Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1903 — A State That Breathes. [ARTICLE]

A State That Breathes.

H—ever a state might be said to breathe, that state is California. It has a magnificent lung action, says the Sunset Magazine. Deep and long drawn are the breaths of ocean air taken by the great vjjleys. And you can almost see this breathing if you wilj go to the top of any of the hills bordering the bay of San Francisco. In general, air moveiiutjutcd.djy difference of temperature.. Therefore on summer afternoons while the broad ocean lies tranquilly sleeping at a temperature of 55 degrees F. tlie inland valleys are basking in the same sunlight, but the air a few feet above the ground is quivering at a temperature of 100 degrees F. In other words, there is a temperature gradient of 1 degree per mile, and this brings about a marked movement of the air, the motion being from the cool to the warm locality.