The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-29
COOLER WEATHERIS
FORECAST FOREMOST
SECTIONS OF STATE
Good Rains Are Reported Wed
nesday; Storm Causes
Damage on Slope
ST. ANTHONY HIT AGAIN
Hail and High Wind Destroy
Crops and Buildings; Trees
Are Blown Down
(By the Associated Press)

break to cooler temperatures by Fri
day as federal weather observers pre-
dicted cooler weather for tonight and
Friday in the eastern and southern
portions Of the state.
Heavy rainfall In the Mandan, st..
Anthony and Price vicinities late
Wednesday was accompanied by hail
and strong winds which caused dam
age to crops, small buildings and
trees.
Crops In the st. Anthony area were
reported wiped out by the hail. A
previous hail week ago had caused
considerable damage there.
Strong winds laid q windmill tower
to the ground on the John Optic farm,
destroying q silo and wrecking q grain
separator on the farm Of State Repre-
sentative E. r. Helbling.
Small buildings, wagons and other
movable property were damaged on a
dozen other farms In the section, It
was reported.
A storm which struck the outskirts
Of the city Of Mandan about the same
time, wrecked silo on the Carl Kei-
del farm. smashed brooder house
and killed 60 chicks. Most of the
roofs on the Missouri slope fair
ground buildings at MAndan were
ripped off and about 100 shade trees
were blown down or damaged.
4 Heavy hail was reported In the vic.
Unity Of Price but the extent OF the
storm or damage there could not be
determined.
Eastern Section Benefits
Precipitation was received in light
to generous amounts In the eastern
half Of the state.
While showers relieved drought
conditions somewhat In various parts
OF the state during the present week"
commented o. w. Roberts, federal
meteorologist, more rain is needed
in practically all sections for the de-
velopment Of all crops"
More than an inch Of rainfall was
recorded IN four sections Of the state,
Armenia reporting two inches, Fargo
Moorhead l.58-inch, Lisbon l.ls. and
Cakes lis. Grand Forks with So
inch was close to the one-inch mark
while jamestown was another receip-
lent of generous rain, getting .69-inch.
One Of the heaviest rainfalls of the
season brought 2.92 inches Of mois-
ture to Valley City and vicinity.
Other weather stations reporting
rain were Pembina 20, Fessenden
20, Larimore. "a, Wishek. .l8, Bis
marck IL. Parshall is, while Caring
ton, Devils Lake, Drake, Napoleon,
and Williston received from .Ol to .08
Of an inch.
Speaking Of crop conditions, Rob-
erts said much Of the early planted
small grains are too far advanced to
be benefited by these showers, but
late planted small grains. corn, pota-
toes and pastures improved decidedly.
North Dakota was unfortunate, Z"
Roberts said, in that it began the
1888 season with general deficiency
Of subsou moisture, due to droughty
conditions during 1929, 1880, and 1881,
and to the fact that 1882 showed de-
ficiencies In the southeast portion Of
the state
Temperature Sets Record
For this reason, Roberts continued,
the southeast section suffered most
from drought this year, as again that
portion. shows the greatest deficiency
In moisture.
Then to increase these adverse
conditions" he said, the tempera-
ture throughout the state was the
highest Of record for June. For ex-
ample. the average number Of days
with 80 degrees or more for the Bis
marck station for June Is two, yet
to date there have been II such days.
During the last IS years there have
been but five temperatures Of 100 de-
grees or more recorded at the station
In June. yet three such temperatures
were recorded In succession during the
present month.
Rains which fell Wednesday sent
the temperature tumbling to n from
q peak OF 80 for m all-time June %
at Detroit. But at indianapolis
thunderstorms brought only tempo
rary relief and pavementS were BURST
ing under heat Of 96 degrees.
Thunderstorms in central Ken
lucky caused considerable damage to
farm buildings and transmission
lines.
Wednesdays high was at Liberal,
Kas., where the mercury reached
Ill.