Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-18
SUMMER DAYS
YET TO COME
THE STRAW HAT WILL REIGN A
FEW DAYS MORE BEFORE
ovERcoAT TIME
Prof. Foster Says Last Half Of Month
Will Be Warmer Than First Half
Fall Months to Be Warm and Pleas
ant-spelIing Reform Suggestion.

Those who have been Influenced by
the recent cool snap into thinking that
summer is thing of the by-gone had
best cling while yet to their straw
hats. Though there has been consid-
cradle tang lii the air and the where
abouts of summer wages has begun to
be the matter of more or less reflec-
ton, yet, according to Prof w. T. Eos,
ter, the warm days are not all over, as
will be seen by the following bulletin:
Washington, D. c., Sept. 15.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
ito cross continent 14th to 18th, warm
wave 18th to 18th, cool wave 18th to
21st Next disturbance will reach Pa
cific coast about 18th, cross west Of
Rockies country by close of 10, great
central valleys goth to 22nd, eastern
states 23rd. Warm wave will cross
west of Rockies about 18th, great cen
trail valleys Goth, eastern states 22nd.
Cool wave will cross west of Rockies
about 21st great central valleys Gath,
eastern states 26th
This disturbance will cause a great
rise in temperatures, following the
very low temperatures that will prevail
on and Immediately following the 18th.
From that time to end of the month
no very low temperatures will occur
and the last half of the month will
average warmer than the first half,
Do Not Expect Storms.
IT am not expecting dangerous
storms to accompany this disturbance,
but it's weather features will be more
marked than Is usual for September,
except that rainfall will be deficient.
During last half of September wealth
er will be favorable to cotton and all
other growing crops and top cotton
will make a fine growth Absence Of
frosts, after September IS, will favor
late corn.
Il am expecting weather of the fall
months to be warm and pleasant up to
about November 81, with conditions
favorable to corn gathering, cotton
picking and the continued growth OF
top cotton. But following November
81 will come six weeks of the worst
weather imaginable. All kinds of dis
agreeable and bad crop weather that
sometimes occurs during that season
I may be expected to prevail from about
November 81 to December 81.
Farmers, planters and stock rails
ers can surely save much by having
their grain all cribbed, their cotton ii
bales and their live stock well shell
tered by November 81, and those who
fail in this will pay the penalties ex
acted from sluggards.
Science Notes.
November 80 Venus and 30th Mer
curry will pass between the earth ant
sun. December % the earth passes
between Jupiter and the sun and Jan
uary between Neptune and the sun
These five planets and their sever
moons will not OILY be punched Of
one side of the sun but will cut eacl
others electric connections with thu
great solar orb, therefore the earth
magnetic forces will be greatly dis
turbed and these forces control our at
J mosphere and our weather.
my forecast of hurricane near on
southern coasts within three days O
/, September was surely a great scier
tific success.
"After some ridicule the spelling re
form is growing in favor. 1t has bee
suggested that we use no double lei
tiers but where both letters are Pre-
nounced, because they belong to di
ferent syllables, one of them can no
we'll be dropped. Where they, both be
long to one syllable one is silent an
could be discarded. Why not drop al
silent letters? That would remedy tn
double letter foolishness.''