Show OUR WEATHER i For some unknown reason our amateur weather sharks are several weeks behind with the prediction of a hard winter This doesn't often happen As a a. usual rule they have long beFore before before be be- fore this come co e forward rd with their reports report on the thickness of the corn husks he unusual amount mount of moss on the north side of the trees the birds starting to the tropics earlier than usual or the fur on members of the animal world being heavier than usual An And these are the signs and portents they use to back up p their claim that its going to be a long hard winter We T c dont don't want to discourage talent home weather prognosticators prognosticates prognosticators around here of which there are a n considerable number But they will have to do better than this if they are going to beat Uncle Sams Sam's weather experts experts- These latter gentlemen are ah already early i contending that there is no reason to bel believe eve the winter just ahead of us will be any more severe than the average win winter winter possibly possibly r-possibly not nearly as severe as last winter Of course they are wise enough 11 not to commit themselves too freely because because bethey be be- cause no professional weather man luan wants to be reminded a little later on how far he missed it But they do say that up to this time there is no indication that we will wilf have as much snow or as low temperatures as we had last winter arguing that it was unusually severe taken the country over and one like it comes only at intervals of about 20 years A All 11 of this is comforting but it still doesn't answer our question ques ques- Lion tion and i reI eleve eve our anxiety as to what has happened to our own talent home-talent weather sharks i |