The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-07
HUSKY ESTIMATES
WORTH TO State
AT $5Q,O0Q,000
Sustained Precipitation Is God.
Send to Farmers and Live.
stock Men
DESTRUCTION PREVENTED
Napoleon Gets Heaviest Fall
With ITS inches; Bis
vnarck Records 80

Rain, conservatively estimated to be
worth $50.0o0,O00 to the state and
saving the livestock industry Of eight
or more counties from certain COM
plete disaster. fell throughout North
Dakota Wednesday night in amounts
varying from an inch to ais inches.
The showers, which have fallen in
termittently since June /. continued
Thursday.
Never in all history has . rain been
80 welcome in North Dakota. After
the unprecedented drouth, beginning
IN the winter months and continuing
through spring without sign Of relief.
the sudden change In weather condi-
lions was hailed as 0od-send.
Facing certain ruin, stockmen In
the western part Of the state, where
the livestock industry Is the principal
source OF income, were ready to give
up the ghost Of what was left Of their
herds. Even government aid In sup
plying feed did not relieve their stu
alton as the water shortage daily be-
came more threatening.
Many Ready TO Quit
Near Medora, cattlemen with herds
Of from $500 to 5000 head had been
contemplating selling out, according
to John HUSKY, commissioner Of agri-
culture and labor, who recently re-
turned from survey Of the Missouri
Slope country.
"They have been saved from virtual
destruction by this rain" HUSKY ex-
planned.
All parts Of the Missouri Slope
shared in the general downpour.
Dickinson welcomed 1.34 inches. San
ish received ~; Dunn Center, 1.35:
Beach, ITO, and Wilhston, 90. These
communities were among those which
measured precipitation In q scant few
hundredths OF an inch when the
weather change came on the first Of
the month.
In the entire state, only Pembina
Wednesday was neglected by the
weather man. The rain there was
almost negligible.
In Bismarck, as elsewhere through
out the state, conversation was con-
centrated on the rainy weather as
businessmen and people in all walks
OF life joined with farmers In the
general rejoicing over the end Of the
long drouth.
80 Of IN Inch Here
Bismarck received 90 Of an inch.
according to the U. 8. weather bu-
reau. and the forecast was more
showers Thursday night and posi-
bly, Friday morning"
Napoleon, which has been one Of
the hottest spots In the state, ranked
first in the amount Of rain received,
getting AIS inches. Eastern portions
Of the state also measured precipita-
ton In large amounts, with James.
town getting l.3o inches, Devils Lake
~ and Darlington 81.
II the rain had been two or three |
weeks later, HUSKY said, 1t would have
now Is assured because Of rainfall. |
Herds throughout the state would
have been depleted had not the rain
fallen during the last ~ hours.
Foundation herds and breeding |
stock have been saved and crops Of !
millet and corn, winter wheat and
flax now have plenty OF time to
mature" although the heat has re-
suited In many cases in forced growth |
and early heading, HUSKY explained. |
Seven counties. McIntosh. Logan,
Emmons, Bottineau, Renville, Burke |
and Grant. were particularly bene-
fitted by the rain. as cattle In these
sections have been suffering heavily |
and dying Is q result Of the drouth. |