The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1922-07-28
Terrific Hdi|St0rnl
Hits MCCOnc
Cuts Swath 8 to Miles Wide Through
Heart of County in Best Farming
Community. rs Farmers Suf-
fer Complete Loss

has ever visited this section OF the
state struck McCone county last Tues
day afternoon, and where stood the
most promising grain fields this sec
tion has ever witnessed, there now is
nothing but black dirt and straw.
The storm seems to have originated
and started from the Big Dry country
and travelled in a southeasterly direc-
ton up Rock Creek passing Weldon,
south Of Hamblin, down North Fork
of Buffalo and Spring creek, hitting
Redwater, Rose Valley going over the
divide near Mink, hitting the Bloom
field and Deer creek country over IN
Dawson, crossing the Yellowstone
near Stipek, hitting the Belle Prairie
country and last report received mere
is that the storm travelled as far as
Beach, N. Dakota a distance OF nearly
two hundred miles, completely running
everything in its path the entire dls-
tance.
The storm travelled through the
heart of the finest farming commun-
ity in McCone county where there
stood wheat fields promising 80 bush
els or better to the acre. 1t is es-imat-
cd that fully seventy-five farmers IN
this county suffered loss from the
storm, ninety-five percent OF them be-
ing a total loss. A list of sixty farms
has already been reported, SO II IS
thought the list will easily reach 20.
To estimate the loss in this county
alone, is quite a problem but Will
easily run over the $300,000.00 marx
The hailstorm passed over this
county about 400 P. M and there was
a steady downpour of hail lasting
forty minutes covering the ground
to a depth of 4 to s inches. Hailstones
were still to be found "a hours after
wards. The stones were unusually
large and several report holes pune
tured in their granary roofs.
Considerable wind accompanied the
storm. Window panes were knocked
out in practically everE farm home IN
it's path. Rubberoid roofs were SO pep
pered full of holes, as to make them
worthless. Besides completely destroy
ing all grain fields IN its path, the
grass on the prairie was also ruined
so that in many places there is not
even range feed let alone hay. Many
will be compelled to sell their stock
owing to feed.
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in the storm. Cattle out on the range
suffered terribly from the effects OF
the hail stones. Dead jackrabblts are
found in many places, since the storm
To have a hailstorm come along ana
completely ruin the best stand OF
grain the country has ever seen, just
as harvesting was about to begin, is
a blow that for many will be hard TO
overcome and particularly after the
hardships and trying times so many
have experienced the past few years.
Many of these people would nave
come out in fine shape this fall, had
this storm not hit them.
The saddest part is that to our
knowledge only one man had nan IN
surance, and that man is E. b. Games
of Redwater. Lucky was he.
Following is list of the farms that
were in the path of the storm and
most OF whom suffered a complete
loss, and some only partly.
Ed. Nelson.
H. Stover
Nils Amundson and Sons.
Tonnes Nesheim.
Geo Snider.
Bert Artz.
Arnston Bros.
j. M Willis.
Dick Lockhart.
Jens V. Jensen.
B. F. Jones.
Mrs. Katherine Ward.
JOS Robiski.
W. M Weldin.
Three Lukin Farms.