The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22

ments north and west agaiust tenn
perature OF 10 degrees. East and
south 20.
Lightning. thunder. wind, sheets of
rainfall in the dead of winter-aRd
the heaviest moisture in one day since
the middle of August visited Topeka
and nearly every part of Kansas to-
day. Following day of high wind.
temperatures ranging from 20 to &c.
and a final effort at giving Kansas
every appearance of disastrous
drouth. the storm broke this morning
and at o'clock this afternoon be-
tween and "a inches of rain fell.
1t was wonderful,
1t filled the yawning cracks in the
ground, it swept water into drying
creek beds. 1t filled ponds and revived
| wells, it soaked into the dusty wheat
| fields-oh. it was wonderful
And it missed only two remote sec
| tions of the state-a little southeast
corner and a narrow western tier.
Kansas has been looking toward the
western horizon for weeks, months.
| awaiting the necessary rain. Follow
/ ing Tuesdays dust storm, the murky
skies and the general feeling that the
winter drouth was becoming a little
more serious than Kansas wished to
endure, the clouds opened up their
golden contents this morning.
! oh. Boy, OH, Boy
1t was a grand and glorious feeling
In Topeka. of course. it doesn't
| mean so much to the ordinary citizen
| who doesn't pay as much attention
as he should to rural needs. But even
! here there was joy abound. Streets
| were washed clean, sewers were flush
! ed. roofs that have been burning at a
rate of from five to ten day were
| soaked the air was freshened-and.
all IL fc in
the kids are enjoying a typical April
day in February.
| During the exceedingly heavy down
pour between 1I:45 and 1915 o'clock,
noon. the rain represented a cloud
| burst" street intersections we're
flooded, water ran over the curbings,
motor cars threw up water like a
ships Prov cellars were trickled and
there was nervousness along the banks
of the Shunganunga.
! Then a loud crash Of thunder quieted
the weather's, nerves and for the rest
! of the afternoon there was simply a
steady fall interrupted occasionally by
! a heavy shower.
{ Change This Evening.
After this evening thereli be a
change.
The temperature will drop to 20 de-
grees or lower and IL the moisture
continues 20 fall, snow will be the re-
! suls
But Kansas won't complain. The
! rain. the heaviest since August and the
first of any consequence since Sep
tember, is worth, oh. we'll say a
coupla million. maybe a billion-it all
u depends on how you look at it.
Wheat Crop Is Saved.
The wheat crop is saved and the
Kansas farming industry in general Is
/ due to stage a mighty comeback as
! the result of the heavy rains which
I have beea falling since this morning
ers wide territory and that the long
drouth in Kansas and the entire
! southwest territory is broken.
Reports show that all of Kansas IL
! wet with the exception OF the extreme
western edge and the southeast cor
ner Other sections have received
/ any wire from half to an inch or
more. The states wheat belt has
been especially favored as none Of
| the towns in that section have report
/ cd less than an inch OF rain.
Mohler Is Happy.
Tho gloom is being chased away"
! said J. e. Mohler, secretary Of the
/ state board of agriculture, this after
/ noon. This rain simply shows that
! we should not lose confidence until
/ after The spring showers and sun
I shine. With an inch Of moisture tho
| Kansas wheat will come out in fins
! shape. Ce course. the final result
/ must be determined later. but for this
/ time of tho year il is simply bully"
/ When told that a cold wave vas
predicted and that the rain might turn
to SNOW Mohier said such a change
would further benefit the wheat
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