Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1925, Page 11

727 Y, GOVERNORS CLOSE MIDHEST PARLEY New Organization Embrac- ing More States Is Planned as Meeting Ends. By the Associated Press. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., October 30.— The Midwest governors' conference closed here yesterday after having organized and adopted a set of reso- lutions revealing their attitude on agriculture, waterways, irrigation and reduction of State expenditures. North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missourl and Iowa will form the nucleus of the new organiza- tlon. Invitations to join will be ex- tended the governors of every State from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico and from Illinois to Wyo- ming. The resuits of the conference, in brief, were as follows: A resolution expressing the opinion that if the American protective tarift is to be retained legislation must be enacted which il glve agriculture “equality with industr: 4 labor in the American protective system.” Favorable action on & stion from Gov. Christianson of nnesota that legislation be advocated to give governors increased powers with which they can curb State expendi- tures. . “Immediate_consideraton” Great Lakes-St. Lawrence project, be- cause of its “general and pressing im- portance.” In the opinion of several agricultural leaders attending, the most important outcome of the conference was the position taken on farm relief. for the The oldest eggs in the world are be- Heved to be those found in Mongolia, and claimed to be those of the dino- saur, a reptile which lived 10,000,000 vears ago. O PAYMENT DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY! OWN CONVENIENCE! COME TODAY AND FIND OUT ALL ABOUT OUR EASY PAYMENT PLAN ASKINS STARTLES THE CITY WITH ANOTHER AMAZING OFFER! A NATION-WIDE CHAIN OF STORES CAN DEFY ALL COMPETITION BU | N . § \ \ . § N | \ N \ \ \ \ \\. . . \ . . \ . Buy on Payments NN, 72 277 77 % 7% Two Pants % WY \ Charge It Open Saturday Until 9 P.M. THE EVENING STAR, Squirrels and Thin Corn Husks Predict Mild Winter, Weatherwise Farmer Says Now that the Fall season is on in full swing, weather prophets—the kind that scorn isothermic maps, barometric pressure readings and other _scientific paraphernalia and rest their prognostications solely on nature’'s own signs—are coming out with all manner of predictions of how hard the Winter is going to be. One brave, optimistic and cocksure prophet was heard to declare at the Center Market yesterday afternoon that, despite all odds, the Winter is going to be “mild.” A sharp-eyed farmer he was, with a wealth of “arguments.” “Yes, 1 realize that nearly every one is predicting a hard Winter, but that may be due to the coal strike. Prefers Squirrels as Trophets. “Fact is, the Winter is going to be mild. I grant you that the weather man can tell when a storm is coming and he doesn't often miss. But there are certain natural signs which if ob- served will beat the weather man all hollow in telling us what kind of a Winter we are going to have,” said the Virginia farmer. “Squirrels and other animals I have noticed that lay in Winter supplies are not very busy putting anything by this Fall. I have noticed, too, that in shucking corn in 1917-18 that the squirrels were very busy laylng in corn and nuts. Now they pass by the corn piles and stop only long enough to get one meal. I take this as a sign of a mild Winter. and this sign has always proven good in the past years. “Another sign is the thin husk on the corn—very thin and just like last year. Then, again, take the thickness of the coat on the horses. My horses have not yet begun to grow their Win- ter coats, and their hair is almost as thin as in Midsummer. ‘The more scientifically inclined, however, are just as prone to scorn such “opinions” of the weather as are the men of the =oil to scoff at the sci- entists' tubes and charts. | A protagonist of the Weather Bu- reau way of looking at the signs de- clared in refutation of the Virginian's | { have been absolutely exploded. opinion that the old superstitions | The | uperstition” that a severe Winter | is coming when Summer birds fiy to the warm climates early has been disproved, our sclentigt declared. Ducks fly South sometimes when there is a drop in temperature, but that doesn’t prove at all that the birds know what kind of a Winter is coming, he declared. And as for the forecasters of the Weather Bureau, they are determined agnostics as regards predictions of the severity of the coming season. 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