The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-07-29
THE SHOWERSAND WAR
Many Hold to the Theory That The
81 Bombardment Causes Rain. To-

There are many people in Mahaska
county and this vicinity, who, while
they may not go into scientific de-
tails, are convinced that the unusual
humidity i'll Iowa is due to the war
in Europe. OF course, they may have
the right idea Whether they are
right or wrong, when it comes to a
showdown, they know just as much
can prove just as much as anybody
else. who argues about the weather
The belief that the war has some
thing to do with the showers is wide
spread. Thus the Bloomington Pan
tagraph lIll.) had the following:
Mr.. Perry Price or this city, in dis
GUESSING the other day the unusual
rains of this season, remarked that
they might be due to the war in Eu-
rope. 1t is well known that the can
nonading distuTbs the atmosphere to
an extent to cause rain, and the can
nonading of the present war might,
he thinks, have caused a series of
ldownpours even on the other side of
the world.
| The following statement from a
Danville, Ill.,, paper seems to bear out
Mr.. Prices theory:
The European war with its ter.
rible cannonading, said 70 be the
fercest since the beginning of time
may be the cause of the great rains
that have visited every part of the
United States during the past few
weeks. This theory is advanced by a
well-known Danyille professional man
who has made a long and careful
study of the elements, and who attrib
utes the recent rains to the sound
waves from the war.
Science has proved that sound trav
els around the world, says the man
No matter how slight the noise, II
travels the entire way around the uni
verse. The fact that it is not audible
does not prove that it does not travel
The war has been in progress fol
almost a year." points out the Dan
willie man, and during that time there
is no doubt that there has been more
ammunition fired than in any wa
since the world began. Not only hat
the United States been visited b!
heavy rains that have swollen the riV
ers and flooded many towns and cit
les, but the press reports tell us tina
in many parts of China and other orr
entail countries devastating food
have recently spread destruction
! broadcast. These countries, Q
course, are nearer to the real seen
of conflict than the United States.
"Out in the west a few years ag
; II remember we had a great drought
For weeks we had not drop of rain
: Cattle died by the thousands, grea
. farms were burned bare of agricu
Iture and people in many cases die
flor the want of water, TO drink. A
Hast we decided to produce rail-
: Bombs were sent up into the air
! many parts OF the country. This wa
! kept up and at last the rains cam
!, and saved the people, but the croE
!, were gone. That is not theory;
!, is a fact.
L q have been following closely IL
g war news and have noticed that Il
e lowing each big battle there haN
g been rain storms in the vicinity
which the battle was fought. Europ
IS though the press dispatches have n
e dwelt largely upon IL, has been yisit'
T. lby a number OF heavy rains whi'
0. have flooded much OF the countI
y And this since the war began, ~
fact that the cannonading 10 the W