The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-31
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; at 9 a. m. Farmers in the Red River
valley faced with blasted crops, are
praying for rain. Rain followed by
! cooler weather would save thousands
of acres of grain.
Hottest Day Promised.
! INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. July 81
What promised to be the hottest day
of the summer was faced by Indiana
today. The thermometer at ten
O'Clock registered ninety and was
going up rapidly. Farmers began ia
fear for their corn crops.
! Caused Three Deaths.
DETROIT, Mich, July 31.-No re-
lief was in sight today from the heat
which caused three deaths In Detroit
Yesterday. At 1890 the thermometer
registered "a, one degree higher than
yesterday.
One Dead, Eleven Frustrated.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. July 81
i With one dead and eleven others
Frustrated, the heat wave returned
still stronger to the attack today.
The ten a. M temperature was SO.
i Fifty People Overcome.
/ CHICAGO. July 31.-Four dead and
fifty overcome was Chicago's toll
/ ty-four hours. while the mercury con-
tinued to mount At 10 a. m. today
it was ninety. one degree higher than
at the corresponding hour yesterday.
when a temperature of IS. the highest
this season, was recorded.
/ A temperature of SO or 100 Is ex-
pected late today.
! Possible relief may come tomorrow
when local thunder showers and a
lowering in temperature are due for
| the north portion of the state.
+ Over 100 In Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kansas, July 31.-Antici-
pating serious feed shortage this
winter, State Secretary of Agrtcul-
ture Mogler today appealed to farm
ers over the state to plant up until
the middle of August. Cow peas and
cane was suggested as a possible
late crop.
The excessive heat wave. which
continues undated today, Is causing
the gravest fears among farmers and
stockmen. Pastures are brown and
dry and the corn crop, already in
jured beyond hope in many sections
of the state, gives little promise of
more than a fifty percent yield.
| Yesterday was Kansas hottest day
The temperature ranged well above
| 100 degrees all over the state, In
many places reaching ITO.
Pratt county, with seventy-five
percent higher acreage of corn than
ever before, reported today that the
hot winds were whitening 1t. Yes
terday the temperature there was
105. Salina reported 103. At Kan
sas City the minimum last night was
IS, while yesterdays maximum was
101.
Still Waiting Cool Breeze
J MILWAUKEE,, Wis, July 3l--The
people here today were sill waiting
for the "cool northerly breeze" prom
ised by the weather men for last
night. The same scorching, north
westerly wind that has caused two
deaths and ten prostrations in the
last three days continued and In two
hours the temperature jumped from
80 to 81.
Seven Prostrations.
NEW YORK, July 31.-Seven pros
trations today with the mercury at
81 and steadily rising brought New
York's total of prostrations for the
hot wave to twenty-etght. At 1920
a. M, today's temperature was three
degrees higher than yesterdays at
the same hour. Thousands slept on
the beaches last night.
Danger in Sight.
l. WASHINGTON. July 31.-Serious
damage to crops If the present with
ering heat Is prolonged, was predicted
lat the agricultural department today.
Already spring wheat in the Da-
kotas and other parts Of the grain
belt is suffering from the drought, it
twas stated
| The greatest damage so far has
| been in many potato growing sections
where the terrific heat following
rains, caused "wfther tip" In the
/ tubers.
Cool Of in Hospital
| ST. LOUIS. Mo. July 31.-Four men
and three women are in hospitals