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A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 · Ithamar M. Howell — chapter 28 of 29 · ~4,742 words · public domain

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INDUSTRIES.

Naturally the industries of the county consist in exploiting its natural resources, and so we find Yakima citizens busy in raising fruits, hay, grain, and garden vegetables, to supply the big cities of the Sound. Its last year's contribution will probably exceed ten million dollars in value.

Of the items which compose this large sum, fruit is probably chief in importance. Alfalfa and grain-hay is an important item, as is also the crop of melons and potatoes. The combined fields of alfalfa and orchards make ideal bee pasturage, and Yakima honey is a constant factor of barter in the Sound cities. The upland farms produce quantities of all grains--wheat, oats, and barley--and some field corn is successfully raised in the warmer parts. Sheep, cattle and horses are also exported. Hops are a large crop.

PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS.

NORTH YAKIMA is at once the county seat and chief metropolis of the entire Yakima valley, having a population of about 12,000. It is situated on the Northern Pacific railway and Yakima river, and is the distributing center for both merchandise and farm products for a large surrounding territory.

The State Fair, supported by the state, holds annual exhibits here. It has extensive fruit canneries, flour mills, lumber mills, other woodworking factories, large warehouses, paved streets, big business blocks, fine churches, schools, banks, newspapers, etc.

SUNNYSIDE, a town built up among the irrigated farms, has a population of 1,500. Here are a cannery, pulp mill, creameries, etc.

TOPPENISH and MABTON are commercial centers of importance of about 700 inhabitants each, and growing.

STATISTICS OF THE INCORPORATED CITIES AND TOWNS OF WASHINGTON.

======================================================================= NAME. | County. | Mayor. | Clerk. -------------|-------------|------------------|------------------------ Aberdeen | Chehalis | E. B. Benn | P. F. Clarke Almira | Lincoln | J. C. Johnson | Peter Wallerich Anacortes | Skagit | W. V. Wells | M. C. Baker Arlington | Snohomish | Peter Larson | Homer L. Huddle ASOTIN | Asotin | J. B. Jones | J. P. Fulton Auburn | King | L. C. Smith | Geo. C. Meade BELLINGHAM | Whatcom | J. P. De Mattos | F. B. Graves Blaine | Whatcom | T. J. Quirt | J. W. G. Merritt Bremerton | Kitsap | L. E. Mallette | Paul Mehner Buckley | Pierce | D. S. Morris | W. B. Osbourn Burlington | Skagit | P. M. Moody | I. A. Marchant Camas | Clarke | John Cowan | F. B. Barnes Cashmere | Chelan | C. A. Huston | A. J. Amos Castle Rock | Cowlitz | T. W. Robin | G. F. McClane CATHLAMET | Wahkiakum | J. T. Nassa | T. M. Nassa Centralia | Lewis | J. P. Guerrier | W. H. Hodge Charleston | Kitsap | N. A. Palmer | M. M. Bausman CHEHALIS | Lewis | Wm. West | W. A. Westover Chelan | Chelan | C. C. Jackson | W. M. Emerson Cheney | Spokane | L. Walter | J. W. Minnick Chewelah | Stevens | W. H. Brownlow | T. L. Montgomery Clarkston | Asotin | D. B. Parks | E. A. Bass Cle Elum | Kittitas | L. R. Thomas | S. E. Willis COLFAX | Whitman | Wm. Lippitt | H. Bramwell Colton | Whitman | W. H Renfro | L. F. Gibbs COLVILLE | Stevens | L. B Harvey | A. B. Sansburn CONCONNULLY | Okanogan | C. H. Lovejoy | Wm. Baines Cosmopolis | Chehalis | L. B. Hogan | W. S. McLaughlin Coulee City | Grant | F. W. McCann | A. Kirkpatrick Creston | Lincoln | F. A. Duncan | D. F. Peffley Cunningham | Adams | F. W. Parker | A. J. Haile DAVENPORT | Lincoln | W. C. Graham | Lee Odgers DAYTON | Columbia | H. C. Benbow | R. O. Dyer Deer Park | Spokane | W. D. Phillips | R. G. Cole Edmonds | Snohomish | Jas Brady | G. M. Leyda Elberton | Whitman | R. A. Cox | J. W. Berkstresser ELLENSBURG | Kittitas | W. J. Peed | J. J. Poyser Elma | Chehalis | C. E. Gouty | E. S. Avey Endicott | Whitman | C. L. Wakefield | M. A. Sherman, Jr. EPHRATA | Grant | Dr. Chaffee | Lee Tolliver EVERETT | Snohomish | Newton Jones | C. C. Gilman Fairfield | Spokane | C. A. Loy | M. Walser Farmington | Whitman | E. E. Paddock | C. H. Bass Ferndale | Whatcom | J. B. Wilson | C. Kelley Garfield | Whitman | H. S. McClure | J. L. Rogers Georgetown | King | John Mueller | John Beek GOLDENDALE | Klickitat | Allen Bonebrake | J. R. Putman Granite Falls| Snohomish | C. E. Willoughby | C. T. Smith Hamilton | Skagit | H. I. Bratlie | S. H. Sprinkle Harrington | Lincoln | A. G. Mitchum | W. W. Gwinn Hartline | Grant | E. A. Whitney | T. E. Jenkins Hatton | Adams | J. M. Batten | W. C. Sallee Hillyard | Spokane | M. H. Gordon | J. L. Cramer Hoquiam | Chehalis | Dr. T. C. Frary | Z. T. Wllson Ilwaco | Pacific | W. P. Rowe | J. A. Howerton Index | Snohomish | H. L. Bartlett | H. F. Wilcox Kahlotus | Franklin | E. R. Doughty | E. L. Chittenden KALAMA | Cowlitz | A. L. Watson | E. N. Howe Kelso | Cowlitz | M. J. Lord | Max Whittlesey Kennewick | Benton | L. E. Johnson | G. N. Calhoun Kent | King | M. M. Morrill | L. E. Price Kettle Falls | Stevens | H. L. Childs | A. R. Squire Kirkland | King | R. H. Collins | J. S. Courtright LaConner | Skagit | J. F. Dwelley | J. S. Church Lakeside | Chelan | Jos. Darnell | S. B. Russell Latah | Spokane | W. H. Taylor | Chas. White Leavenworth | Chelan | Lewis J. Nelson | G. A. Hamilton Lind | Adams | J. T. Dirstine | Day Imus Little Falls | Lewis | E. C. Brown | G. E. Grow Lynden | Whatcom | Walter Elder | F. W. Bixby Mabton | Yakima | T. W. Howell | W. H. Ashton Marysville | Snohomish | W. H. Roberts | B. D. Curtiss Medical Lake | Spokane | M. J. Grady | R. R. McCorkell Milton | Pierce | C. H. Weekes | W. J. Keller Monroe | Snohomish | J. H. Campbell | Arthur Root MONTESANO | Chehalis | Geo. W. Winemire | R. H. Fleet MT. VERNON | Skagit | Wm. Dale | J. S. Bowen Newport | Stevens | E. S. Appel | Ed Beitton NORTH YAKIMA | Yakima | P. M. Armbruster | J. G. Brooker

========================================================= | Sec'y Commercial | Pop. U. S. | Est. Pop. NAME. | Organization. | Cens. 1900 | 1909 -------------|------------------|------------|----------- Aberdeen | E. Beinfohr | 3,747 | 15,000 Almira | | | 500 Anacortes | Gus Hensler | 1,476 | 6,000 Arlington | Lot Davis | | 2,400 ASOTIN | E. H. Dammarell | 470 | 1,500 Auburn | Geo. C. Meade | 489 | 1,500 BELLINGHAM | L. Baldrey | 11,062 | 41,000 Blaine | J. J. Pinckney | 1,592 | 3,500 Bremerton | R. S. Hayward | | 4,000 Buckley | W. B. Osbourn | 1,014 | 1,500 Burlington | I. A. Marchant | | 1,800 Camas | | | 1,200 Cashmere | C. M. Banker | | 1,000 Castle Rock | G. F. McClane. | 750 | 1,300 CATHLAMET | | | 500 Centralia | F. W. Thomas | 1,600 | 7,000 Charleston | A. F. Shepherd | | 1,000 CHEHALIS | H. C. Coffman | 1,775 | 5,000 Chelan | C. E. Rusk | | 900 Cheney | L. R. Houck | 781 | 1,600 Chewelah | E. D. Germain | | 1,500 Clarkston | R. B. Hooper | | 2,500 Cle Elum | | | 2,500 COLFAX | C. R. Lorne | 2,121 | 3,500 Colton | J. B. Ellsworth | 251 | 500 COLVILLE | L. E. Jesseph | 594 | 2,000 CONCONNULLY | W. S. McClure | | 500 Cosmopolis | | 1,004 | 1,200 Coulee City | G. T. Walter | | 300 Creston | | | 500 Cunningham | A. J. Haile | | 350 DAVENPORT | F. W. Anderson | 1,000 | 2,800 DAYTON | F. W. Guernsy | 2,216 | 3,500 Deer Park | W. D. Phillips | | 1,100 Edmonds | E. M. Allen | 474 | 2,000 Elberton | A. B. Metz | 297 | 600 ELLENSBURG | Wayne Murray | 1,737 | 5,500 Elma | E. S. Avey | 894 | 2,700 Endicott | | | 600 EPHRATA | | | EVERETT | E. E. Johnston | 7,838 | 35,000 Fairfield | O. H. Loe | | 500 Farmington | C. H. Bass | 434 | 780 Ferndale | Percy Hood | | Garfield | F. H. Michaelson | 697 | 1,350 Georgetown | C. A. Thorndyke | | 5,500 GOLDENDALE | C. W. Ramsay | 788 | 1,200 Granite Falls| W. R. Moore | | 800 Hamilton | Thos. Conby | 392 | 500 Harrington | | | 1,200 Hartline | | | 300 Hatton | | | 600 Hillyard | J. L. Cramer | | 2,500 Hoquiam | W. C. Gregg | 2,608 | 11,000 Ilwaco | A. A. Seaborg | 584 | 900 Index | | | 500 Kahlotus | | | 300 KALAMA | E. N. Howe | 554 | 1,250 Kelso | W. M. Signor | 694 | 2,500 Kennewick | S. Z. Hendersen | | 1,500 Kent | B. A. Bowen | 755 | 3,000 Kettle Falls | E. A. Blakeley | | 600 Kirkland | W. R. Stevens | | 750 LaConner | W. E. Schreeker | 564 | 800 Lakeside | | | 400 Latah | Chas. White | 253 | 500 Leavenworth | | | 1,500 Lind | R. S. Hamilton | | 1,400 Little Falls | W. A. Willis | | 800 Lynden | R. W. Green | 365 | 1,500 Mabton | G. T. Morgan | | 1,200 Marysville | P. E. Coffin | 728 | 1,500 Medical Lake | W. H. Mills | 516 | 1,400 Milton | J. S. Williams | | 650 Monroe | L. P. Tallman | | 2,500 MONTESANO | | 1,194 | 3,500 MT. VERNON | Frank Pickering | 1,120 | 4,000 Newport | R. S. Anderson | | 1,500 NORTH YAKIMA | H. P. James | 3,124 | 12,000

==================================================== NAME. | Transportation Lines. -------------|-------------------------------------- Aberdeen | N. P. Ry. and steamship lines. Almira | Northern Pacific railway. Anacortes | G. N. Ry. and two lines of steamers. Arlington | Northern Pacific railway. ASOTIN | River steamers. Auburn | N. P. and Mil. Rys.; P. S. Elec. Ry. BELLINGHAM | G. N., N. P., B. B. & B. C. railways; | steamers to all Sound ports. Blaine | Great Northern railway. Bremerton | Steamers to Seattle and Tacoma. Buckley | Northern Pacific railway. Burlington | Great Northern railway. Camas | Portland & Seattle Ry.; river st'rs. Cashmere | Great Northern railway. Castle Rock | Northern Pacific railway. CATHLAMET | Steamboats. Centralia | Northern Pacific railway. Charleston | Steamers to Seattle. CHEHALIS | Northern Pacific railway. Chelan | Steamers on river and lake. Cheney | N. P. Ry.; Spokane Electric Ry. Chewelah | S. F. & N. branch G. N. Ry. Clarkston | O. R. & N. and N. P. Rys.; steamers. Cle Elum | Northern Pacific and Milwaukee Ris. COLFAX | O. R. & N.; S. & I. Electricity. Colton | Branch Northern Pacific railway. COLVILLE | Spokane Falls & Northern railway. CONCONNULLY | Stage. Cosmopolis | N. P. Ry. and steamship lines. Coulee City | Northern Pacific railway. Creston | W. C. branch N. P. Ry. Cunningham | Northern Pacific railway. DAVENPORT | Central Washington railway. DAYTON | N. P. and O. R. & N. railways. Deer Park | Great Northern railway. Edmonds | Great Northern Ry. and steamers Elberton | Oregon Railroad & Nav. Co.'s Ry. ELLENSBURG | Northern Pac. and Milwaukee Rys. Elma | N. P. Ry., two branches. Endicott | Oregon Railroad & Nav. Co.'s Ry. EPHRATA | Great Northern railway. EVERETT | N. P. and G. N. Rys. and steamers. Fairfield | Oregon Railroad & Nav. Co.'s Ry. Farmington | O. R. & N. and N. P. railways. Ferndale | Great Northern railway. Garfield | O. R. & N., N. P. and S. & I. Rys. Georgetown | One Interurban, 3 steam railways. GOLDENDALE | Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry. Granite Falls| Branch of Northern Pacific railway. Hamilton | G. N. Ry.; Skagit river steamers. Harrington | Great Northern railway. Hartline | Northern Pacific railway. Hatton | Northern Pacific railway. Hillyard | Elec. interurb.; G. N. and S. F. & N. Hoquiam | Northern Pacific Ry. and steamers. Ilwaco | O. R. & N. railway and steamers. Index | Great Northern railway. Kahlotus | O. R. & N. and S. P. & S. railways. KALAMA | Northern Pacific Ry. and steamers. Kelso | Northern Pacific Ry. and steamers. Kennewick | N. P. Ry.; P. & S. Ry. and steamers. Kent | N. P. and Mil. Rys.; P. S. Elec. Ry. Kettle Falls | N. P. and O. R. & N. railways. Kirkland | N. P. Ry. and ferry to Seattle. LaConner | Boat and stage. Lakeside | Stage and steamer. Latah | Oregon Railroad & Nav. Co's Ry. Leavenworth | Great Northern railway. Lind | Oregon Railroad & Nav. Co's Ry. Little Falls | Northern Pacific railway. Lynden | B. B. & B. C. railway. Mabton | Northern Pacific railway. Marysville | Great Northern Ry. and steamers. Medical Lake | N. P. and W. W. P. Electric Rys. Milton | Puget Sound Electric railway. Monroe | Great Northern railway. MONTESANO | Northern Pacific railway. MT. VERNON | Great Northern railway. Newport | Great Northern Ry. and steamers. NORTH YAKIMA | Northern Pacific railway.

NOTE 1.--County seats in black face type.

NOTE 2.--Population estimates for 1909 were supplied by local authorities, the school census, upon which the estimates of this Bureau are usually based, not being available at the time this publication was compiled.

========================================================= | Sec'y Commercial | Pop. U. S. | Est. Pop. NAME. | Organization. | Cens. 1900 | 1909 -------------|------------------|------------|----------- Oakesdale | | 928 | 1,200 Oakville | O. H. Fry | | 600 Ocosta | | | 150 Odessa | H. L. Cole | | 1,200 Okanogan | T. B. Collins | | 600 OLYMPIA | John M. Wilson | 4,082 | 12,000 Oroville | F. A. De Vos | | 800 Orting | M. C. Hopkins | 728 | 1,000 Palouse City | G. D. Kincaid | 929 | 3,000 PASCO | W. D. Fales | 254 | 1,800 Pataha | | | 250 Paulsbo | Paul Paulson | | 800 Pe Ell | P. M. Watson | | 1,000 POMEROY | | 953 | 1,800 PORT ANGELES | J. M. Davis | 2,321 | 2,500 PT. ORCHARD | | 754 | 900 PT. TOWNSEND | P. C. Peterson | 3,443 | 5,000 Prescott | T. B. Grumwell | | 650 PROSSER | H. W. Carnahan | 229 | 2,000 Pullman | B. F. Campbell | 1,308 | 3,000 Puyallup | J. P. Leavitt | 1,884 | 7,000 Quincy | Geo. W. Downer | | 400 Raymond | W. R. Struble | | 2,500 Reardan | H. G. Burns | | 800 Renton | P. W. Houser | | 3,000 REPUBLIC | M. H. Joseph | 2,500 | 1,250 RITZVILLE | J. L. Cross | 761 | 2,600 Rockford | J. W. Lowe | 433 | 1,200 Rosalla | A. A. Wonnell | 379 | 1,400 Roslyn | | 2,786 | 4,500 Roy | | | 400 Ruston | | | 800 SEATTLE | C. B. Yandell | 80,671 | 275,000 | Geo. E. Boos | | Sedro-Woolley| M. B. Holbrook | 885 | 3,450 SHELTON | G. C. Angle | 883 | 1,200 Snohomish | W. W. Reed | 2,101 | 4,000 Snoqualmie | | | 400 SOUTH BEND | F. G. McIntosh | 711 | 3,000 Spangle | E. C. Rohweder | 431 | 450 SPOKANE | L. G. Monroe | 36,848 | 120,000 | A. W. Jones | | Sprague | J. S. Freese | 695 | 1,500 Springdale | | | 500 Stanwood | L. Livingstone | | 1,000 Starbuck | J. B. Atkinson | | 750 Steilacoom | Mr. Annis | | 1,000 STEVENSON | R. C. Sly | | 400 St. John | G. W. Case, Jr | | 700 Sultan | T. W. Musgrove | | 500 Sumas | Lars Barbo | 319 | 1,500 Sumner | R. R. White | 531 | 1,000 Sunnyside | J. A. Vince | | 1,600 TACOMA | P. L. Sinclair | 37,714 | 125,000 | O. F. Cosper | | Tekoa | J. P. Burson | 717 | 1,200 Tenino | | | 1,000 Toledo | H. H. Hurst | 285 | 500 Toppenish | J. G. Hillyer | | 2,000 Tukwila | E. F. Greene | | 700 Tumwuter | | 270 | 1,500 Uniontown | W. H. Oyler | 404 | 500 VANCOUVER | H. S. Bartow | 4,006 | 8,000 Waitsburg | W. S. Guntle | 1,011 | 1,600 WALLA WALLA | A. C. Moore | 10,049 | 22,000 Wuputo | | | 500 Washtucna | | | 400 WATERVILLE | Jas. G. Tuttle | 482 | 1,200 Waverley | Jno. Reycraft | | 500 WENATCHEE | D. N. Gellatly | 451 | 5,000 White Salmon | J. M. Lewis | | 600 Wilbur | T. W. Maxwell | | 1,500 Wilson Creek | F. E. Snedicor | | 500 Winlock | C. E. Leonard | | 1,600 Woodland | E. F. Bryant | | 800 Yacolt | C. J. Dorsey | | 500

==================================================== NAME. | Transportation Lines. -------------|-------------------------------------- Oakesdale | N. P. and O. R. & N. railways. Oakville | Northern Pacific railway. Ocosta | Steamers and railway. Odessa | Great Northern railway. Okanogan | River steamers. OLYMPIA | N. P. Ry.; P. T. & S. Ry.; steamers. Oroville | Great Northern railway. Orting | Northern Pacific railway. Palouse City | Four railroads. PASCO | N. P. Ry.: P. & S. Ry.; steamers. Pataha | Oregon Railway & Nav. Co's Ry. Paulsbo | Steamers to Seattle. Pe Ell | Northern Pacific railway. POMEROY | Oregon Railroad & Nav. Co's Ry. PORT ANGELES | Steamer and stage lines. PT. ORCHARD | Steamers, Seattle and Tacoma. PT. TOWNSEND | P. T. & S. Ry. and Sound steamer. Prescott | Oregon Railroad & Nav. Co's Ry. PROSSER | Northern Pacific railway. Pullman | N. P. and O. R. & N. railways. Puyallup | N. P. and Mil. Rys.; Elec. line Tac. Quincy | Great Northern railway. Raymond | Northern Pacific Ry. and steamers. Reardan | Central Washington railway. Renton | Steam and electric railways. REPUBLIC | Great Northern branch line. RITZVILLE | Northern Pacific railway. Rockford | Oregon Railroad & Nav. Co's Ry. Rosalla | Northern Pacific and Milwaukee Rys. Roslyn | Northern Pacific railway. Roy | Northern Pacific and Tac. East. Rys. Ruston | Northern Pacific Ry. and steamers. SEATTLE | N. P.; G. N.; Mil.; C. P. R.; Bur.; C. | & P. S.; P. S. E. Rys.; S. S. lines. Sedro-Woolley| N. P. and G. N. Rys. and steamers. SHELTON | Steamers to Olympia. Snohomish | G. N., N. P. and C. P. Rys.; steamers. Snoqualmie | Northern Pacific railway. SOUTH BEND | Northern Pacific Ry. and steamers. Spangle | Branch Northern Pacific railway. SPOKANE | N. P.; G. N.; O. R. & N.; P. & S.; Spok. | Int.; W. W. P. and S. & I. Rys. Sprague | Northern Pacific railway. Springdale | Spokane Falls & Northern railway. Stanwood | Rail and steamer. Starbuck | Oregon Railroad & Nav. Co's Ry. Steilacoom | Electric railway and steamers. STEVENSON | Portland & Seattle railway. St. John | Oregon Railroad & Nav. Co's Ry. Sultan | Great Northern railway. Sumas | C. P. Ry.; N. P. Ry. G. N. Ry. Sumner | Northern Pacific railway. Sunnyside | Northern Pacific railway. TACOMA | N. P.; Mil.; T. & E.; U. P. and G. N. | Rys.; Electric and S. S. lines. Tekoa | O. R. & N. and Milwaukee Rys. Tenino | Northern Pacific and P. T. & S. Rys. Toledo | Northern Pacific Ry.; River steamer. Toppenish | Northern Pacific railway. Tukwila | Puget Sound Electric railway. Tumwuter | Port Townsend & Southern railway. Uniontown | Northern Pacific railway. VANCOUVER | N. P., P. & S. Rys. and steamers. Waitsburg | O. R. & N. and N. P. railways. WALLA WALLA | N. P. and O. R. & N. railways. Wuputo | Northern Pacific railway. Washtucna | O. R. & N.; S., P. & S. railways. WATERVILLE | Stage and steamer. Waverley | O. R. & N. and Electric railways. WENATCHEE | Great Northern Ry.; Col. river strs. White Salmon | S. P. & S. Ry., and river steamer. Wilbur | Northern Pacific railway. Wilson Creek | Great Northern railway. Winlock | Northern Pacific railway. Woodland | Northern Pacific Ry. and steamers Yacolt | Northern Pacific railway.

NOTE:--The statement of total area of school and granted lands by counties includes only approved indemnity selected, approved granted lands, and school sections 16 and 36 in place.

CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR WASHINGTON.

PREPARED BY GEO. N. SALISBURY,

Of the Weather Bureau at Seattle.

The following tables represent averages of observations, covering ten years or more. The stations included in the list are so distributed as to indicate the climatic conditions in every portion of the state.

SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON. STATION: ABERDEEN.

======================================================================== | | | | |Number of| | | | Precip-| | days--| | Temperature | | itation| |-----------| | in degrees | | in | | With Pre- MONTH. | Fahrenheit | | inches.| | cipitation | | | | | Cloudy | |-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |Prevailing |Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |direction |---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | of the |Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | wind ----------|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- January |39.9| 61| 1900| 10|1893| |10.56| 4.8| | 3|13|15|19| W February |40.6| 73| 1905| 13|1899| |10.43| 3.5| | 3|11|14|20| SW March |43.7| 82| 1905| 22|1896| | 7.89| 1.6| | 5|19| 7|20| W April |48.2| 88| 1905| 28|1899| | 7.66| T| | 6|16| 8|17| W May |53.0| 91| 1897| 29|1901| | 4.58| 0| | 6|17| 8|15| W June |56.8|100| 1903| 34|1901| | 3.72| 0| | 6|15| 9|13| W July |60.8|105| 1891| 37|1901| | 1.02| 0| | 9|17| 5| 7| W August |62.1| 96| 1898| 40|1902| | 1.06| 0| |11|17| 3| 5| W September |57.5| 88| 1894| 30|1901| | 4.98| 0| | 9|15| 6| 9| W October |52.3| 85| 1891| 29|1893| | 6.71| 0| | 6|14|10|14| W November |45.1| 73| 1904| 22|1900| |15.28| 0.5| | 2|10|18|22| W December |40.9| 60| 1892| 20|1901| |14.66| 0.5| | 4|11|16|20| SW & W |----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- Sums | | | | | | |88.55|10.9| | 6|14|10|15| Means or\|50.0|105|July,| 10|Jan.| | | | | | | | | Extremes/| | |1891 | |1893| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

======================================================================== | | | | |Number of| | | | Precip-| | days--| | Temperature | | itation| |-----------| | in degrees | | in | | With Pre- MONTH. | Fahrenheit | | inches.| | cipitation | | | | | Cloudy | |-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |Prevailing |Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |direction |---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | of the |Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | wind ----------|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- January |38.0| 64| 1891| 0|1888| | 7.20|11.0| | 4| 6|21|20| SW February |38.9| 66| 1905| 5|1887| | 6.68|12.4| | 4| 7|18|17| SW March |44.4| 74| 1900| 16|1897| | 4.82| 8.0| | 6| 8|17|18| SW April |48.9| 84| 1897| 28|1896| | 4.40| 2.8| | 6|12|12|14| SW May |54.1| 90| 1892| 33|1894| | 4.11| 0.2| | 6|12|13|14| SW June |58.2| 97| 1903| 39|1895| | 2.62| T| | 8|10|12|11| N July |62.0| 99| 1891| 42|1894| | 1.20| 0| |15| 9| 7| 6| N August |61.6| 92| 1898| 40|1895| | 1.28| 0| |15| 8| 8| 5| N September |56.2| 87| 1894| 36|1902| | 2.74| 0| |12| 8|10|10| N October |50.6| 82| 1892| 25|1893| | 4.51| 0| | 8| 8|15|12| SW November |44.2| 70| 1892| 8|1896| | 9.11| 5.2| | 2| 5|23|21| SW December |40.9| 61| 1900| 19|1894| | 9.55| 4.4| | 4| 7|20|18| SW |----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- Sums | | | | | | |58.22|44.0| | 7| 8|15|14| Means or\|49.8| 99|July,| 0|Jan.| | | | | | | | | Extremes/| | |1891 | |1888| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

EASTERN WASHINGTON. STATION: SPOKANE.

======================================================================== | | | | |Number of| | | | Precip-| | days--| | Temperature | | itation| |-----------| | in degrees | | in | | With Pre- MONTH. | Fahrenheit | | inches.| | cipitation | | | | | Cloudy | |-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |Prevailing |Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |direction |---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | of the |Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | wind ----------|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- January |24.5| 55| 1893|-30|1888| | 2.54| 9.4| | 4| 4|23|14| S February |28.5| 59| 1896|-23|1890| | 2.02| 8.1| | 4| 7|17|13| E & SW March |39.7| 72| 1889|-10|1891| | 1.40| 3.0| | 7| 8|16|12| S April |48.0| 86| 1890| 22|1890| | 1.38| 0.2| | 6|10|14| 9| S & SW May |57.0| 95| 1897| 29|1905| | 1.39| T| | 6|10|15|10| S June |62.4| 96| 1896| 34|1891| | 1.67| T| | 9|12|10| 9| SW July |69.0|102| 1890| 39|1893| | 0.71| 0| |15| 8| 8| 5| SW August |69.0|104| 1898| 40|1902| | 0.46| 0| |17| 8| 6| 5| S September |58.1| 98| 1888| 26|1889| | 1.04| 0| |12| 7|11| 7| NE October |48.0| 86| 1892| 12|1887| | 1.39| T| | 8| 9|14| 7| NE November |37.8| 70| 1903|-13|1896| | 1.67| 2.9| | 1| 5|24|15| S December |31.3| 57| 1886|-18|1884| | 2.56| 4.9| | 3| 4|24|13| SW |----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- Sums | | | | | | |18.23|29.4| | 7| 8|15|10| Means or\|47.8|104|Aug. |-30|Jan.| | | | | | | | | Extremes/| | |1898 | |1888| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

======================================================================== | | | | |Number of| | | | Precip-| | days--| | Temperature | | itation| |-----------| | in degrees | | in | | With Pre- MONTH. | Fahrenheit | | inches.| | cipitation | | | | | Cloudy | |-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |Prevailing |Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |direction |---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | of the |Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | wind ----------|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- January |32.6| 67| 1902|-17|1888| | 2.17| 6.1| | 3|11|17|12| S February |37.0| 69| 1896|-15|1893| | 1.55| 5.1| | 6|13| 9|12| S March |45.2| 74| 1905| 2|1891| | 1.73| 2.7| | 8|16| 7|13| S April |52.6| 89| 1890| 29|1890| | 1.76| 2| |10|17| 3| 9| S May |60.1|100| 1897| 34|1905| | 1.72| 0| |12|16| 3|11| S June |65.8|105| 1896| 40|1901| | 1.13| 0| |15|14| 1| 8| S July |73.8|108| 1891| 45|1891| | 0.37| 0| |24| 6| 1| 4| S August |73.8|113| 1898| 47|1899| | 0.43| 0| |23| 7| 1| 4| S September |63.6|100| 1888| 36|1900| | 0.97| 0| |17| 9| 4| 7| S October |54.4| 87| 1904| 24|1887| | 1.50| T| |15|12| 4| 8| S November |42.8| 76| 1891| -9|1896| | 2.17| 2.0| | 4|13| 3|13| S December |37.3| 65| 1890| -2|1898| | 2.07| 3.5| | 3|11|17|14| S |----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|---------- Sums | | | | | | |17.58|19.6| |12|12| 6|10| Means or\|53.2|113|Aug. |-17|Jan.| | | | | | | | | Extremes/| | |1898 | |1888| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

THE IRRIGATED WASHINGTON. STATION: NORTH YAKIMA, SUNNYSIDE, FT. SIMCOE.

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