Show R Rainmakers Discussed ed Hoax Hoa Denounced Is I Paying Racket i Science Often tried Tre TreBy Tried 4 By By RODNEY P ER fR NE NEA NEA-Duing NEA During tho the liot bot months n h when n droughts sometimes wither vI ther r clo crops s. s the rainmaker rainmaker rain rain- maker is I abroad in Ute land Of Officials 0 dais of ot the thc United States weather weather- b bureau reau bel believe C 0 if it i would b bo lie Just as aswelt aswell welt well for Cor all concerned I ni ho wei were In iii jai jail Al belief H. H Is Js 1 possible by 1 scientific means ans t to extract CX- CX tract rain front from tho tito heavens Often wh When l lT prayer T cr t falls ls to io w work a a. rain rain- maker Is called In to end nd a a. n drought rite Tho lan rain maker offers to do dohis his stuff on oti 01 a n basis baslo oC ot no uno rain r no pay IHlY but demands demands' hl hig expenses expense's s sIn in In many any event if Jf I the 1 he he gets his hs fee tee which m may y run as high as and mere Otherwise he I Isn't out anything and tho rain raIl Starved co suffers community m t su 4 while ull longer AUSTRALIANS LIKE IT VarIous of at these artists pretend to tb I have their own secret ecret processes 1 but the tue weather bureau burcu is perpetual perpetually ual anxious to discover s some n rain making device it has ha t to bo bc shown ro p s when when- there i Is Is' Isa a serious the drought when nn any any- ll n arc aro sure suro to show up p and of offer r to Unction function The Tile Canadian government employed one one not ilot Ion lon ago and although rain rain- has haa thrived i in th tho western estern part o of the tho United States the tho business busi busl- ness Hess ness lu has been be n especially ly good inthe more dl o ht sections of ot the world C in Australia i I Rain makers arc arc ar Ignoramuses Igno Igno- minuses or oi OLo r rascals says says Dr tr Wit VI I Ham J J. J Humphreys s tho the bureaus bureau's expert on meteorological 1 ph physics ll s I I have nc proposed that Ule they I lie o required d to t pOt post a bond to b be forfeited In case they dont don't pr pro produce prO prO- due duce the tho rain fain That would ld finish the rain rail business Tho trouble is that the facts of 1 mete meteorology arent aren't known 1 and that p arc are in dh dire 1 ity ty the they thea employ rain makers and arc willing to try anything Of- Of course UIS by that that time tle r rain l- l J is generally goner gener ally aly pretty nearly the tho rainmaker rain maker stands to collect when It Il comes along in Inthe the natural course or Of of events though he pretend that it ii ha been produced b by some ome hocus of f hl his hia own Of Ot cour course 1 he is initially in III a a. a position to look Jook the tue he situation lover and ad ee ec whether It il merits merits' t taking a n chance on his time DJ r. r Humphreys' Humphreys is 10 the tIle author of ot s several veraI interesting volumes CS on on- Jn Rain Staking Mak tak- tak ni ing and nna Oth Other r Weather cather I Fogs and Clouds Clouds' arid and ard Weather Veather Proverbs Pro and P Paradoxes In In Iii uncivilized countries countries' nil nl sorts strange religious f s and aud Ud devices arc u used ed to bring rain rin mong Among civilized nations the pretense pre pre- tense o oC scientific 1 I hi t set setup l lup up And nd a ajl aji over over the world orl people pray for fori r rain li whenever it H. Itis is badly adl Ther There Js is no noc c evidence ld that these devices ever Dr Humphreys H u says sas theres there's nothing to to t the Idea Idea that that battles battes cause causa rain He admits admit that a a. a big battle batte is generally followed by rain but but but- Most Most large large battles batles havo hn occurred occurred- In ret regions reton s of ot moderate to abundant precipitation he la says sas s 's where gen generally rl thero there are are b Only a few fair fair- d days days' y yb b between rains arC Preparations for r b batth tto are commonly roc mado made during dur dur- trig ing f fair lr weather at er Hence by tic the time tho tim pr preparatory maneuvers have have- been completed and the battle bate bateo o fought tho the next rain lain If t it has ha not already occurred is as a a rule bout about due GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED IT lT t. t Scientists including government gov Jov- scientists have tried to tomake tomake tomake make rain In In tImes tImes' past They had any luck though Humph Humph- r toys rey ys says the tile ben benefits Us of or ucc success s ss Justify tho the expense pf Qt trY trying so sd sO long Jong a the tilO experiments ar are arC j based on on correct on-correct corret science and and dont don't cost ost too much Attempts Attempts' have b been bien cn made mado or 01 suggested with wih chemicals with d dynamite to force torce vertical convection b by building t fires tires by cooling the tho free air by by dusting d the Ak b by ol electrically charging the thc free feo fro fair fairand and by y sprinkling spi clouds with electrified 1 Methods ot rain makers of ot course cort are I less Jess ss' ss scientific but but much uch moro more bizarre and varied |