Salt Lake Telegram | 1913-08-18 | Page 5 | Heavy Rains over Wide Kansas Area

HEAVY RAINS OVER WIDE KANSAS AREA KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aag. It. Heavy showers Sunday over moat of th eastern half of Kansas added to th relief that eama with the rains of Saturday, Sat-urday, and it it believed the drouth i now effectually broke. vTk relet cam too let to be of mucej beaeftt to tke corn that kaa been withered witk tw montkt of allien end bet triad, tzeept for fodder, but forage and alfalfa erope will be greatly helped. The rains alee will refill the ponds with water for stock, the lack of wkieh hat been a aariout matter. Tke rain of Haturdav and Sunday were local in character hot indication tonight were for more ralaa ia mott sections. With tke rains came cooler temperature all over the eta It, break-lag break-lag the long stretch of 10& degree weather that prevailed during thlt month and part of July. Topeka received a total ef nearly aa Inch of rata. Other nearby points nortk and went of there recorded a like amount. Kansas City T peri need relief with the heavy skowert of laat night, the thermometer reaching only 98, although al-though tke humidity made tke day teem little cooler than Saturday with a temperature ef M.