Kansas City, Aug. 13.
Twenty-eight persons were reported dead from the heat to-day as farmers in. the heat-blasted south West scanned cloudless skies and south-west has been scanty ly Spring, with no relief In sight to-day.
While the mercury at Wichita skyswocketed to 114 degrees F. to-day, Oklahoma City sweltered with 110, and Kansas City with 109, Topeka, Dodge City, Nebr, and Omaha; weather observers recorded 108 as (o-day's highest mark at those points. The temperature reached 104 at Fort Smith, while Dallas, St. Louis and Springfield reported "100.
Drought and heat have already caused crop damage this year mated as high as. $600,000,000, with over 8,000,000 farmers being affected.
Tu many farming distelets farmers have already forsaken their crops road building work United Pres Minneapolis, Aug. 13.
Forest fires broke out to-day in Wisconsin and Minnesota, soon gain ing great headway because of the drought condition in the forests 4 the "result of this year's scanty 50,000 persons, including many members of the Civilian Conserva-trains on the New York elevated railway system last night.
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