The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-08-10
HAIL STORMS
SWEEP AREAS
over COUNTY
Freakish Disturbances Also Are
Cause of Wind and Water
Damage.
Glasgow North Bench and
Northeast Valley Section
Hardest Hit.

Wind, hail and electrical storms
that checkerboarded several Valley
county farming rea the past week
caused damage to an estimated 90
900 acres of crops. Losses were from
10 to 100 percent, according to re-
ports reaching here and news re-
ceived from Courier correspondents
in the county.
Most severe damage areas were in
the northeast section of the county
and on the Glasgow north bench.
"Hailstorms in this community
Sunday night did thousands of dol
lars worth of damage to crops and
gardens" Mrs. Gladys Killenbeck,
Richland correspondent, said.
The most extensive damage was
done to crops south of town where
the strip was at least four miles
wide in spots and even wider in
some places" Heavy damage was re-
ported as far west as the Harry
Renner farm south of Glentana.
Losses Reported
Among those suffering loss in the
Richland community we're Carl Shell
lerud, Atle Tarum, Ralph Curtis,
Norman Zemliska, Henry Gardner,
Ted Winderl, Herman Gunther,
Peter Lasar, Phillips brothers, Carl
Kleppin, Bert Dreger, Les Gray,
Howard Swenson and others in the
same localities as Iar east as John
Haldin's.
The storm north of Richland
damaged crops on farms of Ole
Fossum. furthest west reported; AL
bert Hall, Homer Powell, Melvin Roll
andson and K. K. Bondy. Bondys
reported hail was not as severe as
farther west but that wind shelled
out grain. Both storms went east
and were accompanied by heavy
winds and rain.
Little damage in Glentana town
was reported by Correspondent Dor
othy Alderman but she said crop
damage nearby ranged from rs to
95 percent.
Killed by Bolt
Four cows and a calf belonging to
Frank Heckner southeast of Glen
tana were struck and killed by
lightning.
Freakish features of the storm
were mentioned by Mrs. Dina
Thompson, Opheim correspondent.
H. j. Quasi, south of Glentana, told
her hail hit three different times
Sunday and from three different di-
rections. Next morning there was
still four inches of hail in the Quasi
garden, which was beaten to soup"
The storm covered the middle of
his farm, leaving n portion I'M
damaged. An adjoining neighbor
had the same experience, except
that his unchanged field was the
opposite side from Mr.. QuaSt's. Such
'checkerboarding" effects were COM
mon.
Hail damage apparently was not
so severe nea Opheim, although
Sunday night, Monday night,
Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday
night brought rain and lightning.
Total August rainfall there has been
2.35 inches. Some repair work on
lines was necessary.
Stack Destroyed
A new stack of crested wheat on
the Herb Hallock farm near his
buildings was struck by lightning
and destroyed by fire.
County Commissioner Carl Shell
lerud reported about a ten percent
loss, while K. H. Knudsvig of Lars
Ian estimated his at so percent.
Other reported losses were on the c.
C. Reimche and Sonsteng farms near
Larslan.
The Glasgow north bench was
struck by hail, rain and wind Thurs
day afternoon about 2. Total preci-
pitation in Glasgow was .43 inches,
but farmers said it was heaviet on
the bench.
North ends of the Joha Purcell
and John Todd farms were damaged,
while Howard Belzer and Gerhard
SCHNEIDER also had losses. A pet
at the SCHNEIDER home was
struck by lightning and killed. Ar
chic Bruce said hail damage was
slight on his farm but high winds
his grain. Other hail losses
we're reported on the Ezra Hurlburt
Frank Simmons and Mike Had
farms.
The heavy rainfall flooded some
fields and, in a few places, runoff
off shocks. Coulees ran bank
full and flats near Whately we're
Hooded.