Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-12
PREPARE FOR
BAD WEATHER.
PROFESSOR FOSTER SAYS COM.
ING WEEK WILL BE ONE OF
COLD TEMPERATURE
Advises Farmers to Hold Their Grain,
Especially Corn, and They Will Get
Better Prices - Four Theories Of
Weather Forecasting Advanced.

advise everyone to prepare for bad
weather and plenty of it February 8 to
49," says Professor w. T. Foster in his
latest weather bulletin. Later he states
That the spectators are endeavoring to
bring the grain prices back to normal
once more and advises the farmers to
hold on to their corn. Following is the
bulletin in detail:
Washington, d. c., Feb. 9.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent IL to 16, warm wave
III to 10, cool wave 10 to II. Next dis
turbance Will reach Pacific coast abou.
IL, cross west of Rockies country by
close of is, great central valleys 10 to
Il, eastern states %. Warm wave will
cross west of Rockies about II great
central valleys 10, eastern states 81.
Cool wave will cross west of Rockies
country about 20, great central valleys
%, eastern states "a.
Will Average Low.
Special feature of this disturbances
will oe its low average temperatures,
coming, as it does, during the coolest
part Of February. 1t will he preceded
and followed by cold wave and the
warm Wave will not cause high temper
atures.
II am not expecting very radical or
severe weather with tue above describ-
ed disturbance 1t will inaugneata a
great upward trend of temperatures
which will have reached the. lowest
not fa~ from the Is and thel. kishes.
not far from the %. Storm centers
will move slower and weather changes
ont 10oe
precipitation very much less last half
than first half Of month.
Bad Weather Coming.
Immediately following February 8
temperatures will go to muoi. lower
degrees and precipitation largely in
crease. The various weather features
viii hurry across the continent from
west to east and cold waves will lie the
order, ] advise to prepare Tor had
wea'i her and plenty OF it FEBRUARY q
to is.
Indications are that spectators are
loosening their grip on grain prices in
order to let the latter resume their ma
tural rlacas These s lators have
The producers by the t..oat ar.l ahao
lutely dictate prices. But those farm
ers who can held their grain, particu-
larry corn, Will get better prices.
Science Notes-BigeIows' Theory.
Prof. Bigelow Of the United States
weather bureau recently delivered a
lecture before the professors and pu-
pills Of the Chicago university, asslir-
ing tflc'n that he would soon be able to
give out W. ather forecasts Y sa: o.,
more in advance. He makes sun shots
the basis Ct lis hope.
During last year Prof. Garriott as.
sured the public that long range fore.
casts would be available iii the near
future. His hope is based o.: knowing
the weather conditions on all parts of
the earth today and from that know
ledge estimate what the weather will
be few days hence.
"Six months agL Chief Moore as
sured the public that he would soon be
hope is based on Prof Langley's the
DRY that the SUMS heat varies peri0di.
cally.
Says All Are Wrong.
These three weather bureau theo-
ries are at war with each other, each
of these professors aspiring to the hon
ors that will come to him who works
out this great problem. The jealous
les thus aroused are preventing har-
monious efforts in the weather bureau.
"As see it none of them have found
the key to the weather problem. The
cause must be found Sunspots are on
ly the effects while the changing rela-
tive positions of the planets constitute
the cause. Thus we have before us
the four theories and whoever proves
his theories by his forecasts will win
the prize"
BLOOMFIELD.