Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1915 — And Still We Are Getting Altogether Too Much Rain. [ARTICLE]

And Still We Are Getting Altogether Too Much Rain.

While the lands had not dried off in scarcely any place from Saturday night s big rain sufficiently to permit of farming, and a number of fields were still covered with water, Wednesday afternoon we got quite a heavy rain, continuing at intervals during the afternoon, and in the evening, at about 6 o'clock, we got a perfect deluge again, probably over 1% inches falling. r Later on, about 10:30 o’clock Wednesday night, it started in raining again, clearing up some time during the night. A basin with straight sides set out in the writer’s yard, showed 214 inches of water had fallen during the day and night. The river, which had fallen about three feet at noon Wednesday, was at a higher stage Thursday night than it had been at any time.