The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-01-18
From Oregon.


Our friend GEO. ILrFF. again favors US with letter
from l. w. CASE of Oregon, which is not only highly
interesting, but contains valuable information rela-
tive 10 the climate 'of that Heaven favored country
that will astonish many of readers who like
have always looked upon "Old Wayne" (barring the
almost constant changing of the weather,) as not
many degrees removed from the exact spot where the
Garden of Eden might have been located:
In that portion Of my last letter, which
was published in the Palladium, in Oc-
tober last, noticed severalI Errors
which wish to correct. In place of
'Ureka,' should be Y-re. ka. In place of
'Mupqua,' read Ump-qua, (Um-kwa.
In place of .Caloporia,' read Cal a poia,
(Cal-a poo ya). Eugene City is placed
IS miles from the mouth of the Will lam
mette River it should be 145 miles. In
place of 'Corollis, read Cor-val lis. (The
heart of the Valley). But such errors
as these ar not calculated to do as much
harm to Oregon, as some Of the follow
ing erroneous ideas, that arc extant, in
many portions of the Eastern States I'VE
call all States Eastern that are east
of the Rocky Mountains), for instance,
many persons have an idea that Oregon
is but County in California-for not a
few letters have been received in this
country, directed say to Salem, or Port
land, Oregon County, ,California-it is al
50 a very prevalent idea, with very
many persons, that it rains about thir-
teen months in the year, in this country.
Again, others think that it is so cold
that fruit or Grain will not grow. Others
think that we are only Semi civilized,
and SO on.
Now, 1 wish to say that Oregon is a
separate and distinct State of the Uni-
ted Brotherhood. It never has seeded
from Uncle Sans dominions. Neither
has it ever been annexed to California
It lies between the AID and 10Th paral.
lels of North Latitude-is bounded on
the North by the Columbia River, on
the East by Idahoe, on the South by
California, on the West by the Pacific
Ocean. 1t has one of the most even
and delightful climates in the world of
the same Latitude, or in fact any lati>
tude, as the following weather record
will show:
: WEATHER RECORD FOR OREGoN.-As
the impression is abroad in many of the
States, as also in Oregon, that Oregon
has q greater number of stormy or rainy
days than any other State, I send you
the enclosed table of the weather, which
have kept daily for the past ten years,
beginning April, 1858; which table will
show that Oregon has a yearly average
of IS per cent. of days without rain or
snoso. Besides this large proportion OF
the days recorded under the head CT
sunshine and Showers were days in
which persons could follow their out
door vocations without serious inconve
nience. Under the head Of pleasant
no rain or snow fell between sunrise and
sunset. Under the head of rainy
there was no sunshine, and rain fell
most of the time. Under the head of
sunshine and showers are included
days when part or half of the day
would be pleasant and part rainy. am
aware that rain and snow fell during the
time between sunset and sunrise, also
that many days that are marked rainy,
the night would he clear and pleasant.
think one will Offset the other. have
also noted some of the ezfrenaes during
some years, which you can publish if
you think them deserving of notice. /
think table Of this kind will be appre-
ciated by persons interested in or in
Uuiring about Oregon:
We have not room for the entire table, only for
the REC APITULATIoN of years:l
Years Pleasant Rainy Sunsbine Snow