Show A backed confidence in weather man 2 I 1 BUREAU ASHINGTON there is not yet washington W that absolute trust in the weather bureau that should exist and if this were not true the loss in the recent west india hurricane which came on schedule time would have been much less les s ports in the storm district were warned of the approaching disturb ances and vessels in the extreme south atlantic and gulf of bf mexico ports received advices advises to remain in harbor the storm apparently had its inception i near the middle islands of the lesser le antilles and moved thence west westward vard over the caribbean sea in accordance with the weather bureau warning much of the shipping was placed in safe harbor and not injured at all the loss of life would have been b 6 en mu much eh I 1 less es a in all probability had not the peo people p lie who were warned dis ds dalbed to heed the warning there are really a lot of right sensible siaw people who believe that the weather bureau js is something to laugh at and have fun over and there are a lot of other people notably united states senators who while in washington direct all the operations on their farms and ranches by the weather bureau reports early in the morning senators and representatives begin studying the weather bureau maps if the reports of the weather from the section in which they live show that rain is impending in harvest time a large force is ordered to work by wire and the manaker manager told to hustle if hay is to be cut and the weather bureau reports say storm the hay is not cut but by wire the manager of khe he farm or ranch is ir ordered to hold the hands for an emergency call in im case the weather indications are brighter particularly is the weather map studied in the winter by western ranch owners indeed although not perfect by any means the weather bureau have saved the people of the country millions of dollars a year and would save sav ethein them yet other millions if the people would but heed the w warn a rn J i it is a common thing to say what does the morning paper saya say rain well I 1 will put my umbrella L away no rain today to io day just bust the same flame five out of seven times we th erain comes |