East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-04
GUARD AGAINST
FROST LOSSES
WEATHER BUREAU WILL
HAVE SPECIAL AIHN
Fruit Districts in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho VIII be Warned of An
preaching Frosts During Months of
April and May-Degrees in Tenn
peraturc VIII be Given.

Portland, Ore, April 4.-(SpeciaD
During the months of April and
May when frost may be expected in
the Portland, Ore. forecast district
comprising the states of Oregon
washington and Idaho, the Chief of
the Weather Bureau, Professor Willis
l.. Moore, has arranged to have in
seven localities trained men on the
ground prepared to amplify the dist
rict warnings by notifying fruit rails
ers just what minimum temperatures
may be expected on frosty mornings.
Ihls it is believed can be done within
a degree or two if verified by the tenn
peratures obtained at our key" sta
tlons literally distributed in these sec
tons. The fruit raiser should know
how the temperature in his orchard
varies from the temperature at the
nearest key station, and thus be able
to determine very closely just what to
expect in the way of frost at his place
when warnings of frost are issued.
The names of the localities where
Professor Moore has arranged for this
service and the assistants designated
for handling the local end of the work
are as follows:
Rogue River Valley (Ashland to
Grants Pass, Medford, Ore, Prof. p.
J. O'Gara.
Hood River Valley CENTRE Valley
Hood River, ore, Prof. w. II. Law
renee.
Yakima Valley, CNaches to Pasco)
North Yakima, Wash, Mr., T. r
Reed.
Wenatchee Valley (Leavenworth to
Wenatchee), Wenatchee, Wash, Mr.
r. NJ. Hardinge.
Puyallup-Stuck Valley (Kent to
Orting), Seattle, Wash, Mr.. G. N.
Salisbury.
Lewiston Charleston Dist, Lewiston,
Idaho, Mr. w. w. Thomas.
Boise District, (Weiser to Boise),
Boise, Idaho, Mr. e. L. Wells
Fruit raisers are invited to call or
correspond with these men for fur
ther information. They can also call
upon them to compare their thermo-
meters if in doubt regarding their ac-
curacy at temperatures near the frost
mark.
In other sections warnings will be
issued as heretofore, being classified
as light or heavy according to the gem
eral meteorological conditions pre-
vailing at the time When a light
frost is predicted it means a frost
with no destructive effects except to
tender plants and vines in exposed
places. When heavy frost is pre-
dicted the conditions are such as to
lead to the belief that staple pro-
ducts will be injured.
The recipients of these warnings
should distinguish between the two
classes; the light frost warning being
issued when it is expected that fruit
VIII not be injured, but as a possible
torerunner Of heavy frost, and also
FOR the benefit Of those having crops
In low places where frosts occur with
greater severity and with more fire.
quency than commonly experienced in
the neighbOrhoOd. When warnings
of heavy frosts are issued damaging
are expected to be gem
an" al 'loSe prepared 10 protect
their crops should be on the alert for
them.
In country with topography so di-
Versified as that in the North Pacific
states much will have to be left to
the individual fruit raiser in places
where the work has not been local
lzed, and every warning whether of
light or heavy frost will N, nut ILL oi,
need some ampliflcation by the man
on the ground.-Edward A. Beals,
District Forecaster.