The Daily Missoulian., 1912-06-10
FRYE'S GEOGRAPHY
!! ; REVIEWED
DR.. J. N. ELROD or THE UNI.
vERsITy OFFERS CRITICISM
ON MONTANA EDITION.

Editor Mlssouian. The advance
copies of the Montana edition of Frye's
geography. published by CHM 4 Co.
have been issued. A copy mas been
placed my hands for examination
In the former edition of the geog-
raphy the Montana supplement was
written by Randall j. Condor, then SUI
pcrintendent of the Helena public
schools. It contained 10 quarto pages
two Of which included the map Of the
state. n third consisting of questions
on the map and text II included SO
pictures, diagrams and charts.
The new edition, revision of the sup
plement above mentioned was written
by Grant r.. Finch. superintendent Of
training department. Montana State
Normal college, Dillon. 1t contains "a
quarto pages, two of which are taken
up by the map. and SO pictures, dia
grams and charts. Four fun pages are
devoted to groups Of pictures char
Dcteristic of different localities In the
state, on depicting scenery in the west
ern part one devoted to the mines at
Butte, one tn farming In the Judith
basin, the fourth to the sheep indus
try.
The map Of the state Is up to date.
including all of the new counties and
the new railroads. and Is much more
complete than the map used in the
previous edition. The map has not been
given a critical examination, but has
been examined quite closely as re-
CARDS the country with which the
writer is familiar. The name Glacier
National Park" Is printed in the proper
place on the map, but the park boun-
darics are not indicated, nor does the
text give any Information about It's To-
cation or boundaries In the park.
Grinnell IL the only mountain named,
while Jackson. is the highest and
Cleveland next. The river draining
Flathead Is called Flathead. while the
name Pend dOreile Is used exclu-
sNely by all the residents of that sec
tion. 1t may he all well enough to
keep one name for Il river from source
TO mouth, but usage gives sanction. and
Flathead lake. covering as It does near
ly 400 square miles, can hardly be
considered an expansion of Flathead
river which flows into II. Evidently
the publishers are not governed by the
opinions of the national geographic
board. or whatever 1t Is called. for they
use the terms Deer Lodge Hell Gate
and "Missou,a" as applying to one con-
tnuous river. which names are In use
locally and have been since the first
use of names by the early settlers
Babb at the lower end of st. Mary's
Babb. ut the lower end of St
Mary's lake is spelled Bobb. Both
Dayton and Rollins are inaceu-
rately located on T'lathead lake
but these are minor errors. The map
seems to be very good, and apparently
includes all of the postoffices in the
state.
The text has been revised. an en-
tirely new set of illustrations has been
inserted. and new charts, illustrative
of the various topographic features OF
the state. have been made.
The chapter on climate unfortunately
still presents the fallacious notion that
the Chinook winds come from the Pa
cific ocean, whereas they are consid-
cred To be caused by dynamic forces
ana can he predicted from barometric
conditions az readily as storms or cold
waves. The statement "chinooks fire.
qucntly cause great and sudden rises
I'm temperaturc,9 needs revision. In
fact. the entire paragraph should be
rewritten.
In this same chapter reference Is
made to the mountain valleys In tho
state of 5000 feet and more. with the
statement that the principal industries
In such valleys IL hay making and cat.
tie feeding. The statement is unfor.
tunate, since there are no valleys. ex.
cept very small mountain ravines, a
this elevation. The Deer Lodge, Film
Creek ana Beaverhead valleys have M
elevation of about 5000 feet. All Other
valleys of any importance are still
lower. The statement that "in. sum
mer the heat Is never humid" Ia like.
wise unfortunate, as humidity Is
condition of the atmosphere with re
spect to moisture. and is not necessar
fly associated with heat. There ar
cold days that are not humid, an,
there are warm days with humidity
Information on scenery and recrea
tion, including game, lis treated In
half-column, with general statements
The statement that under the wis
policy Of protection game has actual.
increased I'm the state during recen