The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-07-14
HAIL DAMAGE OVER
SMALL LOCAL AREA
SEVERAL FARMS, MOSTLY ON
THE NORTHSIDE ARE HIT
BY TUESDAY STORM
DAY OF HAIL STORMS
Southside River Bottom Also Touch
ed-This Section Lucky Com
pared To Others

The first storm of destructive ma
ture that has visited this community
occurred Tuesday afternoon, strlk
ing here amout four o'clock during
the performance of Christy Bros. cir.
Gus. The cloud formed rapidly IN the
northwest and brought wind, rain ano
finally hail.
1t had not been the sort OF day
that one would expect would prove
storm breeder. The forenoon was
cool and the afternoon only moder-
ately hot At about 3:45 the circus
announcer informed the big crowd
that packed the tent that storm was
approaching and that those VINO re-
NAMED in the tent would do SO at
their own risk There was genef-
al rush for the exits and the tent was
quickly cleared Most of the town
people reached their homes but some
sought shelter with neighbors.
The wind was strong for short
time and there was heavy down.
pour of rain mixed with the hail, but
the heaviest of the storm was north
of here where the fall of both ram
and hail was much harder. Ihere
appears to have been a series OF hall
storms that day and it is not known
lust how much territory was covered
by this particular storm, but, accord
ing to reports it appears TO nave
formed in the country north OF Fra
zer and swept strip OF country
parallel with the Great Northern
track from there to a few miles north
east of Wolf Point. Details are lack
inc as to the amount of destruction
done in the country north of Oswego
and Frazer, but it is reported to nave
been quite serious. The hail was not
large in size and the amount OF 1T
was not great, but the terrific WIND
that accompanied it made it destruc-
tive. Like most hailstorms 1T was
much worse in some streaks ana
spots than in others, destroying crops
on one farm or part of farm while
nearby fields escaped with little dam
age.
In the country Immediately trlbu-
tary to Wolf Point the following
farmers are known to have been nit
and there are undoubtedly others IN
between that have not been reported.
Beginning at the west, Hadle Nyiand,
Knut Huso, Ole Krogstad, Ambrose
Bauer John Applegren place., >. 3.
Welzenbach, VIM. Mindeman, John
McPeek, E. L. Champlin, Mr.. Stef-
fenson, Elmer Miller, the Carl olson
place, A. L. Homrighaus and perhaps !
C. H. Winship's. The storm may have
reached farther east, but reports nave
not been received, except that 1t is
known that there was no hail at fop-
lar. The hail hit hard some places
and entirely missed others. On the
farms of the Erickson boys and lvor
Rordahl it is said that no serious
damage was done. Mr.. Homrlghaus
suffered a partial loss, only part OF
the Champlin crop was hit, 1t is un-
derstood and the loss is not total.
Those reported as having total loss
are Mr.. Steffenson, VIM. Mindeman,
J.JB. Welzenbach, Ole Krogstad,
Hadle Nyland and Knut Huso. Inc ]
severity of the storm appears to nave I
been greatest to the west, the Ny |
land Huso and Krogstad fields OF
grain being beaten into the ground, (
but 80 rods west of Nylands the Mar ]
tin Jacobs fields were practically un-
harmed. The storm did not reach ]
far to the north and the territory
swept is largely Indian land and IN
cludes only scattering farms.
The most fortunate feature is tnat
nearly all the farmers in this strip
carried hail insurance, some having !
part and some having all of their j
crop insured, but with crop such ]
as was coming on this season, 1nsur-
ance at $40 or SIP an acre comes a
good ways from making the losses c
rood. Nyland and Huso, it is under /
stood. had no insurance and their loss I
S total.
VIM. Mindeman had only small c
part of his crop covered by hail in
,urance. Mr.. Mindeman devotes him
self largely to raising garden truck f
and potatoes and his 16 acre potato t
ield and four acres of garden, which :