Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-31
TEMPERATURE BREAKS LOW
RECORD FOR YEAR AND
GOING LOWER.
HEAVY SNOW IS Reported
Cattle suffer ana All Trains Delayed
By snow Covering the Entire
Middle West.

W IN NV 'ho' 74'N W 49,
state covered with coating of ice
. and the western part buried deep
2 under many inches OF snow. Tulsa
today is In the grasp OF the worts
blizzard of several years. The lowest
reading OF the thermometer last nighl
showed new low record for the
year of IL degrees above zero, ana
from Indications. that mark bids fan
to be lowered before the present cold
wave is broken.
Reports from the entire middle
west. extending south well into
Texas. tell of delayed trains, some as
mufn behind schedule as three days
caused by snow drifts OF twenty or
More feet. Cattle are suffering gree
hardships and in the panhandle cOun-
try cattlemen are resorting to feed
ing oil cakes \ keep the spark of
life alive in the thousands of cattle
that range in the short grass country.
IN the Usage cattle country much
suffering is reported and It is feared
that the loss will run very high.
Came About Noon.
The advance Of the blizzard struck
Tulsa about noon yesterday when the
cold drizzle that had been falling for
sixteen hours suddenly. turned into
sleet and In fifteen minutes the
streets, wires and trees were ice &C
cred Pedestrians had much diff
Guilty in navigating the slippery streets
and several minor injuries resulted
John X Ceary. well known busir
f1rln. slipped in front OF his office on
Second street and suffered a severe
cut on the head He was taken to
a nearby office and afyer having re-
ceived medical attention was re-
moved to his home. Local physl.
clans report many emergency calls.
Horses Suffered Much.
Probably the greatest sufferers
were the horses and during the day
as many as 200 horses lost their foot
ing on the streets. Wagon after
wagon was deserted where 1t stood,
the drivers giving up all attempt to
make any progress. The humane
society spent busy night attending
To urgent cases.
Train service was delayed all the
way from thirty minutes to several
hours.
Sweeps Into Texas.
DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 30.-Follow-
ing four days of incessant rain and
dense fog, this in itself most un-
p usual atmospheric condition for
Texas. the northern portion Of the
state is tonight becoming rapidly en-
yeloped in garment Of snow that
promises to reach below the zero
point before ~,)Ining. From Law
ton. Tulsa and other Oklahoma points
the worst blizzard Of the year Is re-
ported as sweeping down state, rush
ing into Texas across the Red river
counties.
For the past forty eight hours the
cold wave has been steadily advanc-
ing. having first pushed into Texas
in its northwest corner some ten
days ago, where II seemed arrested.
Tonight the ground has been frozen
to the depth OF several inches. the
snow has been piled in forty foot
drifts 50 that trains have been de-
toured through Kansas, and the in
tense cold, hard ground and snow COW
cred ranges have caused immense
suffering and death among the cattle
herds and sheep flocks.
Cattle Are Dying.
Many cattlemen have rcsorted tD
the cXpediency Of the cotton oil cake
to keep tltr herds alive. many OF
them expending thousands Of dollars
a. day in this manner. The damage Is
resulting. not from the fact that the
cold is more intense than ever here
tofure, but that It's continuance to-
gether with the deep snow blanket
threatens to starve out the cattle and
sheop before the usual thaw.
Indians Predicted Hard Winter
Cattlemen believe this will be the
hardest winter in many years as 1t Is
the heaviest snow in nine years. The
ranch houses are being visited in
numbers by prairie chickens, jack
rabbits pheasants and deer and even
wolves. 80 bare is the range and de
void of substance fA sustenance. ii
Is recalled that the Choctaw and
rhickasha Indians predicted three
months ago this winter would be hard
ana long, basing the predictions upon
the extremely heavy crop OF forest
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