The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-08
GUM BOOTS OR SLIPPERS
The NV Weather Signals Will Tell
You Which 10 Wear.
HOW TO READ THE FLAGS
What the Various Combinations
Indie 1te Paste This In Your
Hat for Reference-Fix-
ing the Pole.

Butte, Feb. The alterations that arc
being made in the city hall tower TO allow
the weather signals TO be displayed from
| the flagstaff have been completed far
enough so that the flags can be displayed
tomorrow morning. Steps have been
built up into the very peak of the tower
| and a hole cut through on the south side,
just outside of which a small platform has
| been built for The accommodation of a
| man whose duty il will be to display the
flaRs every morning. A railing will be
placed around tho platform in order to
prevent any nervous individual from fall
ing oil and tearing up the tin roof of tho
city hall.
The job of repairing the flagstaff sur.
mounting the over proved to be an OK
ceedingly dangerous one. but the danger
was not discovered until it was all over.
Ii was necessary for some one to climb 10
the top of the pole, and Tom Grant, a
cool-headcd carpenter, accomplished the
performance. Naturally supposing that
the Flagstaff was a solid wooden pole COW
cred with TN, he placed ladder against
II and was quickly at the top. He then
made an examination of tho pole and
found that II was hollow and found it
built of nothing more substantial than
ing discovery Grant quickly descended
and the ladder was secured with guy
ropes. Ii seems almost a miracle the
Flagstaff did not double up under Grant
and precipitate him into the street, and
the fact that u did not was due probably
to the fact that the ladder was in almost a
perpendicular position.
The work of remodeling the tower is
being well done under the supervision OF
Alderman Kelly, chairman of the public
building comm ttee.
The STANDARD has secured cuts of the
various signal flags and each morning will
display the forecast Tor the day. The lit
tie flags will indicate to the STANDARDS
readers what sort of weather they may
expect during the day and will be of serv-
Ice to those who cannot readily see the
city hall signal station.
The weather forecast arrives about
O'Clock every morning and the signals
will be displayed Immediately on their re-
ceipt. In exceptional cases City Clerk
irvine will receive bids for any kind of
weather desired. In order that the sig
mails may be understood the following de-
scriptIon is given:
No. is a white flag and indicates clear or
fair weather.
No. ? Is "A blue flag and indicates rain or snow
No. is white aud blue flag of horizontal
bars and indicates local rams or showers.
,o Mo- Is back ,piangnaT nag I reers to
L.
i means wa m weather. When paced be ow
them II means colder weather. When not dis
played there will be no appreciate change n
the TEN peTature
No. o is white flag with black square in
the center and indicates the approach of a sud
den am decided lall in the temperature Ii is
the cold wave flag
During the late spring and early fall
the cold wave flag is also used as frost
warning flag in other portions of the coun-
try TO indicate anticipated frosts.
No. l alone indicates fair weather. sta
tionary temperature.
No. 2 alone indicates rain or snow, sta
tionary temperature.
No. alone indicates local rain, station |
ary temperature.
No. / with 4 above it indicates fair
weather, warmer.
No. with below indicates fair weather,
colder.
No. with No. 4 above il indicates
warmer weather, rain or snow.
No. with No. below it indicates colder
weather, rain or snow.
No. with No. above 1t indicates
warmer weather, with local rains.
No. 3 with No. below II indicates colder
weather. with local rains.
No. 3 with No. below il indicates colder
weather, with local rains.
No. with above indicates fair weather,
cold wave.
No. 2with above indicates wet weather,
cold wave.