Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-15
WEATHER BULLETIN.
STORM FORECASTS As GIVEN ny
W. II. FOSTER.
Disturbance OF Great Force In the
ter Fart of Month.

ST. Joseph, Mo. March 1i.-tCopy-
Ilghted, lSp6, by w T. Foster. (-My last
bulletin gave me forecasts OF the storm
wave to cross the continent from the
18th to I'D. and the next will reach
the Pacific coast about the 23d. cross
the west OF the Rockiea country by
close or 2ith, great central valleys 25th
To 9Th, eastern states 2Sth.
rms disturbance VIII be OK consider
able force, particularly In the eastern
states. viii be preceded by very high
temperatures aud followed by q cold
wave, the latter being most severe Ia
the eastern states.
The warm wave Will cross the west
OF RooSloa country about ed great
central valley Goth. eastern states 2it.
Cold wave VIII cross the west of Rur1l-
ica country about Goth. the great
central valleys Goth, caetrrn statrs alth.
GOA wave WIN cross thu west OF Rock
les country about Goth great central
valleys 9ath. eastern stntcs 3Oth.
Severe local storms mny be expect
81 cast OF the Mississippi not far from
21th ana heavy local rains OF limited
extent Will fan In the southern states
upout mat time. Rather dry In most
parts OF the northern states,
There may not have been a great
American desert, but there certainly
VIII be unless the practlces arc re-
Fcrsed. The forests Of tho Rocky
mountains are being destroyed, prin-
clpaily by earqlesgness In permitting,
forest fires, When the destruction OF
these forests "a complete the moin-
tain streams VIII materially desrsage
tleir How, the streams west of tho
missouri VIII cease to water the great
pain, an Intermittent win become A
perpetual ueHert preventing the Iowa
wnleh carry the moisture for the great
i,Hhes, upper Miseissippl and Ohio VAL
tfaU h.ll Al
the Gulf OF Mexico, and the reault must
De m inchease OF arldity from the
Rockies 10 tho Alleghanles. Tbron
great countries, Mexico. the United
states and Canada, are vitality Interest,"
ca " preserving the forests OF the
The hand OF man DESTROYED tbn
forests of Asia, and that cradle OF mo
numnn race IN now little better thnn
u ouining desert, The old rich com.
tries, Persia. Afghanlsten, northern
Nnina, are covered by tho Cobb dos
mi, pTshuae Inc torestH were destroyed.
me Euphrates valley, where the ,rrent
babylon ruled, Ia n waste of minds
ana al this can be traced 10 no amer
chuse thnn tho destruction or Tho ror.
ests. because there have been no other
Schnnse9 and u is wen known thnt vbc,
iiorests covered that country ali the
lAnds were fertile and they werc Ia.
Gated In the granarles OF The world
me northern pine forests ara oIso
being DESTROYED ana if this ia ronti,Y
nsu the best portion OF tho tfnifn1
sl3tes and Canada must become n,ore
hhd more afflicted with nriditv
sure ~ Palmyra OF old wa. -. W
whelmed by the sands after tho 80 ~
ears We're destroyed, no sure usu, ~
ohlo and upper Mississippi vnlIev ,,,n,
tr'no, 70 a similar fate II the dcstttie-
~, natiu or man is not stayed
.ise forests are being DESTROYED "a
ss1,snly creed, as the seal fisheries M
.iaska arc being destroyed. and those
~ nenus have the mems 10 hire
n s,', hayoeates among our aoiontidc
Writers. who, for pay assure The NH.
ho ihat forests have no intiuence on
rainfall, and thus FREQ press n con- T'
serted INTO q hired oppression.
Many places have too much raineau
tn,nu generally this can be ren,cdien'
inc great expresses OF rainrnlI ara ,,s,,,
euy found along the seacoasts nnJ -,
ninrshy countries, and II the forests
We're destroyed and the marshes d,.aIn'
ea the rainfall would cease 10 be on
From New York city southwnrd MI
aiound the Atlantic and gulf COATS
20 the southern line OF Mexico ar. inI,r,v
forests ana marshes that not only cnilno
destructive floods on the cuast, but nv
nepriying the innowinF mir OF its mos.
lure, decrcase the amount OF rainfaii
y the Interior OF the continent.
I. The wet lands and dense forests M
'na Aiaaissippi valleys included In i