Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-09

So numerous are the l,ttct. pt iu
qufy received lfum different parts ol
the lulnu, Wnitcn ~ people cuut"n
plating change oi home. that ", au.
sw,t iu d,thil uur ~ th,-" Whi,h
seems 10 cover the widest Scope of 10
scstigaliun. Ia the hope that il mas T.,
Of -,tNt,c to- all The author ct thc
follow pp'fie- rr-ii'- in Irsas,
Winch Will account fer the interest h'
talc. ~ the politlcal cundiilnn. IA oar
~tatr Ne legln- With
u"e m.n, irs'"s d. .as fr', irrs the th,,
niun'i'f So So srnttai thIns
a. general thing" It don't get
below fcru at all During r,.ldruc,
oi g. year. uu Puget Sound. thr writer
has never known u To- be- below that
temperature hat once. iuI a day ~ twu
~ au unusually hard winter many sea
sons ago. Last winter Was one ut nm
usual severity iut this country, aud
the snowfall Was quite large. aud the
rainfall has been prolonged beyond
the usual limit. the Let ~ May. still
we have 40 hafdships to report ~ g.
-ulting ,hcfcIrom. aud east of lhc
Rocky mountains the season would
have been regarded ~ one 81 cStfaor
binary mildness
our ordinary winter weather is such
that lo~Iuots oi flowers are frequently
picked through the entire season. The
mean temperature of ia, Winter
mouths average shout - dcgfces in
October. o. ~ November. 30 IN DE.
cembef. 80 Ia - Ia January. o. in fcb.
ruary and - Ia March. This may
seem Ia Eastern people rather Ions
wIater, but the rainy season IN Oregon
aud Washington. which continues
alnut five months. beginning near the
middle oi October aud lasting ull
some time Ia March. 10 IN common
parlancc called winter, aud the re-.
ma'nder oi the year. tho dry
months. summer
h"s hisL 10 the Temperature Ia summer
The mercury seldom rises above Nj
degrees. although II occasionally
climbs To ~. the average temperature
being about ~ degrees
Il yoas ,iims,s .uhisc, to .udirn cbsuse.
No, not oi temperature. In the
Winter months there are frequent al
formations oi rain aud sunshine, aud
the "dfy" season !. not devoid ~ sn
occasional rainfall There are showers
enough Ia supply moisture for vegota
tion, and precipitation IN the form oI
dew. especially 10 the Eastern division
oi the state. l. ~ regular and
ample that failure ~ crops from
dfuu,h are absolutely unknown. 1,
may seem strange 81 people Who have
not considered the circumstance oI
loca,ion aud surroundings that our
climate shoald be- 90 cluihle, hu, u IL
easily explained The japanese cur.
sent which nows from the equator
nnTthwsid. l. defocied from q direct
course sud iluws along our western
ouasi Til. warm current produces
the same etfev, as the uuii stream on
some parts II the Atlantic Coast. and
so,s as az Immense heater At the time
when the Fros, hing would olhsrwise
make his presence mos, sensihly ielt.
Western Washington u likewise pro.
t"eie'i from souihwvst storms by the
Cascade range II mountains, which
makes u still motc even than the
Laslefn division which is IN some de
sfee protected ~ the backbone oi the
conilneni-lhs Rocky mountains
This ensures a climate ui sn equal and
mid temperature, adapted the more a.
comfort ifum ihs fact ,ha, the nights
II summer are uniioFmly cool THIS
Ia owing Ia the mo'iefs'e temperature
II the Lay as sell as the northwest
breese prevailing uniiotmly durlng The
dfy season
- leu tsss 'sis ssthrf 49, ttei ia tu tsu.
lnfeia sni ufesHh
The question shoss that They say
has l'een. - usual. unreliable The
climates oi talliufnla aud oregon are
'efY dissimilaf. whilu those ~ Wash.
inglon aud our nelshhorins state atp
slmos, identical Caliiofnla IL noted
Toe dfoush, in summer Oregon aud
Washington never, The soll requires
expensive works tuf irrigation In cab.
h'fnia here none. The temperature
is generally higher Ia California than
iut,h't north. a. ;. Indicated ~ the
production oi tropical ifuil.. such a.
oranges. lemons, grapes, and such ,sr
elahlrs - the sWeet Iotata.
hastsfu people "--snd w Eastern
people 49, msAa southern - we'll
should hssf ~ mind that Csliiotnia is
bat pat ui the rs,iHr Coast. and 10
nesfl, thousand m,lrs from Puget
Sound, 'hrfe lsing tea degrees ~ lsti
lu,l' difference l,etwvvn san ffanrisco
snd uly mtia This s.lmonilion seems
proper Al this t,me - ,he wti,sf found
- many people during an Easisfn
tour She persisted in designating the
~hul. Pacific slope rui,mrnta
ius go r,ati' saiis,,ta t'usshit' stand ,ss
iinsiH
hfun, hits. dependent on antsce'lsnt
pulmonary disease especially 81 the
dfy variety ls often ienettied by the
muis' sal,y atmosphere Acute bion'
chius - Almns, always cured ~i,hou,
becoming htunic When u becomes
,hf1nir. there 10 " an excessive muco
putul.nt .puta, a. one oi the doctors
states a. u huu Ne have eonsultsd on