Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-18
RAINS will MAKE 1T A BAD SEA.
SON FOR CROPS IN NORTHERN
WHEAT SECTION.
SOU tn WILL BE DRY
Most Severe Disturbance of the Month
Will Occur About April 20, Followed
by Frosts-one Secret Of the Uni.
verse is Yet Hidden From Scientist.

The next few weeks of weather in
this section of the country are destined
to bear a superfluous supply of mixture
and unreasonable cold snaps, unprof1t-
able crop weather to say the least.
At the same time, however, Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas,
will be affected with a drouth.
The most extreme disturbance of the
month will occur about the goth OF
April, followed by frosts. Fosters en-
tire prediction for the month is as fol-
Lows:
Washington, D. G., April 13.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
| to our continent IL to Is, warm wave
IL to 10, cool wave IA to 1S. Next dis
| turbance will reach Pacific coast about
| IL. cross west of Rockies country by
close Of is, great central valleys 10 to
81. eastern states %. Warm wave will
cross west of Rockies about IL, great
central valleys 10, eastern states FL.
Cool wave will cross west of Rockies
about 20, great central valleys %, east
ern states a.
Bad Crop Weather.
This will be the most severe dis
turbance of April, beginning with a
great warm wave and ending with
frosts farther south than usual. Great
extreml Of temperature may be ex-
pected in all parts of the country and
crop weather will be bad in northern
parts of winter wheat section because
of freezing and thawing.
Eastward drifting rains will precede
/ the cool wave of this disturbance, caus-
4 ing more than usual amount of mois
ture north of the Ohio and the Mis-
souri, rivers and about the great lakes
and in the upper Mississippi valleys.
II At the same time dry weather will pre-
vail south of these rivers and in middle
and northern Atlantic states. Much
warmer weather and about normal
rainfall on the Pacific slope.
Droeth in the South.
This disturbance will affect all parts
of the continent and all weather fea
lures will be radical during the week
covered by it. While rains may be
expected in a large section about the
great lakes drouth conditions will pre-
vail in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas. Florida will get good rains
and New England will be dry.
Following April 10 very cool weather
will prevail, rains and dry weather vii
be about as described above fol
lowing. Temperature will be entirely
too cool for the growing crops. Last
half of April will average much warmei
tnan first half, but cooler than usua
east of the Rockies. The reverse TO.
west of Rockies:
Science Notes.
The weather bureau has announced
that no effort will be made at Ions
range forecasting for several months
Seems like they can't get it to work
AS | will soon enter the Washington
field in competition perhaps the wealth
er bureau will get a move on it. Com
petition works wonders while monop
oily brings stagnation.
The other contests rest in the solsttc'
after passing through the Intermediate
forms of magnetism, electricity, VII
X-ray. the ion, the electron. This mo
ton of matter from the ether to thu
solid constitutes the force that oper
ates the universe. If we could find thu
cause that unites the atoms we woult
have the last secret of the universe
would understand all forms of life
L Nature may yet yield to man this las
hidden secret.
Scientists are practically agreed tina
matter and space are infinite in 9.
4 tent. that the division of matter is in
definite, no end to the division of mat
4 ter, no limit to the growth of the heay
emily bodies, the ether ineXhaustible
4 the solids are accumulations from tn
ether which constitutes gravity by 1t
movements toward the solids, resultin
in motion and force and life.