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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1883)
Feb ruary, if 26 THE WEST SHORE. CLIMATE OF THE PACIFIC NORTH-1 object to oceanic influence very similar to WEST, those of the countries menuoneu, u sarily has a somewhat simnar climate, ah i .. . . v- ... vartnr "How rwirt Ihn. w!k in that ttrttti, who laa uoa tills region is near cnuuB.. SSTir. wh, hu bathed ocean to be markedly affected by ,U current.. ihc ict uroi uk moonuin.- reference to any map wnereon me oictu Said prominent writer on western affairs currcJlU ue 6hown, it will be seen that the recently: "The Montana mountaineers will I japan current (Kuro Sivo) that migh- have to fight cold winters ana oeep snows, ,r stream 0f warTn water bears directly but that kind of a battle is better for a man's -'ain6t tne w estern shores of America. The energies than to search a shady place and temperature of the winds blowing over it is mose cigarettes, it is a oeuer cumaic of course affccted bv its heat, and they carry develop energies and make strong patriotism. lhdr modifying influences inland many hun- ll ts mteu tor young oiooa. h i ucn a en- dred mi,es even eierting their genial influ mate a. never overhangs the homes of any ex- . ate of Montana. cept br.ve, earnest mm. and earnest and true - . a climatic map exhib- womcn." Said Hon. Samuel Bowles in writ- . . extreme northern line of wheat pro- Ing of the Puget Sound country : Up here for instancei and you find that above the latitude of Quebec and Montreal I hi;e Qn shore it touches near we basked in the smile of roses that are dc- f ... t , I UiC II1UUU1 U. 11IC u Aawicuic, fc UUIUUV nira to us in .ew tngiana. iicre, wnnin , .. . ,. ., . . 'I rn It rune in the northwAfcf cm milpft Far- the circle of the softening seas, reigns, year ther north and beyond the most northerly that knows no zero cold, and rarely freezing water or snow; that winters fuchsias and the most delicate roves, English ivies and other tender plants, and summers them with riot' Ing luxuriance; that grows the apple, the pear and the small fruits to perfection," and a noted writer on climatology adds, "the cli mate of eastern Oregon or Washington is like that of France and that of the western portion of these commonwealths like one produced by adding the mildness of Virginia to the moUturc of Kngland. point in British America reached by the Co lumbia river. Over $1,000,000 have been invested in herds of cattle and horses during the patt eighteen months, which herds are to sustain themselves without winter feeding on the great bunch grass plains of Bi itish Amer- ica north of Montana, the experiment having been often successfully made by freighters who have turned out their oxen in that country, poor from over-work in the fall, and after leaving them to shift for themselves I ll.......U U. ...! 1 .1 .. The truth is, this great kingdom of variable . , . 6 galnere tnem UP altitude, .nd of "most maL-mlicrnt dL..r,. 'r WCr lne 8Pr,ng affords every Imaginable variety of climate except the tropical. 1 hereforc, if as the THE RECORD BY DISTRICTS. The vallers of Montana, the rnlHest .,-.1 i.,i. u .. ., , ..I ... ' r ........ ...,u,vu empire 01 cu- ot this region, have an average annual tern z: : r: r:1 (our iegrees warmer h- w. ... 14Ucoru,wesi, tan Wisconsin, three degrees warmer than ' Z 7 ",e Michigan and one degree warmer than Mas. 7, , , . W 1 u,nh lvani "chusctts and New York. Montana aver .,., ,c.c prototype-, here. ages,;, day, of perfect sunshine n., I lie Ier.!innuin ron.niiiii..i. ul'l :. : 1 1 1 1 . .... ' ' . . . " "" ,wal d"a ,w rtd and mnrly-oiu fair davs a. ... u.c pr.cn ana secl potato belts of the airainst ,, fcl, . t,' ' . ' low land., and the man of ..,,. r t. "."u,un anQ '7 at ' , : . uu"i10 "na p. Montana's fall of rain ant. a gooj frosty bra. ing atmosphere ran and melted snow is about twenty three inches I li I ...I J . ..u.unimerannieawav. annually fi . ... . ; Ko Inland i, D,mh,r. A,.,,,, Lr Mi ' " ' """" 'eSS thn Virginia City, Montana, in 7i''irv. ci,ll tk. Mmmu . l A v-..Beormean annual temperature inu4anh in tigkl of nlkrr in Ani'ntt Side I mill '''""V in North "aho, is 56- . bv side. Wrndin, hito , . ' , Mt ""ld" how,ng by fivedegrees than is mad(. are summer and winter. Italy and Sw ,7 an T lhan lo land, ".he dieam, ()rirn, and 1 1 b degree, than Maine CkJcnU "11 octAx ctamsTs 1 in is wru known that a wide difference in Icmpri.tute exUu in coirestH.ndine lati. "nc roa.t. f ,tlc i; d - u sne rain and Siates and of F.uu.p, and , e.,,c ha. T? l wel. csUblLhrd. While along tlle raMl.rn , 7 bHC t s fa heofourowncountrvcouiM...K. si. ,8"1 Mmn.v days and dry v,,.,. and New HamntKir. i:.. ' "uise city, in west. n antral Idaho, with. much eater alt . -uc , ta, Len iston, . average te,p,rature o. 1 . the umi. . r.! ... - ... w,Ul ana ,our j arnirr il,.. r .. . 6 v-nnecucut The vciaee snrinu ... . ... "'"'it. of cm Ote, , ' ,TTt 01 Wet - .j - . ;y. nnoic war i country couiv. the Amir .. L. oec.n cuirrnt Vw-.ri.,,. .1 "(.iirre, ,.l)m lf north. T. urn l It. L.M u . . i I .... itrVnt western cmnlfit, K urrtrw ... . ....... I i , .... ,7 ,nr nil).v tillf ttir.m. whL h lrr. 1.. .1.. 1 I .. :. " " t,r ",ofr lc ther- The th.r 1 " n. w.wn oi tnc tropical ocean. "KKr fell,m rise, above oo i n.- r..i.. .1. . Ithc hott...i .i... ., ",c 9 In iv river region U in the Mme faI1, -,w "mmcr, and rarclr UtltuJe .. ,y K...K, Switzerland ta ' W 20 in e winter; w that S ,l" rn4t ,1 h,lr(,,of the day. Considering the thermometer1. limited range during the four seasons, and the other conditions peculiar to the locality, year wouia De more properly divided into two Masons the wet and the dry ; the for. mer lasting from the middle of Kovem'oer until May, during which period the rainfall is copious and regular, insuring certain crops and good pasturage. In the Willamette val. ley the annual rainfall is 44 inches about the same as at Davenport, Memphis, and Philadelphia, while in all other valleys it ii sufficient to prevent any drouth. The rain never comes in torrents, but gently and with out atmospheric disturbance ; thunder storms are rare. The climate of Middle and Eastern Oregon differs in this from that of the western part of the 6tate, that there is much less rainfall in the winter and consequently more cold ness in the latter, and more dryness in the ' summer. The rainfall, however, throughout the greater part of Eastern Oregon, is suffi cient to insure large and remunerative crops. The range of the thermometer is rarely above the summer temperature of Western Oregon, sometime, reaching 100, but only at rare intervals. Ordinarily the thermometer indicates 90 as about the highest summer temperature, and 10 as the low est for winter. The climate of the different divisions of Washington Territory (eastern and western) is nearly a duplicate of that in correspond ing sections of Oregon. The range of mer cury is a trifle lower, and in the Puget Sound section the rainfall is a little greater; but these differences are hardly perceptible. If these fact, prove anything they prove that the habitable portions of this whole northwestern region are singularly adapted, by virtue of their climates, to comfortable out-door work at all prominent industries the year around ; that with soils of ordinary fertilitv the various cereals, fruits and vege tables can be grown over a vast extent of now unoccupied territory; that millions of cattle, horses and sheep can thrive without shelter or prepared food on almost unlimited natural pasturage; and, best of all, that this is one grand sanitarium undisputably the HEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLDl According to the official report of the Sur geon-General of the United States army, the percentage of deaths from disease to each 1,000 soldier, in the different military district of the Union are as follow., the result hav ing been the average of four years : Atlantic coast, out of each 1,000, the percentage of deaths was 17.93; Arizona, 12.11: Pennsyl vania and Michigan, 6.05 ; the northwest, in cluding Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Wash ington, 3.25. The Gulf states make a worse showing than the Atlantic states, and the northwest is by far the best of all. The mor tality statistic, taken in connection with our national census, show, a smaller death rate for Idaho and Oregon than for any other com monwealth In the Union, Idaho standing first with a percentage of 0.33. Oregon fol lowing with 0.69, and prominent eastern state, following in thj. wise: Ohio, i Hi
