The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-06-29
From MoCormick's Almanac for 1S77.l
THE CLIMATE OF OREGON.

health and passion for wealth, are
three OF the strongest laws that 0per'
ute In the breast OF the human fami-
ly Wherever life can be most pro,
l0nged, health best secured, wealth
most easily acquired, there the tide
emigration and population Is rs sure
to flow rs the needle points to the
North Pole.
II Is the growing knowledge thnt
this Is true OF Oregon that Is causing
1t 70 attract so much public attention
and draw so many farmers, emil
grants, tsurlsts and capitalists to
come and enjoy and profit by them
Tho atmosphere Of Oregon is pure
and cheerful, warm and balmyj life
Is longer, health ls better and more
enjoyable, when the ordinary laws Of
such are attended TO, than In any
State in the Union, or In any country
In Europe.
The people OF Oregon are not burned
up four months In summer and frozen
or showed In six months In winter,
nor millions Of property swept away In
n night by overwhelming foods and
devastating hurricanes, as they fire.
gently are In the Eastern and West
ern States Of the Unlon. They do
not live In fear Of being carried to
untimely graves IN hundreds by the
summer fevers that prevail In the
Southern States, nor OF being over
wholmed by earthquakes that visit
California every two or two or three
years, nor yet by Its floods every fifth
or tenth year, not dried up by Its
drouths every third or fourth year.
The summer diseases 40 destructive
to human life among children In the
Atlantic States are almost unknown
In Oregon.
In Southern and Eastern Oregon,
embracing twelve counties OF the
State, there are nine months Of spring,
summer and fall weather that are not
surpassed anywhere for all that Is de-
slrable and delightful and healthy
climate, and scarcely any disease, ex
cept that brought by lnvalIds who
come from other States TO he restored
by the llfe-glvlng powor OF climate
not surpassed on the globe, to benefit
by the healing power Of the warm
and mineral baths Of Southern Ore
gon, and to luxurlate In the delight
full fruits that excel In such variety,
quantity and qulaity. The months OF
winter are distinguished for light
rain, dry snow, little frosts and II
braclpg atmosphere.
The inhabitants Of Northwest and
Western Oregon, including twelve
counties cf the State, and embracing
the great valley Of the Willamette
and Its "forks," enjoy seven months
OF spring, summer and autumn
weather that are almost equal tC
Southern or Eastern Oregon for bright
and cheerful weather and hracinr
and healthy atmosphere. The Ave
winter months, from Nov ember t.
March, bring beautiful rain, tha
produces, In due sensOn, unfallina
crops. These rains retard, but scarce
ly prevent labor outside, in any de
partment, and OF l50 days OF winter,
at least a third of them are dry ant
bright.
Oregon, tho Queen State Of the
Northwest, holds in her right hand
long life and unusual health, and il
her LETT great wealth and power, ant
invites, tho industrlouH-srom all part
OF the world to come and partnke o
them.
The State Is protected on tho wes
by the Coast range from the strong
gales Of the Pacific ocean, and on the
east from snow storms and cold win.
tsrs BY the Cascade Range. The
trade winds Of tho Pacific, from the
Northwest, keep the summer months
OF Oregon sufficiently cool 10 imparI
vigor and energy to body and mind.
The trade-wlnds from the Southwest
In winter, and the warm currents o.
the Pacific ocean, are sufficient tC
keep the winter months mild, com.
Portable and healthy the one protects
from extreme heat and tho Other
from extreme cold. And the mag.
nIflcent snow peaks of Mount Hood,
Mount Jefferson, and their compan
Ions, stand us faithful sentinels, OF
the Cascade Range, ready as soon al
the sun goes down, to cool tho lSbol
and toll. The Coast, Cascade, and
other mountain ranges, the OceaI
breezes, the ocean current, and this
mountain snow peaks, nre worth III
the doctors In the United States Il
the people ot Oregon for lengtheninl
life and securing health. They are
30 many physicians that are In cen
stant attendance to guard and protect
the health Of the people.
Careful observation and minute in.
vestlgatlon by competent persons,
private aud official, establish beyond
successful contradiction that Oregon
Is distinguished for the largest num-
Der Of children 10 family and the
fewest number OF deaths to the pop
ulatlon OF any State In the Union. -
There Is more fever and ague In Sac
ramento Valley, California, in one
year than there Is In the VIII Die of Or.
egon. In New England the deaths
from fever are one In every 293 Of
the population; In tho Great West
the deaths from this cause are one in
150, and In the Southwest, such MS In
ST. Louis, thOy are ono In ll3, while
ia the State Of Oregon the deaths
from fever only average one in every
$40 of the entire population.
The mildness Of the winter months
Of Oregon will be seen when II Is
known that the mean temperature Of
New York city is alo; Albany, N,
Y, 2Go SO; while at Astoria, the
,,,o,,kL 81 thn N,IuunhIo n 10 400 Az.