The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-01

should the mild weather of last week
have continued, Mr.. Whitehurst said
the fruit buds probably would have
reached an advance stage whore
late frost would have repeated the
damage OF the last two years.
Oats Helped out.
The moisture also will he OF bene-
1T TO oats that have Just been plant
ed and to pastures. MIR. Whitehurst
added, ard will put tho ground in
shape for plowing, which has been
delayed in many sections because OF
the protractcd droutl.
BLACKWELL. Feb. 2s.--With tho
Temperature slightly above zero the
blizzard which has swept northern
Oklahoma for more than 20 hours
shows no signs Of slockcning at ~
o'clock this morning. Uplands have
becn swept nearly bare while low
lands are filled with drifts OF snow
. to 3 feet deep. East ana west
roads were reported impassablo early
today and north and south highways
were rapidly filling up at very low
point.
ENID. Feb. 2S.--A blizzard, worst
for n number OF years, was raging III
Enid this morning. IL has peen
showing here for tho past u hours
and approximately eight lnChes VI
SNOW has fallen during that time &C,
cording 10 carl q. Horton, local
weather man.
city business practically is Mt
standstlll. street cars are making
their way around the city IN groups
OF two or three. preceded by a snow
nlow. and regular schedules have
| been abandoned. Temperatures NJ
S.30 O'Clock Tuesday morning was
| 10 degrees above zero.
NALEsTER, Feb. 2s.-sleet and
/ snov arrived nt dawn aftcl a niBht
| of gradually lowering temperatures
| Interurban traffic and city car seIV,
ice slightly interfered with ana
trains arriving behind schedules
Local telephone service Is intact nu, I,,
long distance communication pnuly
criopIed by toll wires down at other
points.
NIrSKOGEE, Feb. 2s.-Muskogee
TODAY experienced her worst weather
of the winter season. An cary
morning sleet that pasted sidewalKs
and streets with ice, later turned TO
snow. which has been iaillhg
steadily.
PoNCA CITY. Feb. 2S.-With the
/ temperature below l3 degrees ana
a biting gale from the north blowing
the several inches OF snow whicn
| has fallen since yesterday Inor r,'I,b s
into drifts, no relief Ia in sight here
from the coldest touch OF winter this
wear. Gas pressure Is practically
| exhausted and some suffering mas
been reported here.
oKMULGEE. Feb. 2S,-Hlgh
wind rnd temperature OF 70 dc-
grees above zero marked the winter
storm which swept Okmulgee
county last night. Rain early Mon
dav night turned 20 sleet with the
rapid decline Of the mercury from
4S to 90 degrees above zero snow
fell this morning and the tempera"
ture rose 10 22 degrees.
ARDMoRE-Feb. 2S.-The flrst
snow of the winter f.ll hero last
night and this morning. The ta!l
amounted to about an inch.
BARTLESVILLE, Feb. % "A 40
lmile gale blowing here this morn
ling WHIPPED falling snow into
a blizzard. Five inches of snow h1s
fallen in the last l2 houcs. Tho
thermometer In lowering near 'he
10 degree mark.
MIAMI. Feb. 28.-This district Il
experiencing one of the worst bliZ-
yards of recent years today. tenn
perature of l6 above and driving
north wind made it appear unus-
| AT ili Ia fall
ing but the fall last night was slight.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 2S-Low
temperatures with snow flurries pre-
vailed i'm the Missouri Valley today
following the worst blizzard OF the
winter last night High winds
drifted the light fall OF snow and
caused come damage To telephone
land electric light wires, Train sched %
ules we're not seriously intcrfered
with however.
AMARILLO, Tex, Feb. 2s-Tho
temperature hero wac four degrees
below this morning and the snow,
which began yestgrdd., was si!i
I falling.
FORT WORTH Tex. Fob. 2s.--
SNOW. slcet and rain, all last night
in west Texas, resulted this mornir"
in mass OF tangled telegraph and
Telephone wires. interrupted C1mmu-
lnlcatiOn and impassa BILE roads. =
Is feared that with the moro s-ycrc
weather promised for afternoon aud
might, train service will be Eamps. .ed.
Much good will accrue to farmers
and stockmon from the moisture,
especially In the grain section of
western Texas and the Panhandle.
Trains on tho Wichita Falls 6
Northwestern railroad IN Oklahoma
were reported tied up by the nsdvy
snowfall Eighteen inchca OF snow
was reported by railroad officials
AT woodward, Okla, and snow
train has been sent from Wichita
Falls 10 open up the line LONG
stretches Of wire and poles we're re-
ported by railroad ds TO be down In
sAs vicinity Of Woodward.