The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-01
BLANKET OF SNOW
State Covered by Blanket Of
Two to Ten Inches.
Drifted Badly in Some LOcali-
ties, Reports State.
RAILROAD LINES ARE OPEN
Trains of Santa Fe and Rock Is
land Delayed From Southwest.
Snowfall in Topeka Was 3.5
Inches i'm As Hours.
RAILROAD LINES ARE OPEN

If Kansas was feeling good over the
snow Tuesday, it can stage a celebra-
tion while digging itself out today. The
snow continued to fall during the
night and the entire state is buried
under a blanket of white ranging in
depth from two to three inches in the
north and northeast sections to eight
and ten inches in the southwest. And
and ten inches in the southwest.
Altho the snow has drifted badly in
certain localities, and low tempera-
lures prevail in the southwest, inter-
ference with travel is confined mostly
to the rural districts where the high
ways are blocked. Trains on the Santa
Fe and Rock Island from the far
southwest are badly delayed, but
otherwise the service is not seriously
impaired.
Total of ~ Inches Here.
The total amount of snow which has
fallen at Topeka during the past forty
eight hours was three and one-halt
inches, equivalent to about IT of an
inch of rain. This is not as much
moisture as would result in some
cases, according to S. d. Flora, of the
weather department, as the snow is
unusually light and fluffy
Temperatures are showing a ten
dency to moderate, as the lowest at
Topeka during the past twenty-fouri
hours was IL at o'clock this morn
ing. This is against 2 below reported
by the Santa Fe in southwest Kansas
and from Is to II below in New
Mexico.
Heaviest Snow This Winter.
While the freeze is reported to have
done some damage in Oklahoma and
Texas, the snow is regarded as a big
blessing in Kansas. 1t is by far the
heaviest snow the central and western
portions of the state have had this
winter and it is the first moisture the
western edge of the Kansas wheat
belt has received since the farmers
planted their wheat last fall The en- !
tire wheat country has received from /
four to ten inches of snow which is |
equivalent to from quarter to an
inch of rain
wichita and that section of the |
state in general has received from I
eight to ten inches during the |
past forty-eight hours, according to /
Kansas weather bureau reports |
Dodge City has received from nine to
twelve inches during the same period,
Goodland four inches, Concordia, |
three inches, and Kansas City four or /;
five inches. ST. Joe, which reported
only a trace Tuesday morning, reports /
snow of an inch and a half during the !
past twenty-four hours. Reports to
the weather bureau show that the
snow has drifted considerably in ccr-
tain sections.
Two Degrees Below Zero.
on the Santa Fe lines east of New
ton, including the southern Kansas
division and a portion of the Strong
City branch, from four to seven inches
Of snow was reported this morning.
with six incHes on the entire Okla
homa division. From Newton west to
Dodge City the Santa Fe reports eight
inches of snow on the level and the
there early this morning
registered degrees below zero In =
he Panhandle county the snow is
here is a similar amount in south
eastern Colorado and parts of New
Mexico. The heavy snow in those sec
ions was accompanied by a tempera-
.ure of from Is to Z below zero, Tues
lay night, reports to the Santa Fe Of
fees said. resulting in some damage
% early crops.
No Railroad Tieup.
Except that trains from the far
southwest are badly delayed. Topeka
rain service has not been seriously
impaired by the storm. Railway otti-
.ials admit operations have been
;lowed down but declare that there
las been no tie-up of any kind and
hat in most instances all trains are
'unning as usual
That the central and northern parts
,f the state are not seriously affected
" the storm is shown by the fact
hat no Union Pacific trains have
,een late so far and Rock island
rain No. 40, from Denver. arrived at
Topeka this morning on time. Union
Pacific train No. 104 was over an
,our late Tuesday afternoon, but the !
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