Show FICKLE BLIZZARD WEATHER I Made Nebraska Farmer Cuss and Kansas Farmer Laugh I Omaha Dec Nebraska Kansas Iowa South Dakota and western Illinois 1 nois have experienced a severe blizzard 1 in the last 36 hours Railroad traffic is I beginning to feel the effects of this I I winters first snow embargo and in I several cities street car lines have been I forced to suspend operations I I In Nebraska the storm has been general I gen-eral all over the state the fall of snow ranging from eight to 16 inches Nebraska Ne-braska farmers generally suffer heavily I as the storm has stopped the gathering of corn with fully a fifth of the enormous enor-mous crop yet in the fields In Kansas on the other hand the farmers are rejoicing In the Sunflower state rain and snow alternated in heavy downpour mailing the first precipitation precipita-tion of moisture in three months and ending a disastrous drought Cattle exposed to the blizzard however are suffering severely onesixth of a herd of GOO en route to Topeka having been killed by the storm In South Dakota the storm has been the worst in many years In the vicinity vicin-ity of Yankton fears of a general railroad rail-road blockade are entertained as the snow is very light and of the drifting character Western Illinois is on the edge of the blizzard but several towns along the border line have felt its full severity 0 |