Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-02-01
WALIzA WAHI4A WIND.

A CONTRAST Hetwecn ii and the Wind
that blows from the Land ef the
Chinook,
BBstaA Advertiser: Washington, Jan
.nary 1f.--One of the most curious and
interesting features Of the report Of Gov.
semple, of Washington to the SECRETARY
lof the interior, just printed, Il Tie BIT III
trsdltis3n hid rhethoric which he weaves
about zephyr through the mountains.
The east wind, he says, " the drying
or chilling wind, according to the season,
that blows down the Columbia river with
great force sometimes wins called By them
Tie Waiia Waila wind because it came
to them from the direction of the Walla
Walla country. In the winter this wind
brings freezing weather, and sometimes
viii close the streams with ice. In the
summer it is parching wind and Its ap'
preach can be noted for long distances as
| Ii lifts the dust, and debris high In tic
air. It isan. odious wind and
no one wishes it to blow upon him. For
thnatels its reign is always short II
rarely prevails for more than few hodis
but will sometimes continue for three OF
four days.
Its enemy Is the Chinook wind. so call
ell BIZ tile Indiana allsidea ts absve. be-
cause it came to them from the direction
of the country of the Chinooks This is
balmy wind, coming from the Kuro
Siwo, or. Great japanese current Of the
Pacific Ocean. In the summer 1t Il q cool
wind, assA teinbess the heat Af sn,tnnrf sb
30 that nowhere in Washington Territory
do people fall down with sunstrokes. In
the winter it is warm, moist wind, and
is sometimes slightly odotiferous. az II
spice laden from the tropics. 1t Is SO gen.
tie upon ordinary occasions that its pres.
ence could not be noted by Its motion, and
| it ia almost miraculous III its effects.
Snow and Ice disappear before It with
f spr shy mi sss si lRe Il ss sG
hif without parting with its heat. Some
times it constitutes an upper current, in
which case the remarkable spectacle is
witnessed of snow melting from the noun
tain tops while the-mUiileters in the val
legs Register below the freezing point. At
other times it is the surface current, and
| follows the valleys and gorges as flood
might follow them. 1t seems to bear
healing upon Its wings, like Sandalphen.
the Angel Of Prayer, and It's not diffie'ilt
to eaneeiye that tho, IhtliHhs HUHld 4 ish
10 pefsohify ii in order to fix UPON it their
de3otions..
This Mind sometimes penetrates as far
DIS the t,pbef stretches bf the Missof'ri and
even tempers tile, ali on the plains OF
Dakota between the Rocky Mountains.
Wherever it goes the chains of winter are
uhloosened and the ice bound rivers are
set free. The Chinook l. the natural
enemy Ut tile oodious Cast Wild, and While
ordinarily, it Yields its influence as gently
as the zephyrs, that watt the thistle downs
in autumn still there are times when the
two winds engage, in giant conflicts and
fight for supremacy, now in the upper,
then. in the lSwef strata, On tfemounfains
AMI ia the valleys, alternately driving
each other back and forth, swaying the
trees. tossing the leaves; and whirlin9 the
| rain drops or the crystals of snow as the
one or the othe advances. But the COM
| bat is never long, and the victory is
always with the Chinook The inhabi-
tants east of the Cascade mountains, when
winter has seized them and the cast wind
dashes snow in their faces, pray for the
Chinook 10 come. They look by day for
its moist front and listen by night for the
noise of its combat with the east wind,
and when ii reaches them they rejoieN
Such is the Chinook wind, the blessed