Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-03
WARM WEATHER
WILL CONTINUE
COOLER CONDITIONS WILL NOT
Il PREVAIL. UNTIL WEEK FOL-
LOWING DECEMBER 8.
WHITE CHRISTMAS
WHITE.
CHRISTMAS
The Month VIII Not Pass Without
Snow Says Foster-An Old FASH
Toned Xmas, But Warm New
Years Day Predicted.

= The time Of year is now approaching
when the sage and his more modern
ally, the wise guy will shake tn ir
heads and with q look upon their
countenance that robs the owl of his
one really characteristic trait will
again tell OF the mild winter it was
thirty Years ago, or repeat the oft told
saw that the white Christmas brings
health and happiness, while the black
Christmas brings sorrow and death
Professor Foster in his predictions for
the coming week tells us that there
will be more. occasion for happiness
than gloom A.complete forecast fol-
lows:
Washington, D, c., Nov. 30-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent Dec. to 5, warm
wave Nov. 30 to Dec 4. cool wave 3 to
4. Next disturbance will reach Paci-
bv close of Z. great central valleys to
10. eastern states II. Warm wave will
cross slope about 6. great central val
leys 8, eastern states 10. Cool wave
will cross Pacific slope about 8, great
central valleys II. eastern states 49,
This disturbance will bring mark
ed warm wave and the warmest period
of the month and will be followed by
a cold wave and the most sudden and
greatest fall In temperature that the
month will produce. In parts Of the
northwest a blizzard may be expected.
The planetary combinations for this
disturbance will be very extensive
Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and the Moon,
all combining their electric forces will
give our little old earth an electric
charge that may be compared to TIC
assault of an electric eel when captmr.
ing its prey
The overcharge of electricity results
in very warm weather a, 4 then wher.
the electricity breaks aw.'y cold takes
the place Of heat the clouds collapse
and rain or snow results. Very severe
weather will come with the cold wave
following the storm center and large
amount of precipitation from Dec 10
to %,
In the old folklore it was said that a
white Christmas brings good health
and happiness. while black Christ
mas brings sorrow and death. | ex-
pect cold. white. happy Christmas.
; with a large amount of snow in north
ern sections. h-s>S s
SHOWS are good for winter wheat
and therefore the winter wheat farmer
will be olad. 1t will be, too early to
harvest ice but the cold spell will make
the ice man happy contemplating the
coming freezes. Last part of Decern-
Der will turn to warmer and New
Years day promises warm weather.
cold wave viii be on meridian 80
about the last dag Of November and
then great rise in temperature until
about December 10, with very little
precipitation. But severe weather may
be expected to Z. These conditions
will drift eastward across the cont
nent In four or Ave days.
| Speculative boards of trade are the
greatest enemies of the farmer and
| planter Wherein issthe eood of these
pretended business Institutions The
cereals. stocks and bonds could better
be bought and sold through agencies
away from the poison atmosphere Of
these boards of trade. Fictitious deals