The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1892-05-07

Its Influence The Climate of Montana.
WHY the Weather Prophets Miss 1t.
Montnnn's Glimnte the Finest in the
Whole World.
Much has been written Of the warm
chinook wind which EXERCISES such a
modifying influence on the climate Of
Montana, but the New NORTHWEST re
cards the folloWu@ from the Great Falls
Tribune presumably the work of Daniel
Scarlcs), the simplest and therefore the
best explanation Of this physical phc
uomcn0n ever written:
"Thp Indians Of Montana hitvr IA tradi
tion that the warm southwest winter
winds come from the land vi the Chi
hooks the name Of i tribe 0t Indians III
Washing gtOn hence the name. The In
dians arc right rs to the direction from
Whence our chinookS come, but quite its
far off i'll locating their sourcr III ,Iescrib
ing their cause, is are many palp taccs
who have css;typ(l to tell all about thcn
We lave said the chinook is peculiar
Wiul. 1t may also be added it Il pecu
| liar to Montana and tp thD Western lyor-
| tion Of British G0lumbia Neither South-
| ern Oregon nor California has the gentle
4 chinook. II timdS itS oUtlnt through
Montana ana M loSt ampiH thr cDld
wave5 of tie INl5o'as which eomc rown
| from the north like q wolf eva the fold,
4 carrying Suffering anil sometimes death
N i'll thrjr embrA@r Btit NJ tlle ytla9tion
\ f,rNm whence comes tle cAnDuk? IIere
| Is tic answers
"'Iln Hyerag" altitude Of Montana ii
htit 3,U0N tAet a6uNn tIr -H l,4yrl, Wliln
II tA" Ayaru-e utitude MI GnIDratia Nv ,NND
I tect, nt Wyoming 5000 full, und III Nav
/ NeNic" 1fN0 feet. 1t will thus be seen
I the area vi Moutunu COVERS d GREAT de-
\ nrrs~irM III the hnGky Mpuntain systpn.
/ Through VI 1rcr this depression thc
1 northeast trade winds, which blow up
from the eastern coast OF Asia, pass to
tAe eastward. ltitt Before reacIing the
4 PACIFIC coast these trade winds must pusa
over the great Japan curreut. u warm
stream Of water whose temperature never
fails below eighty six degrees t'ahren-
}trit, ana becVmr heatrd Us it were hN
The contact These winds, when not cut
/ 9it by cr9ss~cnrreuts of air or met BY
GHinopk- of Montana, i soft, warm wind
before Which the snow upon The plains
and hillsides, and sometimes even upan
the mountain tops, disappears like frost
4uIrr Il July sun.
"lte chinook exercises 4 powerful
influence upon the climate Of Montana
/ 1t is constantly battling against the cold
northern waves and though often dc.
feafea il occasionally yets III its work
AMI when il does the snow ana ice
tHrn to water and leave it monarch Of
all it surveys. But at I'LL times the
Chinook mHdi!irs the r!llnnte Of Mon
tIua. 1t may not be felt III it, primitive
/ warmth but ii is felt in the modification
oi the temperature.
i Ihe weather prophets II Washington
/ will never hit MontAnG weather righr
during winter months unless they take
into account the probable effect of The
j northeast trade winds Their effect IS
! shown III the isothrrlna line that Is
All Imaginary line over the tarth's sur
face, passing through points having
the same mean annual Temperature
L2ltis line drops from tile western protiol
OF the the British Possessions, whert
the warm influence Of the Japan curren
IS felt, into Montana, and from thence
passes through Chicago, Cleavunl ant
Harrisburg. 1t then strikes Europe Il
the southern part OF France aud passe:
through the wheat growing districts o
Russia. Hence it may be seen that tht
average annnl temperature Of all these
points and places named is the same
Every student OF physical geography
is familiar with these facts. But it is
the chinook the gentle chinook, that
yives Montana the finest climate in the
world"