Show AKE STARVING is western are vanta vant A bad storn caused it ashland wis sept 26 special an ashland man who has just returned om huron county western michigan which was storm swept a few days ago gives out a startling report of destito tion which he says prevails among the losers by the storm at the time the storm was regarded as purely local and nothing like an adequate description 0 it ais never been made public aliis gentleman says eliat the sn ept through a portion of the country remote from any telegraph office he also davs the farmers of a on of chef country have asked for public aid because of the loss caused by alio terrific wind and hail storm that swept over that county at harvest time the appeal has been made by of them in the face of absolute want and starvation the torm was a phenomenal one the hail falling in clouds and covering the ground four to eight indies deep with ice ahe track of the storm was through siegel part of pans ton and covered an area eighteen miles long bv one mile wide hie crops ere literally beaten into the earth maicy of the farmers in that section live on rented farms which aggravates their ufren nes as they cannot pay their rents besides have nothing to viveon many will be in danger of star ying unless help is given one man ft ho had COO acres into crops lost every spear of it over ane storm raged for half an hour at its close men who had been well to do were without the means of mere subsistence and were obliged to leave their homes md work for bread and butter for those who are dependent upon them the total loss in crops stock and corn by the storm is estimated by this gentleman who has just completed a trip of inspection through the devast abed district at not less than besas further that john philips diaries E thomson and T W hab baid prominent citizens of bad axe have called a meeting for the purpose lanning abid obtaining immediate relief for unfortunate fd mers many in other sections have suffered severe losses but have quietly gone to work hopma to tide over to october another season |