Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-08-07
Weather Report-Predlctlons.

pointed the TNTER-OCEAN to the respon-
sible position of weather detective for
the north shore Of Devils lake, we entered
upon our duties, without the aid of in
struments, Thursday afternoon, not
withstanding the fact that our contirma-
ton is still hung up in the senate and
that body is engaged in Il row with the
house over tho less important matter Of
appropriating money for the next fiscal
expenses of the government. We want
it understood now that it was no fault of
ours that it rained hard ut Fort Totten
Thursday afternoon and not drop fell
on the north shore. The city board has
been very dilatory in supplying us with
a rain-gage, and if we have drouth OH
this side of the lake our constituents can
settle the matter with the city fathers at
tho next election.
Our first observation was not so satls-
factory as it might have been had we
been properly supplied with smoked
glass or something before the storm
commenced. AS it was, Signal Service
Operator Ford, who has Il tull k it Of tools,
held the precipitation right onto Frank
Palmer's potato patch for fully forty
minutes. Ford is quite an expert at the
business. When he got all tho dew
point the post will use in the next
thirty days (spirits rainwater is not very
popular at the post) Ford's mean barom-
eter busted and the burned thing got
away. Then it was that we felt the need
of machinery, and the city board will
take notice that tho dust in our streets
continues dusty and may always remain
that way if barrel of water il poured
onto it at once. The storm passed
with great rapiditv in an easterly by
southerly direction across the tnggy end
Of Judge l.amorcaux's reservation;
thence in II winding course over
the Odessa wheat fields with such force as
to make the mean daily relative humidity
fairly hump itself. These observations
may at first appear somewhat crude, but
one thing We are certain of. they arc UNI
intelligiblc.
AZ to our official report on this storm,
wc hardly know whore TO begin. Wo
did intend to get Bro. Ford's opinion on
the subject, but the ground is so internal
dry and the lacksetting season so near at
hand that we have concluded not to
wait. In the following table tho reader
must exercise great care in observing
tho points between the figures. A cor
rect misunderstanding in this regard has
been known to cause snow in Florida
and blight tho peach crop in Michigan
Weekly meteoric report of one drawer
of the North Shore Weather Detoctiye
Bureau, by tho official observer, from
his sanctum window, Aug. S, A. ID. 1886.
=. S.-l'llcse observations were pro-
duced without tho aid of instruments.
p. s. No. 2.--Volumes could not say
more for the efficiency of the observer
| OBS.
Observation-Disclosures at night and maximum in
the day time.
Total thun,erstnrns.
IL iotn wlhn .794 $50 ia76:tO
Total Seven mile minute
p. S. No. "a portion oftlis total ve-
locity should be explained. One section
of the gale struck Conrad Shccley's tisl,
| shack, west Of the railroad track, and in
| less than three seconds by Dune Morris
| regulator (Which stopped on the spoU,
Mrs. McWceney's hencoop was upset.
From shack to coop, by diabolic meas
urement, the distance is seven bocks.-
! OBS.
Total Dust inches the level
hlihimum Dust None
MAXIMUM Niud.. Ditto
Mean II tho time
Date OF Frst-If We don't cut our oats il will be be-
ca,lsr frost has npped them.
L"tcr-Thc government has sent Bro.
Ford Il new barometer, but our machine
ry hasn't arriyed yet.