Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-18

receiver for the different properties is.
a result of the latter S late arrival, and
a hearing OF the several cases will
probably occur at an early date .
The nineteenth case of smallpox is
reported in the pest house, the disease
being traced ITO miner from Dawson.
The interesting fact develops in CON
nection with the smallpox patients
that not one of the nineteen suffering
from the disease was ever vaccinated.
OF the climate of Nome, the Gold
Digger says:
So many contra dictory reports have
been made concerning the climate of
Nome some of them likening it to the
balmy Mediterranean and others to
polar frigidity----t that we print below an
extract on the 5sub bject from an official
report OF the United States Geological
Survey. The climate Of Seward pen
insula, according to this trustworthy
authority, is milder and much more
even than that in the same latitudes IN
the interior of Alaska or the Yukon
country. The precipitation also is
consid derably greater. The summer is
not so warm nor the winter so cold
The sea, here traversed by branch of
the japanese current, is the great mod
orator. According to the. records Of
the weather bureau the mean annual
temperature ait st. Michaels is % i de-
grees r., and the annual precipitation
(rain and SNOWY IA. IA inches. The
extremes of temperature noted on the
island are IS degrees F. in July and
% degrees F. in February. The rec
ords show freezing tennperatu every
month except July. The most reliable
data Indicate that the temperature at
Nome is usually somewhat lower than
at st. Michaels, and that the precipita-
tion is about the same The winters.
as noted, are not SO cold ait Nome as in
the Yukon basin, but are more trying,
because of the dampness and of the
cold winds from which there is no
shelter
The summer, which is short and
generally cool, resembles spring in the
northern United States During the
warmer months many bright, clear
days occur, but the mountains are us
uallly tal[ overhung or obscured by vapory
clouds, which presage rain. Rain lis
Of Of frequent occurrence, often continn-
ing steadily for several days. but it is
not usually accompanied by wind.
Dense fogs, however, are not common.
The prevailing summer winds are from
the south. Vegetation attains its
maximum growth in late July and
early August, when verdure and wild
flowers abound and give great variety
OF colors; but they do not flourish
long, for scarcely has the season
emerged from spring and the snow
disappeared when it passes into fall
with its nipping frosts, indicative Of
the approaching winter. In summer
the days are long. From May to early
July it is daylight nearly all the time,
with night scarcely perceptible at the
time OF the summer solstice, about the
list OF June In August the length
Of the day begins rapidly to decrease.
The winter will probably average
ten or more degrees milder than in the
Forty Mile and Klondike region, in
the same latitude in the interior They
are not much colder than in some parts
of the United States. The minimum
TEN ten perature, or greatest cold, seems
to occur at about the middle of Janu-
ary, at which time the thermometer
rarely ia descends to more than 80 de-
grees below zero.