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WHY
PORTLAND IS IDEAL
MIDSUMMER
T TNSURPASSED natural attractions and a prevailing1 climate that 'pleases are
I I the two compelling reasons why Portland is the ideal midsummer capital.
V . Portland is the center f 'k gigantic open-air plaVground that iriclndes in
, its natural equipment all that jnaui desires. There are towering , mountains,
rushing streams, great rivers and ocean beaches, all within a few hours' run of
the city. Nowhere else is there opportunity for a greater mversion 'of 'midsummer
outings and'so easy of access. . v s ' .:; '., ' ' . . l- '" - :!
. The climate is unexcelled. ' Bright days of warm sunshine and cool nights are
the order during the suihmer monthi Prolonged heat waves are unknown, thunder
storms are. a. rarity, and disturbing winds exceptional.
..These are facts, not fancies. The weather bureau statistics for 1914 show that
during the five jmonths rom May to September, inclusive, the mean maximum tem
perature was 73i7 degrees and the mean minimum temperature 63.7. degrees. A' tem
perature of more than 90 degrees was recorded on five days only. Sand at that the
maximum was 94 degrees, recorded on two days, I June 15 and July 18. During the
same period the minimum was 40 degrees. Sunshine "prevailed on most of these
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