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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1880)
78 THE WEST SHORE. June, 1880, .iriH.ivi; AIMU'T HI.Ks, DIBTANCRfl AMi B1QHT& Kry obnarvlng parani, mu.t ha. a, nnti.ed thai MM jmlgmrnl 111 r)inl t. the uu, dl.tanoe or bight 0 object it often mnwiiii, 111 caae wa at nut familiar either nf than, dually it la under e.l, mate that mum wn think the object .mailer, nearer, or lower I L. . 1 II.. l . 1 . . 1 man iv r.aiiy ia, ami iii ! iari ci plain, a yre.t many pwmili.nt.c. which have, lawn tin, auVjjnc-t l duput. Muc h aa why tin mom I..,.. larr ban naar tha hnnniu than when high up iu tha .by. The MMOM t MM an.i m.ny other lIlnaKina l,ut mi- ami dialaucc an? aa f..ji, Mania a, 11. 1 I Ui imive 1,11 tha earth'. urla,, an i in tin. way trained In judge about ilnUimaa ami MM aa mix aa limy ara MM in a hnria.iitl i.r mail) horitouUl dm . tmu. lint aa Hun aa I bay am wen lar above rilatii In low, ba la at a Inaa tu Judgw, ami Ml a n il mi intar' MMliOM Mil I f ui i.i.hea bun a acale tn JuiIk by. 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HV Ntd in n BagUu cxobanije a r.airt by Kiiuliah wiot nii-ri;bauti wbo have lat. ly 11,:,. I.' a . !. atuily uf thu win.' prixiuc tion in Franca. They MJTI "To jodgi ot tin) I'flrrt uf tha ibyllnxi'ra it in nai:i a.ary to tin aa MJ have ilune I.,'. I , to M thruui,'li tin: ..... :f..win iliallH!. ul t rancaam! tliuro to aa iba lalmlmii jiru i i aaliail fur tbo innat in fari'.i wtiii.; ami alan In .aa how Krauuu ill uhliLM-il In buy frmii bar ni'ltlilx.r. anythuiK lie ran fti aa MUM tn avtj jJy tvr OMU OOOMMIM, . ....... 1. , . 1 ,1, 1,1 11 1111; inv . j .... 1-11 11, .1 1. 1 1 , ami wa rrurat tn aay, MOM OOOMdMwjbll (jiiau- lltn-a ara In. unlit I'V tha laaillliL' UordMIII Dier rbanU, whu ili.llhtli'M Hill ai-lul lllrln tu this martat a. , lar. t., thua ilmtroy (hlir ri,iuta lion ami that ul BordlMX wioi. A moru nil MMTOM pnlu y uuuhl nut Ui folloWld, ami if nur rrflria liml it neiraaary to hill a Mini at .'1'. a hotahMdi mi Mould iMonnmd thin to bllV 11 tiirrrt frum Snain .1 Laaa mntiau than ll, ami, w in,. frOB BoMMU imui liaiita at I author prion, ftu .. i.iiui. rlarot ran bn Inuinht in Kinlaaiu miliar .V. lint raah bv thr mnrrhanta iMto, ami at that pritM thl iUality in very bail; it, tluTrfnra, aUmla tu riMM that if thuy nip. nly a win,, at r BDiUf that pnea, it MMI MMI bom oumi dMrioM, ami not bi lanaioi Efrmoh win.." Kin MiruoD 01 mkimi Bim A firm in I'arm haa dot un .l a MM Mthod fur mamifui' kMM MM M Modi for mu-lunrrv, Mhioh i lllipluahla In iiiIiIht. I, alln r u, I, Kuita DOroM, ami imu in making thu boll lib kMritodiaol rib. ..r gMOVM, thu main oh MM "I win. I, 1. t iBOfMM Iharapacity of thu bolt of lb,, rama rr.ua aritiun, aay twrlra in- mm, by iini ntn tkMfth put la thi umu plaru. ami to provunt (, .trtstchinir air I tariatmn. Ai.nlh.a ...... 1 . 1.. 1 ,.i nil, mom iur.DOon 1. groorin au ml,. thi bolt RAINFALL WKST OF THE SIERRA NE VA lA AND CASCADE MOUNTAINS. At first tight, wo might suppose that as all tin. great belt of country lying west of the Sierra Nevada anil Caicado mountains, is exposed to thu full iufluunco of tho vapor-beoriog weat in. I. cominu from the vast water surfana ,,f the l'acilic ocean, it would receive an unfailing mill bouDtifo supply of rain. The interposition of the cunijiaratively low coast ranges, between the great vulleys ot California and of Oregon, ami thu vapor-bearing winds from the Pacific, could hardly bo expected to produce any very gnat diminution in tho supply of moisturo reaching those valleys. Yet the fact is far ,. tln.ru 1... Iii.l. . .! ,. . ,f ,,, I 1... ......... l. . - - .wwwn. .... ... .,10 uumi muges, no less than on the great California valley, the rainfall, although usually sufficient to assure a remunerative return to the farmer, is frequently very scanty, especially the southern portions. Considering tho comparative proximity to the great water-surface, and the direction of the i.rt.vnilin.r u-ir.,1. il .. .........:.!.: 1 ..... I ' 10 "i-.tiiii now utiio rain falls on tho l'acilic coast between San llicgnand Capo Mendocino. Not only is the amount of rainfall smaller than might be ex- ...... I.., I l.i.l i. i ..la. : . .. ,.v..v.., ..... n , j , 1 1 1 , irregular, ami thus ln- vi.li'i.u tin. ..I VB L 1 1V1 wuuw muiay, ror example wo have the following extreme fluotuationi in the annual rainfall at San Francisco and at Sacramento: IHIIIIBC0. I SAcaAMSKTO. "UU. 1: ,n,i ,n Season. 'Ml 7.40 In. 1K60 S1 IW ' -' 4ll.!7 In.m01.l2 TAI1I.K Of RAINFALL. The following table exhibits in a li.Alttn.r tli. - .1 . 01 rainiaii as we northward along the l'acilic ooast. lUlnlall. 1.71 In. 36.66 in. striking advauoe HI. Hi nig Ualnriill Wiwt of Blorra Nevmla Mountains (Mo COM An-raije UaifaU m lm-he, Ulllmla I .rt mi . a.11 DMoi PraM Mim t. ! a- JJ 11 1,1. ,. , f..n Mill. r awi Krai., iw.1 Oh i.i... ..I , laai, r.i Waal 'I IL, 1 .i...,ii 1WIU, I.Mt.,, on 1. . . . . ... 1 1.1 i MM r..rl I mi.itu III.. .!... '.t 1 1 ..a r Yaiaklll A.I..I. r",at Kir. att. Il IMMnMIMM t',1 airil....r, MM lu, MM 1 , .. . , i of Roc- KprliiK. Hummer. Autumn 1 Winter Year ord 1,1 .., ! Ynr. H ' o as i o.oa i ... 77. r.w.1 , ;J ! ! 6-81 0.1(1 ta N N r.w.i i J X J 8.00 11.83 2J ''' talla, - ... I-S 1 7. S 16. J8 " Sm o S? !? : 881 8 6i Wile, : !-2 M.W 21.04 28 1 67n oH 1 13.80 H " " Wile, " J O" 11.03 10. 6U 18 " ' M SSJ ! " S? 8.41 20.00 2 " 'I. ill? ,Sf 1B-S3 86.02 I . UM. ui ! 16.04 62.20 1 44 COM la m I,! H-an 62.01 81 60 I : :S 5 ?i:S I 44 rjraal , w :.' '6 "4 32 08 117 u ; lft ? ': S:g '''' tali 11 ;" 18.M 43 OH i - ' " i " 83.30 lnl amp aa aaw l.il, n. txsssEEasaasi nbi.hi.iaw.h.h.: ' " '"' wt .hih ii or ,i warn B!. MMI ina,h.,.ar, i. boUl l,,r . 1 . i" nmtw :.. :k'r.."-","'K i-.t. Iti i ,,,.! iboinwi Z I'asum ni h.rMc. ,. hap T . '. !l ""H and Ml. Ur. ,rr..U,. Iplrml M4M reg. T" ItiHuv i Kan, a i aw v m gim u,";,;, JZZZ2s& .linn. l,.,iii.. i " ' .Ul-un.nluK ..ainlwannh,,,,;;:. a i ura. hm ,.! , ,tn,. . . i . -min .l.l.wiw and NM ,u "r Md alio, u, drT 2Tfca. W X CVC AIIMIHI1AI i.i.t .777 K RAIN ON TUB PA , . oiio ooAir, m r S it ,tf! bnormi1 reult" H augment, with nT ii'Lv! annu1 r,n .l,e annnll .... . ,?Cr"" ' 'titude. Thui. ''ur inche. , th "v" V,,ri,M from h" thn the head f ,'! Oil. deoert., at '-'h the ",a.t f vv J''0- eihty it lawell LT w ""h'nKton Territory. that Mm OTMMlte a h"' tHe geMnU -utnr, an,U, I' rwn Pte.t new the the ii; ? " w? ,rooeed t0 thereto owl chUlC',,Jontly depend, upon the water .urfv.c l l,trD!!.0n f tEe vPr K the aolar Itl", W fficiency Wo, Under ,. nc,,le,nlt.'n Afferent UM--,K.diculanty VS 5""ter kwor latitude, imp.ru ti h ",,dent in t the ocoonic MfSawT 'her UmIrature t-n., wh. ! "-inently . hiKh.r uWnt "'ao h.t an'" C.DUu,ed in " . ao th.t an equaj rjuotioil of
