Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1920 — A BUZZARD FROM THE N. W. [ARTICLE]

A BUZZARD FROM THE N. W.

Cane Thursday Afternoon Following Three Days Fine Weather. The first three days of March were mighty fine and’ all that couid be desired, but a drizzling rain set in Wednesday evening, continuing throughout t)he night and part of Thursday, turning to a regular nor’wester in the afternoon with a decided drop in temperature. A regular blizzard held sway all Thursday afternoon, perhaps two or three inches of snow falling, and during the night the mercury got down to within 10 degrees of zero again. The rain Wednesday night was the first breakup we have had since the ground froze about the 18th of November, the more than three months of continued freezing weather being practically unprecedented for this latitude. The roads have been the best all winter as a KSonsequence ever known here, and they kept froze until all the many changes in the farming district had been made, which was certainly a mighty fine thing as there has been so much moving this spring. Thursday the roads were cut up some and the dirt roads were quite bad. Yesterday was quite bright and pleasant once more and the indications were that the snow and cold wave would soon disappear. The blizzard which started in the northwest Tuesday was very severe in ithe Dakotas and other western states, traffic being completely paralyzed in many cities.