With easy access to up-to-date reports, few people today rely on a weathervane for their weather predictions. Today a weathervane is mostly for decoration, but at one time, they were an important tool for anyone who needed to know what the weather had in store. On this date in 1903, the Hope Pioneer reminded readers of the humble weathervane that was so often taken for granted. Weathervanes were usually placed at the highest point on a house or barn. It had to be away from trees that could