| Show IDAHO OF UP Tin TIm WI ST Attacked liT by y K l II Through h hm HI m 1119 not lint Wave Sato WITO Theory Special Correspondence foist Dub Idaho Sept n an article by b Mr Ir 3 n II Dunn formerly an official ft it H the U 11 8 S weather uther bureau In the Star of ot Sept 7 1 1901 7 1 tho thin Interests Interest ot of the tho entire we west t are at ute tucked tacked through the hue forth of at the the ry that tha Irrigation In the west la is the tho cause caul of the phenomena known as f heat beat waves ave arid and on this account the time benefits of ot Irritation ore are nr more than outweighed hl by the evils evis resulting The chief of at the tho weather bureau buru and ad hb his hl entire staff having ex cx examined i this article aUde hare han In r and ad collectively condemned the theory as sum abud unsound UI Uld And end a as calculated to Injure t th b arl west w at If it t accepted The author state i elAtes to that the heat het warn rH low ow pressure areas that develop dellol over the tho plateau region of ot time tho Rocky Hocky Moun Mountains tabs luck Iek moisture more immure 1010 sloWly than tum other low pressure arena II subject tho people stock and crops erua in the eastern as tor states to u mu I pro prolonged l prolonged longed longel period of or intense o boat h n If I such uch lie Ito true then lien tho the addition of moisture through brought trough Irrigation would tend len to quick quicken I lck en tho the movement of at the time heat Irrigation In iii the tIme west be bo a ut C benefit to 10 the time people of or tho time cast elt rather than tItan an Rn anevil evil Ct since tho the heat waves wae receiving moisture would move rapidly Anti and shorten tho the duration of ot the Ihl heat hent ported period Tho Tue efforts of time the author to convey rOICY tho the Impression that heat waves that linger the plateau region are the result ot of Irrigation must fall fail fat since sinco time the records of ot the tha weather wen bureau burau extendS extend extell In lug Ing back to the tho time Iliac when Irrigation was wan WIS not hot In general genera I practice in iii II tho the prove that hunt boat waves Immure have ever eer de tie developed l In ip tho th Ih pIa leIU region and drift drifted ed iii I eastward ru t Wf Il much Utter after the hue fashion of or those of or the past nat season Seaon Furthermore they are ar to 10 go FO on developing In Inthe time the future ad US In the hue past without al RI alteration terlton Mans 11 S attempts to and profitless plan art to climate nio alo puny It II Is lii my lY iii Impression that tho the generally accepted theory that tl Irrigation ton has a 1 tendency to ta 1 rp r tin 11 anil mako It I morO morl habitable through In imi Increased II creased crease evidence nf or husbandry Is hi II true Irue trueNo trueNo No material dimwit change Is II likely to take place In Iii h tho the west through Irrl Irrigation gation gatlon and and certainly no 0 of ot moisture distributed distributor over the west elt will wi affect the lie climate of ot lie tho cast In lit the least lel I 8 S M 11 Section Director I |
