The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-19
Entire Western q. S. Hit by
Low Temperatures.
Thirty-Five Below Recorded
Near Spokane, Wash.
STORM is MOVING EASTWARD
Two Below at SaIina Lowest in
Kansas.
Tourists From Wichita Nearly
Lose Lives in Colo.

bearing snow reached eastward from
| the Rocky Mountains today. Leaving
| behind the coolest weather known III
Washington and Oregon since 1909
western states, it was expected to
| reach Illinois by noon today.
Predictions were that the coldest
weather of the winter would be pro
duced with a minimum reading of fivo
| above.
The reduced temperatures will
spread into Kentucky, Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi and Southwestern states, the
government weather bureau said.
Thirty-Five Below I'm Washington.
| At Deerpark, Wash, 25 miles from
| Spokane. temperature OF IS degrees
| below zero was recorded. Northern
, Idaho and Montana are experiencing
| below zero weather and at Billings,
| Mont. the temperature fell to 20 de-
grees below. Casper, Wyo., reported
| So degrees below and a three-inch
snow fall.
| In Nebraska and the Dakotas the
! thermometer descended rapidly with
predictions that it would go below the
! zero mark before night fall.
Citrus Crops Threatened.
! Denver dispatches told of extreme
cold in Colorado, while from San
| Francisco. came word that the cold
wave had penetrated the southern
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| at RedIands, in the heart of the citrus
| districts, and threatening crops there.
| At Reno, New, the temperature was
| seven degrees below.
Kansas City reported that the ther-
mometer there had reached the 10
degrees-above mark. while indications
| were that it would go even lower.
| Snow, sleet and rain accompanied the
cold. Texas felt the cold wave. which
| reached far south into that state while
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unusually cold weather following the
forecast of a drop in temperature of
40 degrees in parts of Louisiana and
Mississippi.
Winter Drouth Relieved.
Kansas City Jan. lathe winter
drouth prevalent thruout the midwest
wheat belt was little relieved by snow
or other precipitation in the seversly
cold wave which struck the middle
west yesterday and last night. East
ern Nebraska and Iowa got a snow of
from u to 2 inches, but Missouri
and Kansas, especially the western
I half of the latter state. received little
more than a trace. Some few local
points reported as high as three
inches, according to P. Connor,
weather forecaster here, but for
the most part the moisture was meg
| ligible."
Western Missouri was visited by a
slight rain yesterday which turned to
sleet and snow during the night, but
| amounted at no point to more than
| half an inch. Mr.. Connor said. Okla
hona was without snow this morning
! except in the western part, where a
slight drizzle turned to sleet during
| the night. falling in no appreciable
amount.
Texas suffered extremely cold tenn
peratures without snow. At Amarillo
the mercury fell to degrees above:
Abilene 16, Fort Worth 9. and Dallas
"a. Roswell, N. M, in the center
of the grazing country, reported
above this morning. By far the cold
est weather of the Season was record
ed in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Tourists Nearly Lose Lives.
Denver, Jan. 19.-Rising tempera-
| lures are promised today by the
weather bureau for Denver and the
Rocky mountain region, which have
been in the grip of the severest cold
wave of the winter for the past
| tWenty-four hours, with the therrnorn-
| eter readings ranging from below
zero in this city early this morning, to
| Sc below at Worland, Wyo.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Miller of Wich-
tia, Kan. narrowly escaped death
from freezing on the prairie east of
/ Colorado Springs when their auton1o-
| after being exposed TO the biting cold
] for several hours. The MilIers were
! driving to Salt Lake City.
| Zero at Hutchinson.
| Hutchinson. Kan, Jan. 19.-Follow-
/ ing light snow flurries late yesterday
afternoon Hutchinson and central
Kansas had a clear, cold night with
| the thermometer standing at zero, the
| coldest night of the season. The snow
fall in this section of the wheat belt
was negligible.
Two Below Mt SaIina.
! Salina, Kan, Jan. ia tempera-
ture of 2 below zero was registered
/ this morning. A strong northeast
wind all night accentuated the cold.
The snow amounted to only a trace in
| this section of the wheat belt.
Twelve Below in Nebraska.
lincoln, Neb., Jan 19.-Nebraska
awoke today under a blanket of three
| inches to two feet of snow. The rner-
! curry ranged from zero at Lincoln to
IL below at Alliance. a north gale
swept the state thruout the night De-
! layed trains are the only damage.
Two Above at Arkansas City.
Arkansas City. Kan, 19.-Lowest
| temperature recorded her last night
was above zeroe in the Arkansas
river bottom, Il on higher land. Strong
north wind prevailed all night and still
keeps up this morning Indications
are for fair and warmer today.
Three Below at Dcs Moines.
| Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 19-BeIow
zero weather in all parts of Iowa pre-
! vailed today, according to the weather
bureau. At o'clock this morning the
| temperature dropped to 5 below in
! Des Moines. Colder weather was re-
| ported from Sioux City and Charles
City.
Six Above Mt Parsons.
] Parsons KAN Jan I9-The lowest
temperature of the winter was record
ed here this morning at 3 o'clock. 6
above zero. At 9 o'clock this morning
it was o above