Telegram-herald., 1891-08-23
Big STORMS TO FOLLOW
The Heated Spell Of August and
September.
An EARLY AND HARD WINTER Due
Lsok Oat Ter Your Corr fcaasr-A
KILLING frsst septsmssr ~ sr is-
weather and sciease Notes-lhs
k.in Maker Schemes

wave W Sf0> the toAtAhrA1 AotA
the I'D 10 the Goth. and the next will
bt due 10 leave the Pacific coast about
August -. cross the Rocky Allegheny
valley from ths 2sth TO the 3otA, and
reach the Atlantic coast about the
Slsu. Very hot weather viii precede
| this storm wave, and severe local
storms may be expected. Compare
lively the weather viii be quiet
throughout August, preparatory 10
the great storms 10 ioiiow- The
weather viii average hot during the
last hall OF August and the first hali
OF September, alter which "A decided
change may be eApected- l Viii re-
peat that ali should be prepared Tor
an carly and hard winter, especially Ia
all that country drained oy the Aiissis-
.iypi river and the western great LAX s.
Those who wish TO save corn fodder
will need TO do so early. Late cora ia
the northern corn belt will need TO lie
cut before IL IL mature To save il from
an early frost / expect "A killing frost
! in the northern edges o. the cora belt
on September 18th or 18th. with a
probability that frost VIII DO some
| damage on the 18th or 14th. Not
much rainfall is expected from the
storm wave oil the 21th TO the 3isl,
but rather an Increase OF the drouth
areas. Local rains will continue TO be
| Of the cloudbursL nature.
weather and Science Notes.
Continuing the discussion Of the Ma
tional weather maps. / must add that
the w.vtAer bureau does not re- ognize
the TACT thas a high ana low baroIa-
etcr. ccns uting an electric pair. OFT
70 m Y hin q low barometer o IA
ccnSer, and sn s.l.ns % iecp- isize this
| fact both the forecasts anu The maps
become ue.icient. Cloud bursts, water
| spouts and tornadocs are small low
baromeiers OF gre4t iorce and much
lower than the low barometer ia
which they are formed. although they
are far from the center OF tha general
low barometer. They cause terrific
upspouts OF atmosphcre aud must be
Ted by corresponiiag.y high barom-
| eter and downpour of atIaosphere
which often form within the general
| low barometer. The weather map ar
| tdsts failing to recognize this impor-
| tant fact, draw their isobars and iso-
therms 50 as TO make IL appear thai
chaos reiyns when in reality there Ii
the most perfect order.
1hs Rain Makers.
Let US give them fair hearing,
hope the press VIII not be so unfair
| with them as IL was with me ike or
six years ago The first experiment
by the rain max RS in Texas was somo
what fayorahir 10 their theories ia
that the experiment WAS performed
where "a drouth has been affecting
the country AMI in climate tnat
averages only "A small rainfall. But
on the other hand there were three
storm waves due TO cross the Rocky
Allegheny valley from August 9th 10
18th, their dates had been announced
In my letters and southern routes
predicted for them. Mercury passed
ids greatest disturbing point on the
9th, anl m increased amount of ioggy.
cloudy weather had been predicted.
| The moon passed. is greatest disturb
| ing poIIrt on the 9th. an1 the storm
center that would be most affected by
| those uis ssan-es wa due 40 pass east
oi the 10 Ky Mountains on the 10Th.
| The weather maps show that storm
wave had moved IRON The Pacific
cnost and It's low barometer was in
! Now Mexico. its high In Montana
on the 9th. and rain had fallen
! from Manitoba to Southern Colorado
| The movcm nts O. the Gfm wave was
yesy iavorabI. to raias in Teas on the
| 10th. but we can not say that rains
would have fallen without the explo-
siuns og dynnmi G and powder. The
cxptriaIcn iers have the right 10 choose
the most iavorable time for their
tests and 10 locate their tests i'm
! the path OF the moisture from the Gull
of Mexico. Midland. Texas. j. ono
| OF the most arid localities in the state
but for several years past they have
had very considerable rainfall Tn
der the circumstances \ number Of
successful experiments wiz be necess
ury before the public will b. convinced
that rains can be produced hy expio-
rsons al an expense which the govei n
ment caa afford TO pay. but raia
making is matter ~ great impor-
tanec 20 the public and Seooo Is not
sufficient TO Thoroughly test the the
ofy. Even II the theoiy does hot
/ promise much. Cong ess should make
a liberal appropriation and have 10
more thoroughly tested.
| The Australian who has been max
| ing rain in Ohio IL also attracting
| much attention. II viii be obs. vcd
that he. also. selects Tor his exp'fi-
ments tbe dave iu which the storm
waves are due and this prov hm
| TO be n close observer. II he is cor
recfly understood his scheme e. the
| opposite of the bornbardment plan
/ The latter is hy expansion causing
rising atmosphere and n consequent
ssfion drawing the moisture and
1 81.
trailan's theory appears 70 be that
of condensine the atmosp acre br ch NH
Gals thereby causing n indraught and
drawing together ~ the clouds and
moisture by that means both
theories are correct and the only anes-
tion - ss 70 their practfcabiiity. IL
i< moi doubted Inst under favorable
cIrcamSf ances rain can be produced
by either ~ these processes. hat tie
amount nnd expense arc she great
questions. TIE theory ~ the Aus
traliar should be given fsir test
and although ne has not asked n.
Congress shoffid make a liberal ap-
| preparation Tor testing ~
w are on the eFe 81 rrenf discover
| ic< that Wi vastly bsnafit All rnaa
hind. snd governments should bt oH
the alert not oaiy 20 aid in makinc
t.fcsF dieco~frsss. but also iu securing
! tse benefits ~ fht masses and prevent
| ifiC corporation from tarrinr 'tieae
siissuverirs TITO means - srtprf islr nrla
/ oppression. A. rufc the inventors.
the nsen ans wornfn who toake great
discoveries snd fas masses ID ros 20
eeivp fi,sir due fs,rf fen ~ f.znefifs afiis.
corporations reteivs f8ors fhan is ffsir
dae. v. I. FOSTER