The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-01-28

dir cooler in Summer: Thar shalle and the
moisture given OF have very decided cool.
ing influence; md, besides, trees have .
very decided warming influence in the Win.
ter: They break OF the cold winds and al
evesgreens give of ca]oric, for the vital
principle 10 constantly active. II any ono
doubts this warming influence Of our ever
greea forests, let him, when tho wind 10
sweeping our valleys 1t Temperature OF 10'
or 20 below seso, walk across the open coun.
try into dense forest of hrs, pines and
spruces, and be will have no difficulty In
determining which b the wsrmcst In very
cold weather the thermometer never falls -
low in On evergreen forest - out of Is.
Our cabin at Highland 10 surrounded by
forest Of pine, Dir and spruce. somewhat
open near the house, but very dense at lit
lie distance. In summer the weather IL de-
lightful, never disagreeably warm. In the
winter We have more snow, but it ID never
20 cold ~ In the open valleys
During tho winter of $3.50, the coolest
was zero; in December g. above; in Jsnua.
~ % be|ow; in February 1Ss below; and in
March 100 below, wilhelm Cottonwood, He.
lena and Virginia City, in the open valleys,
It Was colder in each of those months. In
November, 1860, 1t was ~ below zero here.
In December the mercury did not get very
low, but ON the 18th of January IL fell ito
below, and this was the coolest We have had
this winter. (Our thermometer hangs out on
the north side.) In November it was colder
in the valleys than here, As reported in
the Deer Lodge paper, was 33a below zero
on the 18th Of January; the coolest here
Was 10 below. On Tuesday, the 18th, Mt
Deer Lodge the mercury stood at sunrise
$50 below; but here, two hours before sun
rise, it was ~ above, and at Up. m. II was
l2eo above. We have not seen the reports
from Helena and Virginia.
And besides it should be remembered, We
arc almost 1000 feet above Deer Lodge and
Helena and nearly % much above Virginia.
TREES P4oxOrERs OF VIRTUE AND uAPPI'
But trees have moral and intellectual
value, ~ we'll rs physical. A noble oak
or sycamore can but inspire such feelings of
strength and grandeur as make u stronger
and noblcr. THE largest pines excite emo.
tons mournfully grand and sublime; and
al trees, especially some Of the smaller Va
rieties, particularly when grouped ~ on
many of our hill.siles, are surpassingly
beautiful, and
"A thing of beauty Is jog forever
And those who can say
I'VE always have our whispering pines"
have perennial fountain Of pleasing emo
TONS In life time how much of joy they
give! Who can wonder, then, that trees
have been sacred objects, under the guard
ian care of Dryads; that groves have been
l,allowcd ground for affairs and tabcrnaclcs;
and old forests the grandest temples in ma
tuIc or art.
In short. then, our existence rs . people,
and the success Of our mining operations and
our agricultural pursuits, arc greatly Deepen.
dent upon our trecs Sweep away our for
ests, and our beautiful, rich Montana be-
comes bowling wilderness and dreary
desert.
Our trees, too, make our winters warmer,
our summers milder, and our hearts slasldcr
and warmer. f#s
Our trees, also, ore beautiful; they beauti.
fy our country, and thus they become our
everlasting JOY.
Our trees purify the air, make our mus.
cles stronger and plant RISES with the lilies
on the checks Of our loved ones.
But, alas our trees are too few, and what
few We have are fast disappearing. There.
fore, he who cuts single tree more than
need requires, who cuts green tree when
dry one will do ~ well, is . Vxndal and
has never felt the pathos and beauty Of
"woodman spars that tree"
But he who sets the hrcs that roar through
the canyons and blaze along the slopes of
our wooded mountains, he Is . villain and
deserves ielon's fate. So far - injury to
State and people 10 concerned, he might -
we'll breed Rrasshoppers to ravagc our crops,
apply the torch 70 our mills, and dry up
the waters that Gil our bitches and sluiccs.
For when our forests arc gone, our streams
will dry up. our mills will rot in silence,
and our fields become dust and float on the
arid windA r, . r.s..z.s..
G G. SWALLOW.
slt would be intereseisg and useful II our papers
Woal6 give the Thes0o0eesical record every week.
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T.ELEG RI Ms IN BRIEF.
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