The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-03-28
A WhRNTNG
TO THOSE CoSTEMPLATISG a WESTWARD
MOVE THIS SPRING.

MOVE THIS SPRING.
An awful trap is being set for credulous
emigrants. Thousands of these emigTants
are settling west Of the rain belt, and they.
don't know it. They are going ont too far
on the Atchison, Topeka 6 Santa Fe, the
Kansas Pacific, the Union Pacific, and the
Northern Pacific railroads.
"Where is the drought line ?'' asks the
reader.
"Draw a line from Austin, Tex, to Bis
mark, D. T., on the Northern Pacific, and
all west Of that line is the drought country.
Five years out Of eight crops will entirely
fail west of this line. Last year was an
exception to the rule and this is Why so
many emigrsnts are venturing too far West
this year. The land-sharks are deceiying
them, and are pushing s vast army of emf
grants into famine region"
"Wbat makes this region west of the
Hundredth Parallel desert-region ?''
because it rains Just as much water as
there is water evaporated each year. II it
rsined more water than is evaporated it
would run down into the ocean, and the
land would soon be covered with water.
Rains run to the ocean in rivers, and the
air evapOrates the water Of the ocean and
carries it inland. Clouds form raiufalls,
and back goes the water on 10 the earth,
then into the ocean again. Now, before
the air from the Gulf or ocean reaches Bis
marck, or the middle Of Nebraska or Kan
sas, this vet air which comes from the
ocean becomes dry. There is no water in
it; the water has AL fallen out Of it in rain,
and ii has run back to the sea"
''But why is San Antonio subject to
drought when il is so close TO the Gulf ?''
because the sir Of San Antonio, on the
/ Staked Plains in Texas and in Arizona,
( comes up through Mexico. 1t is dry be
/ fore it starts, 1t does not come from the
/ Gulf. Mexico is ho.. A perpetual current
/ of hot, dry air blows over Mexico, and fans
/ Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and ColoIa ado
( with atmosphere as dry as wind from the
/ Desert OF Sahara. This dry air current
/ blowing up from Mexico and Arizons
strikes the high mountains in Colorado
Here, in the centre OF the Continent, within
! seventy five miles Of Pixies Peak are The
source of the Red, Colorado, Rio Grande
Arkansas and Missouri rivers This is tb,
/ backbone OF North America. The high
cold peaks condense any moisture tha
/ there might be in the mir coming up from
/ the South, and makes it into snow. TheI
! this cold, dry air passes on up the centre O.
the Continent, making perpetual desert
It prevents any damp air from coming eAs
Of the One Huudredtb Parallel When v,
reach the Northern Pacific and Manitoba
another current Of wiud-a damp current
blows from tie Pacific Ocean. There /
no desert there, where the Pacific win
heads OF the wind from Mexico.
"Nov, 1 say, thousands Of innocent en-
igrants baye taken up farms during th
last year west of the rain-parsllel Q
course they will be ruined, and you will Sc
them coming back broken hearted and dis
cOuraged."
"Will it always be desert west og th
One HundTedth ParalleI?''
"Yes, until the Almighty changes th
course Of the winds, takes down the mour
tain>peaks, and stops The clouds from rair
ing all their water out in he East befOr
they get u the desert" Eli PERKINS.
Cincinnati Enquirer.