Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1936, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Runner-Upper DASHES UP PIKE'S PEAK IN 3 HOURS. WEST'S DROUGHTS OCCUR INCYCLES Three Regular Periods of Varying Duration Cited in Report. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. TFor 3,000 years the Western United Btates has been squeezed in the coils of two or three interlocking and un- predictable drought cycles. There is a short period cycle run- ning from three to seven years, a longer one running from 30 to 50 years and a still longer one run-| ping from 100 to 150 years | Sometimes all three cycles reach their peaks together—and this may be what is happening now as lhe‘ northern intermountain area faces | what may be, some experts fear, the | worst drought in its history. i During the past 50 years, records Just compiled by the Range Re- search Division of the United States Forest Service show, there have been six notable drought periods—1888 to 1890, 1898 to 1904, 1910, 1917, 1919, | 1924 and 1928 to 1934, inclusive. These have been interspersed with | years of relatively plentiful rain. | Tree Rings Indicate Past. The record can be carried back as far as 1310 B. C. by means of tree- ring examinations—a method which during the last four or five years has been brouhgt to such perfection that in certain areas the precise year when e ring was formed can be determined. | Trees add a new ring of wood each | year and the width of each ring cor- | responds to the precipitation available | that year. Tree ring studies in Arizona, as re- ported by the Forest Service. show | dry years recurring in 14 and 21 year | entrants, failed to finish. cvcles with major droughts every 150 | —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto, years and minor droughts at 40 or | — E 50 year intervals. Periods of poor |in 1934, The saving factor in the growth in the Pacific Northwest be- |sjtuation, it is pointed out by the tween 1630 and 1930 recurred at inter- Weather Bureau. is the fact that up vals of from 3 to 14 years. There are 'to the present the weather has been no records for the region mOW espe- | relatively cool, in comparison with cially affected but there is every!the last great drought year, so that reason to believe that it fits into the | yegetation has not been burned up so general picture. badly. Extremely hot weather in the One must plan for less than average ' past few days has partly offset this rainfall in this region for three or factor. LOU WILLE, Denver bridge worker, shown winning the 12-mile run up Pike’s Peak yesterday. He finished in 3 hours 35 seconds. Twenty-five others started, but half, including two woman MRS, TUMMY - BEN WEBSTER’S CAREER. BEN WAG GRACIOUGLY RECEWED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ORPHANAGE, ONE MONDAY, JUNE 29 Mr. Tuttle Acts! HE WAG THE BOY wu RAN AWAY = MY, MY, THAT WAG ALL OF ELEVEN NEARS AGO ANO- SO0 LISTED IN FRENCH UNION |Lahor Confederation Dou- | bles Membership—Guards Strike at Insane Asylum, ¥y the Ascoclated Press. PARIS, June 29.—France's general Confederation of Labor was stated officially today to have more than doubled its membership in the last few weeks. | Its rosters now list 3,500,000 names. | Roger Salengro, minister of the in- | terior, announced the increased sup- | port to the labor union movement. | Prior to the Socialist government's | | rise to power, the confederation mem- | | bership was approximately 1,250,000, | | composed largely of government em- | | ploves and railroad workers. | Many residents left hotels on the French Riviera after owners pro- claimed & lockout of 450 hostelries The hotels were closed “indefinitely” after the employers declared they could not meet workers' demands for more pay and shorter hours. 100,000 Reported Tdle. Continued strikes in the provinces | four years out of every ten, warns R. | S. Campbell. senior forest ecologist of | the Forest Service. If this were all, there would be no particular reason | to worry, since the Great Plains and | intermountain vegetation has a re- | markable adaptability to such condi- | tions. Within a single year it can recover almost completely from the effects of such a drought. The plants of the range country have an inherent drought wisdom, the Forest Service report explains. Their physiological mechanism has been per- | fected by evolution to make the most | use of available water. Fluctuations Growth Are Large. Fluctuations in growth and abund- | mnce are enormous. For example, | large areas in Montana are covered by | a species known as wheat-grass. For- est Service measurements show that in | 1933 the average height of stalks of this grass was 13 inches. During the great drought of 1934 it fell to an | average of 1 inch. Then, showing its | remarkable recuperative powers, the average height last Summer was 15 inches. But this is deceptive, the | Forest Service specialist points out. | The stockmen who looked forward | with confidence to complete recovery failed to take into consideration the density of the new growth. This de- clines progressively. It may continue to decline, even in a wet year follow- ing a dry one. An experimental stand of mixed perennial grasses in South- ern Idaho varied from 969 square centimeters of coverage in 1926 to 269 square centimeters in 1935. | The range country could stand such extreme fluctuations of vegeta- tion coverage under natural condi- tions, but when over-grazed by sheep and cattle the recuperative power is fost. Without any human interfer- ence, the Forest Service expert says, | the vegetation fluctuations of the area | are as definite and specific as the tree | ting fluctuations. | For any definite year there is no means of prediction. The present drought area may have drenching rains tomorrow. However, this is im- probable since droughts tend to be | progressive. The less moisture there is | in the soil and streams, the less water there is to make rain. The one thing eertain is that there will be periods within every decade of less than aver- 8ge rainfall, that there will be periods within every half century when drought will become extreme, and that over periods of centuries there will be | Killing droughts. i At present the cumulative precipi- gation in this region is slightly less | than was the case at the same time EDUCATIONAL. LAST THREE DAYS © w ENROLL for BERLITZ SUMMER COURSES in French. Spanish—and save 50 POSITIVELY no enroliment for these “Bpecial Courses shall be accepted after JULY Ist. Classes. 7:45 AM. to 9 P.M. The Berlitz Scheol eof Languages 1115 Connecticut Ave. NAt. 0270 W00D’S SCHOOL Established 1885 Summer Courses Stenographic - Calculating Machine Burrough'’s Comptometer | Positions for Graduates 0 14th St. NW. 311 E. Cap. 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Nationalists and Leftists clashed at Oran, with many persons injured in the encounter. Squads of mobile guardsmen were called out to patrol the atreets. Disturbances in Toulouse. Similar disturbances were reported Drought (Continued From First Page.) pointed to a threatened milk shortage, while milk was boosted a cent in Cleveland. In Indiana, without substantial rain since June 2, and in Louisiana, with- out precipitation for more than six weeks, corn crops were threatened. With no general rain since early May, Kentucky needed effective showers | | within the next fortnight to insure a | at Toulouse and in the capital | Guards at the Municipal Hospital for the Insane at Nice declared a strike more than $40.000.000 in the estima- and left nuns at their posts. The tion of observers. sisiers, engaged in social service at . A critical water shortage impended the institution, agreed to attempt to in Hettinger and Adams Counties in guard the inmates after the prefect of police offered emergency service if nec- essary near normal tobacco harvest. In the Carolinas and Georgia losses may run Plant Life Wilted, Hot southwest winds wilted what | Leaders of Rightist leagues com- plant life remained on the Hardpan | Pleted plans to transform their or- prairies. Pastures were the poorest | ganizations into political parties to in the State's history. Farmers who had already lost their crops feared trey would lost live stock feed, too. K Federal Meteorologist C. W. Roberts said farm animals were shipped from the two counties “by the trainloads, not carloads.” Trains and trucks moved along tracks and highways through Bismarck. Even grasshoppers County fields too barren. So they invaded Mandan. Residents watched them feast on garden [oliage. Fears of higher food prices rose with the heat waves. 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