White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-08-03
RURAL WEATHER LORE

Hot greatly interested IN predictions IN
almanacs or in other long fic-
ton, according to DR.. w. J. Hump
phreys, of the Weather Bureau. They
rely on official reports by radio and
on their own observations. Scientific
forecasting Of the weather does not
place reliance on many of the old
signs" particularly of those that are
supposed to forecast one season from
occurrences in the previous season.
But Doctor Humphreys says that
many of the sayings in regard to the
weather that have been handed down
from generation to generation are
based on many observations and are
often reliable. For example, he saws
a warning of some value but not
highly reliable is embodied in tn.
verse:
A rainbow in the morning
Is the shepard's warning;
a rainbow at night
Is the shepard's delight.
"A pretty good guess" is to be
found in:
IT the sun sets in gray
The next will be rainy day
One of the very best indicators OF
the weather for the day. Doctor
Humphreys says, 'sis the state Of the
dew in the morning. It gathers on
grass and other exposed objects when
they are cool enough to condense ii
out of the air, just as moisture is
condensed out of the air on the side
Of pitcher when filled with ice
water. Now, the grass and other out
dor things cool considerably only on
still, clear nights, the kind that occur
during spell of fine weather and at
TO other time Hence. a heavy dew
means that the air was still and the
sky clear, at least during the latter
haH Of the night. And it is pretty GER
tain that if there was neither wind
nor clouds during that time, the day
Will be d good one for all outside
work On the other hand, If there
is no dew in the morning it is almost
certain that either the sky was cloud
cd or that there was Improbable
wind, or both; and both, as. "A rule.
precede general rainstorfs BY s to
IL or even "a hours, according to cir
cumstances"
Consequently Doctor Humphreys
says there is much reason back Of the
two proverbs:
When the grass is dry at morning
light
Look for rain before the night
| When the dew is on the grass
Rain will never come to pass.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. I. Wright and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. FoItz and
family left Wednesday morning for a
ten days vacation. They drove first
to Medical Lake, where they left
the Foltz children with their grand
mother, and from there on to Icicle
creek near Leavenworth, and the
latter part of the trip will be spent
on the Coast. W. A. Barnes is taking
Mrs. Wright's place behind the count
er in the Columbia Market & Grocery
while she is away.
While attempting to burn the sage
brush and cheat grass last Saturday
around their corrals for the rodea the
following day, the fire got out from
control of the Indians and burned
over quite stretch of unimproved
land and at one point jumped over
the road into the Hawley orchards.
The large amount of black smoke,
however, attracted a large crowd
and the fire in the orchard was ex-
tinguished before doing great deal
of damage.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. English re-
turned home last Sunday from
two weeks visit in Portland and
Coast points. They were brought
horne by their son, c. A.. English,
who on his return to Portland was
accompanied by his nephew. Charles
c. English, and Mrs. Edmund An
derson. Mrs. Anderson will visit her
daughter, Miss Ellen Anderson, in
Portland for month but Charles will
return to White Bluffs next Monday.
Members of the White Bluffs
Woman's Club, with their families.
are planning a basket picnic at the
Koppen home at Wahluke, Sunday,
August 18th. Reports of the State
Federation meeting at Aberdeen
will be given after lunch by Mrs.
Koppen, and Mrs. Taylor. 1t has
been the custom in other years for
the delegates to the state meeting
to give these reports at the first
regular club meeting in the fall
but the picnic is planned as an an
nual affair in order to give more
time to the wears nropram.