The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02
HOT Time IN OCTOBER
Weather Will Be SultrY and There
Will Be Storms.
Mercury Will Dance Around Upper Re.
gions for a While.
Foster Predicts an Open Fall, Which
Will Be Welcomed.
Farmers Advised Not to Burn Corn
the Coming Winter.
From SATURDAYS Daily.

Washington, d. c., Sept. 26.--The last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross the continent Sept. "a to %, a
warm wave Sept. % to 81, cool wave
! Sept 26 to 80. The next disturbance
| will reach the Pacific coast about Sept.
80, cross west of Rockies by close of Oct.
l, great central valleys Oct. 2 to 4, east
ern states Oct. 5. A warm wave will
cross west of the Rockies about Sept. 30,
great central valleys Oct. 2, eastern
west of the Rockies about Oct. 3, the
great central valleys Oct. 5, eastern
states Oct. Z.
This disturbance will grow into a fur
ious storm in the Ohio valley, on the
lower lakes and in the eastern states. l
expect it to be a very dangerous storm
on the continent. There is also a great
probability of a tropical storm on the
Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.
The second disturbance of October will
reach the Pacific coast about Oct. 6,
cross west of the Rockies by close of
Oct. Z, great central valleys Oct. s to
10, eastern states Oct. H., warm wave
will cross west of Rockies about Oct. 6,
great central valleys Oct. s, eastern
states Oct. 10. A cool wave will cross
west of Rockies about Oct. 8, great. cen
trail valleys Oct. IL, eastern states Oct.
l3.
This disturbance will be a dangerous
storm during its entire course across the
continent.
The 7th and last of the great
storm periods will reach it's greatest
force in the great central valleys not far
from October 20. 1t will be more par
ticularly described later.
October will come in very cold in con-
.tinuation of the low temperatures on
which September will 90 out but a rapid
rise will soon follow and carry the tenn
peratures to very high points where they
will f~uctuatingly remain for a week.
Then the middle part of the month will
bring about normal temperatures and
moderate weather till the great storm
period of Oct. 20, begins to agitate the
elements. The month will 60 out as it
come in with below normal temperatures.
The three great storm periods of Au-
gust surely justify my forecasts. The
last, lear Aug. "a, was noted for thunder
storms which were more general and Sc
we're than have experienced for years.
Many buildings were struck by light
ming, many people and much live stock
killed.
loud bursts were numerous causing
great destruction. The worst noted oc-
Cured in Kansas where a sixteen feet
wall of water rushed down the Big Blue
and near Denver, Col, where a flood
in the Platte ten feet high brought de-
struction and an equally destructive rush
of waters in Arizona. That disturbance
brought the hottest and coolest days of
the month, the highest and lowest ba-
rometers; the most rapidly moving
center of recent years. This storm
from the Dakotas to New England
in t~wenty-four hours averaging about
miles an hour; causing such rough
weather at the great boat race that all
sightseers IN the water became sea
sick. How that storm made such rapid
transit without destroying everything in
it's path is not easily accounted for un-
less we conclude that it skipped long
stretches as tornadoes often do.
August was very cool north, fairly
south in accord with my forecasts.
AS predicted the weather proved better
for cotton than for corn.
I Am expecting rather an open warm
fall and have therefore advised farmers
to saw wheat late. Fly will probably !
damage wheat in 1904 because the winter
will not kill the insect.
Farmers will not burn corn the COM
ing winter; it will cost too much. That
cereal remains so valuable that a great
will probably be made for a bump
er crop in 1904. Many expect a financial
depression to begin next year in order
that the worlds greatest gamblers may
the honey from the hive. Should
that prove correct and a big corn crop
be realized live stock value will suffer
l great shrinkage. 1t is always well
enough to look a little ahead in these
Farmers should learn that
these financial fluctuations nave no re- |
alton to political parties nor to good and
bad crops but result in the sam way
hat cotton and grain corners do; some
gang of world wide SPECTATORS pull the
string and the bottom drops out.