The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-21
BUNTED THE WIND
And WAS W0RS1ED
MARCH zEPHYRs TEAR BRIM
FROM SHERIFF DREGER's HAT.
An Indoor Swirl Sends Headgear
Scooting Thru City Hall Corridors
First Day Of Spring Believed to Give
Promise of Verdant Sum1ner-No
Equinoctial Storm. : - =.

Sheriff -Dreger has asserted, his po-
litical independence, but it is at the
cost Of his cherisheds SLOUGH hat. AS
the sheriff was bucking his way, head
sweeps around the IT, courthouse when
ever the wind blows. and was particu-
larly strong today, a sudden vicious
gust tore the rim, from his beloved
SLOUGH and flung it collar-wise about
his neck. -: 49,. -
Quick to scent the approach of po-
!itical danger the sheriff at once real
lied the, compromising situation in
which he was placed, and tearing the
claimed in accents which could be
heard above the raging wind, II am
servant of the people only, and will
wear no man s collar, not even my
own.' '-:.. , =. ~ F.
-. An Indoor Swirl - j..
Another wind victim was an unknown
who entered the Third avenue entrance
of the city hall simultaneously with a.
gust Of wind. Sweeping into the build
ing, the blast took the strangers hat
with it. Some one must have opened
the Fourth avenue entrance at the same
time. creating a draft, for the wind
rushed down the corridors and, carried
the Grant skypiece around two cor
ners, with its owner in hot pursuit.
=. On Nicollet avenue a sudden, flaw
caught the headgear Of a passing young
woman at a strategic angle and, to the
horror of the bystanders and extreme
modification Of the victim, q fluffy
mass Of golden hair Joined the mil
linery in it's wild gyrations. . Red with
modification and breathlessness, the
owner Of the : hat and hair corralled
them af ter a chase of half a block and
discretely ducked ''cinto% nearby
/ dry goods store. When she emerged
she again wore coronal of resplendenr
blonde waves and curls in place of the
dark shingled locks revealed by the
wind. 49,. . ..---r.., IT, A..',
i! The wind is growing steadily colder
and seems bent on fulfilling the ;predic-
| ton of the weather bureau announcing
| cold wave. AS the mercury stood
| % degrees above at: 8 am. today, the
| temperature will have to drop % de-
grees by night in order to make good
the prophecy. -: -
= " First Day of Spring. /
| Despite all this riot Of the clements,
spring began today --E !
While authorities 3: differ between
! March 81 and March 20 as the exact
! date of the. ve1nal equinox, popular
oplulOH, III lCS edSeIHoSS q. 10 PROCLAIM
winter g reign ended, favors the ear
lier date. .>s..' 51...*
Despite all the weather lore which
! clings in the popular mind, no one can
be found to noint oft the appropriate
omens for the opening day Of spri,
The day seems to be without it's super.
stitions. Even the quasi-scientific
/ theory of. equinoctial storms is
secuted by the meteorological experts
employed by tho government. They
say that there is a storm Of considera,
BILE violence somewhere in the United
States every day, and that it is sheer
folly to ascribe spring and fall tenn
pests to the influences of the sun
crossing the equator. =
| Tho today has no omens peculiar te
itself, the clouds Of dust which
whirled thru the streets before wind
which varied from twenty-four tc
forty eight miles an hour brought 6
sense of comfort to the hearts of those
who remembered the old saving, 'tDust
in March brings grass and foliage. !
Judging from the atmosphere Of The
downtown streets today next summer Z
! FOLIAGE should be unusually green ant
i abundant.