The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
F1ELASZEH EDW47D II LOUIE ~
NNW0, AALW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IN hHSs OFFICE

then goes hone to make his plans in ae-
cordance with the kind OF weather with
which his section is likely to be vipited.
The homesteader studies the weather re-
ports of different sections before he decides
upon q place in which to begin his farm
ing or stock raising.
Because he does this the railroads look
to the Weather Bureau to supply them
with reports in advertising the lands
through which their roads run. for the fu.
ture supply OF weather is to be judged by
that of the past. and II a weather report
shows that in certain sections Of Texas or
Colorado the sun has q friendly habit OF
shining; that rainfalls are moderate uenk
ly, and only exceptionally hoodlike, why.
then the weather report Is a material as
distance to the railroad-Iand boom.
Tho Government maintains III flood sta
lions. these situated convenient to the
banks OF the rivers and actively employed
when the rising waters Indicate 4 pfecart-
GUS situation. Loss Of life and destruction
OF property ara averted through the warn
ings that these stations send out.
The mariner looks out for the flying Of
the Weather Bureaus signal Of fair or foul
weather before taking his ship from the
shore. The fisherman takes hold Of the
storm nag or the fair-weather nag that IL
ho!sted at some convenient and elevated
place along the coast.
SERVICE EXTENDS TO
TWO THOUSAND CITIES.
Two thousand cities Of the United States
receive daily telesraphic weather reports,
and from these cities the reports are dis
tributed by mail to nearby towns to be
bulletined for the Information Of the pub
lie, thus reaching all sections. even the
most remote
Statistics gathered after the passage Of
q severe cold IA several years ago
brought to light tho astonishing fact that
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through precautionary measures having
been taken on receipt Of the cold-wavs
warning.
The orange growers Of Florida and Cali
fornia, the sugar planters of Louisiana and
Texas. the raisin industry of California,
the cranberry growers OF Wisconsin, the
truckers Of the coast districts Of Texas,
Louisiana, Alabama and Florida rely i'm
plicstly on the Weather Bureau to give
them warning Of the approach Of weather
that would be injurious to their respective
interests.
The farmer at harvest time looks to the
Weather Bureau to warn him Of the COM
ing Of rain.
The III Of the Western plains and
mountain regions depends upon the bureau
to give him timely notice OF ''blfzzards"
and .tnorthers,' that he may drive his stock
to places Of safety.
An estimate Of the real value Of the Hood
and river warnings may be gathered from
the fact that in the great flood OF the Mis-
sissippi River and its tributaries $16.0o0.eoo
worth Of movable property and live stock
was saved through the timely arrival OF
warnings.
tn daily press il . great agent in ~.
sistine Uncle Sam in disseminating weather
information. since there are few papers
published nowadays that do not give gpacs
to Official weather forecasts.
In n70 the Federal Government first es-
tablished . department. having for its OBJ
ject the forecastiug Of weather conditions
throughout the United StatesL
WORK FIRST CARRIED
ON By SIGNAL CORPS!
During the nrst twenty years Of It's dc
velopmTt the WORK was conducted by the
Signal Corps OF the army. under the DE-
rection and control Of the War Department
In 1891 there was = reorganization Of the
service. and ths present Weather Bureau
was established as q branch Of the United
States Department q Agriculture strict