The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-28
SNOW IN KANSAS
Near Zero Temperatures GEN
eraI Over State Today.
Heaviest General Snow This
Winter, Reports Indicate.
BIG DRIFTS BLOCK HIGHWAYS
Local Train Service Is Affected
to Some Extent.
Moisture Is of Great Benefit to
Kansas Wheat.
BIG DRIFTS BLOCK HIGHWAYS

Near zero temperatures, accom-
panied by snow which reports say has
drifted badly in certain localities, is
the weather program in Kansas and
the southwest. The storm broke early
Monday night and snow, driven by a
brisk northerly wind, was still falling
over most of the state today. The
prevailing temperatures at Z o'clock
this morning were from zero at Good
degrees above at Saltna to 9 and
land and Dodge City to and above
at other points. 1t was I above at
Topeka.
Light Snow in Shawnee County.
While comparatively light in Shaw
nee county, the snow is the heaviest
the state in general has had this win
ter, and it has extended to the western
edge of the state where it will bring
moisture to a tier of counties which
were missed by the heavy rains of last
week. Local train service is not ham
pered seriously but from the central
and western parts of the state come
reports that the highways are blocked.
Total of 1 Il Inches in Topeka.
The fall of snow at Topeka measures
an inch of moisture while in the CEN
trail and western parts of the state and
ranging into the big southwest coun-
try as much as five to ten and
twelve inches. equivalent to from
half to an inch or more of rain, has
fallen. The wheat belt is especially
benefited and since the snow extends
even into Colorado. every part of
Kansas has had moisture in less than
a week.
All Kansas Is Covered.
According to reports received at the
general offices in Topeka, all of the
Santa Fe's territory in Kansas no rth-
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ern. Colorado. the entire Panhandle
country and most of New Mexico is
under a blanket of snow ranging from
an inch at certain points in Kansas
to as much as twelve inches in New
Mexico. In every part of the south
west territory the snow was still fall
ing today.
The Santa F'e reports from one to
three inches on it's eastern division,
Kansas City to Emporia: three inches
on the middle division, Emporia to
Newton; from half an inch to two and
one-half inches on the Strong City
branch; from two to three inches in
the Mcpherson district; from two to
five inches on the Oklahoma division,
extending from Arkansas City south;
six inches on the branch line from
Dodge City to Elkhart: from four to
six inches west of Dodge City to the
state line; three to four inches in
southeastern Colorado; from three to
five inches over the entire Panhandle
country, and from eight to twelve
! inches in New Mexico, extending as
far as Clovis, that state.
Trains From West Are Late.
The Rock Island reports a heavy
snow over it's lines in the central and
southwestern part of the state but
! the fail seems to have been rather
| light on the Rock Islands Denver line
west of Clay Center. Belleville re-
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| the ground and little snow fell at
Smith Center and Phillipsburg. On
west Goodland reported two inches.
| South of Mcfarland, however, toward
| Wichita and west around Hutchinson
| and Pratt the Rock Island reports
! heavy snow ranging from two to six
| inches. The light snow in the north
/ part of the state allowed Rock Island
| train No. 26 to reach Topeka on
| schedule this afternoon, but No. 4,
from the southwest is reported two
! hours late.
/ The Union Pacific reports a general
snow of from two to six inches along
| it's lines from Topeka to the western
edge of the state. At noon the Union
| Pacific received a message from Hays
City reporting five inches of snow
there, and it was still falling, the mes
1 sage said. Union Pacific train No.
104 was reported over an hour late
| this afternoon.
/ Santa Fe train No. 10, from Colo
rado, is the hardest hit by the storm.
I 1t is not scheduled to reach Topeka
! before o'clock this evening, three
/ and one-half hours late. Train No. 6,
from California, is reported only an
| hour late and will arrive here with
No. 10. Later trains on the Santa Fe
! are reported as being on time.
Zero at Dodge City.
With a temperature of Z degrees
about zero at o'clock this morning.
/ Topeka is experiencing the coolest
weather since February IA, when it
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