Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-25
LATE rain HELPS
THE COTTON CROP
YIELD IN THIS SECTION WILL 81
LARGER THAN WAS
Expected.
entire COUNTRY IS Green
Late Rains Have Worked Miracles
Win the BuIncd-tp Country
Districts.

The cool weather that came just be-
fore the recent rains, coupled to the
moisture which fell a week ago, has
done much. II is believed in the way
of furthering the yield Of cotton in
this section of the state. While the
atmosphere at several times in the
past week has had a rumor OF frost
In 1t, the weather for the past two
days has gradually warmed and there
will likely be no frosts earlier than
is customary in his part of the coun-
try.
Many of the immature bolls OF a
couple of weeks ago and which were
not affected too much by the drouth,
are now in a fair way to open, y rev
more days Of warming and sunshlny
weather will work wonders with some
Of the bolls and the yield has un-
doubtedly been helped quite bit
through the efficiency of the moisture
and the cooler weather which came
before the rains.
Picking of cotton has been going on
for several weeks. Great gangs OF
cotton pickers may be seen IN the
fields in the Arkansas bottom between
Tulsa and Sand Springs. ON account
Of the drouth- -withstanding quality OF
the soil in that section the yield Will
be perceptibly more than IN other
parts Of the county.
one OF the surprising feats Of ma
ture is The way in which the alfalfa
fields are coming out of it," While,
OF course, 1t Is far too late In the
season to harvest another crop of al
falfa. the growth OF the plant has
been wonderful within the past couple
of weeks A trip out on the sand
Springs line reveals some OF the finest
patches Of this clover to be found. all
Of which are now grown up to such
height as to remind one OF Riley's
"Knee Deep in June"
All classes Of late summer vegeta-
ton are in an excellent shape, not
the least of which are the pastures
From having been burned by he
winds and the hot sunshine for many
weeks until they lay parched and al
most bare, the fall pasture at this
time promises to be almost as good as
Is the general run OF pastures in OK
lahoma at this season of the year.
The rains will also have their eff
fec, on the growing pecans and wal
ruts. Of the former nuts, the hills
and woods all up and down the Ar
kansas valley are filled with them, and
the trees are almost loaded down with
nuts. A few weeks ago IT appeared
that the bearing of the pecan trees
would be the most prolific, yet that
the nuts would be dwarfed in size
But within the past two weeks there
has been a noticeable growth even in
the nuts themselves, and with about
a month in which TO ripen before
them, the pecan crop will likely sur
pass that of any other season.
The rains Of the past couple OF
weeks having brought the Arkansas
river up to its normal depth after II
had almost run dry for a couple of
months. Sand Springs people fond OF
fishing are again reveling in the de-
lights so nicely described by Angler
Walton. The sandbars, or the most
of them. have been drowned out, al
though they are again rapidly reap
pearing and fishing is again the topic
Of the minute among those so in
clined.
The new addition to the power
house Of the Sand Springs Light Heat
and Power company is about under
roof and will shortly be ready for the
installation Of the new engines ana
dynamos, which VIII double the pres
cnt capacity OF the plant The new
machinery is expected to arrive In
Sand Springs shortly after the first
of next month, at which time the new
addition to the building will most
likely be completed. Doubling the
size Of the electric plant was a neces-
sity brought about by the rapid de-
velopment of Sand Springs and It's
manufactures and the greater power
which had to be supplied to the Sand
Springs Railway company on account
of the great increase in It's business.
Under the direction of Dick Hughes,
county engineer. the new concrete
bridge has been finished on the part
Of the good roads now building be-
tween Sand Springs and Tulsa. The
bridge is model Of construction in
cor '.. york and Is the first OF its
l.., - erected in that section OF
mr.. II is about two miles
70, sand Springs. near Bru-
.''''n and is almost at the east
he good road as far as Il has
'..r constructed at this time.