The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-10
GAIRO'S GUESTS
HAVE ARRIVED
concluded from Second Pagc)

lunar halos, c0ronas. rainb0ws. par
hella, paraselenae. auroral displays
mlrages, etc.
The observer after recording his
observation eneipheFs that part of Il
considered necessary, and immediate
ly files his report at the telegraph
office for transmission to- the centra
office at Washington The reports
from all reporting stations are rap
idly collected at designated points
and certain of these reports relayed
from these points to various stations
where maps or bulletins are pre-
pared. This is so only in the case
of the morning reports, the evening
reports are not telegraphed or dis
tributed generally.
The results OF the observations as
received at the various stations are
charted for Interpretation by the OF
fetal authorized Ia forecast the
weather conditions which may be ey
pected TO prevail during the follow
ing &c hours. Al stations on the
rivers. the river data are tabulated
for the purpose of forecasting the
changes likely to socenr during the
next 30 hours or for the next several
days.
AS rule persons not interested
in or directly benefited by The fore
casts and warnings OF the Weather
Bureau, have scarcely any conception
of the work and vahie Of the weather
service. and Il has been very truly
said that sd many base their esti
mate of the Barean's value and utll
ity upon indiiferently scanned obser
vations Of the accuracy Of the daily
forecasts, and overlook almost entire
ly the more important work OF the
Service. that Of issuing warnings Of
cold waves. storms. foods, and
frosts.
There are some people who keen
q most accurate record OF the fore
casters failures. and Ignore his sue
cesses, although the latter average
from 80 TO So per cent
Prof. Moore, Chief az the Bureau
ina recently issued brochure, entitled
the. Weather Bureau. states that
the marine warnings of the servic
have been so well made that in over
six years no protracted storm has
reached any part Of the United
States without the danger warnings
being displayed well in advance AS
result of these warnings the loss
Of life and property has been reduced
To minimum. being doubtless less
than % per cent Of what II wonli
have been without this extensive
system, which comes daily, and almost
hourly, inIo communication with ma
rners." .4 i.
The cold wave and frost warnings
issued by the Bureau are Of meal
culable value to the farmer and to
those who handle perlshable stuff
The Burean has when occasion re
quired ii, distributed as many as 100,
600 warning kilograms and messages
inside of the space Of one or Two
hours.
Information relative to the sweep
Of one cold wave showed that over
$3,i000aU worth of property was
saved thai would have been destroyed
by the low temperatures.
In referring to the value Of food
warnings, Prof Moore, in the pam
phlat to which have referred, states
that. 80 much advance has been
made IN fOrecasting food stages that
II Is now possible to foretell three
to Ave days in advance the height
of nayigable rivers at d given point
to within a few inches. The danger
line at every city has been accurately
determined and chartcd, so that when
a food Is likely 10 exceed the danger
limit residents Of low.lying districts
and merchants having goods stored
In cellars are notified to move their
property out OF reach Of the rising
waters. An illustration of the eff
cheney Of this system was shown dur.
ing the great food OF 1897 Through.
out nearly the whole area that was
Submerged. the warnings preceded the
food by several days. and the stats.
ticlans of the government estimate
that si5,600,060 worth Of live stock
and movable property was removed 10
high ground as result Of the fore
warnings. These enormous figures
were exceeded during the year 1909
These warnings are distributed from
fifteen river eentefs, at each Of which
n trained forccaster Is located who
daily Ia In possession Of such measure
ments OF precipitation on water
sheds and such up-riger stages as are
necessary TO enable him to make an