Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-12
I. Foster Says
lBeware Of March
Predicts Bad Weather For
Planting Crops in Later
81 Part of Month

March ii destined to be the proven
bialiy stormy month of the twelve, ac-
cording to Weather-lnan Foster, Per-
fodssof high and low temperature, wet
and dry days, and typical March windy
days are all scheduled to come before
are here. OF particular interest to the
farmer Is Fosters warning regarding
the planting of crops in the latter part
cf5Fthe month. He also predicts the
three greatest storms of 1907 to be due
between June IL and August 81. His
prophecy In full Is as follows:
Washington, D. c., March 9.-Last
bulletin forecasts OF disturbance to
cross continent 9 to 10. warm wave 8
70 IL, cool wave II to Is. Next dis
turbAnce will reach Pacific coast about
Is, cross west Of Rockies country by
close Ct IA, great central valleys Is to
IL. eastern states IS. Warm wave will
cross west Of Rockies about Is, great
central valleys 10, eastern states II.
Cool wave will cross west of Rockies
about 1e, great central valleys 1S, east
ern states 20.
This will be the most severe disturb
ance Of the month. 1t will follow q
period Of unusually low temperatures.
will inaugurate a week Of high tenn
peratures and severe If not. dangerous
storms and following II 1.-THE trend OF
temperatures will be downward to the
end OF the month
Storm About March IA.
Not much rainfall Immediately pre-
ceding this disturbance but following
It rainfall will increase to the close u
March. The last half of March will
not bring good crop weather; too cold
and wet. Look out for severe storms
about March IA and IL.
immediately following March will
come long cool wet spell not good for
crops south Of latitude 40 Better not
LATER, as the cold, wet weather the last
part Of March will not be favorable.
Severe Storms This Summer.
When to expect the great storms can
be known In a large percentage OF
cases. as they are Enthusiastically con-
trolled by relative positions of the sun
moon, earth and. other major planets.
Mark my predictions that the most Sc
we're storms and most radical weather
Of 1907 will occur not far from June
I and 26, July 10 and "a, August and
IL. The equinoctial storms will occur
not far from March is and September
10. II Ii not so certain as to where
these storms will be most severe.
Foster Gets "Boost."
The DAILY Reduction Co., at Hedly
British Columbia, February 10, 1907
MiTONEA AIS iildIidS eI, E "a. sIsOss, WIote
ne a highly comnendatory letter from
which quote the following: eve
think 1t right that you know how valu-
able you weather forecasts have been
to us. They have saved us several
thousand dollars that. otherwise, would
have been lost. On receipt Of your adj
vice we shut down our works and laid
in supply Of fuel feed and provisions
Saich as has not been needed In this
valley for lis years 1t is well that we
did 30. as we could not have operated
81 any time during the past six weeks
and the suddenness with which the
cold came upon us would have left us
no time to prepare IL we had delayed
a4sweek SO long b. time has elapsed
since the winters were anything but
mild In this valley that, farmers ant
merchants failed to- provide and II
consequence the $4,000 in general