Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-20
THREE QUARTERS
MAKE A million
A GENERAL RAsNSTORM SMILES
ON TULSA COUNTY.
IT HAD been 50 LONG!
The Thundc-> Are Nothing Less Than
Musi,al-D ',ncs- Had Begun "
Cause some Anxiety.

depth and worth that same Old mil.
ion dollars
That for 'hs rain which late yester-
day afternoon fell in Tulsa County
and tho surrounding communities,
From "A cloud which during tho early
afternoon showed In tho dim azure
to the west mo bigger than a mans
hand" there grew portly mld-alr
og that increased in proportion as
the day wared. At o'clock the ad-
vance guards began to twist in churn-
ng swrls and the old-tlme Oklaho-
mans said Look out for a storm"
An hour later the forerunning
winds broke over Tulaa and then tho
water fell Pedestrians about Tulsa
who have SO often OF late been fool
ed under similar circumstances began
go cast about for places Of shelter or
beat a hasty retreat homewlrd. Some
of them were successful, but numer-
us ones could later testify that It had
Joeu raining some
Accompanied by few falling hol,-
stones that never at any time assumed
such proportions as to be damaging
no crops. the downpour continued
/ from O'Clock until Z. washing tho
streets. soaking the ground and fur
lshius the 'irst general relief to tho
| dry soil and thrsting crops which has
been given by nature for several
months.
Although the wind at times gather
ed itself into almost violent strength.
mo damage resulted. street rumor
spread shortly after the storm had
passed was 20 tho effect that Sapulpa
had suffered considerable storm
damage. but telephone communlca-
tions showed that sapuIpa had been
we'll watercd during high wind
without any resultant loss.
The rumble Of thunder was heard
Ike the musical relish Of a deep bass.
with every how and then a peal OF
rich tenor sounding high and keen as
the llghtnings flared dlzzlngly for
the morest momont. But with all
these musical tones Of the heavens
''NllHS 'hi'llb vi Nl' NlDuN1t no re-
ports of damage came drifting in.
II was just one Of those good old
gully washers that enllvened every
thing It touched and brought cheee
TO thousands.
1t had been so long since anything
Of the kind had occurred in Tulsa
and the country around about that no
one forgot the weather man In hts
prayers ost night. While the wealth.
: or conditions had been bad since tho
iirst OF May conditions began 20 be-
come critical the first Of the present
week when the temperature scared
to 90 degrees and the winds came
Istrong and warm. While the oalclal
weather man for Tulsa Il, NJ.
Hutchlson, mas reported a daily OBJ
scryunco OF above 80 degrees on the
! government thermometer unofficial
3 temperature guagcrs down town
. marked the beat from o8 to 9S, and
' somo even ag high as 100, while down
on the pavcments right out I'm the
glare of the sun, the early afternoons
took on the aspect OF Il day In the hot
ness Of full summer. The skies, too.
. had begun to resemble the skies Of
late July, cue stretch Of blue dome,
at times having a few tahlecloths Of
, tho gods flJatlng along beLeath IL.
II looked dry. and people had be-
gun 10 whisper 20 each other that tho
crops were IN hard row. The crops
had. however suffered but little, lf
any, Tho greater part OF tho soil of
b Tulsa COUNTY had been excellently
prepared this spring before the SOW
ing Of seed, and In It's looseness It re-
r taned muoh moisture. with the pas
lures II was slightly different. but It
is thought '9at the hay crop win yet
b equal tho normal Yield.
Providence ls stlll on the side OF
the farmers Of Tulsa County And
with tho bright glowing Of the late
evening sun Yesterday after the storm
had passed, and with the drop Of 80
degrees IN temperature, Tulsa Couu-
ty's population may consider Itself
among those really favored.
While the eastern potion Of tho
country Is sweltering in the hottest
weather ever recorded In May the
.reople OF he Western states are
wearing oyercoats and shiyering IN
what has all the appearance Of q
P December blast
Snow foll Yesterday morning In
. Yellowstone Park and freezing wealth
J cr prevailed I'm wyoming and Me-
yada. In tho Middle West and East,
however, It was different At . o'clock
yesterday morning the thermometer
registered 9S In Washington CITY,
That was the hottest place on the
map. Thursday the heat was terrific.
It having been iO6 IN Washington and
Richmond There were several
deaths. Two deaths and two attempt
cd suicides were reported In Wash.
iugton Yesterday
Utah had tho heaviest raiustorm In
years Thur7day night Snow melted
ON the mow tolns rapidly and cnuscd
3 damarlng floods IN many places