. Possibilities of the great Northwest [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture. â J) I .-* â â I niH IHH- Ol- KHrilill s. Sit'i'i'ii , iiiiiliiiiu a tnttil iinniiitiiiii luirricr of t'lPiirlicii liiiiiilit'd miles, fxiliidi'S tin waniitl' Jitiil iii(ii>tmi'(if tlir I'lnitic wimls fiuiii ilii' central areas of the ('(illlilieiit, while tile iliterli M'kilii;- \alleys (if tlie ("dlmiiliia and the Missduri (Hi tiie idiiie of Iht'Ndrtli- ciii I'aritic liailidad. and of the I'razer and Cdlumbia ]{ivers and the Sa-katclie\van (Hi the I'onte df the â
. Possibilities of the great Northwest [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture. â J) I .-* â â I niH IHH- Ol- KHrilill s. Sit'i'i'ii , iiiiiliiiiu a tnttil iinniiitiiiii luirricr of t'lPiirlicii liiiiiilit'd miles, fxiliidi'S tin waniitl' Jitiil iii(ii>tmi'(if tlir I'lnitic wimls fiuiii ilii' central areas of the ('(illlilieiit, while tile iliterli M'kilii;- \alleys (if tlie ("dlmiiliia and the Missduri (Hi tiie idiiie of Iht'Ndrtli- ciii I'aritic liailidad. and of the I'razer and Cdlumbia ]{ivers and the Sa-katclie\van (Hi the I'onte df the â Canadian I'aciHc. facilitate the iniii'ess of tlie('liinoolc, as the wailn western wind of the Pacitic Coast is called, to the plains of ^Montana. Allicrta imd Saskat- chewan, I5nt it is only ill latitnde .â >.") to od'that the remaikalile condition is fonnd of the Peace and Liard rivers, lisiny: on tlie western slojies of the Itocky Mountains, and lireakini^ throuj:;li this tiarrieron their way to the ^[ackellzie. after iiiterldckini; at their sdiirces witli the Skesiia and the Stikeeii, which flow into the I';' AXOTJIKII I'.Xl' Ol' Till': (TIIN(H)K. It is dlijected by some that the lower elevation df tilt; iiiountaiii harrier and the iiasses throiij,'h the same is not sntticieiit to explaiii the occnrrt'iico of the Chinook uiioii the jilains to the east of tlie niountaiiis. The writer has observed the ctfect of this wind as far east as the James Uiver Valley in North Dakota, where nj)')!! one (H'casion he saw eighteen inches uf snow utterly vanish in thirty-six without pre- vions nieltiii,ir, and without ,' a trace of nind be- hind. It was simply licked up by the tongue of the wind and carried away into the air. At the same time there were hundreds of miles of siiow-covered in(>untains to the west over which this wind luul blown oil its course from the Pacitic and upon which the snow remained uninelte(l. |)r. (J. M. l)awso
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