| Show GREAT DAMAGE DONE I TO CROPS DY BY STORM Hailstones the Size of Eggs Cause Loss of In Eastern Montana Billings Mont Mont-A A terrific storm of ot othall hail hall wind and rain of fifteen minutes' minutes duration passed over the Huntley project in eastern Montana Tuesday afternoon destroying crops which were virtually ready for the harvest Although a complete report has not yet vet yet been received the aggregate loss lossIs lossis is is estimated at Fields of grain were were mowed down as completely as though a sickle had hid passed over them the tops of beets were torn to small bits as were those nf of C potatoes In fact every crop of which there was great variety was lit lit- wiped eu on all of existence and the fertile ferUle fields are arc as bare as they were last spring when they were seeded The hailstones hailstone were about the size of oC hens' hens eggs and covered the ground long Tong after the storm has passed away The hail hall was accompanied with a n terrific wind which unroofed some o othe of ot the barns and outbuildings and the roof of the store at Ballantine was badly damaged At Huntley many many roofs were Injured and the hotel at Huntley y is said to have been flooded |
