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Show end general prec1r.tTetlon east of tha ).iie1e)rtt river, v eatera Colorado end New Mi ara HI In the cold area, but tne temperatures t-"e aa a rule In Wyo-nttne. Wyo-nttne. M"nlMii '! en Mem Colored, raneed hy (i'Im pivwii a storm now being over Athene, I ande. Tha temporal ura In Hilt Take at 4 o'clock this morning tat It degrees nova, but below s-ro weather u experienced ex-perienced at tha fnuowtng points; Dm Itlotnes, 4 below, foe f'li y, Kan., helow; DiiJuttu 4 below, I'urro below; be-low; Wrand Jiition. 14 below. Huron, 1 below; .Lender, V yo-, 4 below; Moor-head. Moor-head. Minn, IS below; North Piatt. 4 below; St. Fanl, I below; HharXlaa, Wyo baiow. JTOIMAJU COTTPTTTOKS ELBT01U.D IK STJIUIKO All of tba public IkH bolMtnca, 1h tha aariUua of tit Lafayada war onaoad (nta morninc In in caa of tha bif bulidlnf at North Tampla and Slala atroata It Tiaa aarn tfacldad tt lat tha walla and floor dry aut lor a day or two Ion gar bfora opening tba bulldlir. Aa a raault of tha Inrraaaad aupply af Wat or lata yaaiarday afrarnoon anj la at "tffht praottoaJly rwrv larft bulMtna; In tha rlty waa ajpphd with nfflcitit watr thU norT)lri(. Many ptivata tapa that bava baan without a drop of watr tnoa Mooday saorulug wara running Utka aaorninc. Fram avary part of tha etty, fcowaaar. roma raporta of fnaaati or tmrat plpaa. Thaaa wllj atthar hava to ha tha. wad out or la many oaaaa tha ptpa due up and ra-palrad ra-palrad tfora tha Uaara can aarura a tup ply o( watar from their own la pa. . iLkiiiPillIUllE ; EMJEF Conditions la the City Are Izaproved Greatly by Warmth. WATES AGAIN FLOWS ' IN CUT MAINS Increase of Qoudlneis, With Snow and Warner Is Hopeful Forecast 1 1 1 Ml I i n H til II I I I I 1 1 M 4- TTVPTTIATTrFB TOTVAT liiuiUaA THAJT TEnlieEDAT 4 f - Too loot at tottporattro Pt- 4 eoMed today at T:lfl kwh. wars tba foraroraant . taaraionitaff riratra4 D o ) 4 fraai abova xaro, m Mmpra4 4 wita yaatrrdar'a tniaimuat of 4 J dryraaa tlow aaro at T f 4 'clfxk yaoterflay -a or tiaa, A 4 differrora of 11. a dp(rraa. 4 At S a'rlork yaatordar morn- 4 lug it Va I d'fraa abovo, whilo r 4 at tbat poor this mora tog it Vi 11 drra abovo icro. - out tha win tar tha traam waa kapt apaa fr a wMtii of shout two ft. "T'at n,lma Wara thua anabtM fo braak nv ri1a'a that mtndt form bafora thy oMikl bit" k lit atrMin, T brtla form quirk )r, and unlaa rlofu-l guard awl aalnft will ahut off tha antira airaun tn a oomia rail fly abort tlm. fHir a Jx-t waa to i"t tba air.?! aatrh yrar ba-fnra ba-fnra lha froaL And by li--plnff ah aad of tft fnaaia wa wara anaMr-d to kaap tha aire in fpn th yr mtir-t " That a aslatitka la tlna; niala tn at-lowtnc at-lowtnc lha "hard dintrlrt to ramaur I wtthaut aalar fur pa long a, pro4 la an-cithr an-cithr attmant aiad by ir. 1 11 na tvuh tha thr aiiopiiaa to draw an, Mr. H ira daflaraa Uta ana ina af tha bul nM district cava ba aUad without muca dinimy. "Tn vtyaa of tha watar atm, aid Mr. H in, "ara Iwoatad aa that tha i tr can h fur d to tha aUon, uanally uppilad from City eraak. of rour, J piohabjv am bttr aoqualntad with iha watar ay at am Hian any one ia. aa a larg part af It waa tnaiAitad during dur-ing my i mini at ration 1 a" willing a4 atixiona to a 4 tha rlty ofrirlat In uy v that 1 rag to bring tha watar oud dm on bark to aormJ. T Whan abd what pranautlong bad bn ta kmn agatnat froafa uiKiar hla administration. ad-ministration. Mr. Hobday aaid tlmt hm had nrly followed th pracadanla aatahtuitad by former off! -lata. ' w ta I took changa of tha waterworks' water-works' aatd Mr. Hood V. "Mi. HloaO told ma that all that w nacaaaary ta kap tha atraam opag wa to have It propajrly piroiid. I foliowad thia ad-vtre, ad-vtre, aad atMtahad a aorpa of petrol-men petrol-men an tha atraaaa aa aaoa aa tha froate awcrimaacad.' FOTATO IS 1 DxoiMAixo bt raosT ' Jartf Fmat haa f-rtaJnly wraakad hla! vng nee during tha laat two day upon tha iMMato euppiy uid away by the people peo-ple of Halt Lmkm t'lty. In hundreda af oeeaa large aimpla af tha vagetahlaa atoredj In rilira for tba winter month were entirely daetroyed. Ho great waa the kpea that ualeeg eara U tabaa with fhoae that hava ramalnd unharmed a altortaara win rom before the next croe f ready for anarket. Tha loea Buffered by tha rAmmlaartofi man haa been comparatively alight, owing ow-ing to the raot that th ap.Hia ' have ben at o red carefully and In aixh great qijantltlea tliwt only the outeida layers could hve beeh harmed. Phtrtlnilarly win the potato loag ha atrf-farfd atrf-farfd by the poor, lw dapaird lara;ly on thla food for their euetenanog -durlug hard Ureaa. ETTMAJTB OJTTOFI MOTTCTS ho&ass nou 00U If horses hava tha power to know and aa thankful, hundreds pray each night that h-ith and long II f a may ba b1-eed upon Humane Offlt-er J. ft. K. Hottk. twh horse In this tty tha t ran be rawrhed by tha Investigations of on man I comfortably oovarad with a wsria blanket every Hie that ha la uompellad to stand for any length of time, awaiting await-ing tha hand of his rnaater. Humane Of Acer Houk tours tha rlty each morning tw make sura that tha law l obeyed to the letter, when It comes to prottM-Ung tha dumb beast, and a glance at tha long Hnes of delivery and work horse standing before tha various mr-canttJe mr-canttJe aetebUahments will convinrs the mot ekeptlcaJ that rasultg hava beea fort booming. "It haa b-es a hard fight. aaid Mr. Houk this rnomlna. "Many of tba purines puri-nes men hava been uae4 to allowing their horses to stand unprotected sgalnat tha ley blast, and It haa been dunv.ult to recom lie them to the trouble and expense ex-pense of blanketa. "1 think that all of tliem realise now I that blankets are not only cheaper, but by far mora sensible.' KOUCATs 0ONTTTIOK8 AH ewXttTOUCO AT HOTEL CNmdltrong at tha Hotel L'tak hava bo-gun bo-gun to reeume a normal eptvearaitce. a good eupply of water Is now available and tha heating plant la working overt Una to meke up for tha trouble yeaterday. The onlv trouble reported In tha Ttg building this morning waa a buret pipe 'tn tha ticket ofnVe of the Oregon Abort lalne. and tha offloa la cloeed on avcouut of no brat. WATTE SITUATTOIC IS IMMAUAfiLT MTTZB With snprontmately ll.ooo.eea gallons of water flowing Into the otty mains every twenty-four hours and tha eupply Increasing Increas-ing hourly th danger of a continuance of the water famine la believed to bo over for the ptettent at least. VV, H. Kome, com ml-arl oner of tba wa leraarks dfpartmenl. dorlared this morning morn-ing that ths supply from all of th ean-I'uri ean-I'uri streams wns being alowly Increased, tad he waa of the opinion (hat tha danger he over. Tha situation has Improved ao re pld I v el no noon yeel entay t net thla morning tha city commlaelon prarttcally 9wlled not to put In operation the pump putfhaaed yeaterday for ue at liberty ei-k. The pump will be placed tn poel-tun poel-tun so that It my be ready fr any fineraetxy tlwt ntay arise during tlia sinter. The ureal eat relief came lata yeetenlay iftemoun when the wsier from the J. P. 'ehooo ditch re!hed tha city mains water waa tm-ned Into tha conduit en an water waa turned Into the conlutt on an .inler from Jud(e C, W. Moree. who has rind the Queetlon of the Water litigation of this and other a l re me urnler con eld era -tinrj ftr many month. Judae Moree aald ihl nmrnlng that It Is Irnn-.aeihl to tell ttow long the order will te allowed to land, aa tha Tishts of others Interested In th water must be considered, as well aa the wanta of tha city. A large force of men started out at noon reatenUy lo turn off water wherever they f uind that ten had been allowed to run. They retrtcd Upt niaht that they had turned orT thirtv-ne tap. The force continued con-tinued Ha work thla morning, but up to noon no report had been received as o the number of eervtces dleoontlnued by then Imtto'. Large forces of mn are still at work 'n the various canton sire ma trving to rn ii them up o that an increased flow sill ba had. Commta toner Komi said ihia morning that the flow from City creek ami the other atraajna ia eteedily lncreaa-in. lncreaa-in. . The various railroad comnanlea aleo reported re-ported thla morning that the ettuatlon is much better than It waa yeaterday. COLD DRIVER OTTEATfj TO H01le XXTCHSN TV hen ninety mem here of tha Rotary rlu b aeaem hiod In t ha upper room of the Hotel lull teat night for their ninthly banuuet and but-tnees maetlng. the frigid atmosphere threateoetl to roinpei imniellate al touruineiiL. However, How-ever, the prompt action of tJeorge O. Helf, manHcer of the hotel, aa eon aa hia attention waa called to tha temperature, tempera-ture, saved tha day. In laa than twenty minutes two table ta-ble bed been errenaed in tha aputloca kitchen, snd the members of the club a ere seated around l ham, and a tempting menu waa eerved. Although a tw.nf.uet In the kitchen may aeem a little out of piece, the nlnetv metnters of the club and the IMi gueete of the hotel, who lnrd them, de- lare that last night's affair wee a eocceeo In eerv eay. and one of the met appa tiling lu the history of the club. The kitchen proved to be ona of the moat attractive spots In ths hotel, and tn It fully loo guest a were aocuin.no-dated aocuin.no-dated for luncheon and dinner, . ti ii it i in ii nil in ii in i ' Wlvh tb turning of mllUoag of f al-loo al-loo r wtr from ditch, th title t which ar la dlapttta. Into th city i watar again, and with a dcldd aaod-rilloa aaod-rilloa la tamparatar, th watar fit- 1 gatioo 1 much btUr thaa It hM bn ' tt ry tlm sine, atldnifht 1at Hatur- : day, and tb crUU that thraawued th i city yeatardsy haa paaaed. I k tempratur, in accordant, with , tba prediction aisd by A. H. Thle- sen, aactioo director, United States rather bureau, ha riaeg appreciably. The minimum tfmperatur .f today was 1 recorded at 7:13 .Vlock, whea it was ,J decrees, abov zero, as compared i ilh 11 degree below at 7 'clock veeterday morning. . A aiae meeting of properly owners ' of tha city has beea called, ta b held , at tb t'ommercial club at t 'rlovk to-) to-) ipbt, to diaru-a th water siluatioa, snd to determine, if poasible, th causes that led to tba aupreaedeated shortag nf water. 1 re eipreasioa will he mada by owners of proj-erty as to their sentl-oicnts sentl-oicnts vunceraing th silnatio, and n cans may ba take, to learn If the , i:.lv can take strp' lo prgygnt recurrence recur-rence of tbe condition. Ml erboola of the city, with tb I ccptioD of the lefarclte, ksa r-ci.cue.1 r-ci.cue.1 aad full clswea ara attending. I he i laws at the I aivemity of ttab acre rcnuiued this morning. Virtun)lv normal condition linve t,, re-iored in the Uuaioret district snd buildiDgn and oltiees that wer tin-iH-cupicd vceierday s re filled with -Irrks snd employees, workiug strsnu-ourlyr strsnu-ourlyr to hiiIiq up for lost time. f.ornisi Condition Estcrulng. . Normal eouditions wil ba restored in every wsv, it is bliveJ, by thia attcrnooa or tomorrow, tVciion- Ul-i.rur Ul-i.rur A. II TUieMo prUcling that tn- t mpera'iire will coutintia to riee . n l that eaow may be Actd ta I' -h. or tomorrOB'. .'uxor hnniuel l . PrU, as conimia ii,ict . of public aa'cty, hua scented . .mi.lcte' coovraii.m 1tera the .rfttcrworks department, .be (mile de-incut, de-incut, the health deiuirtmeut ard the fire drpartrueot. looking to aa ab-solut. ab-solut. cbe.-k on water watra. sud to restore the normal flow of water to the city service mains, and muck good ia beea accomplished by tins continued cont-inued force. Many casea of destitution have been reported to tbe charitable oruamicalious and extreme effort r being nidn tu rcht-v then moNt urgent. ruoa. Tbe puulie i reapoudtug frclr to til re-. re-. i-at aisd to thee, orgaoiatioua for '!. T0EMXR STJPERINTENDENTS OrrER SU0QEBTI0N1 TXsnussIng the eondttlone af th last or dava, l-THnk H'nea and T 'lorra li'-r-iay, f"rmr autrintendentH of Wa.ierwi.tkn, an id t net they IvlUved ' ".mt m ich of the trouble couul tiava beau w x i i ( d ha i p iv psr prec a u t hi ta been la.h. "I nder my adminletrstlon,' aald Mr. Vlna. "we tn.el to have the stream i iri4 cor.Miir from the tlm in -n,fsei-ttii e !- oed a l-oml below U . r -a r lorn. Aa soon se ths stream - mnf-tv rwi to freea-v a ftrca of prol-ti prol-ti wae nt to tn canvon. 'Pltrmiah- HTJNDREDa Or DUCKS LIBERATED PROM ICR! The extreme cold weather threatened to plav havoc with a large porUon of the Itit It population of the state. About tluka which werg found fnwen In marshes in the southern and western pet is of lavle county were liberate! yeetenlay by (oige Haxker. state Ash and game war Jm of that county. Kred W. Cham be re, state flah and game rytnuulssloner. In view of the fact thet repot re-pot a haa baen reoelved from dlterent Hc-ttona of the state advising of conditions hnlUr to those In the Iavta county rom-ehes, haa dctalle! the seven,! fleh snd gaine wardens to m.ke thtkrouab Inveett-HattKiTt Inveett-HattKiTt tn all the mervhee within their re-ai-wctKe teriitortea. The ducks lit 'era ted veteitlMy were In such 1-oriditlf.n tlwt had ihi'V nt been freed they could not have Mtuvlved moia than a few hours longer. A lew Were found dead. ISo other fowls or any game coming under un-der the protection of tha state flah and same department hava been aTeoted by , ihe frigid weather, ao far aa is known. - RXPLODtNO WATER JACKETS CAUttR MUCH TROUBLE Numerous stop's and boiler explosions have lCU reronled during tike la at tevn dnva on account of tha exlremely cnVd vexther and the Uck of water. glove mn uf the city hae ben dliur a land office bualneae In new atovee. a nuny of the ranges hava been completely 4a siro M. tMuna of the explosions hsve been so severs that they aliiHwt wrecked the moms where ttiey were. In one caee. a hot atove lid at rudt ona of the members of the honaehoid with .such force aa to aerd him a pre a ling. 1 he trouble seemed to begin when hct flrre were bitlt In stoves caitiMctwd with hot Water tankn. The pip a carrving iter thiotajh ths flrehoi of tha atove (Md emuicti water to catiie the steam time 1 united to break the pipes. Die stue department of tlia vmrloua hartlwere and furniture atores have sa.rd a Utrae tiumtter of langea to people who atUlbute ttuir trouble to ej.ploe.uus. WEATHER MAN SATS "WAitAlEa, WITH SNOW" The continued contrtteneaa of the weather men le very pletuuug. He promises prom-ises that the temperature will cotiliaue U rte tonlHtU gnd tomorrow arxl wtll he aoconawnlfd hv increaeing clondinees and 3ttw lu lt Leke and viclnliv. end. In f-ct, over the autlre slate tr teh. le caittlone elnppera lo protect thlrty-eix-hoitr aiilpincntn against reao going eaat, to tlr-trrw aiove soiiig aouth and frees-li frees-li it in otuer dtrert!oie - The eiortit tuts n.oved In a northeasterly northeast-erly direction 'Hl Is nw over the northeastern north-eastern iv-Htlon of the count rv, ettMndd hy aaiuiir weather on thg AiiantK ouaat |