Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-06
MERCURY TAKES
A BIG DROP HERE
Difference Of Hundred and Six
Degrees in Various Sections
Of the United Stats.
SPELL MAY BREAK TODAY

Cold? Y'betcha.
The thermometer at the weather
bureau didn't stop at its usual a.
m minimum. II stood at IL degrees
above zero then and by 10 O'Clock II
was down to 3 and still descending,
while the wind howled out OF the
northwest at a great rate. II was
thirty degrees colder here yesterday
morning than il was Tuesday morn
ing.
II seems the weather inspector came 20
Omahs and was indignant az the way
the winter elements we're ioaflng on the
Job. 80 he gave old Boreas curt ~rders
70 get busy n he didn't want 10 lose
his position. Boreas worked hard all
night and all day. too. to make up for
lost time.
blew Zero In Canada.
Colonel Welsh OF the weather bureau
Noted remarkable range OF tempera-
ture from the north 60 the south OF the
L. 8. A. Up IN Prince Albert and also
In swift Current at the southern border
81 Canada Il was 3S degrees below zero
while down at Corpus Christi Tex. 80
was s. desrees above. being a difference
OF los degrees.
There was furry OF snow for about
ten minutes between 6 and o'clock this
morning.
"A Godsend." IL what the weather man
calls the cold wave. ne says IT'S better
ell around for everybody. II will make
the people healthier and the crops bigger.
Colonel c. W. McCune. collector OF
customs. says he has been praying for
this "If II justs sets down to zero and
then sticks there for about ten days it'n
make all the cold germs and grip germs
and influenza microbes curl up their
toes and die" says the colonel. He has
a touch of cold himself and his feelings
toward germs are not kindly at ALL
station Agents warned.
Station advices TO the railroad head
quarters coming IN from the northwest
indicate very cold weather through all OF
northern Wyoming and Montana. As q
result orders have gone out 20 agenth
that In receiving goods for shipment they
are TO receive them subject to the prob
ability Of below zero weather throughout
Nebraska within the next twenty-foui
hours.
According 10 the railroad reports the
cold wave IL drifting IN from the north.
west. ana AZ numerous Montana points
the temperatures had fallen to "a to 8
degrees below zero. The BURLINGTON re.
ported below zero at practically all oil
its stations in eastern ana northern wyo.
ming. with 10 10 10 below at Sherlda n
Gillette. Crow Agency and Billings.
Along the Northwestern Il was to
below all the way across Wyoming from
Just beyond the Nebraska line through
TO Lander
At the time of receiving morning re
ports the cold wave had not struck IN,
Union Pacific. It's agents reporting wyo
ming temperatures at the towns aionl
the line az from Is to % above zero.
below Zero at Alliance.
The coolest spot found By the railroad
In Nebraska at o'clock In the mornin,
was At Alliance. There Il was degrees
below. o'NeilI reported above an,
Broken Bow. Seneca and whitman, 8 de-
grees above zero. Farther south IN tn,
state the temperatures ranged from .
TO % above. with . 20 10 degrees ooldo
through the eastern portion OF the state
In Nebraska Tuesday night aecordini
10 the railroads. high winds were genera
and there were q few snow flurries, bu
no heavy storm. All up IN wyoming con
ditious were different There. added q
the cold. there was four to six inches o
snow. driven alcns By . high Wind.