The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-06-25
DAMAGE BY HAIL
PROVES SERIOUS
LEWISTON ORCHARDS, CAMAS
PRAIRIE AND OTHER POINTS
SUFFER HEAVILY.

| Lewiston-The hailstorm damage il
Lewiston Orchards and vicinit,
Thursday was even more than firs
estimated and the grain loss in tn
districts to the east and south wer,
much heavier than first reported. Th'
wheat crop of Mrs G.. e. Nichols II
Lewiston Orcards, comprising III
acres, was a total loss, and was in
sured. The fine field of wheat of Dal
Taylor, adjoining Lewiston Orchards
on the north, comprising $50 acres
was heavy loss. He is insured fol
500 an acre. Farther east, it is re
ported that r. S. Pierce had thirt.
percent loss on 180 acres, and Ray
Parks SO percent loss on $50 acres
Both of these were insured. Hansel
Bros. have 1000 acres, some of which
suffered injury. Clyde Leachmanr
had a total loss of 200 acres Of Tur-
key Red, adjoining Lewiston or.
chards.
The storm passed southeast into
Lower Tammany, where VIM. Wat
kins had heavy loss; Mr.. Carpenter
a total loss; Horace Nelson, partial
loss; Vincent Lorang, a total loss;
Elma Appleford, loss of 80 to 40 per-
cent; Mr.. Konen, a. loss estimated at
$4,000; and Coe Bros, and Lafe
Mounce, a small loss. Appleford,
Lorang and Coe Bros. had insurance
In Lewiston Orchards the hail ex-
tended just beyond the orchard of Al
bert Johnson, where it caused general
damage, but only partially injured the
orchards of White Bros. & Crum, be-
yOnd.
The main part of the hail storm
passed southeast through the district,
making the most destructive sweep
from the vicinity of Canters store to
the southeastern part of the district
around the relief reservoir. In the
latter vicinity, most of the fruit and
all of the foliage on the
upper portions of the trees were
stripped off, A tour Of the eastern
portion of Lewiston Orchards and the
beyond, reached by the Lap
wal road, revealed the fact that the
rain had been of a flood nature, fill
ing the gorges and sweeping over the
roads in many places. Lindsay creek
became a raging and destructive tor
rent, and the resulting damage to the
highways was yesterday being repair
'
I'd by several crews of men.
On Nezperce Prairie
Nezperce-At five o'clock Thursday
evening a wind storm developed which
was followed by rain in the immedl-
ate Nezperce locality and by hail IN
the district south and west of the
own.
The hail zone covered a strip about
4 mile wide and eight miles long and
damage was done but the
farmers were largely insured. The
ain was of a torrential kind and this
resulted in the lodging of much rank
,rowth grain. The wind was of such
Velocity that the barn of Vern Swartz,
,wo miles from Nezperce, was unroof-
ID. The vast benefit to uninjured
,rops will more than offset all dam
lge.
In CraigmOnt Section
Almost total destruc
ion by hail visited grain crops in
"trip one mile wide and four miles
ong about three miles east of here in
! terrific storm shortly after A o'clock
Thursday afternoon. The hail was ac
by high winds.
Among the heaviest losers in the
tricken section were Henry Meiners,
With 280 acres, John Miller, with
bout 200 acres, and 800 acres on the
}ettis place. Reports are to the eff
ect that the hail clipped the heads
rom the grain stalks.