East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-06-16

the appointe to devote his time TO
looking after the political interests OF
the administration.
Burere, however. is a man Of no
political experience and is without
political hacking. He was the direc-
tor of the bureau Of municipal re-
search. Mayor Mitchers idea in ap-
Pointing him was TO secure the ser
vice Of a man who had given much
study TO the solving Of difficult muni-
cipal problems. The result is that
such time as the present city cham
berlain has at his own command he
devotes to assisting the mayor in be-
ing good mayor 1t is such a novel
thing in New York that the incident
has attracted much attention.
There are many people who think
the various planets have influence on
the weather. the
The sun Makes moon being regard
The Weather. ed as especially in
fluential. 1t is
pure superstition and there is no sci
cntific basis for such beliefs.
As a matter of fact all weather
changes depend ultimately upon tenn
! ra-o.,,r. Sssforo-,.-~ IT, ..,s,,o,,
ture constitutes of itself most i'm
portant weather factor. Another and
equally important weather factor is
rainfall. But to obtain rain it is ne
cessary first to evaporate water from
the surface of the earth, and this re-
quires heat Still another important
/ weather factor is the direction and
force of the wind, and this, too, re-
quires heat, for the winds will not
blow unless the temperature is diff
ferent at one place from what it is
at another any more than the air will
draw up a chimney when there is no
fire in it.
Since then the heating of different
parts of the earth and its atmosphere
to different temperatures is the real
cause of the winds and of all weather
changes it follows that the moon and
the planets can affect the weather
only so far as they supply heat
Now. according to accurate meas
} urements made with the most delicate
instruments, the amount of heat sent
to the earth by all the planets and
also by the moon is insignificant in
comparison to the amount that comes
from the sun. Hence we could not
expect either the planets or the moon
, appreciably to affect the weather
, They do not supply enough heat, the
one thing that causes all our weather
changes.
To most people the above reasoning
may seem quite sufficient and con-
lNAASANEt OuN Is Sllll duOIuGT anu
an entirely different method of test.
ing the whole question. We can OBJ.
serve the positions of the planets and
the kind Of weather during each posi-.
ton and see whether the same sort oi
weather always comes when the plan.
cts are in the same position. Thi:
kind of examination has often beer
made, both for the planets and for the
moon. but not the slightest influence
of either upon our weather has evel
been found.
To sum up there is every reason tC
believe that neither the planets mol
the moon can have any appreciabl,
effect on the weather, because the,
furnish SO little heat upon which al
weather changes ultimately depend
and this belief is fully supported BY
weather records.
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Though he is now making his home
in Portland DR.. Smiths business in.
terests are chiefly IL
A Cmatilla this county. He is tn,
: County Man. owner Of considerabl,
farming land and hal
half interest in a Main street build
: ing. He is one of the heavy taxpay
ers Of Umatilla county. This fac
should and viii have strong bearint
on local votes for governor this fall
Umatilla county farmers will hav,
confidence in DR.. Smith because h,
: Is one of them and has succeeded II
the farming business. At time wher
economy in government is needed tn,
: farmers Of this county could do moth
ing better than place a man like DR.
Smith in the governors chair. /
he is governor it will be a guarante,
that appropriation bills will be closely
scrutinized and that the veto axe viii
. fall with much frequency. DR.. Smith
: is equipped to give this state busI
nesslike administration and there 4
no man in the state more in touch
With the fnferaats ~ Trra.,f1Io co,s.,,