The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-21
END OF cold WAVE
AND SNOW IS seen
FOR North DAKOTA
Promise Of Warmer Weather
Cheers Bismarck After
Frigid Weekend
MINIMUM HERE Is BELOW
Flood at Hudson, Wis. Sweeps
Away Dam and Power
House; $50, 900 Loss
Promise Of warmer weather cheered

Promise Of warmer weather cheered
North Dakotans Monday following the
coolest weekend Of the winter.
The official forecast was for snow
and warmer and O. w. Roberts, in
charge Of the federal weather bureau
here, ventured the prediction that the
mercury would go above zero Tuesday
for the first time In five days.
The minimum reading during The
cold wave, which went into its fourth
day Monday, was IS degrees below
zero at 8 q. m, Sunday, but this was
almost matched by reading Of "a
below Monday. The maximum tenn
perature in the a hours preceding Z
a. m, Monday was Is degrees below
zero.
Thus Bismarck retained its reputa-
ton Of being the warmest spot in
North Dakota. Fargo's minimum
reading also was ~ below zero but
the warmest 1t got there was II below
Wind velocity here Sunday was 20
miles an hour, acceutuating the cold.
Devils Lake continued to be the
coolest with minimum Of 81 and
q maximum Of -16, while Williston
reported 20 and -18.
Snow Flows Busy
Snow plows were busy In the Devils
Lake and Grand Forks areas a. NOV
ing snow blocked many Of the roads
there.
Blocked In the Devils Lake region
were state highways Number l, La
kota north and south; number 20,
Glenfield north and south, and No.
%, Gallo. norh and south, the state
highway department reported.
Most roads In the Grand Forks
vicinity were reported blocked this
morning with plows sent north on
Number 81 and west on Number 2. A
severe north wind that swept the dis
trict Sunday moderated Monday
morning.
Lack Of reports from other sections
Of the state indicated roads were
open, the highway department said,
though indications were the roads
were not In good condition for travel.
Northwest Airlines planes resumed
operation Monday after being ground
ed Saturday and Sunday during which
time trains and other means Of trans
portation were running behind sched-
ules due to the bitter cold.
No N. D. Deaths Reported
Although no deaths from the cold
were reported In North Dakota, re-
ports from other sections included
numerous fatalities. Mercury was
down from the Pacific coast to the
lower middle west with the center Of
frigidity moving slowly eastward.
According to an Associated Press
report the minimum temperature Of
ficially reported was -54 at Battle
ford, Canada.
In the face Of this situation, floods
were reported in two widely separat-
I'd districts. Three negroes drowned
near Senatobia, Miss, when their au-
:omobile was trapped on flooded high
ways and q dam, power house and
bridge were swept away at Hudson,
Wis. Damage was estimated at
$4,000.
Officials Of the power company said
The river began its havoc shortly after
midnight, eating through an aperture
in construction work on the dam.
The wreckage Of the railway tres
tie was discovered about q. m. by
Joe O'Connell, brakeman In the
Omaha yards, in time to prevent pos.
sible catastrophe to trains.
Traffic Accidents Mount
Traffic accidents mounted in the
west and central west, as the SUBJ
zero temperatures came with snow
and ice. pushing q pail Of fog and
mist ahead.
Winter laid = protective blanket Of
snow over most OF Utah and South
Idaho before turning on the cold,
causing farmers little concern for
their crops. Instead, their land much
In need Of moisture, they greeted the
blizzard jubilantly.
Five deaths were blamed on the
weather In Iowa. Three were killed
in traffic accidents. and two were
fatally injured In falls.
Stretching from Oregon to Minne-
sofa, the bitter cold threatened to
envelop Ill territory In its path, only
the gulf states escaping zero read
ings.
Freezing temperatures prevailed
along the west coast, with = new storm
sweeping snow and Ice in on orchards.
Temperatures stood in the thirties In
California, with the snowline on
mountains near Los Angeles the low
est In years.
Ice mishaps and traffic accidents
took q death toll In Chicago and MIL
waukee. before the full intensity Of
the cold wave moved In.
In Helena, Mont, the mercury drop
ped to q degrees below zero.