Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29
@---,.r5lrfe Of the Des~ei Meas by Frank G. coterr)

: ,.,, 1915. by Frank G. caTpen'
tN teri
or.vr WEATHER Val am
M Uncle sans scien'ln. !,
' @.,,her station on the top o. .,
] Nam R.ge Ridge mountains. il
le' ''al W, ,,l,aIn almost stones throw ,o,.
Of th' W., ". Maryland bills which nj. look
Jan - '..oo " Harper's Ferry and just TO 70
t''n ~, I, Them IL chsrIssio"n' wners .
be 80 - vas nuns. Right IN 'front.'
lnn 3'' NJ. E Eoaaoau valley famed media as
d ne y 'D !, me Lees and Fairfa1es'
he pony pau Run mountains bounding
'.is . u, while at my hack lies 'hs
v h''''' VIRGINIA with the shenandoah
ul.ey Of - through II and with
s.l,. t.,s- ana the scenes OF 9'' ,b ,ua' %
l., rlaiu sight u"t E. ,..tfos
a.s ID PEI" am jug about % mics mrs
ria a"' rational capital ana 50 a's -
flm ou' ~ III standing ON the ROOF OF
% nav -,.,raflon building here ! can
he alh'llis.i,t sbafi OF the WasAlngloh
~ 'ae Used by the rays OF me
~ ,ovr THE CLOUDS,
..... how clear today is. To-
INA. 81 az NAV be shrouded In mist 50
noIoa - oro can see but a few feet
ihlcA .n ~, station is often hidden ~
Ils 49, 80 and the clouds come ana
la' T D it as in blanket ana, ana eh ',
k, ~ s,s' 6n. have a summer nome on
'sHiglborng peak and KNOW VIC
. lt.sr1n Wehaye here all the cloud
I.sg. M the Hlmalayas or the Alps
IL ,n,,rpsr We are often above the
10 I1 y. sn8 he Shenandoah valley Is
eD"ls eesry wool. rolling IN billoWy
20 ZINC mountain range on the op-
..ss,s slde. We can see me Storms
ii s-''' and going The hills cap thelr
,.r' As be thunder reverberates
i ,al.-s tbsm and the gods OF the
s.L.1,r1,s give Ms fireworks more grand
~. 49,. NV ever conceived by man. We
..-' Nor mo IN the skies, IN the very
a., N NE weather, and often above
\ and IN one Of the best places on
,,.,b 10 study and investigate It's phe-
nmeaA.
WHY MOUNT WEATHER WAS
CHOSEN.
lo,ailon Ike this is indispensable to
cation such as Uncle sam has here.
W have more than 800 weather stations
,srfsred over the United States, ana
:, snsnd almost a million and a half
LAS annually ln forecasing the
ssthsr They f0retell the storms, the
,,,f sps cold and are worth 10 Amen-
Ia Industries at least So, 100000 a year.
-eoss stations are. however, mere
vorklnE stations they apply the scien-
IA prindples already discovered, and
lsrs neither time nor the machinery
"a surroundings 10 make further In
ysdgatlons and studies.
THIS station az Mount Weather has
rile 10 60 with our daily reports. II
rn b devoted entirely 10 research. Its
rerilgs viii investigate the laws gov
ring he atmosphere. the earth and
:. forces electrical and otherwise con-
Nesi with them, IN order 10 improve
az Esaiher forecasts Of the future. To
& tbs they must have the finest Of
s,.hlnery and also a location absolute
free from disturbances OF any kind.
sns q the Instruments here are So
e.cais that they would be affected by
O. electrical current OF a street car
rssitg TIE door and others IN the
ulgtk laboratory would show great
vrE5.y Z the rocks OF the neighbour
ast eiained iron or certain other
usix
~ ny reasons this place IN tho
Wis = Virginia, on the top OF the
bs IKE Mountains, six miles away
Nol nEOad station. was chosen.
t5,fi Z vas decided upon the rocks
fa1 Y y analyzed. and in making
@Ah q ne buildings copper was
~ 2 place nj iron. and the horses,
va ga The hauling about the
l.-ai' nearby had their iron shoes
y before being put TO work
.lf sne care has been taken as 10
" condition connected with Mount
.. .lst and the machinery and
iL.ellgs are as far az possible. abso-
"'y perfect Of their kind,
1oRkED BY A WoMAN's HAIR.
. laae,d despair Of being able to
.,.i the de.lcacy OF the instru-
~ already installed. Take FOR in
y, NE automatic recorders. which
49, ~ d nile or so up On the air
.. -.-e pa KITES 10 chronicle the tenn
, 80. humidity and other condl-
~. u NE atmosphere. as well as TO
~. gosn he velocity OF the wind
,, .. ,lile 70 time The aluminium box
III. 'T1'. .ls these Instruments is so
~ "a, WAY you could nut It in your
...,. Wy lis machin my Is such that Il
~ H. : record of an these ard other
'' 0ng as II IS IN the air. Civ
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