The evening news., May 21, 1912, Page 4, Image 4

IbelRoselmro Evenlnp Ulews
CITY OKI'K.IAli IMI'KIt
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Carl 1, SlioeiimkLT
Junior uml J'roprlelor
OUR WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
A week ago tonight we had the. lnllowing
in our editorial column: "The clouds in the
sky todav mean that tomorrow and Thurs
day and Friday and Saturday will he bright
and sunshiny. Weknuw because we saw it
in an almanac." No one took the remark
seriously and it was not intended as a pearl
of wisdom. Last night we published the fol
lowing in the same column: "The predic
tion that we made last Tuesday that the
shower that day meant sunshine the rest of
the week proved to be true, and better than
the weather man's guess, for he predicted
showers each day of the carnival." To this
little side remark our good friend, Mr. Hell,
the local weather bureau head, took excep
tion, not because it was any reflection on
him, but because he said it was a solar plexus
blow at the entire weather bureau service.
We explained to him carefully that we were
trying to establish our claims to be a good
judge of weather conditions and wanted to
substantiate our judgment which we took
i'rom a patent medicine almanac. We did
not want to say a word against the weather
bureau service and we did not. We appre
ciate the great service that this bureau is
to the whole country. The office here isl
but one of hundreds of units. Kadi office re
ports the conditions daily to the head office
in its territory. From these reports, scien
tifically compiled, the forecasts arc made up
and sent out to the various stations in that
district. In the case of Koseburg the re
ports are made up and sent to Portland,
i'roin these reports the Portland station
makes out its forecast and sends it to Kose
burg when! it is printed and sent, out or de
livered to the papers and those who are in
terested. The same process is carried out
at all other stations. Forecasts are wrong
from time to lime. Were there any one
who could forecast anything absolutely ac
curately for the future he would be worth all
that he cared to be worth. No one can lore
tell the rise or fall of the market, who will
be nominal ed for president, what t he weal h
er will be tomorrow, what las will be on
the statute books after the election this fall
or am thing else. He may look the sit ual imi
over, carefully weight conditions with all
the information and knowledge at his com
maud and then he may say that in his opin
ion the result will be so and so or such and
such. If the event transpires he is consid
ered a man of good judgment. If not the
prediction passes into history and he was
simpl mistaken. It is of little consequence
one way or another unless he happens to
have staked money on his prediction.
J5ut the weather bureau liases its fore
casts on scientific information gathered
hourh through the day. There is little
guess work. I he man who makes the lore
casts knows that when the wind, the barom
eter and the other elements combine in a
certain record that from thousands of other
observations and experiments that it will
probably rain within the next tweiit -four
hours. Oilier records would lead him to say
that the sun would shine. Slill others would
.indicate a heavy windstorm. Others hail,
tte. The weather forecasts are perhaps the
most accurate that we have. It is sale to
say that between W and !" pel cent of all
weather forecasts are accurate. Farmers
who are alert depend upon I hell I. Ol lie is w lio
depend upon I he w eat her coud it ions consult
them from day to day and are guided by
them, lint they are not intallable. The
forecasts are simply opinions backed up by
a lout; line of sclent ilic ohsel a I ions a nd e
This Date in History
MAY 21.
150.J John Knox, the founder of I'resby
tciianisni, born. Died in 1.372.
Ki.'iO John Fliott, the apostle to the In
dians, died in Roxburv, Mass. Lorn in
Fngland in l(i()4.
18117 Taverns of Boston closed against the
sale of liiptor on the Sabbath.
IKoK One of the first expeditions to the
gold regions left Lawrence, Kas., for
Pike's Peak.
I First express trains run between New
York and Buffalo.
1X7-1 United States military prison estab
lished at Forth Leavenworth, Kas., by
act of ( 'ongress.
1891 Queen Victoria inaugurated the Man
chester Ship ("anal.
1911 Henri M. Iiertcaux, French minister
of war, killed in a monoplane accident in
Paris.
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The Idler's Corner
More Charitable.
lie stepped from the stairs leading to the;
ecus into me court as tnougii to the manner
born. Did he want the deputy to show him.
where to stand ! Not he!
He gazed up at the familiar face of the)
magist rate and half smiled. Hut his honor's
face w ore a frown. !
"This is the seventeenth time I've seen'
you before me,'' said the candi sternly. j
This was not the sort of reception he had'
expected. I fe was hurt.
"Well, ycr honor," he said sadly. "I've
seen you si 1 1 in' in that chair for eight years,
but I've never thought of complainin'!"
When Woman Wins.
i lit repid
g female
"I'was in the year 201 1, and the
(leiieral was rally ing her waverin
troops. j
"Women!" she cried, "will you give wayj
to manly fears !" I
A liiuiil uiiiruiiir ran through the ranks.
"Shall it be said we are clothed in mailj
armor '. shrieked t lie leader. '
The murmur grew more confused. .
"Will you," came the taunting cry from!
'heir gallant general. "sho.v the white feath
er at this time of the year, when feathers
are out of fashion C 1
The effect was wonderful, astounding, j
marvelous!
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A Lifetime's Chance.
I Hostess (who has told her schoolboy vis
itors to help themselves to strawberries)
j Well, have you found sonic nice ones !
Lionel Oh. yes, thanks very much and
; I' ma f raid we've taken rathera lot : but then,
as I said to Herbert, it's the chance of a lil'e
1 time."- Punch.
The Real Test.
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necessarily wrong. Not I
ho w ere mak ing
ids but because
to I,
server was unable
change or make a icon
We meant no harm to
weather bureau sen ice
retell
of it.
Mr. I!
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with t lie in
sphere iua
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out of a icr
atmospheric
lore
lrough he oh
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he
vlaiine.l when
"why ha e y. u
in m coat and
" For heaven's sake!"
lie had t l ied on his new
put such enormous pod
t n .users ;"
"Oh." the tailor confessed. "1 must beg
voiir pardon for that. It was a mistake.
You see, I have been doing business in a
town where tile saloi.n-. Were all dosed on
Sundavs." Chicago bYc.r.l Herald.
Fullerton & Richardson
Druggists : : The Rexall Store
"Pre-emminently Successful"
During the Strawberry Carnival Fully 3000
people have visited the New Drug
Store in the Perkins Bld.
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luiek, explain
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shot voiir
nor to the '
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farmer.
til jest oil bin
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responded
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neither if we wanted
call attention to the
ditions and our plav f
ill); 'he same
fense to one
Over this we
to. In our de:
aniival weathe
il prediction co
sue to
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we have iniioceiitlv given ol
whoin we hold as a friend,
li e sinceielv regret ful.
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Marry me," said the duke.
Fi4. duke," responded tin
I somewhat committed t.
Have no regret on that score,
count a note and bought him
heiress.
the count.
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I gave
off."
It might be considered egotism to record; "Could you spend 1:,0.KI a year if oii
under the caption "This Hate in Historv"! had il f"
'hat our baby boy was born in Oi,io three "No. Some chump would tell my wife that
years ago today. Put we know ,.hic grand I had it."- Chicago News.
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Roseburg's new business district,
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We have studied-- We have planned We
have worked The result Success
YOU The Public, have helped us always. We appreciate it.
We will give you correct service.
FULLERTON & RICHARDSON
DRUGGISTS Perkins CMg. Cass Street ROSEBURG