Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-22
HE HIT 1T CORRECT
Fosters Weather Forecasts
Were Reliable
PRESENT FEOoDs ANTICIPATED
In HE Letters at January. nanseh -
April-coming WsstAsr--Disrn-
sion Of . Geological Qusssian.

80 s>-H@~& - <e<<f 10y
bulletin gave forecasts OF The dangoe~
Gus storm wave 10 crom the oon1ioont
from May 1924, and the next. aloo .
severe storm wave, will reach ~ ~
citic coast about May Is, oroa the uooh-
ern mountains by the close Of Nay -.
the great central valleys from May
27-29, and the eastern states about Moy
so. This being the last storm wave e
May. il will be known when Il hno
passed whether my predictions Of NJ
usual weather events ia Nay wsFe veil
founded. Great extremes Of woAthor.
great foods and droutns, wsrs psD-
dicted 70 occur following tho lirol of
March. On Janussy Is said: ia
places the drouth win run north of tho
10th degree Of north latitude, bat eons
orally it will he confined % south e
that line" In February aid. II
have often published and will ropna2
that very severe storms will occur q
this continent during the elk months
from March 70 June, 1897" On Aprl
aid: Rainfall will b irregular;
too much in some places. not en0un|A
in othera The 1859 1roush Will 0o6In
70 show it, favorIts lurking plouno -
April, and the heavy rainlait djGlx<poo
will soon b knoWn."
The Earshs oeunoon
uss the term u ~ teon1tn eeoso.
which includes al the physical ssiooooo,
and therefore Govern pkysscAl eoogFnr
ply and meteoroioU. 4 great MAJ -
facts have been gathered and recor1o1
BY our scientists. but their theorioo
based on theso faees are moi oot,ofno-
tory. because they neithef explain b<1A-
emit conditions OF the earth nor too
causes that lead 70 Che great chaueto
| recorded in the earth's strata. Geoto-
] gists have adopted 40 arbitrary ~
rsngement OF the earth's stEota, -
which certain rock or mineral deposits
are assigned " certain geological aGee
| Of the world. The strata that have
been examined are suppoeed 70 -
about ten miles 10 depth. In one 10
| cality, some geologlsts OF Acknowledged
ability examined the make-up Of III
| earth and called that which be founG
~ = certain depth the "CaQkjli ~
sandstone. because Il wAs found n
Pennsylvana near The CatokiII 0odn.
tains. IL 10 assigned 20 . place abooQ
i've miles below the earthfs surfeoo,
and 10 supposed 70 represent osstAil
age OF the earth, perhaps millions q
yeare age. This strata 10 Also euppooo1
to extend all around the earth. and al|
similar portions Of the earth afe -
signed 70 that age Of our globe, sino1
when about five miles of earth an6
stone have been deposited
Fossils % Fish@.
AZ an evidence that this ca1ekl|
group belongs 10 that particular REQ.
Iogial age OF the world. tue Reolo4,ool
offer a. the only proof the fact fbal
! This read sandstone con tAins fooojle o.
gaNoid fishes. THE sturgeon ~ . gon-
old. and these fishes have existed frou
t.se earliest age OF fishes. The cont
| nents are now icing carried inlo ehd
scse % they have been throughout ol|
the geological ages; the volcanoes
are now active ae they have ever boen
islands and continents are now bei0(
formed by VOLCANIC action, yeketAtjG
and coral growths a. has been the CO
in ell the past geologic AGES: sands osu
now being Deposited n the e8as -.
eetber with the remains Of sturGDco
and other fsbee. iust - ulov Woeu
when those Catsk III oands and gauoo1
RENAME were dfifted into the ~
where the now are found. Then che
right have geoloElets - ~ that ~
CatskiIl sts alum al around the ooee1
Was depoeited lmmeoea ages be9ogQ
man appeared on the EARTH May -
scme Of these deposite hare 0ocurfo(
in everv geologic go elDce ~
Devonsap7 10 IL not more pfo6ahte llo|
these deposIst1 may have 0ccufre1 81