The great drought in the United States will probably swell the ranks of the professional rainmakers. Years ago, it is recorded, a Californian expert was appointed official rainmaker in Yukon, Canada, at a salary of 10,000 dollars a year, contingent upon his providing "sufficient rain to ensure success to the placer mining industry." At the end of two months when, despite his persistent bombardment of the heavens, the rainfall had been far below the average, he was compulsorily and not very ceremoniously retired.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 274, 18 November 1936, Page 20
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