The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
BLANKET OF SNOW
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the last twenty-four hours west OF
Ten Inches at wichita.

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the last twenty-four hours west of
Kansas.
Ten Inches at Wichita.
Three inches of snow was reported
this morning from Kansas City. Wich-
ita reports a precipitation OF 1928
inches, which is equivalent to about
ten inches of snow. From Dodge City
comes a report of between ten and fif-
teen inches of snow. Concordia, be-
tween four and five inches.
Dodge City is wrapped in near
blizzard. Trains are delayed as the
snow in southwestern Kansas is six
inches deep and drifting.
At Lakin snow has been continuous
for nearly twenty-four hours The
snow is about 20 inches deep. Cattle
are suffering for want Of feed and
water. it is reported.
Pratt reports a foot of~snow. Also
that no trains will be operated in or
out of the town for twenty-four hours.
Winfield has a little more snow.
About ten inches which has been ac-
companied by a strong wind from the
north. Snowfall was said to be in
creasing and a tie-up in rail traffic
was looked for.
After three weeks of spring-like
weather, Smith Center has been hit by
the heavy snow storm which was pre-
coded by a two-inch rain.
Salina Has Heavy Blanket.
From Salina comes a report that
snow has been falling in western Kan
sas which has increased to q depth of
ten inches in most places. 1t has
drifted badly before the heavy winds.
Railroads are having a great deal of
trouble and country roads are prac-
tically impossible. Trains from the
west are from three to eight hours late
and making very slow progress. The
Union Pacific sent a snow pillow to
P1ainvi11R fo ra1iava the condition on
! the Lincoln branch. Only one tele-
phone line out of Salina was out of
action this morning.
In Topeka the wind blew practically
all day Monday from the north at a
rate Of from between fifteen to twenty
miles an hour. Flora says that in
western Kansas the wind WIS proba-
bly, blowing a great deal harder than
| it was here.
The Snow Is Over.
But the snow is over, says Flora.
There may be a few light, scattered
| flurries but no general storm cover
| ing the entire state as did the one on
Monday. Is looked for.
| In 1915. on Christmas day, the cold
est that has been recorded. the tenn
zero. 1t will possibly be colder than
| that by several degrees tomorrow
| morning, but the chances are it will
not, Flora says. At z o'clock this
morning the temperature registered 20
/! degrees. 1t will drop to 5 above zero
tonight, perhaps lower.
The northwest wind, blowing at E
rate of rs miles an hour this morning
at 10 o'clock. was expected to dimin-
ish during the day.
| Flora was right when he predicted
| that Topeka would have a white
Christmas. Snow started falling Mon
| day morning. increasing thruout the
| day and night. Starting with a light
| furry of snow waited down on a wind
| of the same character, by noon a per-
| feet blizzard had been achieved.
Christmas shoppers dove across the
| streets down which the wind rushed
| like it does in the canyons in the
mountains. Wind-torn and buffeted,
they pushed their way thru the wind,
which seemed to be blowing from
whatever direction they were going
The sharp, hard particles of snow cut
| into faces and eyes. But there was
| no complaining. AS q matter of fact,
| most people seemed to enjoy it Inn
| mensely, as 1t is always considered
Significant of he Christmas season.
Walking Not Easy.
Many kind-hearted thoughtful per-
sons went home Monday evening and
carefully scraped off their sidewalks
| for the heartfelt appreciation of be-
lated pedestrians. But the snow
never did thing but keep right on
at the Job of putting a white cover
| the evening 1t was deep enough to
| make walking difficult So the nice
persons<who scraped off their walks