The Dickinson press., 1901-07-06
Commissioner Walton. The board con-
tinued their work Of reviewing and
equalizing the assessment.
Board adjourned to Friday, July S.
john RIEssBEck,
July Weather.

|.. srN" H-la ArHlEs
In "Word and Works" Prof. Hicks
makes some observations which in view
of his accurate forecasts for the month
OF une, will be read with some interest.
He finds that a combination Of astron-
omic events out Of the ordinary falls on
and about the opening Of July. 1.-THE
opposition of the planet Jupiter-the
world greater than all the other planets
and moons combincd-falls on Iune
goth, and the opposition Of Saturn, the
next greatest planet. falls on July 9Th.
The full Moon, or Moon in opposition 10
Earth and Sun, and hence in conjunction.
with both Jupiter and Saturn, falls on
July the lst. The planets Venus and
Mercury are, also, in conjunction with
each other and the Earth on June 10th.
with Earth and Mercury in aphelion, and
Venus in perihelion. Such a balancing
and lining up of worlds is not an ordin.
airy occurrence, and to say what the re.
suits should be, in a meteorological way,
is not an entirely easy thing in our pres
ent state. of knowledge.
Added to all the above, it must be kept
in mind that we are still lear the center
Of the Jupiter equinox, and that a regu-
lar Vulcan storm period extends from
the LIST to the 9th of July, winding up
with Moon on the celestial equator on
the 9th. We feel warranted in saving
that a maximum tendency to seismic,
electrical and volcanic perturbations is
more than probable under this condition
oil things.
The storm period on July grid will
bring u series OF very active storms, dur.
ing which the frequent and marked Ruc-
tualions Of the barometer will both be an
admpnition and constitute a study. The
%oncoming of storm areas may be at
tended with very high temperature in
scattered sections Of this and other o n
%tinents; but WI predict that phenomen.
ally low temperatures will be realized
generally. Ordinarily we would name
the grid, 4th and 9Th as days OF greatest
storm danger, but under the unusual con-
ditions prevailing, they are probable any
time from the Ist to the 9th.
Reactionary storm conditions will ex-
list on the 9th to 10th, continuing prob
ably over the Moons perigee on the nth.
Falling barometer, rising temperature
and winds from east and south will pre-
cede the actual storms and precipitation
of this and all other July periods.
The central storm period for July falls
from the 18th to the 18th. The crisis of
this period will fall from Sunday, the
18th, to Wednesday, the 18th. Barome-
trio and atmospheric conditions will
plainly indicate when storms are gather.
ing west of your locality, and just as pos
itively will the same things indicate when
the storm centers have gone east of your
locality, although the path of the actual
storms may not have passed over your
immediate section. This central Vulcan
period for July is embraced in the Venus
period, shown by the storm diagram to
be central on July 3Ist. The n thing
that gives possible hope for rains over
interior parts of the country during the
last half of July and the first of August
is the presence of this Venus period. If
sufficient humidity should not be present
during the regular storm days in this
Venus period, there is great probability
of extreme heat and hot, whitening
winds, especially in the open, grain
regions Of the west, and northwest.
Thunder gusts are always probable when
the moon passes the celestial equator in
summer, the 10Th of July being such a
date.
More OF less rain, with probable cloud
bursts, hail and dangerous winds need
not surprise any one during the storm
period which is central on the 10th. One
of the warmest terms Of the summer may
be expected in connection with this
period, and many storm clouds with
severe thunder gusts will be natural
abou, Thursday, the 25th, to Sunday, the
18th. Destructive hail storms are more
than probable. at this period, as we'll as
at other periods within the Venus brace.
The grea, heat probably at this time viii
break up at the conclusion Of the storms,
and very cool nights for the season will
follow in most parts of the country, es-
pecially in the northwest. II rains do
moi. appear during the last ten days Of
July, the outlook fo7 rain thdc great,
western and northwestern grain regions
is not encouraging for the rest of the
summer and early autumn. The last two
DAYS of the month, with full Moon and
Venus at the center Of her disturbing
period, are reactonary storm dates. On
and touching these dates the barometer
thermometer and wind currents will
show a return of storm conditions"
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