The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-30
Extreme Heat Wave Reaches
From Coast to Coast.
Urge Housewives To Can All
Perishable Foods Quickly.
HOTTEST DAY THIS YEAR
Many Succumb to Temperature
in N. Y. and Other Cities.
Kansas Suffering With Fate of
Corn Crop in Balance.

Washington, July 3O.-Sweltering
heat, reported today from coast to
coast, is endangering Americas per-
ishable foodstuffs.
| The department of agriculture is
sued a warning thru the press that
| the housewife must buy and can
quickly vast quantities of edibles that
soon will be beyond recall.
| Buy up all surplus and can it and
dry it at once" the department urged
the women folks. This hot weather
makes immediate action absolutely
necessary"
| Washington suffered from a temper
allure of So degrees at IL a. m.
! The government weather bureau re-
! ceived temperature reports from all
parts of the country ranging from 80
] to 100 degrees.
Corn Crop Shrinking.
Kansas City. Mo-. July 3o.-With
the thermometer registering above
| the 100 degree mark at noon today
in several parts of the state, Kansas
was sweltering in the grip of the
worst heat wave of the season. The
| hot winds which began last week are
continuing and corn already badly
| burned, is suffering greatly.
! Indications are that the yield over
the state, estimated at 137,00O.0OC
a week ago by Secretary of Agricul-
| ture Mohler, will drop below the
!
| crop experts Saturday night
Yesterday the maximum at En-
poria, in the heart of the corn belt,
was 104; Wichita reported 106, while
west of Hutchinson various localities
reported from los to 10.
| In many localities the thermometer
| scared to greater heights today, ac-
cording to early reports.
At noon the government bureau
| here reported 95 degrees with the heat
| increasing
Rush Cattle to Market.
Pastures are suffering severely over
| the grazing districts of Kansas and
! Nebraska The record cattle run pre-
cicted Saturday for taday did not ma
| terialiZe, althO &c. 900 were received
! on the local market. Tomorrow an
| equal num-er is expected.
Corn Belt Burning Up.
Chicago, July 30.-The western half
of corn belt must have cooler wealth
er or rain by the end of the week or
the crop will suffer irreparable dam
| age.
| This statement was made by promi-
nent grain dealers in Chicago today
based o. private reports from all parts
of the middle west Their estimate of
drouth and hot weather continues
| thru the week-ranges from IS per
cent to almost a total failure.
Cooler weather is predicted for to-
morrow, with rain in scattered dis
| tricts. Whether this cool wave would
avert the threatened damage dealers
| refused to surmise- The Kansas corn
crop has already suffered heavily
Big Acreage Insurcs Supply.
Corn, according to the experts has
been weakened by several days
| -irouth. In its present condition thew
said, a hot wind would shrivel it and
render it fit only for ensiiage 1t is
/ too late to attempt re-planting, in
case this happens
Two points in western Kansas al
ready have reported corn ruined by
| lack of moisture.
The only optimistic feature of the
situation is the greatly increased acre
age Kansas alone could lose half its
crop and still produce as many bush
els as last year. The last official esti-
mates for Kansas was 150,O0OOOO
bushels, hundreds of acres of winter
wheat, ruined early in the season,
having been replanted to corn.
Extreme official temperatures noted
yesterday were LOG at Concordia,
Kan; 100 Dodge City. Kan; 1O2 HUI
ron, S. D.; 100 Kansas City, Mo-; 1O4
Omaha, Neb.; 104 Sioux City, Iowa
Equally high temperatures are indi-
Gated today except in. the northwest
Nebraska Corn Bearing Heat
Lincoln, Neb., July 3O.-while the
hot wave continued over Nebraska
today, it is not as severe as that of
yesterday and Saturday, when the
wind was scorching.
Nebraska corn is not seriously
! damaged to date, but it is now in a
, critical stage. If rain comes this
week no great damage will have been
done. The temperature in Lincoln
today was SO. Yesterday it was 105
1O1 at 1880 In Cleveland
Cleveland. Ohio, July 3O.-CIeve-
lands kiosk registered a temperature
. of 101 at 1890 today.
1913 Sunday at Detroit.
Detroit, Mich, July 3o.-The gov
eminent thermometer registered SO at
1920 o'clock and its guardian said
this was only a starter. Yesterday was
the hottest day of the year with the
mercury at 103-
Boston. July 3O-Boston today
sweltered in a temperature which
reached 81 before noon and was still
) climbing. The weather bureau holds
out no hope for early relief.
Philadelphia. Pa, July 30.-The To-
cal weather bureau reported tenn
perature of SO at noon today
Richmond, Va, July 30.-Richmond
! boiled in 80 degrees at noon and the
! mercury was still rising
5 HOTTEST DAY OF SUMNER.
80 With Extreme Humidity Takes
Death Toll in n. Y. City.
New York, July s0.-This is the
hottest day New York has expert
fenced so far this summer. A temper
Failure of SO was recorded at the