Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-14
NO cmANGE IN cLnINrr.

or" N'N N''.''N DO NN.H" ''' AA ODD N.'"
past.
Those who claim that hot winds and
droughts viii not come again. are mis-
taken. and those who are discouraged
by series Of hot dry summers may
make tine serious mistake Of abandon
ing lands that in the long average,
win pay well 10 cultivate II Is pop
uIar notion. says Prof Davis Of Har-
ward that our climate is changing AN
error that he thinks arises from nat
ural cxaggeration OF past events and
from q disposition 10 forget facts Of
ordinary value while remembering well
those that are exceptional He says.
III is true that slight fluctuations
OF rainfall and temperature in nearly
eleven years. corresponding Co tho
sun-spot cycle have been made out az
certain stations for "a moderate number
Of periods A longer variation SIS In
dicated In other countries in
a period OF thirty-six or thirty-seven
years. but az least another CEN
fury viii be- needed 20 confirm this re-
suit and extend &c over the world
Dr. Julius Ham Of Vienna I'm his
Handbook or Climntology, says:
The United states seem 10 offer the
most favorable conditions FOR answer
lnr the question as 20 the extent 20
ahiCh increasing cultivation Of large
districts OF country may result In
change ~ climate. In the east there
has been AN extraordinary decrease
in territory formerly covered By
forests while, on the other hand,
good deal OF planting has been done on
the western prairies and platsaus No
corresponding change in temperature
or in precipitation has. however. thus
far been demonstrable.
"Bruckners oscillations Of climate
help 90 explain the prevailing views.
which are so often contradictory. OF a
change for better or worse to
holster or drier condition Such
views have grown up as the result OF
Impressions made by different phases
OF these oscillations dricr phase.
which began about 1866, ended this. az
has been the case in Egypt and ST.
IBERIA"
Contrary. then. 70 the popular BELIEF
that the climate Of this country or Of
any other country. is undergoing
change for better or worse.
there is no reliable record Of
any permanent change in the climate
Of any country on the earth since the
days Of Aristotle. more than 2 800 years
ago.
The meteorological records OF the
world cover several hundreds Of years:
they show recurring periods Of dry
and vet weather. in periods OF ten or
eleven and OF stln greater stretches Of
thirty-hve or thirty-seven years but
they fail TO indicate any permanent
changes IN the climate Of any nation
or country.
Such is the conclusion OF Richard r.
sullivan, in the year book OF the
Department Of Agriculture for 1908
lie points out that places called
deserts in remote ages are stiu such.
The Chaldeans, ancient Perslans
Ninevites ahd Egyptians did. indeed
cause forests and yordure 20 grow
on some OF these deserts and remains
Of highly creditable irrlgating works
have lately been discovered in Arlzo-
ma"
But mans efforts did not change the
climate IN these regions when his
efforts ceased the desert reoccupied the
territory he had for a time subdued
60 his needs
The whole atmosphere totals PERTAINS
one hundred miles in thickness but
half is weight ls found bolow 1900
feet above the sea. The upper half
flows constantly from the west toward
the east. but the lower half flows tu
great eddies or wbirs from ccntcrs Of
increased or high pressure called anti
cyclones toward centers OF diminished
or low pressure called cyclones
III we imagine" says Mr.. sullivan.
"a great cyclone affecting tho country
from the Atlantic to tho Pacific over
an area OF 100000 square miles, such
as the great storm OF 1859. originated
by the iutermingung OF masses Of
warm air from tho equator ana cold
mir from the pole, and which cover a
grerter extent of the earth's surface
than tho territory OF the United states.
and then imagine the influence of any
Fem.arid state lying in the pathway OF
Ina, ,.so,o - ~, ~ 80, u''I' ,'.'''a
~. a.. z... ..,.s ''1'' ''u'"
. - - .c, "''''
are couteuding against supcndous
@ '''' W. '"' s'''' ayr
currents. which are charged with bill
mons OF tons OF moisture and dust bee
lore they come within "a thousand miles