The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

81. .here is any topic more univer-
nv! ~ discussed than the weather 1T
w he hard to name it offhand. In
Dt' A,,mmer time we are continually
,nding our neighb0rs and friends
..nose whom we meet on the street
re athis is going to be hot one
"a. -,ghtn In the winter time they
. ne have something to say re-
.rding the possibilities Tor snow
cold wave. In dry seasons we
..,;ng all sorts Of jokes about the
liner mans having gone to sleep
~ his foot on the wrong lever, and
s.r there's a wet spring or fall the
"a hormlde concerning Jupiter Plu-
~. il worked on all occasions.
Everybody, OF course, is interested
Z me weather, and II there's any
"a Who fails to read the daily
.ther forecasts in The Gate City
mnst be because he IS blind or
u. read English. OF course, there
q soyhe who rely on their rheumatic
- Joints, or their backs, or their
-. 80, big toe to tell them what the
s uast1h will be. And there are
s,.a = few who are converts to the
snacs gotten out by the patent
sdcine concerns and the daily
Esther flag chart which hangs in
NJ Eitchen. But even these folks
~ " peek at the government
sacast to see how close it comes
=. Z sitting their guess based an rheu.
matics. ,
-eathar flag fans. They keep an eye
MI eyery morning to see just what
s Sae Il going up on the flag poles, and
s Mas goyen their actions accordingly.
Behind the Scenes.
u &c always interesting to take
.,ance "behind the scenes" and the
a..aather bureau Office in the govern
ment building is no exception. The
Eaokuk office is situated on the third
n sioor 81 the government building
and the observation tower and the
s,s,r1,ments are on the roof of the
ha,;lding. Fred q. Gosewisch is the
observer in charge at Keokuk, and
victor olson is messenger. 1t is
h h sa that the Keokuk weather is
III Oh RESERVATIONS are taken each even.
- at o'clock to show the Their
4 rometer readings and the barometer.
Al o'clock the next morning similar
d,ngs are taken The minimum
,emnerature thermometer in the
shelter on the roof shows the lowest
mint to which the mercury fell dur
~ the night. II there was any
ain. the rain guages which look
IKE big cylinders with tunnels, will
have captured every drop and care
tully measured it. The same Is true
n the snow measuring instruments.
Where Records Are Kept.
Down in the weather office, itself,
over on table in the corner Is Dig
I glass covered instrument. There Is
metal drum in this instrument COW
!. cred with paper chart. The paper
4 q ruled to represent the time from
noon to noon each day and there Is
sufficient paper on the drum to take
care Of "a hours record. On this
paper Is recorded the rainfall, the
velocity OF tho wind and its direction,
the sunshine. The drum is run by a
clock. and there are electrical con-
nections with the instruments on the
root.
There are four pens on the instru-
ment In the once electrically CON
nected with the instruments on the
roof and these automatically mark
the various records. BY reading
these marks In connection with the
ruled lines on the chart 1t is possible
for the observer to tell just what was
happening between four and SIX
o'clock or any other time during the
days.
The Instruments In the Shelter.
Below the wind vane on the roof