The sun., 1890-01-12

Mountains as east ut them. whereas tue GulI
two years show conclQsiyely why New York
cSasa IS noe es sor@
and cold waves alike have during this perlod,
thSs ,has OF trasa Within
year or two storms which originated in the
ss Ss sys 3ba
valley. and then have moved northeast to the
COAST, resching the Atlantic within 100 or 200
In its wake usually cold wave which follows
substantial ly the Same track. Now both
snd eRs en st. eG STORM nc Centres draw
currents OF wind toward them from every quar-
er storm centre ira pssssSS STa S9Tta Of bew New
here. II 1t passed north Of us. as has invaria-
bly, been the case this season. We would have
warm winds, striking the somewhat, cooler
zone here. coDdepse their moisture, and fali In
conious rains, which have been more OF the
nature OF showers than storms.
These Western storms have lately had a
SD n6 6o% 0t n tbe tbe
SSSS e1Sst dessfs. ss' as il ans Is called WthiS few
very very much o6anGsd, Artificial irrigation has
worked wonders with the 2, soil and tine general
arid desert preyes, when watered. te be u most
fertile soil. The Pacific coast climate has
Ran has bsen an noted IN tie East The cd Se
and dry seasons west Of the Sierras seem to be
atying place TO our old,fashioned summer and
lies solely In the extreme West. If the changes
are caused by artificial influences then they
will see little more old fashioned snow and
Zoe. The signal service has no information
storm courses beyond these points, but full
inyestigation will doubtless soop be made,
IlustEatinG the etIe"ts ol ar5iheiai @ @irrigsthon
Invested thousands OF dollars In an, irrigation
Ia flN lad n
tell the story OF his Ill luck. Alter the bitches
Of the company had been dug at great expense
began to look for customers to buy their water.
But the construction OF the great irrigation
Syste5m a9 On pHra ave@ rsaS snca
boon upon tho neiGh6orhood. but 1t receives
This % goes to show that II moisture and a
supply OF water can once be introduced IN the
will maintain the new conditions thus estab-
lished. But II the consequence OF those great
local advqntaGes are to be as far reaching as
millions of ,,,dS t6s East YIN =, e., sure
''s TIE %os T. ths oliats 81 % Iondoa Is % be- S
the seters p Of waste lands in tue West 20 turn
the desert into garden there will arise an
s 81 sRe II
all tho political issues that have ever occupied
American attention. But 1t is too soon to
and too title upon, practical investigation.
subjects can advance no other OK pianation OF
recent climatic phenomena 10 tho East. and the
sSsts sSsT to faa exactly bHs at the sIg ested
thorough nyes gation OF the subject. Signal
service stati. ms In that part Of the country are
are thus cossY % % @itsd All tRS essngsS aAi q
taken place within about fve years Private
enterprise first demon Btraied the wonders
which could thu. be wrought and now large
large seetiops q tho arid plains Of Colorado,
who has crossed the continent by the Union
and Central Pacific toute, can forget the little
train stops alter, hours OF hot alkaline dust
The statipn iS q In the midst e. rich oasis. only
saon G HSa' Ge MoS hsnna 9S
from the original barren sterlity has been
The storms produced In this new Western
labo fatory. while not Of very great extent and
IN ~ trayei 0 wtS mnrvell6ns rapdty wen
sp Ied, In fact, that is almost unnrecedented
Several the present season have swept across
toStS-eight H S"urs Every ~ one % Of them has IS
passed Tar enough. north Of New York to .6e
southeast TO southwest Winds Much damage
and loss of Lie on tho great lakes would have
been caused II the navigation season had not
closed. The lakes are stiii open but the iGhtX
forms, SO that there has been practically
navigation except daylight trips along shoyes
IMMEDIATE PRosPEOTs.
Shall We have some late winter wE rapI
6erRoRnt Dunn says this Ia the timeHl Or
cold snaps, II NO arc going to have 6oid ice-
%RaS $Ra xssst sE Soas aa fsS sSdas @S Jss ss
est weather Of the year usually Eis Divided
q month following that date, 8n1Seeks apspt
into Snaps" about week 70 tXtented with
Perhaps We shall have TO behav wbsn he |
the 6raSns freeses , o. freezlnS'
rs u typical cold snap" unM n WoTId have
nS II wSS co sSd by contrast d day In an ordi,
nary winter. Ia villa dncka and |
ReeSe docEiSy ThH na abhSs reat sourh Bay will
sSostsmsS ssEs sfS fnS1 S9 and geese haven't
EI4 nt o SoEm ipls prophet than The birds.
Tba gSne nU neisr is vssShy. They evidsniy dom!
ven year' ~ and the ~ Su9 ind 1t almost imDossI-
bis 20 get shok n herewith OF the remarkable |