailstones there was more
or less Of dent made, but they were
few and far between. and In conse-
quence the damage was slight. The
report that 500 acres OF wheat on the
Reynolds ranch was wiped out of ex-
istence Is not true. as the wheat was
standing In the field yesterday morn
ing Ia almost as good condition as the
day before. On the ranch OF II. T..
Holbrook. the beets and cantaloupes
were slightly damaged. but Mr.. Hol-
brook thinks that both will come out
all right.
The damage wrought by the hail
storms seems to have been the most
severe In the Garden OF Eden-in
that part Of this agricultural para
disc that IL located eight miles east.
J. d. craiEhead. superintendent Of
the Otero Irrigation District. was
right In the midst Of it--in 4 Ford
automobile. He tells some fabulous
tales Of his experiences. tales that he
says he would not believe himself II
he had not been an eye witness to
them. The cloth top OF his Ford was
riddled into ribbons by the hail. and
even the fldIat6t Md numerous dents
jiHlH - tke2GA &c haA bGop 1GPuck ~
. hammer. The windshlsld vas
broken. and all Of the glass In the
auto lamps smashed. When the ma
chine drove into town Charlie Daven-
port was standing on the rear seat
with his head poked through the top.
giving very lifclike demonstration
Of Horace Grecicy's famous ride with
Hank Monk. ~ told by Mark Twain
In ''Roughink IT,"
Mr.. craikhcad says he found one
hailstone that measured five and n
quarter ny three inches In dimensions.
and when stones Of such mammoth
proportions land ON something they
leave their mark. Tie raw two year
ling calves lying on the ground with
both front legs broken. and many
cattle running about with bleeding
bruises on their hacks and also
bleeding at the mouth. Every win
dow pane In the Garden of Eden WAS
smashed into smitherecns. aud In
some instances shingies were raked
off the roofs of houses. leaving great
holes through which the rain tricki.
I'd. There are at least nifty holes In
the wsatherboasding on the south
side os the school house. six miles
east Of towa. sad nearly all the
shiagiss were torn off the roof. The
wheat aad alfalfa 10 this section 10 Of
couFse total loss.
u 10 rsDorted that r. X. Tate lost
goo acres Of alfalfa. and eighty acres
Of wheat. oil of which will bs Q total
loss With The escepltoa Of The iasur.
aacs on forty acres of wheat.
10 the city u IL Jsnsa itself ssv.
ssal globes % our rtrst stsset white
way we're smashed. ssd slse II froat
of The oSefs hosse block. Many yards
wsre covssed witt leaves yesterday
mosnias that had beea bealsa OF oe
The trees. aad . goo1 deal q garden
tsuek was more ~ lsss damaged. bet
thsFs was - sssteus Ioes aad 70
catassroShss-vsssous asd susasy ~.
ports 70 the coateasy noewlttlslss1.
las.
nlseh1av Passy.