The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-02-20
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committed suicide"
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Flood in Indiana. Freeze in. California.
The Public Schools of San Jose, etc.
Mrs. E. 0. Patterson has sent US some news
of a recent flood in Jacksonville, Indiana, and
says in a personal note: ut certainly was q
sad sight in most cases and everyone was very
anxious. They have a set of gates to close
and keep the sewers closed, but this time the
water seemed to gush up in every place until
the streets were nearly covered. Fire engines
were working day and night to keep the water
out, and it finally fell and now the river is as
usual. We have had no cold weather until
now. 1t is cold, but not down to zero. Last
winter we had snow and heavy ice all winter
from November 12th and had an ice gorge in
front of our house that did great damage So
you see we have all kinds Of experiences, but
we like it here, and are both very we'll. Ex-
pect to go east in the spring for a trip" The
views show the hotel the river 'front.' where
Capt. and Mrs. Patterson living St. Paul's
church (Episcopal) with the street in front
flooded, and on the reverse Mrs. Patterson had
written "We could not get to the church for
ten days. view opposite the shipyard. where
Capt. Patterson has boat that was entirely
submerged except the top rail. and view of
the Louisville Veneer Mills plant just across
the river.
F. W. Gray superintendent of the Letting
well Rancho, Whittier California, writes: This
h as been the coolest winter have experienced
during my q years residence here, and the
loss of fruit and setback to the trees will be
very heavy on this Rancho. In the old lemon
grove of 100 acres we had seven thousand five
h undred coal baskets going the coolest night
and burned about four cars of coal, which was
pretty expensive; but We saved the trees and
large percentage of the fruit. But our young
er groves. which were not equipped to smudge,
suffered badly A good many ranchers here
thought they were in the frostless belt but old
Jack Frost surely hit below the belt this time"
From MIR. Fred W. Angler The journal has
received the pictorial school number of the San
Jose, Calf Municipal Record. This is
monthly publication issued in the interest of
the taxpayers of San Jose under the direction
OF the mayor and common council. On the
front cover is view of the San Jose High
school and views OF the Longfelow. Horace
Mann, Grant and Lowell school buildings
Among other views is one of the Gardner
SC hool, four room open air school, of which it
is said: "San Jose now has three such convert
kept that the north, can be pushed up
from the floor line into the attic and thus per-
nit of open air rooms. The extent to which
tn csc rooms opened up depends entirely
upon the weather, but even cold days they
are heated, thus allowing the open air features
to be taken advantage Of, though to less de-
gree than warm days These open air
chools are commended alike by parents,
teachers and people generally" These open
air schools would hardly be feasible here, es-
pecially at this time, but it is interesting to
know of their use elsewhere. There are il
Illustrations of the drawing room, physics
r DOM, chemistry room, manual arts room
a nd commercial room of the San Jose High
school; the cooking rooms and manual arts
r ooms in each of the grammar schools; of
an exhibit of woodwork done in the High
school in pattern making, wood turning. join
cry, cabinet making and house construction;
an exhibit of woodwork done in the grammar
sc hools; of some of the steel playground APP
par atus to the rear of the grammar school
each school has its giant stride, horizontal lad
der, swings, seesaws, slides, sandbox, etc an
exhibit of work done in the High school in
stenciling, block printing, leather, jewelry,
c opper, clay modelling, wood carving, book
bin ding, weaving and basketry. This gives an
idea of the education afforded along practical
Ii mes in the schools of San Jose, and the build
ings and their equipments up to date in
every particular. new and novel feature is
the free dental infirmary, operated by the San
Jose school department in one of the school
buildings. 1t is for children whose parents
cannot afford to pay for the services of den
fist, and 80 San Jose dentists have devoted
one-half day every two months to the hand
ling of these cases, and have handled 219 chill
dren during the past year. filling all their
this agitation over 1000 children went to their
own family dentists and had the work done.
From personal letter from Mr.. c. E. Per-
bins, who is well known throughout Waldo
county and in eastern Maine as one of the
leading merchants at that popular summer re-
sort, Northport campground, we quote as fol-
lows: I'VE are here in Boston once more for
good time, after a strenuous but most success
full seasons business at dear old Northport,
and contemplate returning to Maine March
18th with complete stock Of up-to-date goods
and shall endeavor to lessen the present high
cost of living in and around our beautiful old
town of Northport. While here. and especial
ly in Somerville, we have seen many nice peo-
pie who visit Northport yearly. One never