Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-08
COLD
is PREDICTED
w. T. FOSTER OF WASH
INGToN SAYS A BLIZZARD
is ON ITS WAY
Forsees Misery-Making Weather Fol-
lowing sprinslike and BaIny Days
Says That There Are Rumors Of
Retirement Of Chief Moore.

Misery making cold and a real old
fashioned blizzard are to succeed this
lovely spring weather, according to
the cheerful predictions of Prof. w. T.
Foster, the Washington weather ar
ranger. The last bulletin issued by the
prophet is not of a very roseate hue. 1t
follows:
Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis
turbance to cross continent 9 to 10,
warm wave 8 to a. cool wave II to
l5. Next disturbance will reach Paci-
fic coast about Ia, cross west of Rock
les country by close of is, great cen
trail valleys 16 to IS, eastern states 49,
Warm wave will cross west of Rockies
about IA, great central valleys 16, east
ern states 18. Cool wave will cross
west of Rockies about II, great CEN
trail valleys 10, eastern states 81.
This will be one of the three great
disturbances of the month 1t will be
inaugurated by a great high tempera-
tuEa wave and spring-like weather and
close with misery making cold wave
and blizzard Weather. features will
begin to grow more radical not far
from Jan. IL and from that to close of
the month no rest for those who may
become weary of strenuous weather.
Precipitation Will Increase.
The cold wave above referred to will
be much like that, of Dec 81 to 25, COW
ering a large extent of country and
very severe. The path of this January
cold wave will probably lie south of the
December cold wave path. With and
following this disturbance precipita-
ton will increase to end of January.
Weather features Immediately fol-
lowing Jan. will be quiet as compared
with the past ana present month, but
still more radical than the average Of
many years. Generally or over the
whole continent, temperatures of the
second week of this month will aver
age higher than usual and the trend
of temperatures will be upward till the
low, due on meridian 80 about IL. shall
nave past. Temperatures of the two
weeks following II will average much
lower than the temperatures of the
two preceding weeks.
Chief Moore to Retire.
Newspaper rumor says Chief Moore
OF the weather bureau is to retire. If
true let us hope the incoming chief
will be more fair and less preiudiced
toward some Investigators than Chief
Moore has been. The latter has merci-
lessly prosecuted the advocates of
planetary meterology, while the sys-
tenn has steadily gained in popularity
with all the great influences of his Of
flee and his great department against
it.
Prof. Ricard, generally known as
Father Eicard,. the astronomer of San.
ia Clara college, Santa Clara, Cal, re-
Gently published paper discussing
weather records and in that paper
says:
Must Be Interpreted.
But these silent writings must be
interpreted with no otherwise than the
hay writ. or the metaphysics of Arts
totle. Under the eye of calm. dis
passionate, experienced commentator,
they yield prophetic knowledge of
the future with either certainty or a
varying degree of probability. = y
And what is more we have snatched
from those records an insight into the
weather that is to be-a problem that
every farmer of intelligence has dab
bled with and has gathered a fund of
precious information problem that
the physicist and even the astronomers
have sought to solve, only with par
tial success"
Prof Ricard then discusses earth's
magnetism it's relation to weather
changes and the effects of planetary
magnetism on the earth's magnetic
system and closes by saying: so pos
sibly there might be some truth after
all in those planetary weather fore
casters and electricity ridden seers.
About sun spots anon"