Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-30
WEATHER RECORDS
CRUMbLES BEFORE
OCT. WINTER CLINE
THERMOMETERS IN OTTA W A
DROPS TO q DEGREES ABOVE,
GIVING LOCALITY COLDEsT OC.
TOBER DAY IN HISTORY.

All records for October weather
We're broken last night when Ottawa
vas invaded by nor'wester' that evi.
IDENTIFY had Its start somewhere near
Medicine Hat and invaded all western
and northern states. leaving in its
wake a varying temperature that ran
from few degrees below zero to
.ree4ing.
The government thermometer read.
ing as found by Reporter Harold San.
ders, was u degree above In the
memory of the Oldest citizens the
city was never nshered into night
like last night during the month of
October. Weather fans who have
their records to show, can find moth.
ng in the past that can hold candle
to it.
Heavy Snowfall.
The alleged soft and white that
poets write about. covered the earth
n the vicinity of Ottawa with two
inch blanket This in spite of inter
mittent rainfall that made the going
decdeiy bad under foot This morn
ing when Ottawa best rred itself It
ound itself confronted by unlimited
possibilities for broken legs and
bruised backs. A coating of January
ice covered the walks and in The loop
merchants were forced to scatter salt
and ashes on the paths to reduce the
casualty risk
Utility Companies Escape.
From all utility companies-tele.
phone, telegraph electric light and in
'erurban-cam reports that damage
| 10 them did not come up to eXpecta-
lions There was certain amount of
trouble, as is always the case in such
instances, but the general result was
not nearly a. bad az the officials ex.
ected
Green Bay, Wis, Oct 3C,--All Of
northern Wisconsin and the upper
| peninsula districts of Michigan are
| blanketed with snow. according to re.
ports received here Snow in Green
| Bay is four inches deep Grand Rap
ds, Wis, reported four inches of
snow Both Rhinelander and Wau-
au, Wis. reported several inches,
while Marinetle Wis, Menomnee and
! Escanaba Mich, reported fall
Cold Hits Rockies.
Washington. Oct. o0.--The first real
cold wave OF the season appeared in
ihe Rocky Mountain district, with a
minimum oi u degrees below zero
in northern Wyoming and the low
est October temperature on record at
| Denver and Pueblo. Colo, and POGO
tello. Idaho.
Boy Frozen 10 Death.
Potomac, Mont, Oct 3O.-Adeora
.e.rinire. Is, was frozen to death in
Il blizzard while hunting near here
When the storm struck the party Of
which Lefrinire was :. member ht
was the first 20 fall
Cold Wave Over Iowa.
Des Moines, Oct. 30.--Iowa is II
J he grip of cold wave that will con
inue for at least twenty.four hours
| The drop thrnout Iowa during tn,
! tight avenged Is degrees.
| Coolest Since 1873.
| Denver, Oct. 30.-All records 70
| cold weather in October were broke
in eastern Colorado. while in the Par
handle region of Texas records wer
Sequaled At Yellowstone Nations
. Park the thermometer showed d,
grees below zero, which also Is Il re,
: ord
| Kansas Feels Winter.
Topeka, Oct. 3O--With a bitin
wind from the Northwest wntt
dropped on Kansas. The ground wa
white in all regions. The lowest ten
perature reported was l2 above zei
at Dodge City.
Fifteen Inches In Butte.
Butte, Mont. Oct 30 Montana su
r fers from a mdwinter blizzard, wht
3 during the last few days brought Il
4 teen inches of snow to Butte. SIEVE
degrees below zero was reported
e Helena.
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