The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-22
MORE REPORTS OF RAIN.
Many Counties Have Been Blessed
with a Fair DOwnpOur,
COTTON PICKING TO BEGIN THIS WEEK
In Bee and Live Oak counties--cot.on
Is Opening Fsst---A Champion
Cotton Stalk.


lasting for moro Than tht.,, ,,,.... =
,''s, ~ IVY yuan tnlrtN minutes II
hru ram anu we think the rain was gen
eral as all we have seen say they had r,in
Crons nnd far,ns bor., 49, a, '"''
- p"s u"Ne peen uaWaEeu some
w WudF rain by being washed and
drenched SO. Corn Is very sorry, sorrIest
for years. Cotton IL very g,,a hr, ~.
weed is too small f,r H., ,,s,
81 ~. VIZ Flclu' M'hougn
>. 'o"" now make weed ana fruit before
the season Is over If II continues favorobic
Kilpore f;rcpg connt,. ,royas IN. mn
80 V"nt'' AeNas' july ~
a me ram tell mere this morning for two
hours. Wednesday good rain fol- south
| west of this place and tolay's min win
help young cotton very much, but viii pro,
panl{ cause q cotton TO shet It's fruit
~ Hit e oil htue dement, TO old crops of
/ corn, but viii make a me crop on bottom
tlsSch Mexican June corn Il ia fine shape
ana WI make ilne Yield. grel1 deal
o. ~ Nus neen planted after oats Fruit is
maturing Slowly. Ictatops cane and gar.
'ens WIN Ne heiped ~ the rain
90 Nhiteshoro, Grnyson County, Texas, July
-,ine or the seyerest certainly ore Of
the longest, dronths known In this section
( iNf many years was broken Nesierdp, even.
lhs ny good rain Not, however, one
tchth OF what was needed fell, but enough
i w. ieNuNe toVtoll' pul some llWllp "a gtaSS
/ uhd shshtly feplenish our fast falling WA
/ G IIui,PiG, Svlh n1s lohg sner slrieh
~ ,Iu ~ lStpiV, uiiu sAHV some iat'
| PoitShes VII receive NO heneat from the
wonid H. verv RI. oa,,,,,,t ~ i 49,
NoP ueic'
/ Clsco, Eastland County, Texas July 81.
/ \ me shower iPll IN CISCO aud vicinity yes
,'a,n evening, II Is reported that there
NJ oe,n ssaet2l COY showers IN the
~ M .i IL" i' ~ PhaI,ous ol wv cum
/ ~ out the r'lls hhNe peeh III Spots me
bnt m Do Of foG H. ne NO 10 corn ch s"oI
or, ~ , VI M {iiv iv.s hase In I eu1uRa
IAN ~ ~ W. MN unIWu ,k sne Wtutoi ~
been very benearial :" II ana tbe las u 'S
rt.t,..to ~ f... go,
! Hn,,Nitnsstoi, t ION, Nouhl LvNas, July ~.
ing. but diii not extend far' Seye'Sl poi-
! Inns NJ .! S S C9uuN nane p'en ElSliei VI
fon ,.biln o,he u' ~, s bi W , g. '' 1
efrni weeks CORN Is consiIerohiy short a.,
,sniapJs I'm f,irr cc,i ~, tt li,t MI
I hottnm Lands CottoV ~ sn,au I'M aDUaTr
, emily frnllInr won ANA Twin good rains
I'm n week VIII yirld a fair CROP
ttostnu ttospeu gonnt, ,rov, tv,, ,o
itii t,,,itt, 49, teN''.i ""it s ~, -,
mon ,.tsitcd hy " b,,.J rsi,, o5 a, ID5 bSi
hours duration. brenl,Ing continuous
,iynith Of nearly rwo months II win
greatly benefit ,orchum and other fora se
crons. cotton olo INT is nrnhnbiy ia, In =,
FOR corn The nrol,lrn az n stG-l W. Sc
SUNNY had hrroale serious. wbI.l situation
is, In a measure relieved by this afternoon \
rain.
% Noriton ~ drortb str1r,,en west
,r,s bd brr" rcio,n ~, ,",,' ''5iI S,
last thirty six hours Great good has nj.
ready resulted In Sling some OF thu snr.
face tanks for tn rnuthmen and as th,re
are favorable prospects for further down
fail tonight Il Is believed that many ca ,lc
which were dying In some parts win begin
10 pink up.
Rs,coe Milan County Toxos JnIv ~
IN hardest rain that has fallen In this
country for years fen here at G.30 o'clncl;
this evening II was accompanied 10y a
severe uind which blew down fences
broke window glass IN several buildings.
fore away the addition to the public school
huilding and blew one small siorehouse OF
OF Its foundation. II was followed by a
steady rain.
Beevnle Bee County, Texas, July n
Truck growers In this section are now buSily
engaged In preparing their lani for The int
mCnse cabbage crop which will be plant d
here this fall Many Of them ARE pattIng
In irrigation plants; IL nothing happen.
cabbage VIII he shipped from here neNl
spring by the train load. The acreage
viii be much larger thnn ever before
SNYDER. Scurry County Texas, July 20
This comfy had copious rains on the 12th
inst, repeated on the 18th and lgth IN.
grasshoppers after eating mp perhans =