The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-12-29

from the proper time. Coincidence
can easily be found to justify preexist-
ent belief.
"The libraries of the United States
Weather Bureau contain the substance
and much OF the detail of all that is
known OF weather wisdom, ancient and
modern; and the scientists of the bu-
| reau certainly are familiar with the es-
sence of this knowledge. Those who
are in position to know are we'll aware
that every possible effort is being made
to extend our knowledge OF the laws
that control weather conditions and
meanwhile to give those who are vitality
concerned the most Trustworthy inior-
nation obtainable. 1t is matter of
common experience that the notable
| success OF some commercial article of
merit is sure to food the market with
| spurious goods Of the same class which
inscriptions vendors spread be-
fore the undiscriminating public. The
rapid strides of the United States Wealth
er Bureau in recent years toward popu.
lar favor through the widepread dis
semlnation of its forecasts-a service
made possible largely by the phenomi-
nal spread the telephone and the de-
velopment of the rural delivery service
has apparently given new impetus to
forecosts b,saS mI' @ =" '"y u'iS1,G % GPulouS
nlanetarv controi 0 nI J'V H. ~ "Einf oTJ'if VI
H. t,'"u''' ,,' oOiiI'ol' anu Gie Clllei ol
not only Justified, Int morally Hnioined
ia counteract as far as possible the mis-
chieVous effects OF astroiogers who pre-
oon,in,, , ui0.u'' ~ ~ el'"4aN'Ni y ule
and ordinary conditions for month or
a year in advance, and whose uniound-
Gu ana uhIellaOie forecasts are TOO often
eareruI nnhlisrors '''"'''" ~ 'ho io''
"The problem of seasonal forecasts is
receiving at the hands OF the ablest and
,nosV paIhS'aN'hg students ol both con
thot ie carto;n tn ha frritrrI ''o' "nd "'tor for
reaching in its results.
so important and so pressing is this
t,l, Work ana ana 80 promising Is the heId that
ing and nonmn;n Iara n',"" nLsnr,ntms 40 T,'
wherein the best talent available will
soon be employed to study the intricate
nho nha.pp PROFOUND ,,I problems p,t, Oh lhe atmos-
mnnt oven nrosant n,nthoJ. o' ond rdsnits
in forecasting and NAV lead in time to
seasonal predictions on truly scien-
'''lc OASIS
Inc aooVe was handed to u. N Dyer
zee, 'he local ooserver'and to the query
" nat 90 you thIhk OF that' he re-
p'Ieu'
thlhK II very interesting as 90
"'y'hlhS concerning lhe workings OF
'"o Ne"'l'er bureau Inc people III
general know 700 NIUE about 'llS' one
ol the most important branches OF the
eoNcrHI''ehI service. HOW can We know
when 1t Is only at rare intervals that
anything ol the INSIDE workings OF the
bureau escapes, catches the eye ol some
afsnS-eyed reporter ana thus WabbIes
INTO prlhH VI late there has been an
improvement ana we occasionally eaten
such ileetng g'Impses Of the aims and
ehofIs ol Tins arm OF the department
ol agriculture, and, perhaps, they are
more interesting because ol Their IN
frequency
MI wren speaks qul'e interestingly
OIL Ihe supersutiohS ol Ihe early peoples
Oh 'he East ot whom HerodoIus' the
historian, Iella U'aI tle hlghts oil plrd5'
''o co''u'uoh ana appearance Oh inc
eh'ra''S o' Vhe NlcVlIns oHefeu III sacrl'
NICE were oi'eh considered ol such I'M
PorIalce 'uaV Il not la'oraple 70 the
adventure IN progress Il" iurIhef acllon
was IaNe" un'i' more IaVofaDie auspices
, couiu Oo oo'a'neu' ilefouoIuS writings
s''o' ''uli'''' '"7 instances u 'h'S' sllo"
I ing II " pc ui'I'eISa' P'aeVlcc "lhoils
the nations OF which he wrote. Nor dC
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