The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-01
DISASTROUS MONTH
! OF MAY WIPED OFF
| FARMERS CALENDAR
Agriculture Heaves Sigh as
Cooler Temperatures Accom-
pany Light Showers
BISMARCK is MoIsTENED
Rainfall Here Not Enough to
Settle Dust But Some
Areas Get Help

Another sheet was ripped off the
calendar Friday as June brought
relief from the record-breaking tenn
peratures Of May which reached q
peak the first Of the week.
Bismarck and vicinity received only
OF Of an inch Of rain Thursday but
overcast skies brought relief from
torrid temperatures and the Their.
mometer reached its maximum at Il.
The mercury fell to q low Of - dur
ing the night.
Scattered showers, according to the
y. 8. weather bureau here, prevailed
from the Great Lakes to the north
Pacific coast Thursday. In North
Dakota the precipitation In most
parts was not enough to settle the
dust, but Lisbon received As Of an
inch OF rain and Cakes, where North
Dakota temperatures reached their
peak during the heat wave. was re-
lieved with 81 of an inch.
Possibly Shower
According to the forecast, moder-
ate temperatures will continue Fri
day night and Saturday. The pre-
diction for Bismarck and vicinity was
unsettled and possibly showers: not
much change In temperature" for
Friday night and Saturday.
Temperatures remain high In the
Great Lakes region and the Missis-
'sippi Valley but cooler weather pre-
walls over the northern Great Plains
and Rocky Mountain regions.
Grand Forks and much Of the Red
River Valley experienced showers
Thursday. Rain was reported at
Grafton, Drayton, Devils Lake, St.
Thoms, Mayville, Northwood, Crooks
ton and other nearby points.
A cooling shower also fell In Fargo
and others were reported In the
southeastern part Of the state as we'll
Hopes Of middle west farmers were
buoyed somewhat by forecast Of prob
able thunder showers, cooler weather
and unsettled conditions in the Mis-
sissippi Valley. The showers, how
ever, were not expected to bring any
thing but slight relief from high tenn
peratures which supplied an anti
climax Thursday to month Of dust
storms and extreme aridity.
Iowa Sets Days Mark
Temperatures Of 103 degrees were
common in Kansas and Missouri
Thursday while their northern neigh
bors sweltered under the full blast Of
the heat wave.
Inwood, Ia, topped the days record
with Ill degrees and Aberdeen, s. D..
was not far behind with Ito. Al
Feeport, ILL.,, the mercury shot UP
to 106, and at Minneapolis to 1868
Schools at those two cities and at
Des Moines and Keokuk, Ia. were
dismissed. The Illinois Bar associa-
ton, In session at Waukegan, sus-
pended activities to permit delegates
to seek relief.
Winter wheat not already burned
or blown out was ripening rapidly
causing farmers In Oklahoma and
southern Kansas to rush their har-
vesting plans. Statisticians said that
one-third Of Iowa's corn crop lay un-
terminated In the soil due to drouth
Federal and state officials took fur.
ther steps to aid the drouth- stricken
farmers. At st. Paul, Gov. Floyd b
Olson announced he would declare On
embargo on livestock shipped into
Minnesota for grazing or feeding pur.
poses in order to save available feed
and fodder not killed by the drouth.