The Alaska daily empire., 1923-04-09
CHIEF WEATHER FORECASTER| IS
 HERE ON VISIT
pr. E. B. Calvert Making In- spection Trip to Alaska
 for Specific Purpose.

As beneficial to the people of Al aska as Is the forecasting and other services rendered by the Weather Bureau in the North, it is insignific- ant in comparison with the benefit of the Alaska service to the country at large, declared Dr. E. B. Calvert. Chief Forecaster of the United States Weather Bureau at Washington, D. G., who arrived in Juneau on the Admiral Rogers and is a guest of NJ B. Summers, in charge of the Weather Bureau service in Alaska.
 Dr. Calvert Is here to study con ditions and determine in what man. ner the Weather Bureau service in Alaska may be made more useful to the people of the North and the country. He will ibe here probably for a week. He has just completed a visit to the district headquarters stations at Chicago, Denver and San Francisco, and the separate stations throughout the Pacific Coast country. There are six ceutral stations Of the Weather Bureau of the country at which the data is concentrated and from which forecasts are made. They are located at Washington, Chicago. New Orleans, Denver. San Francisco and Juneau.
 Storms and Cold Waves Bred in
 Alaska
 '.The great importance Of the Al aska service to the country said Dr. Calvert, Ifs due to the fact the Aleutian Islands and the waters in their vicinity and the Alaskan and Canadian Northwest are the storm centers of the continent. Practically every cold wave that sweeps over the country in the winter and most of the storms are generated in this country, and the Alaskan reports make it possible to foretell the com ing of these storms and cold waves before they reach the States. It was estimated in Chicago that S10O00,OO0 worth of perishable freight was saved last winter because the Weather Blu reau was able to forecast the coming of cold weather and storms"
 Point Barrow Station Needed
 In addition to the 13 stations in Alaska from which weather condi tions are tclcgraphed daily, Dr. Cal. vert says, there should be a station at Point Barrow, and whenever a radio station is established at that place a Weather Bureau station will follow
 The Canadian government will this year establish two weather stations in the Mackenzie River country These will help the service immense ly, according to Dr. Calvert, for the American and Canadian weather ser vice organizations work in perfect harmony. Tn fact said pr. Cal vert, i've do not know of the exist ence of boundary lines in the weather service"
 There are now 204 weather sta tions in the United States, including the Juneau station, from which re. ports are telegraphed. Including all the Alaska stations and those located outside of the United States there are about 250.
 Charmed With Trip
 .I have enjoyed every hour of the time since I left Seattle for the North" said Dr. Calvert. The weather has been beautiful and per mitted the scenery all to be visible all the time and under the most ia vorable circumstances. l had read a good deal about the Alaska trip and was familiar with the maps, but have discovered that I had absolutely no conception of the grandeur of your scenery and the beauty of your mag nificent waters along the inside pass age"
 This is Dr. Calverts first trip to the North, and the first visit to the Juneau station of any general official of the service from Washington.