Morning Oregonian., January 01, 1902, PART FOUR, Page 53, Image 53

THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY -1, 1502.
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PORTLAND'S FINE CLIMATt
neither too hot ix summer nor
too Cold ix winter.
Mean Temperature About tke Same
ks in London and Paris, but
Rainfall Is Greater.
The meteorological conditions consti
tuting the climate of any place are bo
numerous arid they require such exhaus
tive treatment in order to present them
in a strictly comparable manner that
when discussing- the subject in a popu
lar way only the most salient features
can be touched upon, without afflicting
the reader with a wearisome mass of fig
ures that to many are as meaningless as
they are bewildering. For this reason
the beauties of Portland's climate are
never fully "realized by those unfamiliar
with it, as, no matter how carefully the
picture 1b drawn, many of the finer
shades and colorings are always miss
ing, which weakens its attractiveness to
those who otherwise would bo most ap
preciative of its many excellent quali
ties. Eastern people, as a rule, hold the er
roneous belief that because Portland Is
so far north, its climate must necessarily
be cold in Winter and hot In Summer;
but this la far from the truth, as will
shortly be shown. The exact latitude of
Portland Is 45 deg. 32 mln. north, which
Is about the same as that of St. Paul and
Montreal. We all know that these places
have what Is commonly called a severe
climate. Tholr Winters are long and cold,
with frequent zero temperatures, while
their Summers are uncomfortably hot.
too hot In fact to successfully carry on
business, and the vacation period In these
cities Is fixed during the Midsummer
weeks, when all who can seek the sea
shore and mountains for their cooling
breezes and the comfort of a good rest
at night.
m Hot Summers are proverbial In all of
the United States east of the Rocky
Mountains, except perhaps over a narrow
strip of country paralleling the New Eng
land coast. Let us compare these well
known conditions with those prevailing
in Portland at the same time, and no
better example could be given than that
occurring during the great heat spell of
last July, when King Corn succumbed to
its blighting breath and the people In
our large Eastern cities died by the
scores as a result of Its severity.
Portland, Or., July, 1001.
Date Max. Min. Mean.
1 65 49 57
2 CI 61 56
3 C3 50 5G
4 73 45 69
5 SI 54 GS
C 75 53 64
7 74 51 C2
8 !..64 53 5S
9 68 63 00
10 76 50 63
11 66 55 60
12 72 51 62
13 68 51 60
14 77 61 04
15 74 55 64
16 72 56 64
17 77 51 64
15 72 55 64
19 69 66 62
20 S3 52 68
21 73 6S 66
22 73 64 68
23 75 CO 68
24 74 51 62
25 70 50 60
26 71 4S 60
27 .'. 70 50 60
28 82 62 67
29 83 55 69
30 79 55 66
31 76 56 66
Mean 1....73 53 63
The total precipitation for this July
was 0.12 Inches, and there were only four
cloudy days during the entire month; the
remainder being either clear or partly
cloudy. On the hottest days the tem
perature at night dropped below the 60
deg. mark, and the coolness of the even
ings was as refreshing as could be de
sired. Portland's Superiority as a Summer
Rctiort.
These figures demonstrate beyond all
dispute the superiority of Portland as a
Summer resort, and it Is only necessary
for the exact conditions to become widely
known when many Eastern people of
means will arrange to spend their vaca
tions In this delightful climate.
We now come to the Winter months in
latitude 45 deg. 32 mln. north, the latitude
of St. Paul and Montreal, cities noted for
their ice palaces and toboggans. Ice
palaces are beautiful and grand and well
worth viewing, and tobogganing is ex
hilerating sport, but neither is practica
ble without steady rold weather for the
one and plenty of snow for the other.
The mean Winter temperature at St.
Paul Is 15 deg., and at, Montreal It is
16 deg.; while Portland has to be con
tented with a mean Winter temperature
of 40 deg., which Is too warm for either
Ice or snow, except occasionally for very
brief periods. The explanation of this
great difference in temperature between
cities in the same latitude is very simple.
It Is due to the fact that the -general cir
culation of the atmosphere Is from west
to east In the north temperate zone, and
the winds that blow over Portland come
from the Pacific Ocean, while those that
blow over St. Paul and Montreal come
from the cold, treeless region of a conti
nent. Comparison "WItk European Cities.
The ocean tempers the heat of Sum
mer as well as the cold of Winter, and as
a consequence all places situated near
the eastern shores of large bodies of
water north of the tropics have equable
climates. We will now follow our par
allel of 45 deg. 32 mln. north across the
Atlantic Ocean, and see what is to be
found there. It passes through Central
France, near Bordeaux, and into Northern
Italy, very near to Venice. As the data
showing the climate of these two cities
are 'not at hand, we will take In their
places those of London, Paris and Berlin,
which are the most populous cities of
Europe, as well as cities situated several
hundred miles farther north than Port
land. Mean Temperature in Scgfreea Fahrenheit.
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Portland 49 65 53 40 52
London 48 62 51 40 50
Paris 50 64 51 38 51
Berlin ( 47 65 49 33 48
The Portland Winter mean temperature
Is identical with that of London, but It is
warmer than that experienced in Paris
and Berlin. The Summers in Portland av
erage the same aa Berlin, but they are
slightly warmer than those at Paris and
London.
It Is quite evident from these figures
that the temperatures it Portland com
pare very favorably with those of the
largest cities in the world and that im
portant element can now be dlsmlssea
while the question of rainfall is taken up.
It Is desired to pay especial attention to
this important element, because of the
widespread belief that has gone abroad to
the effect that during the Winter it
rains all the time In Oregon. Oregonlans
are often called "Webfooters," and it Is
not Infrequent to hear the extravagant
assertion that there are but two seasons
in Oregon, "the wet season and August,"
Inferring that fall the months except Au
gust are w,ct months and that August la
rainless. Neither .the appellation nor the
jocose classification of the seasons is con
sistent with the facts as will presently be
shown.
Rainfall 47 Inches a Year.
The annual rainfall at Portland Is 47
inches, at Berlin it Is 23 Inches, at Paris
22 inches and at London 25 Inches. The
rainfall at Portland Is about double that
qf these European cities, but there Is an
Important difference In the seasonal dis
tribution of these rains. In Europe they
fall very uniformly, ote month having
about as much as another, while in Port
land there Is a wet and a dry season.
Nearly all the rain falls during the Win-
; ter months and the Summers are even
dryer than In England, France or Ger
many. The average number of rainy
days in Portland Is 156, which is identi
cally the same number as the average ob
tained for the whole of Great Britain.
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what less and they decrease in number
going east or towards the interior of the
continent.
The annual rainfall of Portland, 47
Inches, Is exceeded In nearly all portions
of the "Sunny South." North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
and Northern Florida all have a greater
rainfall than that experienced In Port
land, and the following well-known cities
have as many or more rainy daya: Cleve
land, O., Buffalo, N. Y and Pittsburg, Pa.
By seasons the distribution of the rain
fall and the number of days' with rain In
Portland Is as follows:
Rainfall.
Spring 11 Inches
Summer 3 inches
Autumn 12 Inches
Winter , 2J. Inches
Number days with rain
Spring 45
Summer 18
Aumran as i
Winter fS4
Thus It is seen that although the greater
portion of the rain falls during the Win
ter months, there are many days without
rain at this season and also that there
is a fair distribution of moisture during
the other seasons.
The distribution of rainfall Into a wet
and dry eeason In Western Oregon has
many advantages. The soil is sure of be
coming thoroughly saturated in the
Spring, when the crops need rain to start
germination and growth. During the Sum
mertime, although occasional showers oc
cur, they are Infrequent and good crops
have been raised without any rain during
July and August The absence of rain
during these months Insures an abundance
of sunshine, and sunshine means the form
ation of sugar In the juices of plants, thus
giving to them a rich flavor unattalned in
cloudy, damp climates. The Ihfrequency
of rains during the Summer Is also a
blessing In another way, as it enables the
.farmer to harvest his crops of hay and
grain In perfect jafety. knowing that after
they are cut they can be cured on the
ground without danger of being harmed
by unwelcome rains.
Few FoffR-y Mornings.
In Portland, on an average, there are
18 mornings every year that are foggy for
about three or four hours. The fog then
dissipates and the day becomes clear and
pleasant. These fogs are most frequent"
In the Autumn, and they are caused by
cool air draining into the river bottoms
and condensing the moist, warm air to
be found there. They are always wel
comed as otherwise the nights would be
considerably cooler, and during the
Spring, frosts might form and tender
vegetation be Injured were It not for the
protecting Influence of the fog. Statis
tics showing the number of days with fog
in Europe are not at hand, but the dense
ness and frequency df those in London
are notorious and not to be compared
with those that are experienced in Port
land. In this brief resume of the salleht fea
tured of the climate of Portland many de
tails are necessarily omitted, but they
will be cheerfully supplied to those wish
ing further information by addressing the
Chief of the United States Weather Bu
reau, Washington, D. C, or the official
in charge of the local weather office In
Portland, Or.
EDWARD A. BEALS,
Forecast Official, Portland.
IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD.
Beautiful Monuments to Be Erected
by Hon. Otto Schumann.
Hon. Otto Schumann, 204 Third street,
next door south of the Taylor-Street
Church, has contracted with the heirs of
the William Sherlock and the Mrs. H. T.
Hudson estates for the erection of most
beautiful monuments of Barre (VU) gran
ite, to the memories of the deceased,
which will be placed In Rlvervlcw.
Mr. Schumann has also contracted with
Mrs. Adelene Rogers, widow of the late
Dr, Rogers, of Forest Grove, to build in
memory of her late husband a magnifi
cent Westerly Rhode Island granite mon
ument likewise to be placed In Rlverview.
These will be constructed In the early
Spring, and will be monuments, likewise,
to fhe superiority of work to be had at
Mr. Schumann's place. During his IS years
of business activity In Portland Mr. Schu
mann has placed In our cemeteries many
of the most massive monuments they con
tain. He makes a specialty of the design
ing of monuments and -vaults.
SAVOY MILLINERY.-
The Leading; Millinery House of the
East Side.
One of the most successful establish
ments of the East Side during the past
year has been the Savoy Millinery, 2S4
Grand avenue, the Heller building. Its
success has been in great part due to
skilled and reliable workmanship em-
ployed, and Its high-grade, up-to-date
goods and styles. The stock carried is
strictly new, and of the best quality, and
is always kept up to the times. Miss
Bell, rthe propretor, will go to San Fran
cisco In February to purchase her Spring
stock, which will surpass anything here
tofore carried.
FIRE CAN'T DOWN THEM.
Burned Out Twice, and on Deck
Asaln, Bigger Than Ever.
Tho new building Just completed at
Grand avenue and East Main ttreet, for
the H. C. Albee Company, places that con
cern again on deck with one of the largest
stocks of second-hand machinery to be
found in Portland. In fact. It has a very
complete plant for the repair of all kinds
of machinery, and with Its augmented
stock Is better than ever prepared to serve
the people. It has suffered from two fires,
but the firm is not discouraged. It has
bargains for all who need Its wares.
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FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
The steamship Geo. W. Elder will leave
Alnsworth dock Thursday, January 2, at
8 P. M. The O. R. & N. Co. Is the only
line operating first-class iron passenger
ships between Portland and the Golden
Gate. Less than two day at sea. "Secure
accommodations at ticket office, Third'
and Washington.
; ESTABLISHED 1S72.
Parrish,Watkins & Co.
REAL ESTATE, LOAN,
RENTAL AND
INSURANCE AGENTS
Real estate for sale in all parts of the
city on suitable terms. Loans made on
business and residence property at low
est rates. Houses and properties handled
for residents and non-residents. Rents
collected, taxes paid, repairs made and
strict attention given to handling prop
erty In all details. Agents for New A'ork
Underwriters' Agency. Insurance solic
ited. Papers pertaining to realty trans
actions and Insurance claims of all de
scriptions carefully made out and exe
cuted. Notaries public.
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A REORGANIZATION OF THE OLD ZIMMERMAN PACKING- COMPANY.
The business of the Zimmerman Packing Company, which has been established In Portland for a great many
years past, has recently been merged into that of the Northwestern Meat Company, under which title all of the busi
ness of this establishment Is now conducted. The organization of the Northwest Meat Company was effected some
two months ago. Mr. W. W. Spauldlng was selected as manager."
The company today conducts a very modern plant on the Macadam road. In South Portland. In addition to this
it runs a complete retail place on Burnslde street. inthe city proper.. At the packing plant facilities for shipping are
afforded by the river, and also by the West Side division of the Southern Pacific Company, the tracks' of which run
directly through the property of this company.
The capacity of the killing and packing plant is CO head of cattle, 200 sheep, and 200 hogs a day. A large ice plant,
with a capacity of 13 tons a day. Is now being built as an addition to the heavy plant, which Is already fully in
stalled. The completion of this Ice plant will enable the company to meet every demand of the large trade It now
regularly handles.
Mr. Spauldlng, the manager of the company, is particularly well known In Portland as a packer and successful
business man of large affairs. Before going to Tacoma, where he built and operated the Pacific. Meat Company,
the largest meat plant in the Northwest, he had been a resident of Portland for a great many years, where he had
built up a successful and highly prosperous business.
The Northwesten Meat Company puts up a superior quality of meats of all kinds, and its brands are always'-up
to the highest standard of excellence.
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t A REMARKABLE BODY OF "WATER LOCATED IN EASTERN OREGON.
In the way of natural attractions. Eastern Oregon claims today a curios
ity In the shape of Hot Lake, located on the main line of the O. R. & N. Co.,
nine miles east of La Grande.
The temperature of the waters Is approximately 190 degrees. The surround
ings arc attractive In themselves, and as a health resort Hot Lake is one of
the most popular places on the- Coast. The remarkable properties of the
waters of this lake have commended the resort of Hot Lake to the best at
tention of Invalids everywhere.
But little popular attention was called to this resort until a number of en
terprising capitalistsof Eastern Oregon, with a full realization of the coming
Importance of Hot Lake as a popular health resort, bought the lake proper
and the springs, the source from which this water constantly flows, ;it the
outlay of a good many thousands of dollars.
The new purchasers erected on the site adjacent to the lake and at tho
foothills of the Blue Mountains a modern three-story hotel building. ThUs hotel
Is within 150 yards of the O. R. & N. depot. The five hot springs which feed
the lake have a combined outflow of over 100.000 gallons an hour, a total flow
of 2,500,000 gallons a day. The temperature of the water where It bolls out of
the ground Is 190 degrees. During the Winter months the temperature of the
water In the lake itself varies from 70 to SO degrees.
The present hotel building, which is a large and commodious one, is now
proving to be too small even to meet the demands of the guests which fre
quent this resort, and as a result the owners of the property have erected a
number of neat cottages to provide proper accommodations for tho overflow
of the hotel proper.
It is the Intention of the owners of thls property to enlarge the lake and
to make this body of water and the adjacent property highly attractive from
an aesthetic standpoint. A handsome fountain will be erected here, which
will throw a jet of. water to a considerable height.
The buildings of this resort are heated by hot water from the springs,
the system of heating, which Is a new one, having just been put In by
Jacobsen & Bade, of this city.
By way of a fair comparison, the advantages of Hot Lake discount the ad
vantages offered by the famous Hot Springs of Arkansas. The waters of Hot
Springs, Oregon, show about the same analysis as the waters of the great
resort In Arkansas. The volume of the flow at Hot Lake is greater than
it Is at the Hot Springs of Arkansas, and the waters of the Oregon resort
carry 40 degrees more heat than the waters of the noted lake In the- South.
The Oregon resort possesses the better climate, and the altitude of 2500 feet
assures an absence of disease germs and a healthfulness from exhilarating ef
fects of altitude, which invalids generally appreciate.
The resort of Hot Lake, Oregon. Is kept open throughout the year. It Is
now frequented by people from all over the Pacific Northwest, and during
the present season Jt has numbered among Its guests many prominent peo
ple of the Eastern States.
The waters are particularly an efficacious remedy for rheumatism, neu
ralgia, asthma, diseases of the stomach, kidney, bladder and skin Infections;
In fact, it proves a general panacea for the alleviation of much suffering
that the human race is heir to. Dr. G. W. Tape is the manager.
PORTLAND
REAL ESTATE
INVESTMENTS
Portland today offers the best field
for real estate Investment in the
United States.
Portland has doubled its popula
tion (oftentimes more than doubled
it) every ten years for forty years
past. Its present population will bo
doubled in five years.
Portland realty values arc steadilv
lncreasing, but property is still
amazingly cheap.
We are authority upon everything
pertaining to Portland real estate.
We have m our employ half a dozen
expert real estate men, who have
spent many years in the business
in Portland, and who devote all
their time to buying, selling and
appraising Portland real estate and
to the handling of mortgage loans
thereon.
Intending Investors seeking infor
mation should call on us.
MapM and plats of the city may
be seen at our office.
ABSTRACTS
We have complete records and
chain of title to every foot of land
in this county, and can supply
complete and reliable abstracts on
short notice.
TITLE INSURANCE
We sell policies of title insurance,
thereby giving perfect protection
against forgery, fraud and error
to owners of realty and holders of
mortgages. A title Insurance pol
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ported by AMPLE "CAPITAL.
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The Multnomah Trunk & Box Company employs
120 hands In their plant at South Portland. The
site covers six acres of land at the foot of Bancroft
avenue. It moved to this new location January, 1S99.
Since that time it has erected here a .sawmill and
box factory, and a large warehouse, together with the
necessary lumber yards. With good dockage on tho
riv.er and railroad trackage In the rear of its factory
the company possesses every facility for obtaining
supplies and shipping its products to the markets of
the world.
The illustration of the. company's property, pub
lished herewith, furnishes a good idea of the size and
Importance of this Portland establishment. It Is ono
of the largest plants of the kind on the Coast. About
two-thirds of the capacity of the plant Is devoted to
box-making, and the balance of the plant Is used for
the manufacture of trunks. The company turns out
everything in the line of boxes, from packing-cases to
the smallest berry-boxes. For making berry-boxes a
veneering machine is used.
The company manufactures everything in the
shape of trunks, sample cases, bags and telescope.". A
large store, from which Its trunk business Is conduct
ed. Is located at 132 Sixth street. Tills store carries
one of the finest stocks of trunks on the Coast. Mr.
S. E. Wrenn. president and manager of the company,
started tho business of making boxes In 1SS5. and in
1SD3 he added the trunk factory to his establishment.
The business, under the personal direction of' Mr.
"Wrenn, h,as attained very large proportions since that
time.
WEATHERLY CREAMERY CO.
The above cut portrays to the public the magnitude the dalrj'lnff business of Ore
Son is assuming. The AVeatherly Creamery Company began business three years ago
in a very small one-story building on Grand avenue and East Morrison streets, Port
land. Or. By close attention to business, honest dealing with the public and the
manufacture of first-class products, the company has grown to such an extent that It
now occupies the above pretentious building, situated at 360-362 East Morrison etreet.
Besides the manufacture of butter, cheese and Ice cream. It handles pork, eggs, veal,
etc., for the country people on a very reasonable margin. Their building, machin
ery and facilities will excel older and more pretentious concerns of Eastern States.
The dairymen of Oregon are beginning to realize that with modern machinery Ilka
this concern operates, and skilled labor employed, the manufacture of butter has been
reduced to a minimum cost, therefore guaranteclnc tho dairymen the highest-market
price for cream.
Besides the manufacture of the dairymen's cream, this concern handles a general
line of dairy, creamery and cheese factory machinery and supplies, including the
well-known Reld Cream Separators.
The "Wcatherly Creamery Company distributes thousands of dollars monthy among
lt patron for cream. It now receives cream from many districts of Oregon and "Wash
ington. The company aluo has a. complete creamery plant at Junction City, Lane Coun
ty, and maintains a skimming plant at Warren, Or. The products manufactured by
this concern command the beat prices in the markets of tho Pacific Northwest.
"Purity, 8weetne.s and cleanliness" la Its motto.
Tho AVeatherly Creamer Company L- well versed In the dairy and creamery 'busi
ness, and will be pleased to correspond with all persons Interested In tho develop
ment of tho dairy Industry.
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non-residents are special features of our business.
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PORTLAND, OREGON
EDWARD F. RILEY
REAL ESTATE
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PORTLAND, OR.
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