. The Tribune almanac and political register . emorial Day and Thanksgivingshould be legal holidays was , until the Legislature shallrectify the mistake. Arbor Day. LaborDay and the Saturday half-holiday will tethe only legal holidays. WEATHER BUREAU AND SIGNALS. The Weather Bureau furnishes, whenpracticable, for the benefit of the generalpublic and those interests dependent to agreater or less extent upon weather condi-ditions, the Forecasts which are pre-pared at the central office in Washington,D. C, and certain designated stationsdaily, at 10 a. m. and 10 p. m. f
. The Tribune almanac and political register . emorial Day and Thanksgivingshould be legal holidays was , until the Legislature shallrectify the mistake. Arbor Day. LaborDay and the Saturday half-holiday will tethe only legal holidays. WEATHER BUREAU AND SIGNALS. The Weather Bureau furnishes, whenpracticable, for the benefit of the generalpublic and those interests dependent to agreater or less extent upon weather condi-ditions, the Forecasts which are pre-pared at the central office in Washington,D. C, and certain designated stationsdaily, at 10 a. m. and 10 p. m. for the fol- No. Flag. No. Flag. 1 lowing day. These weather forecasts aretelegraphed to stations of the WeatherBureau, railway officials, postmasters andmany others, to be communicated to thepublic by means of flags. The flagsadopted for this purpose are five innumber, and of the form and colors indi-cated below:FLAG SIGNALS. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. White and Blue Black Triangular White Flag withFlasr. Flag. blk sq. in centre. 1 ~ ~ A I. No. 1 indicates clear or fair weather;No. 2, rain or snow; No. 3. local rain orsnow; No. 4 always refers to temperature(when placed above Nos. 1, 2 or 3 it in-dicates warmer weather; when placed be-low Nos. 1, 2 or 3 it indicates colderweather; when not displayed the indica-tions are that the temperature will remainstationary); No. 5, a cold wave, or theapproach of a sudden- and decided fall intemperature. During the late spring andearly fall the cold-wave flag is also usedas a frost-warning flag to indicate antici-pated frosts. When No. 5 is displayedNo. 4 is always omitted. A soecial (in- land) storm flag, red, with black square incentre (not shown above), is prescribed foruse in North Dakota, South Dakota, Min-nesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming; Mon-tana, Colorado, Kansas, Indian Territory,Oklahoma and Texas (except at stations onLake Superior and the Gulf Coast), to in-dicate high winds, accompanied with snowwith temperature below
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