Daily camera., 1897-08-21

Colorado's climate is unsurpassed in
all the world. 1t is superb, salubrious,
grand, and the crowning feature of this
great commonwealth. One Of the most
exhaustive and at the same time in
structive articles dwelling on the cli-
matte conditions OF the state was writ
ten recently by j. c. Dana, librarian
OF the public library of Denver, and
was issued in pamphlet form by the Ua-
ION Pacific. Denver & Gulf and the Den
yer. Leadville & Gunnisons railways
Ihe pest portions of the story are re.
produced below. Mr.. Dana says:
colorado climate is. of course, as va
ried, in many of Its aspects, as is the
| surface of the state itself. On the noun
tain peaks. 14,00O Feet above the sea, is
perpetual snow, with scant Alpine vege-
tatton peeping forth at summer beside
the drifts. In the lower valleys the cli-
mate Is almost semi-tropical, and here
de1clous peaches, grapes and similar
fruits are easily and profltably grown.
Between these two extremes are found
climates of all degrees of temperature.
Places at the same altitude, moreover,
IN different parts Of the state, vary
Ing as to the trend of the valleys in
which they lie and as to their exposure
to the winds, vary also, and widely, as
to their temperature and their attract
tveness as places Of residence.
Three things common to all Colora-
DO, however, must never be lost sight
of-blue sky, sunshine and dry air. All
over the state it Is true that, save In
the highest altitudes-say about 1000
feet-on many days through mldwinter.
1t Is possible for one to sit in comfort
In the sunshine in any sheltered nook.
IT Is this almost perpetual sunshine
WHICH has perhaps more to do with the
exhilarating effect of Colorado's climate
on both well and sick than any other
one thing.
The sun in Colorado-in that great
tract along and among the Eastern foot
hills, in which are located Denver. Col
orado Springs, Manitou, Pueblo, Trini-
dad, Golden. Boulder, Fort Collins and
Greeley; In that region to which the
tourist and the invalid are most likely
to come and in which they are likely
longest to stay-the sun here shines for
about sixty-two hours out of every hun
dred in which 1t is above the hor,zon
(The year 1892 Is taken as a fair cyan.
pie) That Is, our ratio of total actual to
total possible sunshine is sixty-two In
phlladelphla this ratio is forty-nine.
During the winter months, the irving
time Tor the invalid, the difference 10
more striking still. In Colorado we get
from December to March, 56 per cant
OF all possible sunshine. In Philad delphia
they get only 81 per cent, a difference
IN Colorado's favor OF over one-half.
In ten years there were in Denver. ON
the average In each year, 314 clear or
party clear days. In Chicago, in the
New York 262.
The sun was visible in Denver at some
time In the twenty-four hours during
every oay Tor the thirteen years from
1877 to 1885. save on thirty-two doys
only.
The dryness and rarity Of the air
make the suns direct rays hotter and
seemingly more penetrating here than
In lower attitudes. Colorado sunshine
will dry the soil, soften the atmosphere
and warm up everyone who steps into
It after winters storm in far less
time than will the sunshine which falls
through the damp and heavy atmos-
phere of the East.
The dryness OF the air Of this great
tnid-continental tableland. and the con-
sequent rapidity Of evaporation. must
be kept In mind in considering Colora-
dos temperatures. would one gain an
accurate understanding of the climate as
one feels 1t. The average July tempera-
sible temperature OF the same month.
the temperature that is reduced to
Eastern terms, is only 81 degrees. The
Denver summer corresponds to the feel
ings Of those who pass through It to
that OF Manitoba, OF the Thousand Is
lands. Of the Adirondacks, or of the
White mountains. Captain Glassford.)
The summer heat is seeming occa-
sionally intense; but 1t is really little
felt. causes very little Inconvenience.
and never any suffering. In the hottest
Of summer weather 1t is but step from
the heat of the sunshine into the shade.
which Is always cool. Sunstroke Is here
unknown.
The GOODNESS in the shade In Cobra
do. due to :he very rapid dissipation Of
heat by reason of the rarity of the air,
is something very often spoken OF but
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