Year: 1879

genial climate as compared with other
countries in the same latitude, and hun
dreds ghaye been induced to come to
this country upon the representations
made Of our mild aud healthful climate.
What their impressions are resulting
from the present winter we know not
but in few instances. Several are well
pleased with it as compared with the
climate Of other localities from which
they have emigratsd, aud yet some may
think that we have not ali that we have
claimed for our section. Let US look at
the matter. IT'S true that we have had
winter ever since the month of Novem.
Der, and few days quite cold, and
many stormy days and cloudy days
without storms, and greater proper
tion than usual; but up to the present
time we have, during tho entire winter,
not found the thermometer indicating
lower degree than. 90 below zero, aud
that only on one occasion. Several
days the mercury has in the morning
indicated from 10 to 100 above zero,
while the greater portion of the winter
it has ranged above the freezing point
during the day, with perhaps few de-
grees below the freezing point at night.
There has been no suffering either
among the people or their stock from
the excessive cold. The long continued
SHOWS in some places has deprived cat.
tie from obtaining their proper susie
nance from the ranges as in other win


ters they have found it and grown fat
even in mid winter. 4 few cattle
have grown poor and died, and many
more pow look as though they could
not brock many days more of scarcity
Of food. Horses have no where in this
vicinity died from want of food, but
some have suffered from want of water:
but where stock raisers have had one
months feed and good water in reach
Of their stock all have been saved in
good condition. In some parts of the
Walla Walla country we are informed
that stock have suffered much more
than in this section. But how has the
winter east of the Rockies compared
With ours? Early in Nov' mber we had
accounts of severe storms of snow and
cold. These continued through Decem.
ber and January, end even up to the
latest dates. Deep SHOWS bhckaded
the trains on railroads all over the
Eastern. Middle and scme of tn. West.
ern States and Territories east of the
summit. In Vermont and New Hamp-
shire the thermometer indita ated from
200 to 800 below zero, SHOWS on an
average from 20 inches to four feet.
At Buffalo, on the lake, snow was from
4 to 5 feet in depth and coll severe.
Even down 10 the more Northern OF
the Southern States storms Of snow
prevailed to an unusual extent. In
Dakota aud Colorado snow was deep
and remained on the ground an unusual
length of time. Even Oregon has had
more than her usual amount of snow
and cold weather; so that after all We
find that this section of country is and
has been more favored than any we
know Of in nearly the same latitude,
and the present long winter does not
deprive. US of the argument that we
have better climate than our sister
States and Territories, and we would
not exchange it for any one Of them
for good and healthful and mild eli


mate. The unusual amount of snow
we have had we are confident will be of
utility to our soil for the crops of the
season ensuing, aud give us larger crops
in some of the more dry localities than
VIC would have had in the event of a
milder winter. This, of course, is said
in view of the expectation that the re-
mainder Of the season up tn the time of
harvest is akin to our usual Summers.


We therefore applaud our climate.