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Show 'RAINMAKER' WINS $8,000 FOR BREAKING DRY SPELL - s v , - - - t r";:-r J J ' ' ' ' ' - v ' ' lx J-lV " I , " (f 4 ftp 4 IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE vl MUCH, BUT FARMERS NEAR Y1!. ' "tpS COALINGA, CALIFORNIA, RE- V Vsi " i SPECT IT MIGHTILY AND PAY V V" " DOLLARS FOR IT. IT IS A s " s ? N I Rv "R A I N M A K E R." BELOW, t fc V J CHARLES MATFIELD, THE IN- K J? ' ' p VENTOR, WHO LIVES NICELY ? i ? 4' i UROM HIS PROFESSION AS ' WW RAINMAKER. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT FARMERS NEAR . COALINGA, CALIFORNIA, RESPECT RE-SPECT IT MIGHTILY AND PAY DOLLARS FOR IT. IT IS A "R A I N M A K E R." BELOW, CHARLES MATFIELD, THE INVENTOR, IN-VENTOR, WHO LIVES NICELY FROM HIS PROFESSION AS RAINMAKER. By NEA Service. COALINGA, Calif., April 20. Once more Charles M. Hatfield has cashed in on the rain his rain. He calls it his rain, the farmers believe be-lieve it is his rain and pay him for it. Thus, Hatfield, the "rain wizard," wiz-ard," has banked an other $8000. Dry spell after dry spell scare the farmers here abonts and annually an-nually they wait upon Hatfield. Shortly thereafter Hatfield sets up his rain machine, which he describes de-scribes as a "chemical affair" and invariably there comes raiu. Whether it is his rain or not, it comes when he wants it. "I have been a rain maker with sucess for 20 years," he says. The records prove it. In fact, Hatfield's fame is known the world over. He says he just turned down a $25,000 offer from Argentine, preferring to do business in California. |