Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-03-03
LIFE IN THE NORTH.

49,
section of the moral vineyard take n,
pleasure in reading of the discomfort
not to say dangers. of living in thu
north, it is well for us and for oul
visitors to realize just what the wea
ther conditions are now in the north
and northwest.
Probably the most compact state.
ment Of what the storm of the twenty
second of February did to the people
of the northwest comes from the Min
neapolis Journal, published in what is
sometimes facetiously called the "ba-
mana belt" The Journal thus sums
up the different conditions brought
about by the recent storm:
All northwest, including twin cities,
buried under heaviest snowfall in
years.
Four deaths reported due to storm
two in St. Paul, one at Rochester,
Mimi, and one at Dilworth, MINI.
Train service in and out of twin ci-
ties demoralized, with no trains west
and eastern trains greatly delayed.
Twin cities cut off from wire COM
munication with rest of world except
by way of winnipeg.
Thousands of automobiles stalled in
streets and abandoned.
Street car service maintained on all
lines by heroic efforts, but far off
schedules.
Bus service to outlying towns sus-
pended.
Rural mail service suspended and
city service chaotic.
School attendance cut to Is per
cent, with schools closing at noon.
Impending milk shortage due to
blocked rural roads.
Towns isolated over great areas
in northwest, with rural schools clos
ed because of blocked roads.
Chamber of Commerce "going it
blind" without wire communications
to Chicago and eastern markets.
Flour mills face heavy production
curtailment because of dearth Of in
coming wheat.
Horses supplant motor-driven appa-
ratus in Minneapolis fire department.
Great Northern passenger train
stuck in drifts at Alexandria, MINI.
Duluth gives up fight and awaits
end of storm, with policemen travel
ing on skids and snowshoes.
Of course, it is an ill wind that
blows nobody good, and there were
two classes who were benefited by the
great fall of snow incident to the
storm. One was the thousands of I'M
employed men who found opportunity
to ear nsomething in Kidding the CT
ties of the surplus snow. The other
was, or will be, the farmers whose
land will be benefited by the unusual
ly heavy fall of snow.
All of the rest of the people were
subjected to inconvenience, loss, pos
sible disease and in some cases even
to death.
Compared with weather conditions
in Miami and Florida during the same
period, there is hardly language to
express the vast difference. If the
sudden stormS that swept the north
last week were only one incident of
life there, not happening frequently,
there would be little reason for point
ing out the advantage this state has
over the north, but the storm of last
week was only one of a number that
the north has experienced this winter,
and every winter in the past, and will !
probably experience again before the
season is over.
The puzzle to the Floridian, when
he reads of life in the north, is, why
should people be content to live in a
climate which compels a constant
struggle against the elements? The
answer probably is that they do not
realize that there is a section in this
where cold and ice are never
known, where storms are seldom de-
structive and where sunshine prevails |
the year round.
One lesson may be learned by read
ing the northern papers at the pre-
sent time, and that is, that it is not
safe for our visitors to
venture north until the weather set
les, and that will not be for some
ime yet.-Miami Herald.
CITIES ARE BONDING.