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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1917)
F lo ra T ru itt; yell leader, M arguerite H arney. E xcelsiors P rogress of th e In d ia n s of th e U nited S tates is e n t itled in a rep o rt recently issued by H on. Cato Sells, Commissioner of In d ia n A fiairs, w hich show s th a t th e red men are im proving th eir condition and sta n d a rd of civilization rap id ly . . . Follow ing are a few of th e statistics m entioned in T h e m eeting of th e E xcelsiors on Jan u ary 3rd was an open business m eeting for th e reo rg an izatio n of th e society, ow ing to th e election of new officers at th e previous m eeting. A new program com m ittee w as appointed and different m em bers w ere called on for speeches. M r. W oods and M rs. E stahrook w ere the report: , In 1912 less th a n 55,000 In d ian s could read and w rite E n g lish . N ow th e n um ber is 75,000, 30 per cent of th e w hole num b er. T h e incom e of th e In d ian s from farm in g , stock rais ing and o th er em ploym ent has increased in th e sam e tim e from $22,000,000 to $28,000,000. T h e num ber of In d ian s engaged in farm ing has in creased from 29,216 in 1913 to 35,823. T h e acreage cu ltiv ated in five y ears has increased from 383,025 to 668,527. T h e death rate p er 1000in 1915 was 30, lmt decreased to 22 per cent in 1916. In 1914 th ere w ere 2391 d eaths of ch ild ren under 3 vears of age. In 1916 th e n u m b er was only 1303. F o u r years ago 160,000 In d ia n s had abandoned tribal custom s. In th e last four years 30,000 m ore have visitors. W inona Society c Song Peen, - R ecitation o Song - „ .. R eading .• R ecitation T . Jokes - Poem - r _ chosen to live as w hite men do. ASSOCIATIONS Joseph G ale, Secretary, rep o rts th e Y. M . C. A . m eeting of S unday evening th e 31st as being led >y N ick O rloft. T h e topic was, Lessons from the Old Y e a r.” H e also rep o rts very in te re stin g as well as profitable sessions of th e Ju n io r Y . M . C. A and Y . \Y C A T h e C om m ittee on finance reported th a t $70 00 was netted from th e sale of refreshm ents at a social on N ew Y e a r's n ig h t, w hich will he used to pay expenses of stu d e n ts to the sum m er conference. A jo in t m eeting of all associations was held last S u n day. T h e topic was " O u r aim for a New \ e a r . SOCIETIES R eliance T h e R eliance L ite ra ry S o ciety ’s program of Jan u ary 3d was sh o rt ow ing to num erous absences. Several m atters of business were discussed and a vice-presi d en t, Janies C rane, elected to fill the vacancy caused by th e hom e going of Janies G reeley. M r. H o b u ck et L oulin Brew er and A urelius T alb o t, visitors, each m ade a few rem ark s and gave some ex cellen t advice. N onpareil Society No program w as prepared as th e evening was d e voted to electing new officers, who are as follows: P resid en t, Mae A dam s; vice-president, R uth Mc- N ickle; secretary , L ydia B auer; treasu rer, M arth a Sprague; serg ean t at-arm s, Z elina B righam ; rep o rter, . . . L au ra T h e rria u lt ........................................... R u th J° neS . - - - R osaline L am bert - M arina N elson . . . T helm a O rson . . - . . - . . . . . . - - Cecil Russell N ellie F ran cis M am ie F risk H en rietta C ham berlin Buelah W h ite LOCAL LORE T h e tim ber cn th e school farm is being rapidly cu t and m ade into cord wood. T h e garden detail has com pleted d ig g in g th e p ars nips and beets and sto rin g them in th e root house. P lo u g h in g is nearly com pleted. In th e sp rin g the land will be gone over w ith a disk harrow an d p lan ted . All three of the big w ashers in th e steam lau n d ry have been given a th o ro u g h overhauling by M r. S tew art and his boys. F lorence L in d ell, w ho spent th e holidays a t h er hom e in G lacier P ark , M ontana, upon her re tu rn , r e ported very cold w eather and th ree feet of snow w hile there. A hot w ater connection is being made from the main line to the S u p e rin te n d e n t’s residence. It is in tended to e x ten d the system at once to th e em ployes’ building and from thence to M cBride H all. M uch headw ay is being m ade by M r. H erro ld . th e co n tracto r, in ly in g the sew er pip in g . In asm u ch as the trenches are from 7 to 12 feet in d ep th , w ith diffi cult d ig g in g , th e progress m ade is fine. Supervisor G oodall, w ho is in charge of th e F o rt T o t ten School, says the therm om eter showed 32 degrees below zero a few days since. H e w rites th a t he took a sleigh ride across a portion of D evil’s L ake, a distance of ten m iles, on ice over four feet in th ick n ess. T h e Colonel is a m an of action and is not d eterred by cold w eather or o th e r obstacles w hen he has w ork to do.
