The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-01
THE rHTNoaK.
The wanderful Wars gr~ssh TTss; C0Eaes
Frsns sks Pacific

A
As sooa As yoG SET into iss nakotas on
lie wav westward yoa hear q s'she ehi-
Eoess From that IS yosi 60 westward
tie stories grow bigger TIE ehinosk Is
sam wind which cones frcrn tire r4esfic.
crosses the Cascade Ard tie Roeky uaoun-
tain rszEes, and makes Is genial Influence
felt IS aar IS flss eastern border IL the pa
kDt2s- Ihe saxsaers On fAs prairies do nos
kn0w whence The chinook eomsGh CT
whittier i goe.h, hat they do know thar il
II hssssed reality.
Nhsn tiae Mercury Is asav down IN thir-
fses teiDa seT0. 50 Rear fhe hsisb that there
i danger ef is going out q sight. the eyes
IS tAe pnopic 81 tAsea q tbe ioaF new states
sara aop@fgiiy - the West Fy and 81
there appe4ss just above tie HeSiera horl-
xos . gray eleua. Ike floating mist no
larrsr than mans hAza. peshAps. That
Is 1grs forernnner 81 the ehinook- The
oaaa EaAy ls intense. water courses ra&y lie
fruzsn 90 the bottom cattle may be per-
sizing from hunger. TIE ground may
ne covered uaay inebes deep gifh
snow existence may seem harden To ali
th.sgs animate. Then shs cloud appsars
TwsiFe hours later. shat = transformation
There is the hre4sh q spring in the air
TIE snow l. eesng Of. The cattle are
browsing on ttHe sanehgv grass The coulees
are fa2 81 running wAtes. Doors are aja-.
shadows &Es asen and everybody Is ont n
sAe opea ar. The chinook has wrought
tAe change.
When you ask the Ksakosaa shout the
hlsszaras be admits That they are severe.
tsszs as az offset he gl0Tsez - tbs chinook IN
Moutzna-tAe t5g ssockGaaa ssslss :s-ssds 70
It's theory that he can carry bis herds
through the winter wishopt feeding Il GnIy
shinooks are frequent enough. But in
Washington. on the hlg prairaez heEwesn
iAs Cascades and the Rockies, the most
usarvelous tales are lid.
IN the c1ozsng hours of the constitutional
convention 81 Washington. delegate
offered 3 resolution 90 the sgfec; that there
E.e incorporated ia tie instrument deoIz-
ration tAat naEiyes st t4is new state be
kngwn hereafter as ~eAiuookers. The ST
pr0pri&tsfaess ~ fAe nazEse he argued. wAs
foana ia the fact that chinook meant warm
breath lie believed u Wss much better
shan ths present els tom @ calling " ash
inxfoa people vest % the Cascades clam
eaters and those east 'hunehgrassers.
= G. Cosgruve, of Pou4eroy. Is the de-
tssuofarnAnteF of the Grand Army
81 the Republic Tor Washington lie en-
lows the distinction Of being the only
private slevAsssi 20 that position. He cane
Wet froia ohio. where be was a promi-
nsnt educator. Telling O. what he bad
known The sbsaeok - accomplish Mr..
Cosxrovs said this
Il haze seen eight feet q suow-thst Is.
eight geet measured q. i fell from ti0e 10
arae-go ~ the groand ia twelve hours.
That was tue hardest waater ] have ever
knowu IN Washington Isila4ly The CHI
nooks are 50 frequent thai the snos nas nu
opporEansty 80 accumulate. Bat ihai
~3utsr il lay nineteen days aefors
melting The farmers hAd not Pre-
pared for Il and she cattle had a
hard siEse getting through There was a.
interesting exhibition of sae instinct OF she
r1sor brutxs At the Arst sign Of the chinoas
The asA COWS. which had been aboat 10
drop vita hunger, eoaid Re seer staggering
tas ard tlss top a tha h3Iss. They setxaesi
+ 10 kuow Thai there ths snoN would
guels faster ana The grass - uncovered
soonest ID Eastern Washington you
{ ean sse teans wofkiag ia the hei3s every
month ia the winter We have days uhich
sre ccsd and uheu she ground freezes *
sosHe sseYta kst one days ch1aookine VII
sake al ihe srass oat of tie ground. Aou
s1Sy got aegseye IS, asst B have sees -.
lncAss 81 frost "a O-t q the gsoana la oae
bear. Tbls j. FEessy bag story - fes
{ tanners hack ia the Ajssissspps valley, bal