The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-12-01
Hayrack Parties, Golf Matches,
Tennis, Skating and Autoing
Not Dream but Reality
WEATHER NOTHING
UNUSUAL SAYS ROBERTS
Forecaster Recalls December 10,
1890 When Temperature Was
64-This Noon It Was 40

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bed this morning, peeped outside, call.
ed his sister, Mary. and the two stood
under q curtain with the window wide
open. watching the prettiest sunrise
ever seen in North Dakota for this
time of the year.
Right there and then, "Chimmy"
was undecided-he was in a Quandary
to obey his mothers com.
mand and dress for play or roll over
for longer mp.
Great December Wsather.
Great December weather thought
every kid enjoying a weekend vaca.
tion. And the kids were not the only
ones to comment on it, either. Fore
caster Roberts was busy at his gov
ernment observatory taking notes.
"This Kind of weather is nothing
unusual for North Dakota he de-.
clared, after consulting his records.
He stated that it. was 40 degrees
above at noon, or about 10 degrees
above the normal
81 Degrees in 1890.
And then pencil went down the
record sheet and stopped. Crissey's
dope on North Dakota weather had
been given another blow. His pencil
pointed to December 10, 1890, when
the maximum for the day was Ga de-
grees.
Doesn't look much like deep snow,
high, sweeping winds and zero TEN.
peratures," he said.
And Yesterday Was Thanksgiving.
And yesterday was Thanksgiving,
the last day Of November, with just
such a beautiful day, and today even
warmer--the lst Of December.
Out on the golf links yesterday,
from an early ho,h. In the morning
until setting November sun fell to
sleep, golfers played out of doors.
Not far from the Country club links,
a few men in flannel sweaters buffet
cd little balls around.
=. No! No! Not snowbaiIs.
No! No! ,Crissey, they were not
snowballs, but, tennis balls. Down
one OF the country roads came sew
eral women on horseback. They
passed several big auto cars of jolly.
makers. .Joy.riding the last of No.
vember in North Dakota sounds doubt.
full, but residents OF bismarck will
vouch for. the fact and that it even
continued into the evening hours. In
tho downtown district men were ut
work paving.
Skating, Too, an Offering.
Surely, residents of North Dakota
had much to be thankful for yester.
day. Besides the tennis and golf
games which were played. there was
a party of skaters on Apple creek.
Spring Coats Blooming.
Winter coats and furs were some
what out of place on tho streets yes
terday in the Thanksgiving parade OF
fall toggery. Instead, men appeared
in spring coats and women in fall
suits. In the hotels and the ice cream
parlors, where many, flocked, the
doors OF the places of business were
wide open.
This Hits the Climax.
Out on grandma and grandpa's g
place a story comes that bunch OF
jolly Thanksgiving people got togeth'
er, piled into a hayrack and went
rollicking over the prairies for a
great time-to settle the big Thanks.
giving meal.
And then from Steele comes the re-
port that several of the baseball fans
of that village got out and played a
little hand ball lust to timber up"
There isznothing yet in sight at the
weather bureau to knock this great
spring-like weather. The forecaster
is not at all aroused, simply saying
that it's nothing unusual for North
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