The Meeker herald., 1891-05-16
rh. w...h.r-pr-.-a. and Prospective

The Wsashev-FS~sens and Prospective
For the first time In six years the
White River valley has had copious
rains In May. II commenced raining
on "Wednesday evening and. with but
few intermissions, las continued until
to-day. The rain has been steady and
will do the country vast amount OF
good, as both the ranchman and range
man share In Its benefits.
According to the st. Joe prophet the
rains, or storms. Of this week were due
To strike the Rocky Mountain region
to-day. II got here little ahead OF
time but day or two one way or the
other don't matter much; Foster gem
orally comes pretty close TO the mark.
In this connection We herewith give a
resume OF MIR. Fosters latest and most
remarkable weather forecasts. lie says
beginning with the first week In
May Of this year, and ending with the
last week In June. lss2. will constitute
the greatest storm period since isi2.-;Ii.
and II will bs xt itx gsest-xt rec dur
lug tue coming winter. The winter will
set in early. and with Its great snow
storms and billiards., will lie what Is
termed very hard winter. These win
ter storms will begin In the northern
tier Of States with great severity IN
October, and early winter. very severe
all over the continent, will follow. The
force Of the storms will ir;rcase very
gradually, and the May storms will no,
'e So marked as those later on. We will
probably have an occasional tornado.
but destructive storms will no, attract
general attention until after June 5,
when III. great battle of the elements
Will begin In earnest, and every ts.o.;h
will bring its noted storms. June In not
always month of great storms. hut II
will liz this year. and should my pre-
dictions be verified as 10 that month.
the public viii give more attention To
what have said as to the eleven month,
that follow II. October and November
arr months that usual, bring the irup-
| ical hurricanes that are sometimes very
disastrous on the Gulf of Mexico. and
occasionally do damage M iaf north as
rcnn-s,cc aud Arkansas. The sf-a,
hurricane. tia, visited the lower Mis-
,is,ippi aud the cna,, o! the Gulf of
Mexico In isst..,,IJ viii b- repeated mex,
October ani November. Wherever YOU
,ini an old man who followed ns,.,-nai-
Ing on the Ohio ani Mississippi ti,-fs
In iss.-si. YOU will hni an oracle who
can reveal much history ahou; the hur.
neancs Of the Lower Mississippi river
n, tia, time. Portions II Florida were
greatly damaged by the hurricanes sixty
ycars ago.
I do not desire L. create ans nnnccrs'
sary sensation absui this ,cry great
Storm t-,tioi. tu, no harm can .uin- by
brins prepared fer the ,-fy ..',csc win.
lrs and the crva, s.ottns. lfui.d..ds of
thousands "f t'~op.~ ~'io rad my
weather fotvca,tlnss every wcck viii
have great faith In the prediction, sna,ic
In ,hi, letter. for they know tia, I am
very careful. and seldom misicaa them.
The forecasts afr not hasrd ga any
sut-fr,iiios. OF sccfri. hut cn vha, !
know 10 br. and ou wha; any f-Ison
ma, know to L. t-ai ply ysiciai causes,
The causes Of this rcficj o! st-a; dis.
;urhshr-s will L. the equinox "' Saturn
In October and the equinox of Jupiter
next January. Jupiirris equinox &C.
Cured In Angus; and Saturn. in ou;o-
brr. iSt.. and hence the rrr.; storms Of
that and the year following. Tho equi.
noSrs II these planets cause gs-at eicc.
/, trio disturbances in our solar system
just az io the cpginoy.s of our earth
in March auf' September. bu, ou n larger
scale. Electricity Is the force that
causes all s,otms and tie sun and al! the
planets throw an electric fut.- fat into
space over the cqua;oss. IA does the
electro DYNAMO. and consequently when
any plane, passrs i,s tsuinoctial the
electric tensions Of the sun and II tho
planets arc disturbed aud Simultaneous
|, the electric force of every planet In
the solar system Is unbalanced. which
affects the electric cuucn,s II the
earth"
MT. Foster promises to give details of
every storm wave that crosses tho con-
linen, from week 10 ten days in al.
vance. which will give US all limo 10
"sc, in out oi the wet"