The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-05

Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri Rivers.
Copyrighted 1911 by w. T, Foster.)
Washington, D. c. March My last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross the continent 5 to 9, warm wave
4 to s, cool wave 7 to IL This disturb
anee viii continue the cold, stormy
weather that began near the Washing
ton holiday and will continue cold and
stormy till after the cold. wave due on
meridian GO March 10 shall have passed.
The sunspot period will continue to
March 10 Venus, Mars, Mercury and
Jupiter are all in magnetic contact with
the earth and the moon, acting as a go
between, aiding in forming the electric
equilibrium between earth and planets
The sunspots do no. cause our weather
changes but are caused by the same kind
of magnetic disturbances that bring our
earth storms
The next disturbance will reach the
Pacific coast about March 10, cross the
Pacific slope by close of II, great CEN
trail valleys II to IA, eastern sections IS.
Warm wave will cross Pacific slope
about March 10, great central valleys II,
eastern sections IA Cool wave will
cross Pacific slope about March I3, great
fcentral valleys IS, eastern sections II.
This disturbance will pull us out of a
weather condition dominated by cold
winter storms and bring to US that con-
dition whcih is more favorable to the
growth of vegetation and more agree
able to man and beast A great rise in
temperatures will occur. The storms will
be of greater force but rains will not be
heavy until little later
| indications are that rains of March
will be excessively heavy from the New
England States to Kansas and Ne
braska along and $50 miles north and
south Of latitude 80 This condition
shows up exceedingly strong on my
weather map for March, and / am ex-
pecting excessive rains resulting in
floods iii the section of country mem
toned, which is about 1900 miles east
and west and 500 miles north and SOUTH
covering three-fourths of million
square miles, The probable location of
these excessive rains seems to be such
as will cause floods in the Ohio, upper
Mississippi and the Missouri rivers dur
| ing the ten days centering March I6.
No one can be much harmed by pre-
pairing for these excessive rains, and the
probabilities are that much may be
saved from damage by the preparation.
All around this great section of excess
i've rains dry weather is expected, and
the results to the prospective crops may
easily be estimated. In the rainy sec
tion winter wheat win get too much
moisture and wet weather will make it
iunfavorable to farmers to deliver grain
| to market, particularly south Of latitude
40 where muddy roads will be the rule,
The dry weather Of March in the
southern states viii be favorable to
planting. but will leave the soil too dry,
Dry March. weather in Canada will not
hurt In that section much depends on
the amount Of moisture in the soil when
frozen iii early winter. As the freeze
| goes out Of the ground it must furnish
THE moisture for early spring plant life.
i March will be too dry for best results in
! Cuba.
4 an ready TO announce my theories
lof the causes Of epidemic diseases
among the lower animals and which SO
seriously affect the human race. For
this announcement / viii be, by some
wise heads, dubbed a crank But watch
the results. / announced strange dis
eases to follow the comet upon its pass
ing Immediately between the earth and
| the sun
On December %, 1919, the planet Mer-
lcury passed Immediately between the
earth and sun, and the grip spread all
lover the earth during the following six
weeks. The same event viii occur. on
March 2z and + predict another wave Of
grip Another conjunction Of the same
kind will occur June ii and viii be fol-
lowed BY similar Affections. This series
Eof eo11iunetions began in light way on
January b, 1910. and similar series oc-
cur IN periods Of about IS years. No
yenber 6. 1881, and December 5, 1896,
were similar events. These facts are
too important and too well established
ito go down under the ridicule Of those
who know everything