Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1902 — COLD WAVE AND SNOW. [ARTICLE]

COLD WAVE AND SNOW.

Severe Storm and Zero Weather Descended Upon the Country. Cold weather settled over the States of the central West Sunday and the open winter froze shut. Through the Northern States high winds and heavy snow preceded the cold wave, in manj' parts of the district amounting to a blizzard. Through Kansas. Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Missouri the cold was unac-_ companied by snow and much suffering resulted. The range cattle in Nebraska, western Kansas and Oklahoma suffered severely and many are dying. The long period of extraordinarily mild weather took them far from shelter and measures for their protection were to some extent neglected. The winter wheat in this section was damaged, as there was insufficient snow covering. The severe cold which had been dwelling for days in the Dakotas, Montana and Northwestern States, swooped down upon Chicago Sunday. In eighteen hours, from 6 in the morning to midnight, the mercury took a tumble of approximately 35 degrees, making a temperature below the zero mark. From that time on to early Monday morning it fell more steadily. With the severe cold came a high wind from the Northwest Reports from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Michigan and Wisconsin tell of almost deplorable conditions. The weather for several days has been the severest known to many parts this winter. Cattle on the western ranges are suffering and the losses to their owners are expected to be unusually large. The loss of life also is expected to be large. Grover F. Locke, sged 13, son of 8. Ixicke, a stockman and broker of Hunt-, ington. Ore., was frozen to death in the blizznrd. His horse refused to face the storm, and young Ixicke started to travel the remaining distance to his father's ranch on foot. He had gone only a short distance when he fell Ru'e downward in the snow. His body was found by a searching party. A glance nt the following table slsows how the cities suffered from cold: Q’Appelle —2Bl Valentine —4 Williston —HI]St. Paul -2 Huron —lOl Davenport —2 Havre 8 Kansas City .... 0 Helena —Bl Dubuque O Des Moines .... —BlOiunhn 0 Mlles City —4]Green Bay 0 Sunday night a gale, carrying heavy snow, was raging through Michigan, with a blizznrd in the upper peninsula, and the thermometer was dropping rapidly from the straits to Memphis. Illinois escaped the worst of the cold wave, but low* temperatures are reported from all over the State.