The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-14
FORECAST or STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
VIII Probably Not Cause Dangerous
storms. but All Other Weather
Features Will BE More Radical
Than the Average Waves.

4
Washington, May i3.-Lasi bulle-
TN gave forecasts OF disturbance 10
cross the continent May IA to Is,
warm wave 10 To ii. cool wave l6 I
TO 20. Temperatures of the week
covered by This disturbance are ex-
ppcted to average lower than usual /
with unusually cool weather accom-
panying the cool wave al close OF /
disturbance.
The next storm wave will reach !
/ the Pacific coast about May 70, cross
Pacific slope by close of q, great
central valleys % 10 "a, eastern Sec
! tiOns %. Warm wave will cross Pa
eiiir Slope about Mas 20, great een-
tra valleys 22, eastern sections a.
Cool wave will cross Pacific solpe
about May g. great central valleys
%, eastern sections 21.
This disturbance will probably not
eause dangerous storms bun all 9TH
Ter weather features will be more
radical than III the average storm
waves. A most notable feature will
be the cool wave preceding which /
will carry frosts farther south
! than usual. Following that cool
wave will come d sudden and great
rise i'll temperatures and very hot
weather for the season will prevail
while the warm wave is' passitlg.1
I1'he cool wave following will again
Ieause a great full i'll temperatures
with ffosts south OF The average
seasonal frost line. About May 26
iall storm forces will suddenly be-
come more tense, storms will III
| crease in force and some Of them
will become dangerous. That Will be
! the date for earthquakes III eoun-
Itpies subject #o them. When eartfr-
tunakes occur storms lose force One
| class 81 earthquakes Is Of electrical
origin, Tile same force That causes
| thunder and other electrical storms
and tt9rnadeps anu Mhen the eleplri-
cal tension il relieved by earth
7 auakes the storms become of less
force Or II great storms occur the
electrical earthquake forces are re-
lieved on dlhe result is less proba-
hility af earthquakes.
Al great storm WAVE will cona
in last days OF May and first days Of
June April proved to be. as pre-
{ ficted. generally a good crop wealth
i er month, but indications are for
!, less favorable reports IN The north
1 east quarter Of the farming section
] of the continent at the end OF May.
!, Ii is a good time TO have plenty of
: old grain iii the bins and cribs, and
| those who hold to their grain will
probably not lose anythin. But | do
. not encourage those who wish to
deal IN futures. The big spectators
have all their traps we'll set and
baited, and unless you can follow
them you will gel lost.
Because / expose these manipulat-
ors they are fighting my work. II
we could have d fair deal my wealth
er knowledge would be very waltz
able 10 those who deal in grain fu-
lures. The big spectators will
probably continue their crooked
work till they have killed the goose
/. that lays the golden egg. They will
: arouse The peoples displeasare and
the government will be compelled to
sit down on the big nlanipulators q
: farm product prices. Option dealers
ana they are counted by thous.
. anis would do better and produe-
- pls would set hetteh prices II tht
8 biz manipuiators we're checked 81
9 al average even the big manipulate
S ors would do better for, iii d ma
y iority Of eases. they finally 90 bust
$ e3 The government is moving III TIL
matter and we may hope that d fai
. method of buying and selling III
y cereals may result
Critics will probably not complain
that The earthquakes, tornadoes
q hurricanes aud other severe wealth
d Il. predicted for first part Of Ma
Y did not otenr 4 fair i1dgmen
would accord d premium 10 such re
markable forecasts.
The next bulletin will have home
3 thing to say about June crop wealth
I3ler. Al large section Of the grain pro
3f dncing lands will have defieienc
9Blof rainfall in June. Probabilitie
IS are that wheat and cotton will b
44I best crops produced this year, q
IA an average, but these will fail j
some sections. The potato, hay, oat