The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-05
Around The County.
Hoop CANAL, Oct. 2. 1000.

The report of the weather bureau fo,
September gives two and a half inches
OF rain. This is three fourths of ar
inch less than the average for the
month for the past seven years. the
extremes having been one and a fifth
inches IN 1895 and six and quarter in
1898. The highest temperature was SO
degrees, the lowest 80, on the 18th and
10Th, with frost enough to blacken the
squash and potato leaves, but not
enough to kill the vines. In 1895 there
was about the same amount of frost
on the 10th, but in other years none
until October or November. The
mean temperature was sos degrees
about the average for the past seven
years. There were seven RAINY DAYS.
twelve cloudy ones, FIVE partly cloudy.
and thirteen clear ones Oetober's
average rain has been five. and an
eighth inches, ranging from a quarter
in 1895 to ten and a quarter in 1894.
The steamer Albion has drawn off
from the Hood Canal route, leaving
only the Olympic and Dode on it. The
Olympic has taken the mail, which
the Albion carried, and also taken her
days, coming to Union City Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. while the
Dode, which did come up the Canal on
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UP on alternate days. Report says
that S. G. Simpson has bought a half
interest in the Olympic, w D. Nc
Kenzie quarter, leaving Edward
Simpson, who built her, only quarter.
Report also says that S. G. Simpson is
going to put the steamer Discovery on
the route, to come up the Canal on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, In
opposition to the Dode
Edward Simpson, who for many
years has been very prominent on the
Canal, is reported as lying sick in the
hopital at Seattle with Bright's dis
ease, with almost no prospect of re-
covery.
Charles Teabo returned a short time
ago from Dawson City to Hoodsport,
where he expects to spend the winter.
James McReayy has also come down,
while Vincent Finch and c. Fowler, of
Hoodsport, remain in the Klondike
region for the winter.
II. W. Durboraw has begun teach
ing the school at Hoodsport With
his wife he has moved to the place,
and they are living in the John Ora
ham cottage.
A visit to the Potlatch shows wharf
built to deep water, with a warehouse
on it, a store building built and partly
finished and street slashed from the
beach to the county road. Messrs.
Anderson and Johnson were there
last Saturday laying plans for pushing
the work as rapidly as possible.
Mrs. r. S. Graham, of Mud Bay,
with Mrs Marshall, of Shelton, paid
the reservation visit last week
Thursday, as it was her home as
matron OF the boarding school from
1890 to 1896. It is her first visit to the
place since she. left in the latter year,
when the boarding school was closed.
Died, on the Skokomish reservation,
Sept. II, Jane Henry. aged about fifty
seven years. She was taken down
four years ago with rheumatism and
has been on her bed most of the time
since. for a short time only having
recovered SO as to walk across the
room with the help of cane.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
In this region, even before the P. 1.
came out with its long article about
the new school books, Tweed's old
question came to us, what are we
going to 90 about it?' Leaving out
of the account the politics,of the affair.
many Of the books seem to be a great
perplexity. Many of the words in the
speller are nisspelled, and the ques-
ton arises, are our children. to learn to
spell wrong. The writing book has
new system OF vertical writing, with
very different letters from any the
children have heretofore made, some
of which do not connect. A little while
ago it was write with the fingers, then
/ the forearm movement and a running
hand, then one kind of vertical letters,
now another style, and soon our
children will not know anything about
writing well, being completely spoiled
by SO many changes, the last one being
the worst. Then the Practical Arith-
tnetic has quite quantity of Algebra
in it, but not an answer. How is a
child half way through it to get along,
when put into the middle of it, and
knowing nothing about algebra, and
never knowing whether she has the
| right answer or not? If we discard a
single book the law lays we lose a
quarter of the appropriations: So the
question again comes, What are we
gong to do about it?" Can any of
our teachers or our county superin-
tendent give US any light on the sub
ject? The P. I. says that several
other counties have adopted supple
.inentary books. What is meant by
that? S.
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