Show THE STORM A large quantity of water de in a short time one of the severest rain storms for the time it lasted that has ever been experienced perien r fenced 1 ced in this region struck salt ra k e valley from the northwest and sweeping the entire length of the val ley aley in the morning a slight fi hower served to refresh the atmosphere 1 here and the sun afterward shone I 1 c 1 rightly in the afternoon the clouds ia i n tue the north and west began to gather darkly d arkly around and about 5 a t hunder bunder storm commenced there was a sharp squall of wind which laid n much inch of the grain in the fields and b roke down corn etc as well as up r hoting many trees the rain followed t wed the great drops descend 11 ig fiercely nerce arl this storm raged ra ed for bor up upwards w of halt half an agur hour before i a lull came and the c are presented was not enco encouraging uraj the ilie vegetables in gardens in and a round around the city were beaten down khile the lucern gram grain and corn fields t throughout the valley suffered still diore severely the water ran down streets and r ads in streams and in all directions vi rere bere to be found miniature it hikes ekes created by this means though the damage done may a mount amount to considerable in some places the benefits received will und be greater the ground had b acome parched through the long con linued ti aued hot weather and in many p laces the crops were being literally g b arned up owing to scarcity of water the rain has given these crops a t ta borough irrigation and revived their d drooping life so that generally speaking il ig it ahas has i been received with tl lanka alcess especially bhe farmers |