Show RAINMAKERS GET DO California Farmers Pay Big Sum to Self Styled Wizards nv fly V LEE 0 O Standard E Special Correspondent Corre Come Correspondent Copyright 1924 By the Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated Congou dated Press I ISAN SAN FRANCISCO March 29 29 Has science finally triumphed over the elements and evolved means of I preventing devastating droughts In Inthe inthe inthe the future A lot of ordinary level lovel lovelI levelheaded levelheaded I headed people hero In California Including thousands of oC are askIng themselves that Question today after atter two seemingly Success Success- Successful Successful ful Ui attempts at rain making In Inthe Inthe Inthe the last ten davs da a which saved Cali Cali- California Call Call- California fornia farmers millions in crop looses losse IJ I t tn J PLENTY n ENTY IETT or 01 n R tI 1 UN Down in the Hanford 1 dl district of the 10 el San J Valley the farmer Carmer hired one Charles I M Hat Hat- Hatfield hatfield Hat field field styled self main lain maker of oC Los Angeles to open the heavenly sluIce gates for Cor them Ills contract called for tor 2000 an Inch for tor all 1111 hl the rain he be could produce up to 4 Inches NothinG v was vas as to be paid unless and until the 1 tam lain ain was dell ernd To- To Today Today To Today day Hatfield has his check for and the farmers armors are appeal appell appealing appealing ing to him to call Jupiter oft the job Here In the San Jose Joe district whIch Is the heart of oC California bIg prune and apricot growing in- in industry industry in industry another desperate group of soil soli tillers set W r J A L Collonan a aSan aSan aSan San Francisco electrical engineer on the job Collonan has not pro pro as much rain as Hatfield did did but thel e has been enough in inthe inthe the few days to save the crops CHEMICALS s The methods of the t ta two o 0 rain mak mak- maker makers mak- mak er ers ems are utterly different Hatfield proceeds by setting up a tall to toner er eron on the top of oC which he sprinkles certain secret chemicals Gases from these theoe chemicals he claims act upon the upper air strata In such tI a matinee mannel as to release the tho moIsture anti and precipitate It as rain Indeed his recent demonstration was IlS fol- fol Colla fol followed la lowed ed by hall hail as well as lain E I Collonan s q moth methods call for tor the use of two electrical machines which ho he has s constructed Setting these up in widely l lely separated spots he claims to be able high huigh frequency Impulses to control at- at at atmospheric I pressure and thus cause precipitation Many of oC California's savants ants are I Inclined to scoff at the particularly Hattield hatfield who ho jealously guards guard the time secret soeret of oC his process and andIs andis andla Is frankly In It for Cor the mone money he can make Collonan has more supporters Among them Is rather Jerome File Ric- Ricard Ric ard and ard famous Camou padre padro of oC rains ho a ho for Cor 30 veara ears has been forecasting California weather with arr Ing accuracy through study of ot the sun s spots he lie hopes even eventually ven- ven to perfect his method so that he can control not only rainfall but bul the matter of frosts as well op 00 |