The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-06-24
FINE SHOWER HERE
HAIL At LEWISTON
ALMOST CYCLONE AT WALLA
WALLA, WHERE TREES WERE
UPROOTED IN CITY.

One OF the heaviest rains this Sec
tion has experienced in weeks came
Thursday evening, when torrents of
rain fell at Moscow and immediate
vicinity. The rain was not general
and few miles away was very light,
but at Moscow it was a deluge. A
few minutes after the rain started
the water poured down the streets in
! the paved district, and in the lower
parts of town the cutters were filled
to the top of the curbing. The heaviest
est part of the rain lasted for prob
ably 20 minutes and was followed by
lighter rain lasting an hour. The rain
will be of great benefit to all kinds of
grain, an despecially to the very late
spring grain, some of which is not
more than two inches high now and
needed this rain and one or two more
in order to make any kind of crop.
The rain, which was accompanied by
heavy wind, knocked down some
heavy alfalfa, clover and fall wheat,
but this will not be lost and the bene-
than offset the damage done to hay
in shock and by knocking down the
heavy grain and hay.
The rain here followed the hottest
day of the season, when the tempera-
ture at the government observatory
at University of Idaho, reached SO
degrees, the highest since September
II, 1920. Weather Observer Burk-
hart reports 39-100 of an inch of rain
fall, which brings the total for June
to 72-100 of an inch, which is 3S-1OO
of an inch below normal for the
month, with a week to go on. The
last and first temperatures of 85 de-
grees recorded at the observatory for
the past two years are given by OBJ
server Burkhart as September 16,
1919, 85; June 21. 1920, 88; Septem-
Der II, 1920, 81; and June %, 1921, sc.
Hail At Lewiston Orchards
Lewiston-F ollowing temperature
in the valley of92 degrees rainstorm
broke over the Lewiston country yes
terday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock and
the downpour in the city, covering a
period of 45 minutes, approached close
to one inch Portions of the Lewiston
Orchards, southeast of Lewiston, were
visited by hail that caused great
deal of damage to orchards and gard
ems, and in a portion of the grain
belt some damage was done by lodg-
ing, but the rain on the other hand
proved of vast benefit to the growing
crops and especially the spring plant
ing.
The fruit and garden damage ap-
piled to a limited portion of the west
end of Lewiston Orchards and con-
siderable portion of the east end, cen
tering seemingly about the little relief
reservoir locality. The Ralph Pierce
grain farm and the Hanzell brothers
place, directly east of Lewiston and
lying along the Small road, appeared
to be the only grain areas damaged |
to any extent, at the Pierce place this
damage probably reaching 25 percent
through lodging.
Advices received last night by the
Tribune from Lapwai, Craigmont and
Winchester were to the effect that the
rain was of inestimable benefit, as
suring big crops, while from Nezperce
the word came that the rain was
benefit but that some damage had
likely resulted in localities from hail.
In Asotin county no hail whatever was
and the rain there as in the
district to the north of Lewiston was
as a benefaction in helping
The spring grain.
Bad Storm At Walla Walla
Walla Walla-A spell of hot wealth
er came to dramatic end here yes
,erday when terrific wind and rain
storm struck, tearing down trees,
blowing off awnings, smashing plate
glass windows and doing other dam
age throughout the city and district
Iailstones over an inch in diameter
ell in the upper Mill creek section
md some damage was done to fruit
md wheat
When the first gust of wind struck
Nalla Walla the temperature was SO
legrees. Thirty minutes later it had
lropped to II. One-fifth of an inch
# rein fell in the city, .13 of an inch
'alling in five minutes. The wind in
he city reached a velocity of SO miles I
IN hour, but was much heavier in the j
ountry. Il
The wind in the city was almost '