The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-01
FORECASTING
The WEATHER
FOSTER FORECAST COLD WAVE
FOR MARCH I IN THE FORUM
ON FEB. 15-ALSo PREDICTED
THE BIG STORMS WHICH oc-
CURED FEB. %.

The Grand Forks Herald in it's issue
of Friday morning, Feb. 2S, said:
zone of the weather takers who is
engaged in the business of supplying
to the public in various forms fore
casts of the weather for months
ahead, offers to send his articles to
The Herald for a stated sum per
week. We don't want it. The gem
tleman knows no more about what the
weather will be next month than he
does about what it will be in the next
century, and any service of that sort
is a fake, pure and simple"
On the front page of The Herald of
that same issue appeared the follow
ing forecast of the weather for today:
Washington, Feb. 27.-North and
South Dakota: Fair Friday and Sat
urday."
The Forum for a long time has
been carrying in it's Saturday issue
Fosters forecast and would like to
call the attention of The Herald to
the following which is republished
from Fosters forecast that appeared
in The Forum Saturday, Feb. 10:
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope
about Feb. 81, great central valleys
MARCH y eastern sections March 8.
This will be a cold period and one
of the best ice making dates of the
winter in northern sections. Not much
rain or snow but the precipitation will
occur in the wave that will drift
across continent Feb. % to &c.
I'VE are still warning all to avoid
the dangerous storms expected Feb.
20 to 2S. Voyages on the Atlantic
coasts should be avoided. We hope
soon to be able to more definitely To-
cate these dreaded and dangerous
freaks of nature
Readers Of The Forum who watch
Fosters forecast and follow it up.
know that it is an accurate forecast
OF the weather to a most astonishing
degree. For weeks ahead Foster warn
ed n people of he United States
that there would be a severe storm
period between the dates Of Feb. %
and 2S. On Feb. % The Associated
Press sent The Forum the following,
which was published with the other
news on that date:
"St. Paul, Feb. 22,-The middle
west is suffering today in the grin of
one of the heaviest storms in Years.
A fine drifting snow, driven by a
northeast gale, is impeding trains and
doing damage to telegraph and tele-
phone wires.
"AH the telegraph communication
with Chicago is cut off since before
midnight last night.
OAAASoSOB ~ GHs-1uG uaTlaRn 6V
tehe sleet storm which gripped Chica.
go for thirty hours is estimated at ST.
100000. Although the fall of rain and
sleet stopped early today the city is
still practically isolated from the out
side world as nearly all the telegram
wires are down. 1t will be wenty-
four hours before normal conditions
are restored. Trains are delayed and
mail schedules d-emoralized."
Perhaps it was an accident that Mr.
roster predicted a cold wave and
storm period March l, that came right
IN the dot. Perhaps it was an accis
dent that he predicted n of the
worst storms of the winter between
Feb. 20 and % that came exactly ac-
TO schedule. Perhaps it is an
accident that he forecasts the weatb-
er month after month and almost in
Variably hits it.
If his stuff is faxed, Mr.. Foster is
to say the least a rather lucky faker.