The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-24
ilND CITY NEWSITEMS
tvp Of Falls County Has
Marketed.
mot COMMISSIONERS GO
ble IL to BE InvesfipUstered
werBor--'ArtiIIerymt.
Out--FcderaI

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! VISION, Texas, ie First National
~, president largest planter in
u Marlin and today. He was at
courty, is this morning, and the
nitcn exchaout him to learn about
kr aockenterlor.
icns IN is the second largest cot
~ cour county of the State. 1t Is
ycduc of the Brazos valley, and
"a about Falls may be applied
tier counties in the watershed
.5rssc'
w.,,n was asked II much cotton
..lbck In Falls county because Of
IA Edition of the roads.
q edition OF the roads," said Mr.
surprise; why, the roads are
% the floor of this cotton ex-
rhe idea that cotton can not be
ssto market on account of bad
tabsurd, as far as Falls county is
"a. and think that the same is
out the remainder of our section of
we have had no rain this winter,
neyer before saw 1t so dry as 1t is
time. You can ford the Brazos
Everywhere, and you can not tell
the creeks were. There hasn't been
This winter when the roads weren't
n condition. saw no sign of rain
got down here in the coast country.
leo hatp n -
season There are few scatter
ss held in our county, but when they
.Are will be no<cotton left. Ralli
some weeks ago. cleaned up what
was for sale. The cotton Is not
81 forward simply because there is
to come. Practically speaking, the
Els exhausted in Falls county"
|kbat about the new crop?"
|Oy. people are very much discouraged
Z The low prices of cotton and there
Iknuy will be good deal less land
Into cotton. The reduction In acreage
lbe 10 per cent, I believe. The acre
/ In wheat will be very largely in
sea. Early oats were killed by the
4 and the wheat, / understand, was
damaged. We will have some increase
he acreage OF corn, but the greatest
ease will be in small grafns-wheat
oats"
!. Watson will remain in town about
week.
view Of the statement made by Bank
Watson regarding the weather condi-
S and the state of the roads in Falls
lty, reporter went to the local
.ther bureau today to ascertain what
government records show regarding
rainfall in Texas during the winter.
/ the government publication called
mate and Crop Service the rainfall
Is reported as follows:
he precipitation on an average for the
th. determined by comparison OF fifty
stations distributed throughout the
], was 0.32 below the normal. There
a deficiency ranging from 1 to 2.SS
Central Texas and the eastern portion
,uthwest Texas and the extreme west
portion Of the coast district, and
j wasIc a slight deficiency generally
where except along the east coast
re there was marl1n excess rang
from 1888 to $40. with the greatest In
vicinity of Galveston
10 reports for. February will not be re-
ed until the end Of the month. but
liz sufficient to indicate that
lack of rain, of which Mr.. Watson
ks, applies to all of Central Texas.
mellow the opinion has prevailed that
eral and abundant rains had faller
,ughout the State and that as far as
sture was concerned conditions We're
,llent for next seasons cotton crop.
SO reports, as far as they go, do moi
I out that idea. There has been plenty
,ery cold weather and some snow, bu
e will have to be considerable rair
ween now and tho LIST of April or cot
will not have good start.