December 16 to December 31, 1913

Tuesday,  December 16

Fair 

School All day.

Gooderham & I started for Port Gamble on 6 P.M. boat. Got there 9:30 P.M.  Turn in at Hotel Puget abt 11 P.M.

Wednesday,  December 17

Rainy.

Up abt 8 A.M. at Hotel Puget.  Walked around town & inspected mill. 

 Took launch to other side of Hood's Canal to make tests on cable.  Launch sunk ha!  Walked 1 mile for supper at Logging camp.  Back agn. more tests till 11 P.M.  Turn in at Cabin at Station. 

Thursday, December 18

Fair Cold  - 6ºC.

Woke up at cabin at North Hood Station. Went to testing without breakfast.  Got some good results on transformers. Had dinner at logging camp.  Juice on high line & cable.  Back to Port Gamble for supper.  Around hotel eve.  Turn in abt 11 P.M. 

Friday, December 19  at Gamble.

Fair  Cool.

Up abt 8 A.M.  Took launch up to So. Hood's Sub-Station and tested Transformers & telephone cable.  Had lunch along.  Did nice job, back to hotel for supper.  Left on steamer Potlatch for Seattle.  Had berth turned in at 12 M. 

Saturday, December 20

Fair foggy.

Woke up at dock on board Str. Potlatch.  Home by 8 A.M. Down to Bakers.  Up to G.N.M.'s for dinner and out to drive for Mrs. Dow.  Home 6 P.M. Saw G. down town.  Out to G's eve. 

Home by 1 P.M.

    Mrs Dow

    3 hrs  $1.50

Sunday, December 21

Fair.

Up abt 9:30 A.M.

Around home till 2:30 P.M.  Then out to G's.  Got Xmas trees etc.  Galva & George Around too.  up to College Inn Play House.  Home 1 A.M. which is some too late. 

Monday, December 22

Fair.

Up abt 10:30 A.M.  Down town all afternoon got some presents & also deer hide.  Home abt 3 P.M.  Worked on plumbing, radiators etc. till 11 P.M.

Tuesday, December 23 

Fair  

Up about 9 AM

Worked around house some. Got drain cleaned out.  Out to Mrs. Dow's 1:45 P.M. Drove all afternoon.  Home by 6 P.M. Up to G.N.M. till 9 P.M. Turn in early. 

Dow  

3 1/2 hrs  $1.75

Wednesday, December 24

Fair  -  Rain Eve.

Up 7 A.M.  Drove for Sweeney all day.  Tired out eve.  Down town eve got hair cut.  

Home 10:30 P.M.

Thursday, December 25

Fair

Christmas - Up about 10 A.M.  Out to G's to dinner. had nice time. Galva down.  Home 11:30 P.M.

Friday, December 26

Fair

Up abt 7:30 A.M.

Monkeying around house. Up to Ryan's at 10 A.M. Working with wireless.   Down to Browning's too.  Home 6:30 P.M.  Home eve. 

Saturday, December 27

Fair

Up about 9 A.M.

Out to Dow's A.M. & took car to Ferris' to have radiator fixed.  Stopped at G.N.M. & had lunch.  Down town afternoon monkeying around to Kilbourne & Clark's.  Met Mr. Nagel.  Out to G's eve up to Marie's.  Home 1 A.M.

Sunday, December 28

Fine day (sunshine)

Loafed around house till 4 P.M. then went down to Huey's for dinner & eve.  Had good time.  Met Miss Madigan there with Mary Angel & her brother.  Home 11 P.M.  

Monday, December 29

Tango (recipe) 4 steps then back & forth, then pivot, then step dip point, pivot then step dip point, then grape vine then pivot, then back to starting pos'n.  Up abt 10:30 A.M. Cleaned up room all day.  Out to G's eve. Poor Babe had Mumps.  Out to Ruth Miller's.  Home 12 P.M. [A.M.]

Tuesday, December 30

Fair  -  Rain eve.

Up abt 9 A.M.  Ryan called up.  Down to Ferguson's with wavemeter.  Drove Dow's car fm Ferris' to house.  Down town & met Kraft. Bummed around awhile.  Up to G.N.M.'s stopped & saw Gooderham on the way.  Home by 10 P.M.  

Dow - 

Ferris to home  .50

    

Wednesday, December 31

Rain -

Up abt 9:30 A.M.  Around house all day. Fixing plumbing etc. Out to G's eve.  Down to Empress.

Home 2 A.M.

Last of year.

Rough house down town. 

December 1 to December 15, 1913

Monday, December 1

Fair -

Home afternoon. Up to G.N.M.'s for awhile.  He went to Index.  Home agn. Down to Seattle Theatre with mama & Kane.  All right for 25¢.  

The Seattle Theatre was at 3rd and Cherry. It was torn down in 1915 and the Arctic Building stands there today.

Home by 12 P.M. [A.M.]

Tuesday, December 2

Fair -

School. Saw Kraft. Home 4 P.M.  Out to meeting with Ryan at A.I.E.E. [American Institute of Electrical Engineers] Home 10 P.M.

Wednesday, December 3

Fair  - Good

School. E.E. lab.  Study eve. E.E. Prob.  Frank up here. Some music.  Turn in 11 P.M.

Thursday, December 4

Fair 

School.

Down town saw G.  Out to G's eve. then to wireless meeting. Home by 12 M.

Friday, December 5

Rain -

Out to school.  Worked on interpole motors all afternoon.  To G's for supper then to Concert at B'way High.  Home by 11 P.M. 

Electric motor with interpole commutation (Rankin Kennedy, Modern Engines, Vol VI)

Saturday, December 6

Fair - Rain Eve

Up late. Up to Ryan's measuring waves.  Got some good results. Out to G.M. to Show at school.  Home 1 P.M.

Sunday, December 7

Fine Day -

Up about 11 A.M.

Out to G's for dinner. Galva down. Out for walk around campus.  Home 7 P.M. up to movies back again 9 P.M. Arrive home 12 A.M.

Monday, December 8

Fair

School.  Home all afternoon.  Worked on E.E. Up to G.N. M.'s eve.  Things look pretty good.  Home 10 P.M. Turn in 10:45 P.M.

Tuesday, December 9

Fair  -  Foggy eve.

School.  Hydraulics. Not much doing.  Out to Lieben's eve.  Home by 10:00 P.M. Study a little. Turn in 10:30 P.M.

Wednesday, December 10

Fair  -

School.  Out to Lecture by Moritz on mathematics [probably Robert E Mortiz, who wrote "A Textbook on Spherical Trigonometry" in 1913]. Very bum indeed.  With Gooder. Worked on interpole machines in lab.  Turn in 10:30 P.M.

Thursday, December 11

School -

Out at noon. Down town afternoon getting duds & things for Varsity. [Probably means for the Varsity Ball, coming up on Friday.] Turn in early for big sleep.

Friday, December 12

Fair.

Up 7 A.M. & to Gooderham's to ride to Lake for trip to Snoqualmie.  Inspected Power Plant at falls.

Very nice trip.  

Home by 5 P.M.  

Then to Varsity Ball wi G.  

Had good time raw deal on dances by Austin.  Home wi Hazle.  2:30 A.M.

Saturday, December 13

Fair -

Up at 10 A.M.  Gooderham down about cable test.  Out to school working on it all afternoon.  Up to G.N.M, eve for supper.  He did not get home.  Back home by 8:30 P.M.  Met Daniel & U. (with Olympic Power Co.)

Sunday, December 14

Fair  - Fine

Up abt 9 A.M. to Sunday school. Then out to Ruth Miller's to get G.  Out to G's for eve. Ratherinn [undecipherable could be Catherine?] decided.  Home 12 P.M.

Monday, December 15

Fair -

School.  Home abt 2:30 P.M. Drove for Mrs. Dow.  Out to School eve. gazing at stars [probably at the Jacobsen Observatory, built in 1895].  Pretty good time.  Home. 12 A.M.