The Washington times., 1923-05-10

ACRES Ol SluSu 20 SpIdLCST III IHS
up in lump, hating the progre'
DOME Bush, given a beautiful
ring with diamonds and emeralds
spent most of the day gazing at his
new toy and causing sparkles to
leap from it beneath the reading
lamp in his room as he pored
through box scores in q sporting
weekly.
After this storm every crop in
Michigan. except motor cars VIII
have to begin life all over again.
The thermometer lowered around
freezing, rising slightly during the
day only to fall back again as night
drew on.
Only twice before in the his
tori Of the weather experts here
IN Detroit has the, city expert.
enced q. colder day IN May, the
mercury. dropping to 81 on May
81, 1906 and to 80, on May IL
1907.
Five inches of snow piled up on
the roof Of frozen lizzie parlted
N front of the hotel Fort Shelby
home Of the Griffs in this mans
' DOME / Bush still thinks his
friends are kidding him and that his
ri1p came out OF the WoOlworth
diamond and emerald department
over on Woodward avenue.
REPORTS from all over Michigan
have the blizzard tearing things all
nn halting traffic AMI increasing
the Oh linking of stimulating fluids.
MenOminee and Saginaw caught
from four to six inches OF snow,
with Benton HarbOr, st. Joseph
and IrOnWOOd not far behind
While the cold and snow was
reported to have damaged severely
or DESTROYED utterly newly planted
crops. ii is. believed that even
greater. damage Will accrue TO. fruit
crops, mostly pears, peaches ana
plui1ls. IL the therrnometer drops
much farther Id the frtiit belt
Ground Kalannazoo and extending
Vest to Benton fiarbor. n
DOME Bush says his ring may,
have cost 5000 but he'll have 70
see the bin Of sale before he can
forget Woolwortl and Kresge.
a sixty.mile gale in traverse
City blew down a two-story nrlck
wall of a downtown theater, ina
periling = the lives OF many glnNs
on their way to work and running
the windows in adjacent Dulloiils
The heavy, wet snow chung to
the trees like nlucilage, making
4 proud and naughty beauty across
the street from the Fort Shelby I
bend over like beggar ON Market
street, Philadelphia, home 81 Deg
CARS.
Hundreds of fishing boats, caught
in the storm which broke TUESDAY
q afternoon and continued until this
morning, were forced from their
fishing grounds into Marinette,
Wis, and Adenominee.
Reds Hargrave went nome to
Fort Wayne, Ind, last evening, ana
is not due here till tomorrow morn
ing as he wants his two young
children to see how their daddy
looks. after three months absence
in Florida and Surrounding East.
ern points. g..
More than a foot Of snow was re.
ported at Menominee before the
telephone line broke down, and
there may be ten feet there now,
which means nothing to us as We
don't even know where Menominee
Is, or why.
WOrlmen ON the New Michigan
Lafayette building have yaca-
fiOn now until other WOrIkmen
shovel all the snow out OF the
fifteen open floors.
Most of the Griffs ruined their
eyes yesterday, either looking at
moving pictures or at still ones
sliding across the green table.
The windsor ferry had a tough
time keeping it's schedule, battling
on this side and holding back on
the other side to keep from being
blown over to Toronto.
Dad Hankihs complaining of a
lame back, thinks he caught cold in
1t Tuesday while sitting IN the
Refrigerator at Navin Field.
Snow ball contests in outlying
districts threaten to increase the
crop Of aspiring pitchers headed
for the major leagues and Clark
Griffith, Col. William Smith and
doe Engel might do well to hurry
up this way before the snow dis
appears.
If he happens to be in the mood
Jonkheer Baskerville Hollingsworth
may be- sent against the Jungaleers
the next time they stage game at
Navin Field, but if he doesn't Rub
Der Arm Russell, from BALTIMORE
may be honored with start, his
first of the season.
detroit newspapers tell of arrests
of bootleggers, but two hop up
whenever one drops out.
Rip Collins may be Ty Cobb's
pitching selection, IL they ever stage
another game here under the snow
The House detective at the Fort
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