Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-02
UNCLE SANS
WEATHER MEN
Although Much Criticised They Do
Valuable Work.
SERVICE Is APPRECIATED.
Marine aud Agricultural Interests
Benefited by Forecasts aud Re.
orts-PIeasantTles In House,
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence
Washington, Feb. 27-The weather
bureau is sometimes criticised because
1t does not exactly hit of the situation
IN predictions, You see, when fair is
predicted and 1t turns out stormy or
Vice versa, our attention is sharply
called 10 the error On the other hand,
when the predictions are right they
excite no comment, But the weather
bureau accomplishes one thing that IS
OF great importance-in foretellng the
big Atlantic coast storms. No one can
estimate the lives saved and the ship
ping that is preserved by reason OF the
warnings that are always sent out in
ample time to keep the ships from leav-
Ing port The bureau may err in
prognostication occasionally a noun.
tam storm or some other weather
feature may cause an occasional
prophecy to 80 awry, but # does not
fail to catch the fierce coast storms
IN time to give the mariners proper
notice Mr. Willis Moore, chief Of the
bureau, has reason TO be proud Of this
portion Of his work.
CONGRESS APPRECIATIvE.
Congress has shown It's appreciation
or the work Of the weather bureau by
constantly adding to and increasing its
scope, The agricultural interests of
the country are responsible for this to
4 great extent, for the farmers have
learned TO depend upon and profit by
the weather service In the planting and
harvesting OF their crops. II is the
men IA Congress who come from the
agricultural districts that stand behind
the weather service of the country.
But they are not alone, as business Of
all Kinds Is more or less interested In
the weather reports. The value Of the
reports Is shown In the fact that they
are carried all over the country twice
a day by the Associated Press. which
means that the papers in the country
want them. Chief Moore is progress
i've and Is striving every year TO i'm
prove the service.
ADAMS AND GILLETT.
When Representative Gilett OF Mas
sachusetts criticised the great eXpend-
iture upon scientific publications and
especially the illustrations Of these
works, he got himself into hot water.
Not only has he had the scientific men
crtlcising him, but he has also been
called TO account on the floor Of the
house Representative Adams Of Penn
sylvania was one Of his critics. and
Gillett retorted somewhat humorously.
81 have no doubt said Gillett, that in
the long evenings, when we perhaps
suppose that he is getting relaxation
from the Intricate problems OF interna-
tlonal law which absorb his time, he is
really in his room communlng with ich-
thyoaauria and magatherums."
las the gentleman and l are together
about three evenings week, said
Adams, I'VE spend our time very prof
itably together"
"Prontably to which one2' asked
Representative Mann OF Illinois amid
some laughter.
Perhaps l have occasionally mis-
judged my friend" continued Gillett.
"and when ] have sometimes seen him
here with the dreamy, sentimental look
In his eyes, which | perhaps thought
were turned upon the gallery and found
their inspiration there, | was mistaken
and that really he was In reyerie and
had returned In fancy to his fayorlte
Realms Of the eocene and silurian ages"
A PORTRAIT OF WEBSTER.
Senator Hoar recently made a nota-
BILE addition to the many things Of val
ne in the literary, historical and artis-
tic way he possesses in securing a
painting of Daniel Webster showing
that great statesman at his best Sem
ator Hoar knew the famous Massachu-
sets man and says that the picture IL
very good likeness Of Webster as he
knew him. The picture has been In the
judiciary committee room for some time
and is admired by all who have seen II.
PRESIDENTS SOUTHERN ANCEs-
TORS,
Rev. ]. Z. Kirby, Congregational
minister Of this city, has traced out
the origin Of the family Of President
Roosevelt In the south He says:
In 1899 an English expedition was
sent out 10 found a settlement at
Darien, on the isthmus Of Panama.
After remaining there for a year, for
some reason the party took ship and
sailed for England on the way they
passed the Carolina coast and, being
short Of provisions and water stopped
at the little settlement at Charleston
TO replenish their supplies The people |
Of Charleston, hearing that there was
a Scotch minister aboard the vessel, I'M |
vited him ashore TO preach. The |
Scotchman accepted the Invitation. |
While on land. the guest OF the colony |
a hurricane arose which destroyed |
the vessel in the harbOr together with !
all hands The minister accepted d |
call from the small Charleston church |
and made his home In the settlement |
His daughter married a man named /
Bullock From this latter couple was
born the founder Of President Roose-
velts family In the south
FROM sCANDINAvIA
The northwest has been peopled TO
great extent BY men Of Scandinavian
birth, and Minnesota has her share Of
these desirable people. They soon be-
come politicians ana are generally sue
cessful, as the next Congressional Di-
rectory will show. The state win have
In the senate Norwegian Nelson. ana
In the house one Swede, Lind, and two
n orwegians, Nolstad and Stevenson.
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