Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1891-09-18 | Page 1 | Getting Ready to Make Rain

Getting Ready to Make Rain EL PASO Tex Sept ISThe government govern-ment rainmakers have everything in readiness readi-ness for a grand test tomorrow afternoon John T Elite of the expedition went up in a baloon two miles to measure the humidity of the atmosphere When up one mile a f number of explosives were set off on the ground The balloon fell in the mountains thirteen miles from the city and neither the balloon nor the occupantshayo been heard from Since the heavy explosion this afternoon after-noon heavy dark clouds have gathered above Mount Franklin from which point tho bombardment took place