The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-07-19
VAIL TAKES 100000
FROM PRAIRIE CROP.
swath is Miles Long and Two Miles
wide From West of craigmont
to Clearwater Near Greer,
Cut by Mondays
Storm.

sent its golden smile over the fairei
prospect the Nezperce Prairie eve
presented to the human eye. A gent
breeze famed the heaving bosom Q
almost continuous garden of matul
inc grain up and down the length an
breadth of this wonderful plateau
There was everything here to max
pladness in the hearts of all who cam
and saw, and seeing, spread the goo,
news among their fellows on the out
side who were less fortunate.
In the early afternoon, clouds gath
cred in the northwest sky, and at 3:3(
the threatening storm, which had
gnarled itself into seething monster
burst about a mile and half west of
Craigmont, sending scattering hail
stones out like skirmish line, and
gathering force with every mile it
travelled, following northeasterly
course, it leveled lush fields of grain
gardens and all tender growth along a
path which viii average two miles
vide and is fifteen miles long, to ths
Clearwater river at the northeastern
extremity of the county.
1t had taken months to prepare the
ground and bring the fields to the al
most ripening stage at which the
storm found them. 1t took only few
moments to undo the work expended
on the 10000 acres traversed
This prairie is not subject to ex-
cessiye storms, and hail comes only in I
the thunder shower season covering
limited areas, and this is not often.
Never before had the territory ex-
perieneed anything like the storm Of
Monday In the Mohler and Russell
sections, where the greatest damage
was done, hail stones over an inch
through covered the ground, and these
we're driven by strong wind so that
many windows on the side next the
'torm were broken out of houses and
'ans, roofs were shattered until they
eaked, stock was knocked down.
hickens were killed and more thar
ne man who was caught afield shows
he marks of the pelting he got
The extent of the damage is only
Onjectural. The grain loss is placed
from $l25,000, by the more CON
srvative, to 100000. The insurance
arned on grain it is estimated viii =
'ver about 40 per cent of the loss. =
In the Russell section, where the
ry of the storm was most felt, there
as little insurance on the fields. !,
any of the fields hardest hit in the q
ehler section, where the grain is :,
aten flat, were uninsured. The loss II
many individual eases will be hard 7
overcome.
Cralgmont was the only town in the -
IN OF the storm to suffer consider -
ie damage, and this was principally n
roofs, the hail stones tearing holes 1,
leh let through the rain which fol -
we'd the hail; and many windows n
re broken.
Among those whose farms or crops or,
re hit are the following: an
aessrs. w. A. Eastman, Iver Longe- a.
3 Dent Pardue, L. J. Primus, G. L. sh,
aaway, L. L. Henderson, Geo. Ell, do
=, +. M .Dunning, Jas. Kennedy, ;zc
}. Stevens, H. w. Niles, Gordon, III,
seehorn, Furnish, Wagner, John
gart, Duuck, Fred and Bert Hicks, tr;
Ae Hines, Chas. Boyer, Raymond
,, X. L. Anderson, Henry and VIM.
nvan, Jake Boyer, Tom Sparks, s
ster Hayes, Gebo, Ed. Reed, Jack ]
chat McCollister, Claud Gross, ser
/. ingram, Jas. johnson, Martin, {
and Ole Thompson, Ollie Kaehel- dat
{, A. /. Harbke, Chas. Hutchins +
ie Braun, Chas. Cook, John Booth, L
d. Waters, Geo. Gamble, John c
ader, Henry Schlader, H. c. Mix Oct
on, Art. johnson, s. Sakariason, n
:. Buckley, E. L. Akridge, X. G. 4-5-
[hout, Geo. Hallett, Tom Robert
d. Brannon, Krumeich Bros, Gar stat
30. Leitch, G. @. Pennell, Harry prai
on Joe stach, S. c. Tupper, Allen mig
ready, Peter Lauby, Mike Bogner, com
n Wimpy. der
Groninger, special Insurance ad form
! Tor the Lewiston territory for visit
dome Insurance Co., has been go
over the territory the past two V
taking a general survey of the Mad
ge done It is thought the gen fami
adjustment for losses will be TAX vest
? on the arrival of agents the ison
OF next week.