The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28
H|R|OST HITS
FRUITS AND
GRAIN HARD
6puntless Thousands Of
pollars Worth Of Dam
ago Done in State.

nDeing6eld. ILL.,, March 2S.-
0antless thousands Of dollars
vFth Of damage was done fruit
"a grain in Illinois this morning,
M freezing temperature which
s,espread the entire state, accord
- to announcement Of Clarence
I. Root, u. 8. meteorologist, Of this
~. The frost this morning did
iech more damage than that of
~ morning after Easter last year,
i. Root said.
All kinds of fruits In southern
| sIljnois have budded, and conse-
e1sntly have suffered. The tenn
Ifature at the southernmost city
Z Cairo, was 80, and at Galena, 1t
vss IL. In Springfield, and the
csntral part Of the state the tenn
| pefature was 20.
Great damage accompanying this
drop, Mr.. Root said, WAS due to the
tact that the fields are without the
ecssying layer Of snow. Winter
wheat and some oats are the grains
bat will suffer most 1t IL expect
a the temperature will not rise ap-
peeciably today, and that ther-
ncmeters here tonight will register
hstveen is and 20 degrees.
The wave was general through
est the state, according to the re-
Dorts. The temperature in the
Iorthwest corner Of the state was
u above, in Springfield it was 20
hove, and in the southern part 1t
ms u above.
At 10 a. m. today in Springfield
4 vas - above. Of1cials believe
that another night rs cold as Sun:
day night will finish the fruit crop
= blossom. These are peaches.
lQples, pears, plums and apricots.
h the central and southern. part
4 the state. and apples In the
aurthern part. s.... -.
Oats and. winter wheat &iD0 may
b damaged by the freeze. Much
| fain preceded TIE cold wave and
B D. Fessenden, government agr-
esltural statistician, fears the roots
a winter wheat may be encased in
ice in many sections Of the state.
Illinois produced approximately
100000 bushels of apples, 100000
b1shels Of pears and 100000 BUSH
eb Of peaches last year.
Kansas Fruit
topeka, Kan, March 2S.-All
ifruit crops, with the possible ex-
csption Of apples, were probably
destroyed. by the low temperature
hare last night. local horticulturists
~.
Marching Eastward.
Washington, March 2S.-High
tmperatures still prevailed early
today In eastern states, but q cold
vaye was marching swiftly east
ward from the Great Lakes region
due to strike the Atlantic seaboard
tcmorrow. tho weather bureau said
The lake region and Mississippi
valley was in the grip Of . Severe
ifeese," the bureau said, and tenn
peratures in New England and mid
de Atlantic states will start down
tonight after rains late in the day
Local. rains and cooler weather ir
south Atlantic states was forecast
With the cold wave reaching the
ueK states Tuesday.
Warnings Of the cold wave have
len ordered up for New England
~ middle Atlantic region, the
western portion of the Carolinas
~ Gulf states, eastern Tennessee
nd West Virginia.
Drops 81 Degrees.
Fsoria, H., March 1S.-With Z
lov temperature mark Of 10 de.
ness above zero recorded at
eelock this morning at the Unit
states weather bureau here. Pc.
oia weather had dropped 81 de-
uees within s6 hours.
Iowa Crops.
Des Moines. Iowa, March 2S.-
lmperature from 8 to Is degrees
I've zero were reported in Iowa
Ws United States weather bureau
e this morning. The crop de
ment Of the bureau said thal
~ the possible exception Of th'
taeen part Of the state fruit ant
W damage was not expected Il
= heavy.
uafles City (Iowa) reported
Eees. being tho lowest. Keokul
of1ed Is above; Des Moines. Is;
Sseeque, II; Sioux City and Dav