| Show MELBOURNE interviewed doctor melbourne and brother arrived in this city friday sept llon the train two and a half hours later they the y entered their names on the hotel register at the walker later still they were found in mr office on main street by a NEWS reporter the elder melbourne is the rain compeller and received the news paper man with a pleasant smile and a hearty hand band shake it Is needless to say why I 1 have ca called ailed on you commenced the reporter it is responded mr melbourne smilingly as I 1 have been subjected to so many luter interviews views since my arrival in america that I 1 can now withof t difficulty divine your object in reply to the quest question lon are you an australian mr melbourne udd no sir air I 1 am fin an irishman I 1 was attracted to australia about twelve years a ago go by the flattering natt ering opportunities of making money in the land business that existed in certain parts of that country I 1 accordingly became and was a real estate broker for several years the realty mart in australia has been nothing but a series of booms and depression 1 I when did you first begin your ex peri ments as rain producer interrupted the reporter about four years ago I 1 made my first experiment were you success successful fulI no sir air I 1 was not for nearly three years my efforts were attended with failures then for a few mouths months I 1 labored with indifferent success and only about a year ago perfected my invention you are confident that you can cause rain at will yes yee sir air it isnow is now a demonstrated fact and in the quantities desired 1 I can how about the cost that is not great as the means employed are only simple of course you will not reveal this great secret that seems to be agitating the minds of so many people in the united states today but will you bbate in a general way your method of operation A smile and a shake of the head was the only response Is it or is it not by the aid of chemicals that you bring about the purported atmospheric changed ch angee 1 cl I hesitatingly ugly yes yee I 1 confess til that at I 1 use a combination of chemicals but how bow I 1 use them is the great question mr interrupting interrupt ng That is the first time that you have ever made that admission is it not mr melbourne mr melbourne conceded that it was but that other reporters had bad guessed it before however I 1 have now made the admission that they are the agencies I 1 use and I 1 will not recant my first successful experiment was made in queensland australia continued mr melbourne a little less than a year ago that country is to in great need of artificial irrigation as an it to is afflicted with severe droughts and is thinly populated on that account I 1 made twelve experiments there all of which were successful in the highest degree only one day is necessary there to bring about the desired deal red result while here from two to tb three ree days daya are necessary I 1 in n new Zes zealand iland I 1 operated five times with satisfactory results in crossing the atlantic on a steamer last march I 1 caused several storms it is just as easy to operate on sea as land I 1 came to the united states for the reason that there is a much larger field in fin which to work and prove to the world the truthfulness of my claims I 1 landed V at san francisco on the day of march last and proceeded direct to V canton ohio where I 1 bad two brothers living they had heard beard of my discovery I 1 reaffirmed it to their satis faction they accordingly interested themselves in my behalf my claims were soon brought before the public kind and on three occasions I 1 produced rain there according to agreement during the month of may then the newspapers selected their own days and a series adries of twelve successful experiments were made I 1 then issued a proclamation k to the people of the united states that I 1 was ready and desirous of fur my claims this circular was sent to the board of agriculture in every state and by that means I 1 was invited to wyoming where I 1 experimented on the first and seventh dinst with the best beat of results although on the last occasion the rain was six hours late in falling owing to a strong wind from the northwest gcarl mr of your city said mr melbourne by some means obtained possession of one of my circulars and a correspondence opened up between us he informed mr wan Want hand laDd of my pretensions and that gentleman thinking it was only a plain business proposition came over to wyoming and satisfied himself that the claim was no fake and that is why I 1 am here 1 J mr Wel melbourne bourDe said further if the conditions are unfavorable I 1 shall not experiment here on the date mentioned what I 1 mean is if the indications are that rain will fall on the dinst I 1 certainly will not operate as I 1 want wani to experiment on some occasion when all signs are against rainfall if I 1 am not successful I 1 make no charges today will probably disclose whether I 1 will experiment during the meeting of the irrigation congress in this city mr melbourne is about forty five years of age dark complexioned with fall beard and about five feet ten inches in height after leaving utah he will go to idaho colorado kansas and nd nebraska to fill engagements in no no instance he says has be accepted remuneration without complying with his agreement his charges are a trial and expenses he seems to be very earnest and says his hie discovery will yet prove a great boon to mankind he will he says enter into negotiations with the government soon for the sale of his great secret A local weather prognosticator called at all t our office early today and informed the writer that he be was at liberty to tell mr melbourne that it would rain on or about the whether he expert experimented or not this was comm communicated to mr melbourne who did not deny it but said if the indications were not for fair weather he would not operate dr mcleans mclean a almanac of astronomic cle calculations which is accepted as excellent authority has the following prediction for september Bep of this year the 3rd ard and days next thereto ought to bring reactionary rains witt with a change to more pleasant weather i from the ath to the lith alth is a coin combination bin at ion of causes which will doubtless result in active storms many dry sections will have rains at this time note the ath zo co the night of the alth reactionary movements will be more marked on and about the in consequence of the earth approaching equinox the to the is a regular storm period with earth at equinox storms must result be watchful especially on or near lakes and seas A center of minor disturbances tur bances on ivr the A regular period begins on september and runs into october by much study and constant observation and by the aid of careful observers over the united states and in other countries the above calendar has been brought to as high a state of perfection as is possible bIg with these facts staring the public squarely in the facette face fac ethe the experiments of mr melbourne will only be accepted after careful observation and study |
