Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-11
1T RAINED ALL RIGHT.
The Question Only is Whether 1t Was Nat
Z 80 ural o. Artificial.

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it got good and ready is at all events |
the safest conclusion that can be ar
rived at. 1t is further fact that it !
was one of the most real and earnest |
rain falls that we have ever had, caus- T,
ing almost q flood on some of the |
streets where the catch-basins emp
tying into the sewers were made
quate to carry off the water fast |
enough, and putting all the inlets to
the drainage system of the city to a |
severe test. As has been said many
streets and yards were covered by the
overflow. and pedestrians in some
parts of the city found difficulty in
getting about. The most business
like rain fall came about 8 O'Clock,
and dropping vegetation lifted up its
head and smiled welcome to the re-
freshing water.
Was 1t Real or Artificial:
One could not tell by the appear
ance of the water whether it was real
or artificial, and the result of sci
entific microscopic examination has
not yet been received from the ARGUS
laboratory. Prof. Jewell, who closed
his 5-days' operations on Muscatinc
Island yesterday morning and gave
up the task. claims the rainfall as the
fruit of his labors, Notwithstanding
that it rained in Rock Island several
hours before it did in Muscatine. and
that the storm is reported to have
come from the northwest.
Last evening a telephone message
from Muscatine conveyed the news
that Fruitland was enjoying down
pour of rain, and that Prof. Jewell,
then in Muscatine. having quit work
at Fruitland in the morning. claimed
the storm for his very own. Mr.
Jewell claimed that the Des Moines
| observer had predicted clear and fair
weather for the locality within ra-
dius of so miles of here, and that
Observer Walz, who at the request
| of Assistant Manager Allen, of the
Rock Island road. had reported at 10
n. m. on the weather conditions, had
stated that there were no storm indi-
| cations within 250 miles OF this To-
| cality.
The local forecast of Observer
Walz made yesterday. is also pointed
to by the disciples of Jewell. 1t pre-
dicted probably fair weather, sta
| tionary temperature" Lut the pre-
diction of the Washington office of
| the weather bureau. which no one
will be liable to claim was Influenced
| by Prof. Jewell's work. was more ia
vorable to rain than it had been for
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| erly winds, followed by cooler and
westerly winds, with occasionally Sc
we're thunderstOrms.h
There shout be no disposition, how
ever. to deprive Mr.. Jewell of any of
the glory he is entitled to. He work
ed hard enough to deserve success
surely and the public should feel very
thankful for the rain, and in any
case, very grateful to Mr.. Jewell for
keeping up our spirits during the
last five days.
Morris at Monmouth.
The Monmouth Review of last
evening has the following relating to
the operations in that city of Rain
maker Morris:
As stated in Yesterdays Review.
Rainmaker Morris arrived in the
city this morning and at once made
an endeavor to solicit the sympathy
of the merchants and business men
of the city for his project, and there
by secure sufficient inducements to
allow him to operate here. Mr.. Nor
ris is a man well advanced in wears
who has the appearance of one who
would fulfill his part of the contract
or at least make strong effort to do
so were one made. He represents
the Interstate Artificial Rainmaking
company. of Goodland. Kan. and he
states that of the AS trials that the
company has made since it was or
ganized, not one has proved failure.
rain following in abundance within
the time specified.
His method is to form Il storm CEN
ter by sending up certain gases
which becoming disintegrated@i in the
upper strata, destroy the equipoise
of the elements and produce rain.
He agrees to produce q rainfall of
one-half inch over an area of 800
square miles within five days for the
sum of $500. The rainfall usually
covers three counties. so that other
counties would be benefited were n
trial made here. He has recon-
mendations from the press.
Mr.. Morris stated that he had all
his apparatus here and would begin
at once if he could secure contract.
This morning he visited number of
the leading business men, but they
did not take kindly to his proposal.
and refused to do anything. The
merchants promised to do their
share, however, but Mr. Morris was
not pleased with the prospect, and
telephoned to Galesburg to see if they
wanted rain. 1t is possible that
someone may make an attempt to Sc
cure the money. and it probably