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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-02-15

DO predict. When Montana Farmer
Stockman territory gets an unpre-
cedented cold wave, the question
that naturally arises is: What I'M
usual influence was brought to bear
on the earth's fluid envelop to cause
such cold air mass to leave the
Arctic Circle and rush southwark?
This and many other pertinent ques-
tons cannot be answered through
meteorology alone.
There Is Always Cause
The real causes of our weather
extremes and changes go deeper than
the common explanations of differ
ences in temperature, air pressure
differentials, humidities, etc. There
has to be a basic cause of all causes,
and when that cause becomes known
to the ranks of meteorologists they
will be able to anticipate and predict
weather with fewer misses
The u. S. weather bureau is
rather conservative, and as a result
it has proceeded slowly in develop
ing long-range forecasting system.
If any criticism is due the weather
bureau, I would aim it at some of
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half however the mountains and west of
the divide will probably be equally cold and wet during adverse
Between cold there brief periods chinook
thawng rapid departure for the time
condition the the
ranches should continue improve until March LIST.
Weather Changes
midst rather
the continental divide
unsettled from the 18th to 18TH disturbance is indicated
Friday the 17th with light
dagreeabe weather the weekend and cold from the
10Th to 23d to affect northeast Montana the most
ovpressue expected center Wyoming
the 10th and 22d for days of light throughout Mon
and Wyoming and possibly blizzard AS the cold
Montana Wyoming Fri
the 24h it will be replaced by of mder weather from
the south disturbance
weekend
storm.
will be promptly followed by cold reach north
west Montana about Saturday. the 2h this entire
and cold through the 9th Rising expected
to set in about Tuesday, the 2 this be the beginning
trend to much higher temperatures and breakup of the winter
weather.
Precipitation: Average Temperatures:
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effective with the advancing sun, but there will
also be some severe weather at times before Feb
ruary passes on. So long as there is much storm
activity in the Pacific northwest, Montana and
northern Wyoming also due for storm activity
and attendant cold waves. The indications that
the weather pattern is slowly shifting so that the
arrival of March should bring decrease in storm
activity in this area well in the Washington
and British Columbia region. The first definite
break in the cold weather will also bring much
drier weather. During the first half of this fore
cast period the east of the continental divide
is expected to be coolest and probably wettest.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-02-15

the system used in preparing the
semi-monthly forecasts appearing in
Montana Farmer-Stockman To be-
gin with, the system was originated
and developed by the Moldenhauer
family, with the earliest discoveries
dating back to 1909 on our farm at
Dickinson, N. d.
We learned many years ago that
meteorology was inadequate when
q Dakota farmer yearned to know
whether another drouth was staring
him in the face. During World war
2, was the weatherman for the
18th Photographic Reconnaissance
squadron operating in the South Pa
cific. have also had experience in
the u. S. weather bureau itself.
Aside from playing very impor-
tant role in day to day forecasts,
meteorology alone, am convinced,
is woefully inadequate for a COM
plete forecasting system.
The Moldenhauer system is based
on the solar system, which consists
of the sun, moon, earth and the
other planets and their satellites.
Naturally this is controversial sub
ject because what is reality to us
is disputed by some who have not
yet discovered the relation between
our weather and the solar system.
We have ocean tides and air tides
but while ocean tides are confined
to the oceans the air tides are free
to drift far and wide, even around
the world. No one questions the
gravitationa1 effect of the sun, moon
and earth upon the ocean tides.
Why then, can't the same force of
gravitation be able to influence the
movements of the fluid envelop over
our heads?
1t makes no more sense to deny
relation between our weather and
the solar system than to deny a
relation between the same system
and our ocean tides. The big prob
lem, of course, is to work out the
exact formula for predicting certain
kinds of weather after discovering
how these astronomical forces af-
feet it.
There is no such thing as an
exact cycle of weather even though
there may be some similarities. Like
wise, there are no conceivable cycles
in which all of the other eight planets
together with the earth, sun and
moon could return in some future
year to the exact positions of today.
If the major causes of our weather
have no exact cycle, then there can
be no exact cycle in the weather
from which to calculate recurring
patterns for the future.
II Is Easy 10 Miscalculafe
There are a great many angle.
to consider, and it doesn't take much
of miscalculation on the part O.
the forecaster to have a complet,
miss of the weather in a given state
For example: Suppose we calcu
late cold air mass to move south
ward from Alaska and reach Mon
tana by certain time. It's arriva
will cause a snowstorm and a sever
cold wave in the area it covers. b
| very slight miscalculation, how
ever, we may find this cold al
mass invading the west coast in
stead of Montana. The result woul
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The Weather

sounding title of a complex subject
TOO big to be mastered by man in
lifetime or even in one century. Men
on earth come and go but our wealth
er is as permanent as the position
of the earth in the suns family of
planets.
A lot has been and is being learned
about the weather but the more we
learn the more we find there is left
to be learned. That is because the
deeper you get into the subject the
broader becomes the field ahead of
you.
Aside from the fact that people
waited until the present century to
really make a serious effort to study
weather, it isn't so different from
any other scientific subject. The
automobile, for example, was
created in France go years ago, and
the first successful airplane flight
took place in 1908.
Since the beginning great prog
ress has been made but the auto and
the airplane are not perfect and we
won't see the day when they can
not be further improved.
You do not condemn the aviation
industry when defective equipment
causes plane to crash. You do not
seek a Model T Ford just because
a new model of one of these ultra
modern cars turns up with s'bugs"
in it. You are still thankful for the
advancement despite its lack of per-
lection.
BY the same token you should not
be too impatient with the progress
being made in the field of weather.
The history of statewide weather
records dates back only to 1895 in
Montana, while for Wyoming they
began in 1892. At that time the u. S.
weather bureau was only meager
compared to its present far-flung
operations.
All things considered, the science
forecasting is progressing as fast as
any other comparable field. Wheth-
er it be from the weather bureau
or from private weather men, you
can't expect miracles overnight.
Means of Forecastinq
We think of weather as the atmos
pheric trends and change covering
relatively short periods. 1t is distin
guished from climate, which refer
to long periods of perhaps a decad
or century. Hence the weather ma,
change from day to day but you
climate will change but little from
one century to the next.
The standard method and still tn
best for short-time weather fore
casting is the u. S. weather bureau
meteorological service. Through il
vast chain of observing and report
ing stations the weather bureau fore
cast centers are constantly in touc
with the changing weather pictu1
throughout North America. An ale
forecaster can with fair accurae
plot the course of storm for a fe
hours or even day or two in a,
vance. He deals with realities, ar
any existing indications of Il
storms movement or direction are
his advantage.
One of the shortcomings in met
orology, however, is the lack
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-02-15
14-Day Weather Outlook
Montapa-W yOming Forecast: Feb. Is to March 1
BY OSCAR L. MOLDENHAUER

SEVERAL COLD WAVES storms and frequent weather cha
the northern Wyoming during the
weeks The cold spells will be shorter the mild spells longer
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
Sharon Changers
To Install Officers

Members of the Sharon
Grange will meet on New Years
day for an all day meeting. The
regular meeting will be held in
the morning and in the after
noon, following a potluck lunch,
the installation of officers, in
Guiding juvenile, will be held.
A program has also been arrang-
ed.
Silver certificates will be
awarded to II members includ-
ing Rhea McNabb, F. w. Bur-
lingame, Earl Courtney, Floy
Parrish, C. w. Parrish, Charles
Wilson, Ray Boyd, Mabel Will
son, Oscar Marquis, Carlos Fost-
er, J. c. Walters, L. G. Thorla,
Harley Beckett. Weltha King,
Harry Lowe, Clifford Marquis
and Isaac Mcdonald.
ALI members are urged to at
tend.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
Tipion's Bakery
To Get New Owner

For the past AZ years, Clare
R. Upton has been baking pro-
ducts for Tipton's Bakery in
Caldwell but today, he is per-
forming his duties with the
knowledge that he is on his last
week.
On Monday, January | Glenn
Cox of Clarksburg, w. Va, will
take over the reins and one of
Caldwell's oldest active busi-
nessmen will join the retired
ranks.
Sale of Tipton's bakery was
consummated the latter part of
November with possession to
be given the first of the year.
Although Mr.. Upton has owned
his own bakery for AZ years, he
has been in the business for SO
years.
Assisted by his wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Upton are retiring with the
best wishes of the community.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28

latter part of November by
Albert G. Schoeppner, local
well known contractor. 1t
was constructed at a cost of
100000 and made possible
through the assistance of Mr..
and Mrs. H. K. Beardmore of
Wichita. Kansas, relatives of
the McVay family.
Ground was first broken for
the new funeral home last May
The formal opening will be held
Friday, although the building
has been completed for more
than a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul McVay and
daughter, Linda, are already
occupying the ten room apart
ment. Mr.. McVay said today
that the furniture store would
remain in its present location on
North street and that all busi-
ness for the funeral home would
be transacted there.
Facing East street, the McVay-
Shilling funeral home has re-
ception room, the main chapel
SO arranged that the maximum
seating capacity is over 800,
private room for members of the
family of the deceased, display
room, receiving room, prepara-
ton room and a garage for the
funeral car and invalid coach.
The personnel of the funeral
home includes B. c. Shilling of
Dexter City. who has been hospiz
talized the past three months
with illness and will be unable
to participate in the formal
opening. Other included Paul
McVay, his father, Ray McVay
and Charles Doan.
All the necessary equipment
has been moved to the new fun
eral home and it is now ready
for use.
Simplicity in color and arran-
cement pre-dominates the new
funeral home, which is now con-
sidered one of the most modern
in southeastern Ohio.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
Trustees To Hold
Annual Election

Annual meeting of the Noble
County Association of Town
ship trustees and clerks will be
held Friday morning, January
5, at the courthouse in Caldwell.
The meeting will begin
promptly at l o'clock and be
held in the Common Pleas
courtroom.
Joe R. Thomas, representative
of the state association, will dis
cuss legislative proposals which
will be submitted to the 99th
General Assembly, when it con-
venes in January. Plans will
also be discussed for the annual
winter convention in Columbus,
January 1920.
Mark H. Rossiter of SarahS-
vile is president of the local as
sociation. New officers for 1851
will be elected at the business
meeting
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
Youth Leaders To
Meet Az Marietta

The annual winter meeting OF
the executive and advisory COM
mittees of the Rural Youth OF
the United States conference
will take place Dec. % and 80
at Marietta College, it has been
announced.
A group of Rural Youth lead
ers will also attend the meetings
and assist the executive and ad-
visory committee members
make plans for the 1851 nation
al RYUSA meeting to be held
next year at the West Virginia
State All Camp at Weston, w.
Va.
Nine states and the District of
Columbia will be represented at
the two-day meeting. DR.. E. L.
kirkpatrick, professor of socio-
logy at Marietta College, is in
charge of arrangements. He is
secretary of the executive COM
mittee. Sixteen persons are ex-
pected to attend.
Robert Wise, president of the
Rural Youth organization, will
preside at the business meeting.
1t is expected that Noble
county will be represented at
this meeting.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28

FRAZIER, who IS a patf6f1t IN
Marietta Memorial hospital.
Judge Riecker said that the
grand jury would be called
for duty on Monday morning,
Jan. 8 at 10 O'Clock. He will also
preside at this meeting.
Members of the grand jury,
drawn for duty. include the fol-
lowing:
E. R. Davis, Noble township:
H. B. Eichorn, jefferson; Dean
Oliver, Marion; Richard Bur-
lingame, Brookfield; Rufus E.
Merry, Center; Walter Mallett,
Stock; Wayne Stiers, Brookfield;
Albert Ritterback, Marion; c. S.
Hesson, Stock; Forest Miley,
Seneca; Clarence Noll, Jeffer-
son; Eva Croy, Caldwell; Vina
Hedge, Brookfield Dale Lothes,
Jackson and c. L. Franklin,
Marion.
IlG pGIlL Jul OlS Will DC SoD
ject to the call of the court, with
Judge Riecker presiding, in the
event Judge Frazier is still i'll.
The petit jurors are as follows:
Lois Jennings, Caldwell; S. G..
Brown, Caldwell; Clyde Teeters,
Brookfield; S. o. Stevens, Elk;
Pearl McAuley, CALDWELL; Frank
Boley, Noble; Mary Parks, Cald-
well.
Gather Morrison, Seneca; Dale
Ackley, Caldwell; Hayes Suth-
erland, Marion; Virginia Baker,
Caldwell; Charles Cooker,
Noble; Fletcher Cutler, Marion.
Paul Urdak, Noble; Mamie
Miller, Seneca; Ord Marks,
Noble; Miley Larrick, Buffalo;
c. F. McFerren, Noble; Carl
Darrah, Jackson and Ray Nc
Way, Olive.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
Dog Tag Sale
Lags; Sheep
Claims Back
County In Arrears
$1700 On Payments
The Last Two Years

Auditor Jack Wilson report
ing on the first weeks sale of
dog tags, said today that re-
sponse by dog owners had been
slow. The canine licenses went
on sale last Wednesday, Dec. 20
at the county auditors office.
Deadline on the sale of tags is
Jan. 20.
During the first seven days
only "a tags had been sold. Audi
tor Wilson said that this respre-
sented only 48 dog owners as
several kennel permits had been
purchased. Receipts from sales
SO far amounts to $126.25.
Last year 1886 tags were sold.
The county ordered $500 tags
this year.
A check of the records at the
auditors office shows that the
county will be $3,819.35 behind
on sheep claims at the end of
the present fiscal year. During
the past two years the county
has fallen $1,700 behind in the
payment of claims filed by far
merS.
Receipts from the sale of tags
in 1949 totaled only $4,000. Audi
tor Wilson has estimated that it
would take $4,000 to get the dog
and kennel fund on a sound
financial footing.
Some farmers are still await
ing payment of claims on sheep
killed by dogs over two years
ago.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
Union Carbide To
Construct Harhor
F or River Barges
Bakelite Plant
To Be Operating
Full Force Soon

Plans for the contraction of
a new harbor for river barges
and facilities for unloading mat
erials for its Marietta plants were
announced today by Electro Met
allurgical Division, Union Car
bide and Carbon Corporation.
The project, which will involve
1900 feet of shoreline along the
Ohio River, will provide facili-
ties for unloading solid or fluid
materials for the ferro-alloy and
phenol plants of Union Carbide's
Electro Metallurgical and Bake
lite Divisions.
A total of 13 sand and gravel
filled cells of interlocking sheet
steel piling, ranging from Is to
36 feet in diameter, will be in
stalled with four walkways to
shore.
Four of the 15-foot cells will
support an unloading crane ad-
jacent to which will be an un-
loading hopper on 20-foot di-
ameter cell. The hopper, 18 TT.
square at the top opening, will
feed 24-inch wide conveyor belt
leading to an unloader structure
for railroad cars. The belt will
be in a steel truss bridge l42
feet long. 1t is designed to handle
IT'S tons of coal per hour.
At the up stream end of the
harbor, two 36-foot cells will be
installed side by side TO serve
as ice breakers. All the other
cells will be used for mooring
bargeS.
The Bakelite plant( which will
produce phenol an essential
raw material for the production
of many modern plastics is
scheduled to begin operation in
January. The Electromet plant,
which will produce ferro-alloys
vital ingredients in the manu-
facture of steel-is scheduled to
start operations next June.
Contracts for the construction
of the unloading facilities and
new harbor have been awarded
to the Contracting Division of
Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
Funeral Directors
Al Annual Banquet

The fifth annual banquet of
the Cambridge vault company
was well attended by several
from Noble county earlier this
month. The event was held at
the company plant on East
Wheeling Ave, Cambridge.
The banquet with turkey,
venison and steak and all the
trimmings is held by the COM
pany for all dealers and friends
of the firm.
Attending from here were Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Legraen, Theo-
dore Murphy, Lemuel Davis,
Clair Murphy, Dewey Wells,
Homer Cunningham and Will
liam EStadt.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
Two Cars Lost
In Garage Fire

Fire which broke out We'd
nesday at $50 p, m. Quilted a one
story frame building housing the
paint shop of the Bundy Motor
Sales, of Quaker City. The
GAINESVILLE Fire Department
and the volunteer department at
Quaker City battled the flames
for two hours and succeeded in
confining them to the paint
shop which adjoins the garage
and sales room.
E. L. Bundy, proprietor of the
business, said that the origin of
the fire was undetermined but
it was theorized that coal
heater in the paint shop might
have become oVerheated. 1t was
reported that the loss was parti-
ally covered by insurance. Cars
owned by N. w. Phillips of
Jacobsburg, and William Lucas
of Quaker City, were destroyed
in the flames. No estimate of
the entire loss had been made.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
Mercury Dips To
New Low Record

Noble countians were shiver-
ing early Wednesday morning
as a new low for the winter was
reached when the mercury dip
ped to 10 and II degrees below
zero.
Ten below was the official
reading, although many others
reported it was at least Is below
according to their thermometer.
In any case, Frank Burlingame
of Sharon, said it was the new
low for the current winter with
some let-up promised the latter
part of the week.
Noble county was also cover
ed with a three-inch blanket of
snow, Tuesday morning, result
ing in a belated White Christ
mas.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
Mrs. Roy Thomas.
Accident Victim,
Dies In Hospital
Husband Also
Died Nov. IL
From Injuries

Mrs. Lille Belle Thomas, IL.
died Tuesday morning at Good
Samaritan hospital, GAINESVILLE,
from injuries she received Nov.
10, in an automobile accident.
1t will be remembered that
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Thomas were
enroute to funeral services for a
relative when they figured in an
accident on State Route 285,
near Sarahsville. Mr.. Thomas
death occurred just seven days
following the wreck.
Mrs. Thomas was born Dec. 16,
1879, a daughter of James and
Fannie Stottsberry Snode. She
was a member of the Free
Methodist church at Perry
opolis. She spent her early life
in GAINESVILLE but for the past
80 years had resided in the
Sarahsville community.
Surviving are two sons and
one daughter, Merle Thomas of
Caldwell route, Ora Thomas of
Belle Valley and Mrs. Margaret
Phipps of Linnville. There are
two brothers and one sister also
surviving, including Charles
Snode, Clarence Snode and Mrs.
Mary Smith, all of GAINESVILLE.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock from the Free Methodist
church in Caldwell with Rev R.
B. Maxwell and Rev. Ralph
Sagle officiating. Interment will
be made in the Village View
cemetery, Sarahsville, by the
Murphy funeral home.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
Relatives Here Are
Notified Of Death

Relatives in this community
have received word of the death
of the six months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Davis, of New
ark and the only grandson of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean T. Davis,
also of Newark, former well
known residents of Caldwell.
Death occurred on Christmas
day in a hospital in Newark
where he was removed on
Christmas eve following weeks
illness.
Mrs. w. X. Heddleson, Mrs.
Harry Lowe and Elmer Davis
are great aunts and uncle of the
infant.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-12-28
County Shows
Unit Decrease
Census Taken Of
Dwelling Places

Ohio made a healthy growth
in population, am increase--ef
l4.4 per cent during the decade
1940-195 1t will be remember
ed that Noble County was one
of the few which showed a sharp
decrease in population.
But the increase in housing
was even greater, reports the
Ohio Development and Publicity
commission, for it exceeded %
percent. But once again Noble
county took back seat. Noble
and Monroe counties were the
only two in the entire state that
revealed a decrease.
Noble had by far the highest
decreases listed at Is percent.
Monroe county showed a de-
crease of four percent.
Last April, the US. census bu-
reau counted 2,416,356 dwelling
units in Ohio. A unit is a place to
live, whether it be single house,
flat, or apartment in a dwelling.
The 1910 count was 1877, ,693 units
in almost 100000 residential
structures. The census of dwell
ing places covers both vacant and
inhabited units.
Nearly every county in Ohio
chpurpd n Gain in pIIno hnr 0f
dwelling units, even in sections
of the state where there was a
decline in population, except for
Noble and Monroe.
The greatest rate of gain in
housing was in Greene county,
adjacant to Dayton and Wright
Field, the percentage being 81,
an increase from $3.50 to 1913.