Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-31

questions are soil, temperature and
moisture. '5z =st
As to the question Of transportation
the railroads now building or already
built settle that matter fully and
satisfactorily as to the main parts Of
the country. The school houses will
be built If not now there as soon as
the population demand. The health
of the country is far ahead OF that
known in more eastern or southern
countries. Markets and towns are
now ready for the products Of the.
settler, and as to the temperature it,
will be we'll to quote from an offciaI
source.
Prof. Daniel E. Willard Of the state
agricultural college, at Fargo, says
The climate Of the western part OF
North Dakota is Of the healthful and
invigorating kind that characterizes
the whole state, though there may be
said to be a little odds in favor of the
western portion as compared with the
eastern. Warmer currents of air
from the Pacific ocean flow southeast
ward after crossing the great noun
tain axis in the Canadian northwest,
and these warmer winds influence the
climate. On the whole the climate is
wholesome and satisfactory, and few
states afford more healthful and in
vigorating conditions. The winters
are cold, that is there are times OF ex-
IRENE severity, as indeed there are in
any Of the northern states. The
weather is not more trying however
than that Of northern Illinois, Iowa,
southern Minnesota, or western New
York. ExtraVagant reports of tenn
peratures are given wide circulation
and are often accepted as, true with
out verifcation. II anyone will take
the trouble to consult the government
records no justification will be found
for such statements as al degrees,
SO degrees, or even So degrees, below
zero, although such reports 60 abroad.
In very rare instances 80 degrees or
even 40 degrees have been known,
| but these temperatures are not com
mon
IS The error. It may be explained,
grows out of the common use Of cheap
and unreliable Thermometers. These
thermometers have not been tested
and vary from one or two degrees to
as much as ten or twelve degrees.
Thus thermometer that hangs at the
drug store corner may register 46 de-
Igrees, 4S or even SO degrees. or more,
while ii reality the registered Their
Imometer at the same moment and in
the same locality registers "a degrees,
or So degrees, or even SO degrees,
though the last named is very rare for
North Dakota rs
A feature Of the climate Id this re-
gion is It's unifo rmitY. IT ii not tie
extreme cold Of winter or the high
hSbL2UL 0uli1luC1 tdlAt Cf1uSSSz LIE ETcdE-
I est detriment to health, but rather the
sudden changes through wide ranges
OF temperature. The greater even
ness and continuity Of the conditions
in North Dakota saves much Of the
trying character OF winter, and the
strain upon the health which Is exper-
fenced IL the more easterly northern
states generally. z
Vast Deposits d Coal.
The Ignite coal deposits ia western
North Dakota and eastern Montana
are the heaviest known in the world
and the quality Of the best From
official surveys there are numerous
instances Of veins from ten feet to
twenty feet thick and underlying
several square miles in area, and
some veins even thicker. The vein ia
Sentinel Butte being over twenty
five feet fsee n, d. Geo. Survey.
Second report, page So and the vein