T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
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The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Weekly at the Salem Indian Training School,
Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD HALL, Superintendent
Address all communications to Ruthyn Turney, Manager
Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second-
Class Mail Matter
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LITERARY SOCIETIES
R eliance
T h e R eliance Society m et as usual. As the officers
had l>een excused, the society organized w ith Joseph
G ale as president pro tern. A short program , co n sist
ing of an address, an o rig in al paper on “ C o a l,” and
tw o selections for read in g was ren d ered w ith e n th u si
asm. A n im p rom ptu debate followed on the question,
“ Resolved, T h a t the U nited States should go to w ar
w ith G e rm a n y .” T h e visitors were M r. and M rs. H all,
M r. H am m ond and M r. K ershner, w hose addresses
added m uch to th e evening.
E xcelsior Society
T here was no quorum , b u t the m em bers present de
cided to organize a special m eeting w ith G eorge B arrett
in the ch air. E ach m em ber was called on for a q u o
tatio n instead of th e reg u lar roll call. T h e chairm an
called on certain m em bers for talk s, w hich were well
delivered. M r. and M rs. H all, and Mr. H am m ond v is
ited the society and responded to in v itatio n s to speak.
T h eir advice w as very m uch to th e point and was re
ceived w ith en th u siastic applause.
W inona
On the evening of F eb ru ary 7th th ere w ere only about
tw enty-five m em bers of th e society p resen t, ow ing to
th e en tertain m en t in Salem . T h e m eeting began w ith
electing L au ra T h e rria u lt p resid en t pro tern. T h e tim e
was spent very pleasantly in an im p ro m p tu program
m ade up of recitations, songs and yells on th e p art of
the society, and speeches by th e g u ests and advisor.
T h e m eeting was full of vim and “ p e p .” T h e guests
were M rs. W oods and Miss H odgson.
N onpareil
As all the officers and m em bers w ho were on the p ro
gram w ere absent, Blanche G reen w as choosen c h a ir
m an and the follow ing im p ro m p tu program was re n d
ered: Q uotations, M em bers; R ecitation, M ercella S il
vers; R eading, Iren e C u n n in g h am ; R ecitation, R ena
B lacketer; Song, Susie W inn; R eading, M ildred B rig
ham ; T alk . E llen W in n ; R eading, G ertru d e D ailey;
T alk , Felicia H ostler: Song, M artha W iliam s.
HONOR ROLL
T h e h onor roll for Ja n u ary contains the follow ing
nam es:
G rade 2, A loysius C ourchane.
G rade 3, M ike D uval.
G rade 4, W ilbur S cott, E m il F reem an , D elphine
P au lin , B erth a N ye.
G rade 5, F ra n k Sookum , L illian C ondon, M ary
F airch ild , F e o k tist R apin, S cott L ane, Ju lia B radley,
Jessie C leveland, C harles Brazille.
G rade 6, L ogan F a n n .
G rade 7, A lbert C ourville, Effie Davis, E dw ard
H ay d en .
G rade 8, Ju lia Grom off, F ran cis Boyce, G eorge Le-
kanoff, Andrew’ W h ite.
G rade 9, C atherine Reed, L aw rence F ra z ie r, E d w in
Z eiglar, Jo h n Beyers, C harles E d er, E arl N uck o lls,
F ra n k P eratrovich.
FROM KLAMATH
W e are pleased to acknow ledge th e receipt of a letter
from E u g en e W illiam s, w ho grad u ated from C hem aw a
a few years ago. I t was a good letter and show s th a t
its au th o r is keeping abreast of th e tim es. A t the
p resen t tim e he is w atchm an a t the g o v ern m e n t mill
at C h ilo quin.
A sum m ary of h is le tte r follows:
T h e In d ia n s here have organized a club know n as
the “ K lam ath In d ian P rogressive C lu b .” T h e object
of th e club is to prom ote the m oral, in tellectu al, social
and m aterial advancem ent of th e In d ian s of th e K la m
ath R eservation in O regon. I was elected p resid en t
of th e new club.
T h is reservation com prises 1,890 square m iles, and
it is th e best w atered area in S outhern O regon, and
also has th e best outside ran g e on the Pacific C oast.
O ur com m ercial pine tim ber will average 2,000,000
feet to th e q u a rte r section—a total of 8,000,000,000
teet is said to be a conservative estim ate, alth o u g h
some ex p e rts claim th a t 10,000,000,000 feet is nearer
the m ark. M ost of our w ealth lies in th e tim ber.
T h e In d ian people of our reservation num ber 1,150,
and m ost of us are engaged in ag ric u ltu re an d stock-
raisin g .
CHAPERONES
F o r g irls g oing to Salem , S atu rd ay , 17th, M rs. W oods;
S unday afternoon w alks, S un d ay , 18th, Miss W h ite
and Miss T aylor; official visitors to societies, W ed n es
day 21st, W inona, M rs. Loos, M r. Brow n; N onpareil,
Miss S k ipton, M r. Brace; R eliance, M iss T ay lo r, M r.
W oods; E xcelsiors, M rs. S m ith , M r. M itchell.
Y. M. C. A.
T h e topic for discussion at th e reg u la r m eetin g of
th e Y . M. C. A . on S unday evening was “ T h e Causes
of F a ilu re in L ife .” F ra n k C ham berlin was th e leader.
A general discussion of the subject on p art of m em bers
took place, and was followed by v o lu n tary rem ark s by
others present.