The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL MONDAY,: JANUARY .18, 1904 SUDDEN RAIN FRESHENS FIELDS AND DISPELS FEARS OF FARMERS Southland Is Visited by a Much-Needed Downpour and in the Salinas Valley the Moisture Ar-| & rives Opportunely for Big Success -of Crops e e + UPITER PLUVIUS split a hinge in the celestial reservoir yester- J day afternoon and over nearly all of Southern California abund- ant rain is soaking the thirsty soil and thrilling with joy the farmers and orchardists who had almost despaircd of the success of their crops. In the Salinas Valley, in San Joaquin and in the re- gion around Sacramento plentiful moisture is reported. Thé down- pour is of mendous benefit to stockraisers, who have experienced unusual difficulty in providing water for-cattle. e . | S ANGE Jan. 17<—Rain— | nights rain will be of greit benefit to t st in is falling’ over |stockmen in particular. Had the drought | s i -night. The | continued through January hundreds parched in co-|of cattle would have died, as feed was | s d and | getting very scarce. Agriculturists of t all classes have been waiting anxiously for a break in the drought, bean farmers especially being sufferers. | fall to be of ‘goodly quantities benefit will be the result. n. 17.—There were heavy digas- T' LAR . - all through the afternoon and ey The total rainfall for the ) the present time is .30 of an e inch and it is still raining. This means : < much to the entire communit feed . T was becoming scarce and the wheat was suffering E SANTA ANA, Jan. 17.—A gentle rain . with intermittent heavy showers com- = . menced 1i here at 8 o'clock to- e night. Previous rainfall for the season e was only .26 of an inch, so that this . is the first precipitation of importance S last May. The rain will be wel- gt d by all classes of farmers who T o< deferred plowing and seeding for weeks in anticipation of it. Lack of raia s been especially severe on stockmen and grain farmers. Horticulturists have Southern s ' Nt | resorted to winter irrigation extensively . - in lieu of rain & i GREAT REJOICING IN FRESNO. NO, Jan. 17.—The long-looked- e n has come at last, and since vt = on Fresno has had downpour of £ i er an inch. It Is by odds the biggest VALUE OF THE RAIN. shower of the season, and has come that has ! just in time to save the crops and to s Angeles change to smiles the gloom on the faces n of the farmers and the cattlemen. Nev- n many seasons had rain been so v needed in this section of the ate. Cattlemen and sheepmen have | been in despair, and the prices on cat- tle in the past week have been as low +as $6 per head and sheep as low as 50 nts per head because of the prospect drought There was no feed any- n the mountains. present h to guarantee plenty of feed in z - k and serions nmediate future. Grain land that s 1 K aii mot come | Was planted months ago and had given no promise of producing a crop If the rain- | er has been copious | ¢ will, according to the farmers, show 3 the immediate effect of the storm. ; There has been a heavy snowfall in the mountains, assuring plenty of| water for irrigating ditches for s months. If the present storm continues for another twenty-four hours, as ap- pearances indicate it will, with the cer- y of late spring shower: Sho y is guaranteed another v such as h . Citrus fruits as much as other intere: just passed. veral | Fres yéar of | g r, are maller than 2 ok dack of molsture. To- Jan. 17.—The rainfall of s rate Will EROStly Drnett fhem. t ten hours has been worth hun- howers continue for a few |reds of thousands of dollars to Mon- Iy soak the cracked | teTe¥ County. After a heavy south | e benefit to every | Wind, beginning about midnight, a ultural and com- | D€aVy rain started in this morning and has continued the day. beyond calcula- greater part of the A brisk southerly wind is blowing _night the sky is per- | (0-Dight, and with a low barometer in- o o o eare 4o | dications point to a generous downpour all night. Jan. 17.—To-night the| The present rain is general, and re- g 2 i at 10| Ports from all parts of the Salinas Val- began falling. It tell of a steady fal. Up to the - & heavy sent storm the total rainfall for the A . Rain is bad. | Se8son in the 'county had been but a i - ittle over one inch.” On the hills the o She »d had ceased growing and plowing, ; \ml:‘fl . \l) SAN LUIS. Which commenced some two months SAN L OPISPO, Jan ago in the valley, had stopped com- comn t noon pletely owing to the dryness of the 75 ¢ during th ground. ‘While very late, the present The with ev storm will do an immense amount of ¢ wh good. Grain has not been sown to any | 5 br extent in any part of the county, and 2 inch had|a couple of inches now. will result in such widely | an Immense acreage. s € . SALINAS VALLEY DAMP. -hundredths | Reports from Soledad and King City i and poi ts lower down the Salinas Val- | : . The rain |ley tell of a steady downpour. all day. drought. This | In the hill and grazing parts of the t dairy in. | COUDty devoted to sheep and cattle Obispo County, | FAiSing the present storm will be.most rmousiy | Peneficial, as the early feed is about X 5 of | exhausted and many of the cattle and e gone, | SPeeD men had commenced to move > THe qyinr- their stock. If the present storm be stock on | followed by moderate weather it can- 2% been | MOt fail to relieve the situation in Mcnterey County. The long continued dry spell ha rought a general depres- sion in business which will be greatly releived by the present generous rain. The hills surrounding the Salinas Val- ley are capped with snow and it is in- y an indication of more rain, 3 it storm has greatly relieved ved. ation in this county and with ANTA \,;1‘. AR At rains during the season Salok o ey County will have fair crops. ing here. After RSFIELD, Jan. 17.—The long tation ¢ Z drought which has prevailed in Kern fl J Strong | County as well as in other parts of w and | ihe State throughout the entire to-ni r the | son was broken to-night bv a 3 2 a econtin- downpeur “of rain starting about reteived | o'clock and continuing for several hours, county re ith every prospect ‘that it will last There is | till e There | y morning. The morring w. districts. | very clear and at 11 o’clcek the £un wi hot as a July d About 2 o'clock it | clouded up and a nasty sandstorm set | in. Then it turned cold and the rain | started to come down hard. Up to this | evening only .24 of an inch had failen | at Bakersfield during the season and | vreparing here feed fs i DOWXPOUR me falline this s S SbonE ‘ 11 less -in other parts of the county. o S8 that e The outlcok was gloomy in the extreme, nuance of Adownpour (Au1|ng the grass being altogether insufficient night, The wind is south to sustain cattle in the foothills and | which is a very favorabfe indication. | VAlleys and but little better in the | There has been 1o rain since May after | Mountains. No deaths have been re- last year the | Ported from starvation, but the stock | inches. To. has been kept up with Cifficulty. The | usual shipments New Mexico, to the county from Arizona, Western Texas | DOAN’S KIDNEY PILLS ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR. Hundreds of San Prancisco Citizens Can Tell You Al About It. indorsement. the public expres- | n Francisco people, should be | San 1% far this ‘season, At this time last year there had been | ever two inches of rain, but the amount . \later wa ght and the year was as good as some that the county has ex- p(nen(ed are falling and in the mountains there | is a fierce snowstorm. Seldom has there been greater rejoicing than there d dispute for every here to-day uhorlly before noon and by nightfail something over half an inch had fgllen. The fall is general places. Read the follow- es E. Brown contracting palnter says: “A man at my es a good, sound back. his anatomy is weak, me or aching every move of the brush torture. Besides, the ingredients in my ealling act directly on the neys and aggravate those organs if | ey are over-excited. The first box'of | ers had begun to fear a dry winter. Rain was needed not only in the high- lands, but on the reclaimed islands also. The prospects are good for a continuation of the rain to-night. The n's Kidney Pills brought me such re- | storm is greatly appreciated by the fef that 1 bought several more and con- : farmers and it will do much to stimu- U.r:;e-gmlah&‘:;;«:menl until the last al'i]u(e h‘;:m;s;;'rcg\lty in_this vicinity. a = { SACRA Jan. ¥7.—T For sale by all dealers. Price 59 cents | caying that the farmers are ;:fm‘l:,']: Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.,:sole agents for the United Dtates. never wasmoreapplicablethan at Remember the name, Doan’s, and take o substitute. mento Valley. and Mexico h:ve been greatly curtailed | To-night reports from all | over the county say that heavy rains | er.” Surely the experience | :&EI?I;“M neighbors, cheerfully | SATISFACTION IN SAN JOAQUIN. will carry more weight V nces of -strangers rr'!‘ld- STOCKTON,” Jan. 17.—Rain set in | throughout San Joaquin County. Mois- | ture was badly needed and the farm- | pres- | ent with respect to the entire Sacra- | g, ADVERTISEMENTS. O SHO partments to small lots. February 1st. CLOTHIERS SHORT PRICES Our immense Holiday trade has reduced many lines in all de- We must sell them before taking stock AT BEGINNING TO-DAY For a Short Time Only SRR We offer you 20% discount on these small lots, which brings our already low prices down to the extreme limit of saving. These lots are all seasonable garments-and include every style, price and finish in our extensive stock of Clothing for Man, Boy or Child, from the highest grades downward. Original Price Tags When you make your se- lections just pay us 20% less than the price marked on the garment, ONTGOMERY %20%20%20%20%20% BROS. RETAILING DIRECT TO ¥YOU & CO 20%20%20%20%20%20 RT LOTS A GREAT LEGITIMATE MONEY-SAVING OFFER MILL TO MAN | WHOLESALE BR.WN 516518 MARKET ST.v °<>OZ%OZ%OZ%OZ%OZ to date is considerably below the aver- age, it has been so evenly distributed as to enable the farmers to carry on their operations-to the best advantage, and from. every quarter of the great valley come reports of rejoicing. miners had begun to fear there would be a scarcity of snow on the moun- tzins wd consequent the water supply in the streams and sluices next summer, but the latest re- ports from the mountains show ‘that snow i~ falling and that the miners are as well satisfied with thé prospect as the farmers in the valley. in an interview to-night Weather Observer J. H. Scarr said the rainfall 51" Gateaments Tos day registered while the fall on Friday night was .04. The total rainfall for the season, to date has been 5.2, whilé the nor- mal is 9.6 and the rainfall of last | season to an equal date was 6.71. “While the rainfall this year has been considerably less Umu the nor- mal,” said Observer Scarr, :‘neverthe- less it has been peculiarly fa\urable to the farmers and orchardists. The rain. has been so moderate as to allow the | farmers to go out into the fields and do their plowing and seeding, whereas, in other years, where the precipitation has been much heavier, the w in such a wet condition that the farmers could not go out into the fields with their plows. the farming lands and orchards in the acramento Valley could be in better condition than at present. Plowing and secding have been going | on continuously since the rains began | and the early sown grain is 100King | splendid. The outlook among the orchardists is also very bright. I have received no reports to-day, this being Sunday, from the other valley points, but I am certain thit this rainfall has been general throughout the acra- mento Valle The ‘temperature to- | night has dropped to 44 degrees, | Which indicates snow in the moun- Itaine, The prospects are that there | will be still more rain in the valley to-morrow, 11 prevail.” SAYN JOSE IS MOISTENED. N JOSE, Jan. 17.—Rain began falling in_ this city shortly before 9 o’clock this morning and during most of the day, the fall being .67 of an inch, making 3.19 inches for the season. To-night it cleared and is quite cold with the mountains surrounding the valley covered with snow. The wind still in the south with every indi- cation of more rain. SANTA ROSA, Jan. to-night or | conditions s 17.—Rain, ac- (umpanied by the heaviest wind storm | in years, broke over this city at an early hour this marning. The down- | pour was the heaviest of the season, and made miniature rivers of the gut- ters and lakes of the streets. The | rain_will prove greatly beneficial to | crops. 1t has been failing almost all day. and the precipitation has arount- ed to probably two inches. The sea- son’s rainfall is greatly in excess of that of the previous year at this date, and should no more rain descend, Sonoma County is assured good crops. e Gas heaters, formerly $4.50, now $2.50, at 8an Francisco Gas and Electric Com- | pany, 416 Post street. Honors to Bushnell's SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Jan. 17.—A mass-meeting in memory of former Governor Asa Bushnell was held this afternoon in the City Hall. Every seat was taken and the stage, aisles and balcony were packed. Judge J. M. Ha- gan, General J. W. Warren Keiffer and others eulogized the dead. e To Cure a Cold in One Day. Laxative -Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if It fails to cure, Memory. Although the rainfall | E. W. 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