The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-08
A FAMOUS LOCALITY.
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
zr. C.nps,lr4 visit to the Great Grlasry of tn,
TransROeAy Mountain g'slos-I's Vast wheat
ProdactlOa-Gish Priced Lands asd HlEh
Priced AOaty-Adranisgss Discussed.

PrIcld Aoaty-Advlaissss Discussed.
Special Correspondence cfthe IateliRalea.
WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY,
September 27.-My last letter was dated on
board Columbia River steamer on my
way TO this place, which is the metropoli-
tan town Of that portion OF Washington
Territory east OF tho Cascade Mountains.
The Cascade range divides both Oregon
and Washington into eastern and western
sections. II is the projection northward Of
the sierras Of California, just as the sierrss
are Ethe northern projection OF the Cordil.
lerss Of Mexico, and the Cordilleras, in
their turn, OF the Andes Of Central and
South America. This range, as it passes up
through Oregon and Washington, Is about
fifty miles in width and is famous for such
peaks as Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Halens, Mt.
Adams, and, greatest Of all, BIT. Tacoma, or
Ranier as It is called on the maps The
Columbia River finds its way from the
Rocky Mountains (where The Lewis branch
rises) to the Pacific Ocean through this
range. described our pasgage through the
range coming up the river In my last letter.
The climate OF this region e2s: OF the Gas
cades differs essentially from that Of the
country west Of it In western Oregon and
Washington there is long season OF win
ter rains, setting in ss early ss November
and lasting, sometimes, until the 1st OF
March. The rain js not excessive in its fall
at any one time, but Is rather drizzling
rain; a sort Of constant distillation and pre-
cipi,ation OF moisture, Of which many peo.
pie say they get very weary, while Others
say they do not mind II, inRsmuch Us 1t is
not rain that stops out oil door operations,
but one in which you can walk or work all
day without getting wet through.
NATURE OF THE CLIMATE,
o,a- hsra.bsv have I, different In v;,.
M; -, 80 :.
ter. Ihey nave Dut Atlie ram put soou
deal ofcold weather and snow. 1t borders
on cold weather inst nov. and firesin the
,norn;nr aud ovsr;ro, orc NJ, only com-
.Aot."e '"1 W
tortao!e put necessary. out OF aoors ltls
pleasant enough without an overcoat, and
Is Just agreeably coolish and bracing when
you are on the move. find by consult
ing the local records that the highest
range OF the Thermometer this sssson was
9S degrees in Augustine mean tempera-
lure for the month being 81, and the low
est point As. The highest in January lest
wss 81, the mean 80, anu the lowest l2 de-
grees below zero. In no other month OF
this year did the thermometer go below
zero, and infer from the record that 1t is
unusual for it to do SO. The totll rainfall
last year was 20S7, and the year before
2227.
There is a deficiency OF summer rain fall.
In fact thera has been no rain here since
last May. This is an unusual drouth, but
the summers and early falls arc always dry.
The travelled roads are now covered I ON
three 10 six inches deep with dust. Such
clouds OF white alkali dust you never raw.
1t Is agreat annoyarce-Quite 81 much go
as the SCOT in Pittsburgh or Wheeling. II
it wassandy in in character l don't know
what would become Of the lungs Of the
people. They would all die with what you
call the "nailtr'a consumption"
10 the Ohio Valley such dry spell as
they have had here, or such as they always
have, would mean oi Course the total iail.