The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-10-14
EARTH WILL TRENfBLE.
The Rev. Irl Hicks has an Elegant
Assortment of Weather in His
Program for This Month.

Assortment of Weather in His
Program for This Month.
If the Rev. Irl Hicks is right, we
may have more earthquakes here
| next month. Also all sorts of I'M
usual weather, including puzzling
magnetic disturbances, autumnal
storms, volcanic manifestations and
| other horrors too numerous to men
ton. 1t is safe to assume, the
learned prophet to the contrary not
withstanding, that Leon and vicinity
will again have weeks of the best
thing that the year brings to this
section, genuine Indian summer.
The st. Louis man has the following
program for this month
A regular storm period extends
over the LIST and 9Th, having it's CEN
ter on the 3rd. The mercury period
is also central on the 4th, extending
quite to the 18th. General cloudi-
ness and threatening weather will
prevail as we pass from September
into October, but these conditions
will increase into positive storms of
rain, wind and thunder, on and
touching the 3rd, 4th and 5th
These storms promise general rains
and will wind up with much cooler,
autumnal wind and weather. Sec
lions along the north side of the
country may possibly have a touch
OF early sleet and snow, along with
the high barometer that is sure to
press close on the western TANKS of
these storms. 1t will be the proper
thing to watch for high northwest
erly gales over the great lakes at
this period. Frosty nights, when
the absence of mercurial clouds will
permit, will be natural in northernly
directions from about the 5th to the
Sth
A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the 9th and 10th. Although
the mercury period and earth's
autumnal equinox are both bearing
on all this part of October, we figure
that this reaction period will bring
only moderate disturbances The
temperature will rise and the barom-
eter will fall and increased cloudiness
may result in light rains, with
change to cooler returning about the
10th to 18th.
| A regular storm period is central
on the 18th, covering the 18th to the
18th. This period embraces moon in
apogee and on the celestial equator
on the 18th, and new moon on the
18th. About the 18th decided
storm conditions will begin forming
in the west By the 18th and 14th
the temperature will be high, and
| the barometer will be low and fall
ing in western sections, and from
| Wednesday the 18th to Sunday the
| 18th, heavy autumnal storms, with
lightning and thunder touching on
the 18th, will pass from west to east
across the country. The same
| period, central on the 14th. At this
time the planet Saturn is in opposi-
ton with the earth and sun, and
| Uranus and Neptune are in quadra-
ture with earth and sun within few
hours of the same time. This astro-
nomlc outlook, all within two days of
moons conjunction with earth and
sun on the 18th, greatly increases
the probabilities of storms, seismic
shakes and general volcanic and
auroral manifestations. This is
time when navigators of the north
Atlantic and the great lakes should
Change to much colder, with high
barometer, and violent gales will
wind up this period
A reactionary storm period is
central on the 10Th, goth and 21st.
This period finds the moon at great
est declination south on the 18th,
which fact will help to incite dis
turbances of boreal nature, that is,
tendency to cold rains, with at
mospheric currents flowing from
northerly directions On the west
and northwest tangent or rain areas
at this time, it will not be surprising
II spurts of early snow and sleet APP
pear, and as precipitation and cloudi-
ness move out of the way to the east
ward, fair weather, frosty nights and
low temperature, generally, will
spread over the country for several
Gays. We repeat our caution of
possible gales over the great lakes
at all these October periods, at
tended by very chilly, disagreeable
weather. The moons first quarter
on the 22nd will tend to prolong
| ana aggravate storm and weather in
clemencies of this period.
| A regular storm period is central
on the 10Th, extending from the oath
TO the 10Th. This period is en-
| Draced in the on-coming Venus
period, and will doubtless show some
OF the Venus characteristics. Look
tor falling barometer, high tempera-
ture and electrical storms on and
next to the 25th and 9th. These
conditions will begin to show in the
western parts as early as the oath
and 25th, but as they advance east
ward, very general and positive
storms will touch localities from
Tuesday the 26th to Friday the
18th. Careful students of these
forecasts will not fail to note that
the moon is on the celestial equator
on the 26th, in perigee on the 9th,
and full on the 2Sth. This combina-
ton will insure very high to danger
Gus tides on the seas and coasts to the
southwark. Very low barometric
pressure inland, will induce high
northeasterly gales along the At
lantlc coasts. This is a period in
which shippers and navigators on
our great lakes should watch for and
scrupulously heed all storm indica-
lions. See if 6anpor oDd d;,,,+o,