| Show SUNS RAYS BEAT DOWN LESS Y ON KANSAS V Wat Out hut Ice Famine Threatened and Mud Sickness Feared as Result of the Drought Air So Heated That Rain Evaporates Before StriKing Striding Ground for Relief Topeka Kan Ilan July 13 laThe The suffering iIi ii from om the prolonged drought e now more Intense than ever eer The Tha skies 0 are a are leaden le and the suns su s heat is la Intense Xo tio immediate relief is ex expected expected expected It is the opinion of or some som who the drought of or 1860 that the present pre et dry period promises to be even more severe It is hardly expected that there th r will i be lie any lasting relief be before before fore fole felt fall People do not now not no expend so much time in worrying about the loss of at the th crops and the hard times which must of a necessity ne come they are devoting aJI aJl their energies to the exigencies of the he present pres nt With waterworks systems giving gluing out ice famines threatened and farm products of all kinds obtaining large prices the th situation is becoming a serious one for tor Kansas 1 The fire departments in Topeka Atchison Emporia Lawrence and oth other er of the larger cities clUes have hav addressed add reseed appeals to k t the people asking them to shut oil off all aU their hydrants whenever the fire Are whistle is blown so as to give the proper amount of pressure on the water mains leading to the fires Ares There is fe not cwt a at as city in Jn the state which Is to tc tonight t night able to cope with a fire Build Buildings BuildIngs Buildings ings have reached such an Intense de degree degree gree of dryness that a So fire will start on the slightest provocation and once started in m some parts of the cities enormous losses would be sure to en ensue ensue ensue sue Much sickness is resulting from the th scarcity S o of good water Boiling the water even een will wUl not remove the disease germs with which it itis is Infected so very low tow is th the the supply Reports from Pram the country districts tell teU that all the coun country country country try streams are arp getting low Mills and electric light plants that were run by bywater bywater bywater water power have he fa been en forced to close Most stoat of the ponds have been dry for two weeks and the question where to obtain water for stock Is one Dees sf C the themo mo moat t Important propositions th that has hIlS I confronted the Kansas farmers for years Asa As a result stock is being placed d on sale at ridiculously low lots prices Some have said they would even even give ive their theirs stock s c k away if Jf some relief did ltd not n come as as to purchase feed forthe for the ani would w uld be investing more money Titan they are worth worthe e kUi i n counties t I tern ternand and central parts of or o the state Th indicate that the corn crop Is 18 not so bad on off onas as has hitherto been published The late product has not yet begun to tas tassel tassel I sel and nd jt I the general verdict that it is standing the heat ren k b r 1 well wen In some s O me P Poff places laces the corn is fa IB rie off than In others but taking it ori on an sn average df of all the conditions reported It safely said that it if favo fe e weather conditions would come coins at o ohalf half a crop cr p of corn would be obtained But B t the conditions now ara araR but propitious for better The livestock situation fe is r very lam Dairymen have been obliged to io i the price of ot milk so 0 high hip have ve the prices of feed become |
