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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
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"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 ,
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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
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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
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........ ...,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
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..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
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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.! ...
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v-nnecucut The
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"'"'it. of cm Ote, , ' ,TTt 01 Wet
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i country couiv. the Amir .. L.
oec.n cuirrnt Vw-.ri.,,. .1 "(.iirre,
,.l)m lf north. T.
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.... itrVnt western cmnlfit,
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, .... ,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