Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-03
OLDEST WEATHER IN
 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS,
 PREVAILS OVER TEXAS
Williston, N. D., Coldest Place on the Weather Map; Trains Again Mov- ing on Kansas Main Lines.

Dallas, Texas, Jan. 2.-Not for twenty-five years has Texas faced brighter crop prospects at the begin ming of the New Year than at the - present time as a result of rains and snows of the past two weeks and de- spite the extrenely cold ot the past torty-elgnt hours, the only possible ili-etfects will be the difficulties of feeding livestock in the extreme Northern Panhandle districts where the grain has been covered with snow for two weeks, according to G. A. Elsenlohr, who was volunteer weather observer at Dallas for twenty years before the establishment of the gov ernment bureau. The coldest weather of the winter which has prevailed over the state since Monday continued to- night, with the official temperature two degrees below zero at Amarillo, IS degrees above zero at Dallas, 32 at Galveston and 48 at Brownsville The forecast for tomorrow indicates fair and continued cold.
 The present cold wave was preced- ed by rain storm beginning Monday, which turned to snow and sleet as the temperature reached the freezing point until today when snow flurries were reported at Galveston for the first time in several winters. Light snows also were reported at points on the Mexican border.
 The ground throughout the state is thoroughly saturated with water, and according to MT. Eisenlohr, the inn mediate effect will be favorable on small grains. The only inconven- fence resulting from, the freeze( he said, was the delay to winter plow- ing.
 Dalhart, Texas, Jan. 2.-The tenn perature here yesterday was 17 de- grees below zero, the coldest weather since 1912. The thermometer regis tered 15 degrees below today. The grass range has been covered with snow for three weeks, making feed ing of live stock difficult.
 Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. 2.-Wth snow cn the range in Texhoma dist1ct
 
 est iii years, the cattlemen are be- g1nnin gto move their stock south A train of 42 cars of cattle arrived here from that section today. Every animal was heavily coated with snow and ice
 Amarillo, Texas, Jan 2-Stock raisers today expressed fear that heavy losses among cattle on the range would result unless the wealth CT moderated sufficiently in the next few days to melt the 17 inch blanket of snow which is preventing the herds from grazing. Wheat farmers. how ever, say that the heavy snow will prove of great benefit to their crops. The minimum temperature today was five below rezo. three degrees warmer than yesterdays minimum.
 Washington, Jan. 2.-Williston, N. D., at o'clock this morning was the coldest place on the weather map, the thermometer there standing at 26 de- grees below zero. In the upper Mis- sissippi Valley, the plains states and Rocky Mountain and plateau regions below zero temperatures prevailed.
 Topeka, Kas., Jan. 2.-Trains again are moving on the main lines of Kan sas railroads today with the excep- tion of the Union Pacific. It reports a number of trains still snowbound west of Ellis, Kansas. Four Santa Fe through trains, nearly 48 hours overdue, reached Topeka from the west this morning and four more were expected this afternoon. The Rock Island reported trains moving on both it's Colorado and Fl Paso