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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Chemawa extends a welcome to this issue, as our “ cuts” do not
Miss Della Macomber, a recent ad Show up as we should have liked to
dition to our teaching force. Miss have them. But in our next issue
Macomber comes here from Nixon, we will make up for any shortcom
Nevada.
ings that our readers may fancy at
At the request of Supt. Wads taches to our half-tone work of this
worth a new teacher’s position has number. A demand upon our time,
been established at Chemawa to as too, was looking into the affairs of
sist in the instruction of the large Santa Claus and the fun that was
number of new pupils who are en going on here during the hoiliday
season.
rolling.
We are in receipt of reliable in
We now have at the school Edi
son’s latest moving picture ma formation to the effect that there is
chine. It is very fine in every way to be a sale of Indian lands in
and we are all delighted with it. At several districts in Oregon and Cal
present it is in the chapel temporar ifornia. The bids are to be opened
ily, but later it is to be placed in on February 18, 1913. The lands
are located in the Roseburg, Oregon,
the new auditorium pemanently.
We are pleased to welcome Mr. land district; Burns, Oregon, dis
and Mrs. Ira S. Loos to Chemawa. trict; The Dalles, Oregon, district;
Mr. Loos has accepted the position and the districts of Redding and
of assistant disciplinarian and band Susanville, California. Anybody
master at Chemawa, having been desiring further information re
transferred from theTulalip, Wash., garding this land sale should ad
school, at which place he was dis dress “ Supt. Horace G. Wilson,
ciplinarian. They arrived at Che Roseburg, Oregon.”
On the evening of Wednesday,
mawa on the evening of January
December 18, a basket social was
3, 1913.
given at the school for the purpose
Bids for the ice and refrigerating
of raising funds to assist us in our
plant have been received and sent to
Christmas plans. Nearly all en
Washington for approval. We
tered into the spirit of the occasion
expect to hear at any time now that
with a vim. The lady employes and
the contract for furnishing the
the girl students prepared many
same at Chemawa has been signed.
very beautiful baskets and filled
This is a splended plant in every
them with lunches that would have
way and during the “ dog days” of
tempted the most fastidious palate.
the “ Good Old Summer Time” to
The men and boys vied with each
come we will, one and all, appreci
other when the baskets and their
ate it far beyond the power of ex
contents were held up by the auc
pression at the present time.
tioneers, Messrs. Woods, Smith
We were a little disappointed in and Gillett. All in attendance had
not receiving our half-tone paper for a fine time.