“CLASH OF PLANETS” AND
SPOTS ON THE SUN HAVE NO
FEARFORWEATHER OBSERVERS
That the dissemination of the ex
treme views held by some persons
on the results of an unusual grouping
of the planets with respect to each
other and to the sun can serve no use
ful purpose is the opinion of M. B.
Summers, in charge of the Juneau
-weather bureau office.
On the contrary, he says that the
1 publication of such articles as the one
that appeared recently in Alaska
newspapers, giving a forecast of dire
happenings to Mother Earth from
December 17 to 20 arouses unneces
sary apprehension, worry and fear in
(he minds of the superstitious, and
many of those who have no knowl
edge of the operations of natural laws
relating to weather conditions on the
earth.
About Halley’s Comet
In every community, he said, there
are those who seize upon sensational
prophetic statements and work them
selves into a high state of nervous ex
citement in anticipation of the fulfill
ment of the prophecy.
Halley’s comet a few years ago fur
nished the basis for much speculation
' as to the effect of its tail striking the
earth, and not a few saw visions ot
the asphyxiating of all animal life
when the phenomenon would occur.
Every now and then some religious
fanatic considers it his bounden duty
to enlighten his fellow men that he
has figured out from biblical prophecy
and historical and current events that
the world is due to come to an end
on such and such a day. Instances
are an record of persons disposing of
their property and patiently waiting
for the coming of the end, as a result
of such prophecies.
Planet Grouping Not Unusual
If this unusual grouping of the
planets will cause such abnormalities
in terrestrial weathere, why, says Mr.
Summers, has the world at largo been
kept in ignorance of it until within
a few weeks of the period in which
the events are to occur?
Astronomy is one of the most exact
of the sciences, and the date of the
f conjunction and opposition of (he
plariets in this instance, as in others,
has been knowri among astronomers
for generations, the same as *he dates
of eclipses and other events in the life
^f our solar system. It seems strange
that under these circumstances we
should not have been warned until the
cataclysm is almost upon us
About Sun Spots
That the gravitational pull of so
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many planets In conjunction will pro
duce a giant sun spot may be true,
but it. does not necessarily follow that
the sun spot will produce the strenu
ous weather of which we nave b< en
s«T sensationally warned. Terrestrial
itfagnetic disturbances and storms are
common to sun spots, and auroras, or
northern lights, are an example. But
’magnetic stormB and wind and rain
storms are entirely different phenom
ena.
When we consider, said Mr. Sum
mers, that the earth, as viewed by an
observer on the sun, would be so
small that it would be invisible to the
unaided eye, it seems most unreason
able to think that the sun spot influ
ence on our weather, if it exists to
any material extent, should be con
fined to any particular part of this (as
seen from the sun) microscopic sur
face, such as California, or Alaska, or
Brazil, or Central Europe. The sim
ultaneous occurrence of violent wind
or rain storms throughout the earth’s
surface, or even in all regions in the
same latitude, would indeed be most
extraordinary, and a feat of nature
that, weather records show has not
occurred from past sun spot manifes
tations of great intensity.
From a Scientist
A recent, issue of the Monthly
AVeather Review contains an article
by Professor C. F. Marvin, chief of the
weather bureau, on “Terrestrial
AVeather and Solar Activities,” and
j Mr. Summers submits the following
quotation therefrqjn:
“The atmosphere derives its heat,
not directly from the sun, except to a
small extent, but chiefly from the sur
| face of the earth itself. The daily
sequence of sunshine and darkness;
the varied distribution of clear and
clouded skies; diversities of surface
cover added to contrasts of land and
water areas, including the phenomena
of evaporation, condensation and pre
cipitation; the cycle of the seasons,
| and above all, the fluctuating but
nevertheless perpetual contrasts of
surface temperatures, ranging all the
way from the heat of the tropics to
the frifense cold of the polar zones,
constitute a complex series of varied
and changeable influences seemingly
abundantly adequate to cause and ex
j plain every feature of our weather con
I ditions, however changeable we may
find them.
“Seemingly with little regard for
the considerations just mentioned,
many have sought and still seek to
ascribe terrestrial weather—that is to
say, all the characteristic features of
j atmospheric variations—to minor fea
tures of solar activity, as for example
to the spots and faculae of the sun
or to its magnetic manifestations, or
to the relatively small and irregular
fluctuations in the intensity of its ther
mal radiations, or to some of these
variously in combination, etc.
“Even suppose these solar phenom
ena directly influence terrestrial
weather in some way yet to be proved,
is it not plainly most essential in de
tecting and analyzing cause and ett'ect
relations that we adequately segre
gate and make due allowance foi the
complex phenomena which clearly
must result if solar insolation were
perfectly constant and if the other
manifestations of solar activity were
j entirely absent?”
LATE ALASKA NEWS
4 ~
Ernest Gercken underwent an opera
I tion for appendicitis at the Kennecott
i hospital, and is now progressing fa
vorably.
-
Lou Anderson has gone to Long
i Lake this week to join the woodcut
ters.
Gus Johnson and Billy Woodin are
cutting wood at the Mother Lode on
a contract.
Lack of snow is delaying sledding
this season. Consequently there is a
shortage of firewood till snow falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Reed have
moved into the house on the heights
formerly occupied by the Lysle
Browns.
The chief topic of conversation
around town this week seems to be
the frequency with which “shades of
John Barleycorn” are being brought
to light. Kavanaugh generally seems
to land what he is after.
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Walter Sommer has purchased the
Schultz cabin, next door to the Hu
brick residence, and moved into his
new home early this week. Some im
provements and an addition are be
ing added to the building.
(From the McCarthy News)
Mrs. J. E. Barrett entertained at
dinner on Thursday evening in honor j
of Mrs. Hubrick, on the eve of her J
departure for the East. The guests
present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Hubrick, Mrs. Refior, M. Longley, Mr.
Doze, Mr. and Mrs. Barrett and Law
rence.
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Tegal'adyertisements
SUMMONS
No. C—180
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third division. Carl N.
Anderson, Victor Swanson and Jus
tus Johnson, plaintiffs, vs. North
Midas Copper Company, a corpora
tion, and Frank A. Ball, trustee,
defendants.
The President of the United States of
America, greeting to the above
named defendant, Frank A. Ball,
trustee:
You are hereby required to appear in j
the district court for the territory of i
Alaska, Third division, within thirty j
days after the completion of the pe
riod of publication of this summons, |
to-wit: within thirty days after the
13th day of November, 1919, and
answer the complaint of the above- j
named plaintiffs in the above-entitled
action in which said plaintiffs demand
the following relief, to-wit: A per
sonal judgment against defendant,
North Midas Copper Company for the
sum of twenty-five hundred fifty-two
and .82-100 dollars ($2,552.82), the
further sum of seventy-five dollars
($75) for preparing and recording
nlnims nf lipns fhp fnrthpr I
sum of four hundred fifty dollars
($450) as plaintiffs’ attorney's fees
in this action, and for such other
costs and disbursements as plaintiffs
may incur in this action, and that
such sums and all of them be ad
judged first, prior and superior liens
upon and against that certain mine
and mining property, situated on the
east side of Kuskalina river, in the
(’hitina recording precinct, territory
of Alaska, and cpnsisting of the lode
claims called Morning, Hercules, Cen
tury, Evening Sunrise No. 1, Sunrise
No. 2, Sunrise No. 3, Sunrise No. 4,
Oolconda, Minnehaha, DuPont, Camp
Bird, Boston, New York, May Day,
Black Jack, North Midas No. 1, North
Midas No. 2, North Midas Millsite, i
and the placer claims called North |
Midas No. 1, North Midas No. 2, North j
Midas No. 3, North Midas No. 4, to-1
gether with all buildings, tools, ~ma-j
chinery, equipment, trams, cyanide
plant, mill, and all other tools, ma
chinery, buildings and equipment sit
uated upon or in any manner connect
ed with said mining claims; and that
plaintiffs’ said liens on said property,
mine and premises be foreclosed in
this action, and that any interest,
lien or claim that you, the said de
fendant, Frank A. Ball, trustee, have
or claim in or to any of said mine,
premises or property, be adjudged to
be inferior and subordinate to plain
tiffs' said liens, and that as against
plaintiffs you be adjudged to have no
valid right, claim or lien to, upon or
against any of said premises, mine or
’ property.
The date of the order for the publi
cation of this summons and the serv
ice thereof by such publication is
September 30, 1919.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is the 2d day of October,
1919, and the date of its last publica
tion is the 13th day of November,
1919.
Witness, the Honorable Charles E.
Bunnell, Judge of said court, and the
seal thereof, on this 30th day of Sep
tember, 1919.
(Court Seal) ARTHUR LANG.
Clerk of the district court for the
territory of Alaska, Third division.
By JOHN B. MILLER,
Deputy Clerk.
Donohoe & Dimond, attorneys for
plaintiffs.
First publication, Oct. 2, 1919.
Last publication, Nov. 13, 1919.
NUIIDE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court tor the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, Cordova
Precinct, at Cordova.-—In the matter
of the Estate of James D. MacCor
ma'c, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, as executor of the estate of
James D. MacCormac, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said decedent, to
present them, with the proper vouch
ers, within six months from the date
of this notice to the undersigned exec
utor, at the office of his attorney, Ed
ward F. Medley, in the Adams build
ing, in Cordova, Alaska.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska. October
15, 1919. H. I. O'NEILL,
Executor.
First publication, Oct. 15, 1919.
Last publication, Nov. 14, 1919.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To C. M. Gage, Peter Conaton, Will
iam Farrell, Jack Ryan, Morriss
O’Donnell, Eli McQuade and George
Dempsey:
You and each of you are hereby no
tified that I have performed the an
nual assessment labor required
by law for the years 1912, 1913, 1914,
1915 and 1916, upon the following
described placer claims on Young
creek, a tributary to Nizina river, sit
uated in the Chitina mining and re
cording district, Territory of Alaska,
United States of America, to-wit:
(1) Boston Association Placer
Claim, recorded in 1911, and
(2) The New York Association
Placer Claim, recorded in 1911,
and that unless within the time
prescribed by law you pay your pro
portionate amount of said expendi
ture, your interest in said claims and
each of them will be forfeited to me
under the provisions of the statutes
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
of the United States relating to in
terest in mining claims for failure
to contribute their proportionate
share of the expenditures required
by law for such annual work.
DEXTER CAYOUETTE.
City of Seattle, State of Washington,
United States of America—ss.
Personally appeared before me, a
Notary Public in and for the State
of Washington, Dexter Cayouette, of
Dan creek, Alaska, who deposes and
says that the statements in the above
notice are true, and that the said par
ties have not contributed any money
as labor towards the assessment work
on the mentioned claims for the
period stated.
DEXTER CAYOUETTE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this twenty-fifth day of September,
1919.
(Seal) FORD O. ELVEDGE,
Notary Public for the State of Wash
ington.
My commission expires July 29, 1923.
Date of first publication Oct. 1, 1919.,
Date of last publication Dec. 31, 1919. |
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division. Torger
Asbjorson plaintiff vs. Caroline
Asbjornson, defendant. No. C-176.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting to the above
named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
the publication of this summons, to
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
day of October, 1919, and answer the
complaint of the above-named plain
tiff in the above-entitled action,
wherein said plaintiff prays that he
be given an absolute decree of di
vorce from you forever dissolving
the bonds of matrimony heretofore
existing between you and said plain
tiff.
And unless you so appear and
answer the plaintiff will take judg
ment against you for want thereof
and will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in his said complaint
as hereinabove set out.
The date of the order for service by
publication herein is September 3,
1919, and such order was duly made
and entered and filed herein o.i said
date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is September 13, 1919,
and the date of its last publication is
October 26, 1919.
WITNESS, The Honorable Charles
E. Bunnell, Judge of said court, and
the seal of said court, on this 3rd
day of September, 1919.
(Court Seal) ARTHUR DANG,
Clerk of the District Couit for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By JOHN B. MILLER,
Deputy.
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