The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-13
U. s. WEATHER BUREAU.
Some Interesting and Instructive Obser-
vstions About the Objects IL Seeks
and the Work it Does.
By CLARENCE j. NORTON.
PART III.

PART Ill.
The U s Weather Bureau Is q
branch of the Agricultural Depart
ment aud has for its chief Willis L..
Moore. 1t has six divisiOns-namely
the forecast; record /; acrounts; sup
ply; State weather service aud pubIi-
cation divisions. There are three sec.
tions: Instrument; library and the
Monthly Weather Review. When
the rolls are full, about 200 persons
are employed in the bureau at WASH
ingtOn. There ave about 80 local fore
cast officials and about 300 observers
and 5000 voluntary observers In the
United States. The last report show
ed 1856 regular observing stations in
rooms owned by the government.
The daily weather map is issued
rom 72 stati Ons aud over 5000, 900
copies annually. These maps show
ing the weather conditions of to-day
and the probabilities of the morrow,
lation with the means at hand.
Each State has its director and Mr..
7. b. jennings, of Topeka is the dir
ectOr for Kansas.
The instrument used are of the
most delicate aud expensive, consist
ing of registers, recording wind dir
ectiOn, velocity, rainfall and sun
shine, paragraphs recording pressure,
thermographs recording temperature,
phOtOg rsphic sunshine recorders,
electrical recorders of sunshine, re-
cording rain and snow guages.
The continuously recording instIu-
ments not only accumulate data of
great climatic value, but supply the
needs of great commercial interests
by having complete automatic rec
Ords of storms and general meteorO-
logical conditions at all hours, day or
night, continuously recording hour
after hour, showing at each mOm-
ent of time the direction of the wind,
its velocity, the duration, moment by
moment, of sunshine or clOudness,
the temperature of the air, the press.
ure of air, the time of beginning ard
ending of rainfall or snowfall, and
not only the total quantity of precipi-
tatiOn, but also whether the fall was
rapid and in torrents or gentle and
prolonged.
The 50 local forecast officials receive
twice daily telegraphic reports from
all the regular (paid) stations, and in
their daily weather map they show
the temperature, wind velocity, bar
Ometer pressure and rainfall, sun
shine frost or fog of every principal
city of the United State, and a care
ful study Of the map readily shows
the approach of a storm, cold wave or
any great change, often 3 to days in
advance.
Every postmaster can have this
map by publicly displaying it, and it
is shame the present incumbents
are so dead to the public interests as
to be actually too Indifferent to apply
for it and too lazy to display it after
they do get it. In this connection 1
wish to say that our energetic post
master at Moran Is an exception, as
he regularly displays the mont hly
review map and daily forecast.
1t is with something of pride that l
see that the REGISTER and Herald
publish the weekly weather report.
Nearly all the other papers in this
county had the same chance offered
them, but they did not have regard
enough for the farmer to publish it,
and it shows plainly which editors
can see wherein good will come. Be-
fore l close these letters, will re-
spectfully invite these other editors
attention, as L shall yet prove that
the weekly crop report in the REGIS
TER has been worth thousands of dol
lars to it's subscribers, and they will
readily see which papers are work
ing for the good of the county.
ITO be cOntinued.)