CHEHAWA, OREGON, FRIDAY AUGUST 16, fpoi.
H. L. Lovelace, E. Brown,
Manager, ' Editor
Published Weekly by the Pupils of the
Chemawa Indian School.
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as second-class mail-matter.
Address all Business Communications to
The Chemawa American,
Chemawa, Oregon.
The boy who quits a job because the
work is too hard and makes him tired is
no good, and will some day be hitting the
road making occasional stopovers at kitch
en doors, askiug foa a "bite to eat" and
permission to sleep in somedody's barn.
Life beyond the school grounds is not
made up of sociables and easy half-day
jobs, and the young man who would suc
ceed must prepare for a hard all-day strug
gle with.Mr. Toil. The- Young-Man-Afraid-of-the-Pitchfork
will not do. The
Old-Man-in-tbe-Tower saw an example
that will illustrate the case, a few days ago.
Two strong, able boddied youug men,
known as tramps, called at two different
places on the school grounds for something
to eat. Probably they told pitiful tales of
their search for employment, but at the
sameJime, there is a big demand for men
all thiough the valley. The truth of the
matter was that they were too lszy to
freeze on to the business end of a pitchfork.
Haskell Insilute is enjoying a period of
prosperity as far as new buildings are con
cerned. Haskell is the most favorably lo
cated of any school in the service, being in
the midst of several Indian reservations,
and under the al le management of Supt.
Peairs has accomplished and will continue
to accomplish great good for the Indian.
Intelligence has been received of the
death of Mathiew Seattle, grandson of
Chief Seattle after whom the city of Seattle
was named. He was a young man of abil
ity and intelligence and would have some
day made a mark in the world bad death
not called him hence.
From present indications the Indian
Institute to he held atTacoma will be well
attended. Chemawa will be represented
by a large delegation if all go who Lave
signified their intention of attending. A
good live program has been provided and
those who pay heed and go with the inten
tion of study as well as pleasure, will derive
good'from the gatheing.
The Carlisle Indian school band is filling
an engagement at the Pan-American Ex
position. The band is in excellent shape
and among its members are some cf the
leading musicians of the United States.
Among others we notice Mr. Moses Shongo
a cornetist of ability who was a few years
since an employe at Chemawa.
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Several complaints by letter has been
received from subscribers as to why they
have not reciyed their pper. The fact
that we have not been publishing for two
months we trust will be an acceptable ex
cuse. In the future if you do not receive
your paper regularly, drop us a postal card
and the over-sight will be remedied.
For almost two months the American
has been having a vacation and it will now
again make its apprarance at weekly in
tervals. At the close of the school year,
it fwas announced that its appearance
would be in a new form and we have en
deavored to make the improvement which
will be added from time to time, in quali
ty and quantity,