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Show VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM A violent windstorm struck the city from the south about 7:30 Tuesday evening which carried sand and dust into buildings and blew down three or four poplar trees. This was followed j by a severe thunderstorm which lasted for some time, demoralizing the elec-! elec-! trie light service and flooding streets, j It was a local storm extending from ; Washington on the east to Santa Clara on the west and a few miles only to the ' south. ' People were feeling good thinking it was genera! and would put some water 1 into the Clara creek which is very low. Drought is burning up crops around Santa Clara. Veyo and Central, all the water in the creek at Santa Clara having hav-ing been turned into the town ditch, leaving no water for the fields. It is to be hoped we will got beneficial bene-ficial rams soon. |