The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 3

TV THE DAILT PANTAGRAm, BLOOMINGTON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1927. THREE Bloomington and McLean County Buried Under Heaviest Snow in Twenty-Seven Years 4 I a et hb ins, Sis Local Statistics KNUTE R0CKNE lent f.t Stea. bv 4 jw i- Ki 4 t. u. ar lev IICM V'tne Utiles.

Some Big Storms of Former Years TH rvi-. I1 WW BLIZZARD WHICH RAGED FOR TWO DA YS, PILED UP FIFTEEN INCHES OF DOWNY SUBSTANCE amr toeneM Mm Cres row In Te Mr. renter i ei COOKS VILLI MAY BE ISOLATED IN SNOW Cookvlll. Jsn. 11.

lpelel.) With II to Jl Inche of now on th lvl and th (term continuing with th formation of drift. CwksvlD Bc pi expect th roads to be utterly Impssasb' tomorrow. IVlft I we and three feet arp have elrevly formed at an early hour thl eve. ning. Homo of th rouft'ry reads wer lmpasahl today.

The pr-e-ent enow I Mid lo bo th heaviest In jreara. tat. ft. Tm1 a i a Me Ww IT Recoveries; I'tm ActirJ.et. I.y.o of lrny, le sow' reioverirg a sever" TO SPEAK HERE Noted Footlall Coach to Appear at Joint Meeting of Luncheon Oubt.

PLAN FOR BIG MEETING at M. knt. Mrl tWt I shriek re- lv. tfc'fl he rame In onn Mr WW Isei Mr ewweUf looked for light attendance both aft krtil. jtl ii SmMJeSM.

tV ernoon ana evening. luslnest at Hotels. sema et Wwa 'e. wi'h a live ir i si st ti it jo bakery In Uny. Mr.

M-irann a tine sod tie thumb his iiM bsnt dm severely burned Traffic on Steam and Electric Lines Wat BJly Crippled by the Fury of the Dementi and the Country Roadi Were Almost Im Thera was a lull amend tha hotels and there was not the usual number of patrons. Traveling men found a it ru-i. passable Huge Grader Trucks of the State Highway Depart their schedules Interrupted and deiaya wera experienced In getting from town to town. hovel Brigade Active, On of th biggest event In th year for luncheon club In "looming- ment Were Kept in Operation on the Hard Roads in an Effort to Keep Them Open to Traffic In Bloomington, the Big Dectric Sweepers Were Kept in Motion Day and Night on the Hundred of residents wera out at (oa I ptrd ea Tueday Bight, early hour yesterday morning January II, when Knute Roekna, famous each, director of athletlre and rnonina enow from the sidewalks. Street Car LinesEmployes of City Street Department Had head othell enach at Notre Dsrne but there wera meny others who hsd to hurry away to shop or nffire and wera prevented from clearing away tha snow.

Owing to tha fact Ihst the university, a man ho haa turned out more athletee thsn any other coach In th country, will be th speaker It a Joint meeting of the Voung Men Hurt and th Ch club of the Snow and Colder Play Safe Be Prepared Wear Genuine Goodrich Busy Day It Was Relentless Battle to Burrow Out of the Drif Is Biggest Storm Since That of February 27 and 28. 1900. When the Snowfall Was 22 Inches. storm continued thrunut the dsy. It difficult to keep the walks clean There are many, however, who American Legion.

made no attempt to shovel the snow from tha walks, and this make II very unpleasant for pedestrians. Hardware dealers report Ihst there was an unusually heavy demand for snow shovels yesterday. Boon after tha stores opened their doors yester day morning enler poured In for the delivery of shovels ami thla kept up the greater poition of the bloomington and central Illinois now lies buried under tbe heaviest carpet of snow that has been experienced in tbia locality during the pat twenty-seven years. According to Trof. Harley N.

Pearee, goverampnt weathnr obxrrver for this dihtrict. 15 of anow had fallm up to 7 o'clock lam night. The storm stnrted Wednesday forenoon about 10 o'clock and continued without cessation unfil about 8 o'clock Thursday night, when the clouds commenced to break away, and the moon peeped down to admire the new mantle of ermine which had been so artistically draped about the form of Old Mother Earth. Zippers It Burden an Roots. Tha mow of yeter.lay wis of the wet and heavy variety and proved quit a burden on ronfp, especially where there I a great expanse of roof as Is the rasa on some of the business buildings.

A number of awnlnra went down central Illinois residents spent the greater portion of the day yesterday trying to dig out of Ask That Birds Be yesterday under the weight of en.rw. I Tha awning at Thompson's restsu-j rant gava away and crashed to the sidewalks yesterdsy afternoon, for- tunately there wera no pedestrian the drifts, but in this they were Tha Die of tha Dally Panta-graph of Thursday morning. March, 1, IIP, contain. a lengthy crount of the big snow storm which cam on rb. IT and II of that year, and In this connection publishes an account of previous heavy snow storms.

Tha report -On Feb. 14 and II, Ills, we had a snowstorm that waa a brother of Snow commenced falling en Saturday afternoon and did not eesse until Pundey noon. On week before a big enow had fallen and thl one settled th railroads. Th Alton hid a Denver iprs snowed In at Pontile and a freight at Natrona. These laid ut all ether train.

Th Lak Ert and Western ran no trains for two daa. th Illinois Central branch was closed, but main Una train got thru several hour lata. Th Big Tour also suffered seriously." term of 1171. "A famous storm w( that which commenced on 11 arch IT. 1ITI.

it m. The day gradually benm cloudy and th lament 'pit en their hand' to sneak, and took a gocd start. At mlJnlght a terrtno bilxiard wis raging. When neit morning ram about It Inches had fallen and drifted bidly. Telegrapher of th city bad a ball at the Ashley heusa nd hardly any of the guest fot horn that night, many from Normil not getting home until I p.

ar, the next day. Th Lak Erl hid a passenger train snowed In at th and on Hoopeston. Th Big Pour passenger train were snowed In at Dsnvers, Farmer City, and three mllea east of town. Th Alton triln wer It hour late, hut the Central managed to get along fairly well. Street car stopped entirely." In the Eearly Sixties.

"On of th long to be remembered torm cm on Dec. 1, IMS. which wa Thursday. Th snow was accompsnled with very cold weather, nd the Alton trains had to stop, Th northbound Ja abandoned at Springfield. A bill to be held at Royce hall had to be postponed.

On New Tear's day, ISM, the mercury was 10 degree below xero. Several Normal etudenta were bidly froxen whll attempting to reich th university. The snow blockade effectually stopped business. "In December, JSS6, there was an unusually evere snowstorm, but there wer no railroads or street cars to suffer. Both In High and Low Styles In Black and Tan Tweed Supplied With Food Lovers or birds war much concerned Isst night fearing that the deip snow would prevent their feHthered friends from obtaining any food.

Karraera were asked by them, to throw (rain where th birds could get It Wuall and pheasants especially, they warn, suffer from lack of food during periods of this sort. knute liocknt (My Kockn rate as on of tha three gt4test coaches In American lot-ball. 11 la en rout home al this lime from Honolulu, wheie he haa 3 been spending a short vacation, lowing th close of the football aea-sun III December, when his team up- Southern California la a great struggle. Zippers for Men, Women and Children We Are Exclusive Authorized Agenti passing Just at that moment. Clear Snow frem Hard Read.

fievera. large grader trucks were ent to Bloomington Wednesday night by tha state highway department, and from here were sent out over the various hard roads yesterday to keep them open to traffic. Had It not been for this precautionary meaaure, It is that many of the highways would have been blocked, tt la planned to keep these trucks In service until the pavements have been ridded of their burden of snow. Touflht Going for Auto. Motorist found the "sledding" pretty "tough" yesterday.

Drivers who neglected to put on chains found themselves In the same predicament is the boy who rode the merry-go-round ill day and at nightfall found that he had not been anywhere. It was not uncommon to see occupants of an automobile unload nd help the driver get out of a drift at the aide of the streets. The snow being wet. It packed down In the middle of the streets, and If one kept In the "middle of the road" one fared pretty well. Koiknes record stands wimoui a paiallt-1 in American fo ilia.l.

and be is nut onlv a ureal coach, but a great entertainer, and I In great demand II over th country. only partially successful. However, they hope to be able to complete the task today. Whipped by heavy wind, which sprang up about 9:30 last night, the snow started to drift and it is frared that this may complicate matters and that roads all over this section of the state may be closed to traffic. Perhaps the most common theme for discussion yesterday was snow storms of former years in this the boys with the silvery locks and the long memories were the principal orators It is a matter of reconl, however, that the recent snow was the heaviest since l'JOO.

Snow commenced to fall at 4 on the afternoon of February 27, and continued until 7 p. m. February 28. The Pantograph files of March 1, 1900, show that 22 inches of snow had fallen during that period. Given elsewhere on this page, Is record of "Storms of Former Tears," which will be of more than passing interest to those who keep tab on weather A big special meeting la plsnnea In honor of his coming.

The dinner 1 I 1 i Id is will be hem at tne mi iiarnes rial building al I lu clock snd preparauoiis will be made a' comminute not only members of the two clubs, but others as well. It has Special Women'i Black in High Cut Bolh dJO QC Hi and Low Heels Now J7 J.OJ Women's Goodrich, 4-BuckIe Galoshes $2.45 Also full selection of rubbers and both and heavy Arctics for Men, Women and Children. been siiKxested that msnv of the their mall and this helped out materially and enabled the carriers to make a more complete delivery. All of the carriers are now using horses. Telephone Service Unbothsred.

Superintendent T. C. Alnsworth.of the Klriloch-IilniiiiiinKton Telephone company, stated that the storm wus not aftVctlng the wires or poles, and aervlre was not Interrupted In the lighten degree. It Is always the experience of the company, however, that storms of this kind virtually double the business handled. When people find It difficult to get about the city on foot or In motor vehicles or street cars, they resort to the telephone.

Yesterday, as a result, was one of the busiest that the operators have experienced In many months. Huperlntendent NVJ. Butler, of the Illinois Power and Light corporation, put In a busy day looking after the equipment of this company and found everything In good shape and no trouble of consequence. AH poles and wires held UP satisfactorily snd there was not the slightest Interruption of servli e. Unless there Is heavy wind no damage Is anticipated.

All of the steam railroads reported regular operation but delayed trains. Where there are deen cuts, the snow sthleles snd followers of athletics In the vicinity attend. Mr. Jtockne comes at tne invitation of March Wells, chairman uf the committee for th Young Men's club. Other plana for the event will be talked over today In a conference of Mr.

Wells. Al Tlbrlch and Harold Alio Selection In Gray and Tan Radcliffe Gaiters Various Towns of County Were Hard Hit by the Storm Lang, new and retiring president of th Young Men's clul. Those on the committee for the event from the Chow club are Ben H. Rhodes, chairman: Fred H. Young and Dr.

Harold V. Watklns. In view of the Isrger meeting to be held later, the next meeting or the Chow club, which was to hsve been held next Thursday night, has been postponed. Street Railway Company, THE HOME OF THE ZIPPER Th street railway company was the tint to combat th elements here tonight was nltely. The snow With the snow spproxlmately IS Inches deep travel in this vicinity wns blocked with the excepton of a few automobiles that found travel next to Impossible.

Many cars be- The sweeper waa started upon Ita long rounila about 9 o'clock Wednesday 15 inches deep. nigh and haa never ceased Its move Towsnds. Jsn. 13. (Specisl.) ment.

Relays manned the blr ma Cw.w 11 in thla vtcln- chine and aa rapidly aa one trick of came stalled In the deep snow that ((y toniEnt all roads to be sianea lo urilL line linn linpassable Saybrook, Jan. 13. (Special.) The stores at Hayrirook closed early tins evening on account of the deep snow which curtailed all business and clal activities. An effort was made during the day to keep the highways ten hours waa completed, a new force waa ready for relief, ao that the wheels kept constantly moving and the great brunhea swept the track clear. Even with thla ateady action and the addition of four scraper machlnea.

It waa Impossible to keep all the lines In operation. Superintendent of streets, Charles T. Evans called together his crew of trcet men and atarted hauling anow from the city's thoroughfares erfrly yesterday morning. Workers concentrated most of their efforts on clearing spaces near curbs ao that open with snow nlows snn nrngs, nut Lexington, Jan 13. (Special.) Country roads in this vicinity became Impassable tnduy on account of the snow which became 16 Inches deep by tonight.

The streets were dragged In sn effort to keep them as clear as possible. Snow plows were used on the hard road In the vicinity of Lexington, but as long as the storm continued It was difficult to keep a track open. Arrowsmlth, Jsn. 13. (Special.) But one of the rural carriers out of Arrowsmlth was able to make complete trip on account of the deep snow which became 15 Inches deep by last night A rising wind caused the snow to drift in place and most of the highways were Impassable.

The two and one-half mile stretch of road between Arrowsmlth and the hird road was kept open and a snow-plow ws used on the hsrd road between Arrowsmlth snd Bloomington. Carlock, Jsn. 13. (Special.) People who are employed In Bloomington were obliged to remain In the city tonight on account of the deep snow on the hard road between here and Bloomington An effort was made to keep a track open on the hard road during the day, but on account of the continued snow snd the wind tonight there were places where It Is Impossible to get thru with an automobile. By-roads In this section were impassable late this evening.

Heyworth, Jan. 13. (Special.) It proved difficult tusk The snow was 15 Inches deep In th vicinity of Saybrook by tonight. Anchor. Jan.

13. (Soeeial.) A baa ketball aame between Anchor end McLesn, Jan. 13. (Special.) On account of the deep snow the meeting of the Royal Neighbors, at which the Installation of officers and the annual banquet was to be held tonight, wa postponed. The snow In this section waa 15 Inches deep.

Workmen made an effort to keep the highways open with drags and graders, but found if to be a difficult task aa long as the storm continued. Stanford, Jan. 13 (Special.) The snow In this section was 16 Inches deep on a level tonight. Mall carriers found travel exceedingly difficult. An effort has been made to keep some of the road open with graders and drugs.

Downs, Jsn. 13. (8pecial.) A number of country pupils attending school in town remained in the' village over night on account of the deep snow, fearing that by morning they would find the roads blocked. A box social scheduled to be given this evenlnlg waa poatponed Indefi- Heyworth scheduled to ho held here tonight was postponed on account of drlvera would have a place to part, their cara. The snow la being hauled to a vacant lot on the corner of Le and Monroe streets.

the deep snow, in Anchor ann vicinity the roads were Impassable when The four scrapers, four wheel af drifted to a great depth and this gave considerable trouble, section men be. Ing massed to clear out the accumulation. Trains were operated on belated schedules but none were abandoned altogether. Taxi Cabs Busy. It was one of the big days of the winter for the taxi cub companies and all cars were kept going at top apeed without any lost motion.

Clerks and other down-town workers in the stores, ate their lunch up town yesterday. Restaurants were crowded thruout the noon period. Country People Scarce. Not many customers from out of town could be found In the stores yesterday. The trade reported was largely of city reople.

There was a heavy demand for overshoes. The grocery stores and market houses that deliver purchases, found their telephone orders making up the principal portion of the day's business. Janitors Busy. Janitor Frank Noble and his force of assistants set their alarm clocks for 4 a. yesterday and were all at work with shovels clearing off the snow around the court house so that when the attaches arrived at 8 o'clock, they found all the walks cleared and the snow plied up in huge piles at the side.

Hard Time for Carrier Beys. Pantagranh carrier boys who usually go over their routes riding bicycles had to, pass up their wheels and walk with their heavy loads of papers. It wns a tough experience for these faithful lads and while they were delayed In making the delivery of the papers on their routes, they got thru in good shape considering the handicap of uncleared walks and heavy drifts. At The Theaters. Attendance at the theaters was affected by the storm, both at the afternoon and evening performances.

fairs, built like road graders were the snow became 15 Inches deep. Croosev. Jan. 13. (Speeiil.) Tte kent In service all dav Yesterday, enrjclementiner the work of the ports of the storm from the vicinity nf Cronsev were the same as weeper.

In addition to these five machines, twenty extra men were from most every other vicinity of put to work with shovels and brooina. keeDlno- the curves and the county. The snow was is incnes deeD on the level and the main trsv Hobsewiveo Prefer "Quick Fire Coke" For Home KeaC It is a Clean Fuel Xhli ckan, dustiest, tmokelett foci If lighter anJ cader to handle, and gives greater and steadier heat than toft coal FIRE COKE rudi a clean fuel that every houaewife who burn it prides herself on tha cleanlineM oi her apotlesa curtains, ruga and draperiea, and clean walla. She doean't lika coal daft and aahea "tracked'' up from tha casement over her floors and rugs rrcry tima tha furnace is fixed. Prom exparianea she knows tfaat when burninr FIRE COKE" the furnace will not puff clouds of smoke and soot, to the ruination of her house ftxrnisWnga and decorations.

eled road and by-roads were Im- wlches open and distributing salt on switches to melt the ice and snow. These men were kept on duty all day (Continued on Page 11.) yesterday and many of them wornea all last night. All but four Unci were operated. The Pell avenue Normal ooi. oaK ni avenue and Center street, had to be tied up.

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