The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-10
Rainfall General in North and
Eastern Portions of State.
Kaw River at 1915 Foot Stage
and Still Rising.
1.25 INCHES OF RAIN HERE
Shunganunga and Soldier Creek
Are Receding Today.
Santa Fe Has Trouble Near Lit
tie River and Lyons.

Another 1.25 inches of rain fell IN
Topeka Monday afternoon and night.
making the total which has fallen
here since Saturday morning. s.0f
inches. Topeka was in the heart OF
rain belt which covered most of the
state Monday night.
The barometer is rising today
and the wind is from the north
west--favorabIe indications. S. D.
Flora. state meteorologist, says. that
the rainy season is over for the pres
ent.
Kaw River Is Rising.
The kaw river this afternoon had
attained a stage of 1915 feet, and was
stili rising, but no flood damage is an
ticipated.
Traffic was stalled in Topeka when
the heaviest downpour occurred at S
O'Clock Monday night. street cars and
automobiles stopped and theater-gosrs
caught in the act of entering the
shows or very close to the theaters
Both Soldier creek and the Shun-
ganunga attained the bank-fulI stage
this morning, but started to recede
during the day. without doing damage.
The Shunanunga overflowed its banks
into a corner of Ripley park. but
started to recede at O'Clock this
morning. and has been falling thruout
the day.
The Union Pacific and Rock island
reported trains on time today.
| The Union Pacific reports were
meager this morning on account OF
wire trouble.
Heavy Rains on Santa Fe.
| Santa Fe track was reported
washed out on the branch on which
Little River and Lyons are located.
. but the main line is intact. The
70 b.
i fices here stated that there had been
rain in quantities from one to two
inches in the territory around Topeka,
light showers in the southern portion
Lof the state, and light rains in Mis-
souri,. The heaviest rain reported to
Meriden.
Stage of 1874 at Bonner Springs.
1 Bonner Spring this. morning re-
ported river stage of 1874 feet.
which is about two feet below the
bank fulf' stage. A further rise Is
Iexpected today as the rains from up
the Kaw swell the stream
Il seriously question these grape
vine rumors of cloudbursts." state
| Meteorologist S. d. Flora said this
morning. None of the Official OBJ
servers have reported anything of the
sort yet. Every time we have a heavy
rain in Kansas someone out in the
or funnel or something: a creek gets
out of its banks and browns a couple
of hogs, and the flood is on
] The high water on the Kaw river
| will occur below Topeka. The river
here will probably go to a stage of
| fourteen to seventeen feet before it
starts to fall tonight. Flora believes
The bank full stage" at Topeka is
21 feet.
From Bonner Springs down, the
river will probably reach the bank
full stage by tonight. The high water
at Topeka is caused by the rising OF
creeks between Topeka and Wamego.
Flora believes. The report from Wa
mego this morning was to the effect
that the river had reached moderate
stage of 9.5 feet there. which is a rise
of 4.3 feet since Monday night.
No Possibility of Flood.
| There is no possibility of over
flow here with no more water than
that above us" Flora said.
The Marais des Cygnes river at OF
tawa is running nearly bank full this
morning, according to reports from
there. There are not sufficient reports
in Topeka to base a prediction on.
Flora said, but il is possible that the
river will leave its banks today.
| At Ottawa this morning the river
had reached a stage of 24.9 feet