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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1917)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAGE 4 The CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published W eekly at the Salem Indian Training School, Chemawa, Oregon, HARWOOD H ALL, Superintendent Address all com m unications to R uthyn Turney, Manager Entered at the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class Mail M atter SU BSC R IPTIO N - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M COM MISSIONER SELLS IN TH E SO UTHW EST Cato Sells, Com m issioner of In d ian A ffairs, re tu rn ed to W ash in g to n today from a tw o -m o n th s' to u r of the deserts in A rizona and S o uthern C alifornia. D u r ing his trip Com m issioner Sells traveled h u n d red s of m iles in autom obiles and many miles on horseback, and inspected th e w ater sheds of th e G ila R iver in A ri zona and New M exico for the purpose of locating po s sible reservoir and dam sites. H e tracked closely the Colorado R iver from N eedles, A rizona, to Y um a, C alifornia, inspected th e P ark er and Y um a R eservation irrig atio n possibilities an d studied conditions in th e Im perial V alley, his definite purpose being to th o ro u g h ly fam iliarize him self w ith th e w ater con d itio n s and productive possibilities of th e desert co u n tries of th e so u th w est. A m ong o th er th in g s accom plished d u rin g his trip , th e Com m issioner effected prelim inary arran g em en ts for pow er to be used in p u m p in g and for clearin g , lev eling and p u ttin g in to cu ltiv atio n 30,000 acres in one trac t of desert lan d s on th e Pim a R eservation, s o u th w est of P h o en ix . Com m issioner Sells says th at w ith w ater these d e s ert lands are capable of alm ost unbelievable p ro d u c tion, th a t E g y p tia n long staple cotton is fast becom ing a chief crop, m aking ap p ro x im ately one bale to th e acre, now selling for seventy cents a pound; th a t alfalfa grow s in g reat q u an tities, being c u t seven or eigh t tim es each season, and th a t milo m aize produces abu n d an tly ; th a t th e re are m ore cattle and hogs fed in the Salt R iver, Y um a, and Im perial V alleys th a n in any other equal territo ry in th e w orld. T h e Com - m issioner visited one ran ch in th e Y um a V alley w here 7,000 hogs w ere being fed. It is his purpose, w ith in the n e x t eighteen m o n th s, to develop not only th e 50,000 acres on th e P im a R eservation, b u t in like m anner th o u san d s of acre on th e P ark er and Y um a R eserv atio n s. W ith the first hand inform ation Com m issioner Sells obtained on th is trip he is able to transform rap id ly and effec tively m uch of the great deserts of th e S o u th w est in to th e p roduction of food for the w orld s im m ed iate n e cessities. CH EM AW A VS. O. A. C. F R E SH M E N L ast S atu rd ay th e C hem aw a football team played the O. A . C. F reshm en at C orvallis and were defeated by a score of 9 to 6. In th e first p a rt of th e gam e the F reshm en, being unable to g ain , p u n ted to C hem aw a and secured th e ball on C hem aw a’s 20-vard line. A fter th ree u n su c cessful attem p ts to advance th e ball a drop kick w as placed squarely betw een the goals by K ashberger, th e sam e m an w ho last season w hile p lay in g w ith M t. A ngel College, defeated C hem aw a by a place kick. T h e F reshm en touchdow n was a resu lt of a 75-yard ru n by the O . A. C. q u a rte r w ho, secu rin g the ball on a p u n t, ran th ro u g h th e en tire C hem aw a team to th e goal. Several of th e C hem aw a men h ad good chances to tackle him . T h e C hem aw a m en m ade m any m ore first dow ns than the F reshm en and outside of th e one long run o fO . A. C. played th e b etter ball. H ow ever, th e F reshm en out-classed C hem aw a in open field Tun in g , tack lin g and general alertness. In th e last q u a rte r C hem aw a, by repeated successful passes for g ain s from 10 to 30 yards, finally carried th e ball across th e goal, C aptain L ane m ak in g th e touchdow n near th e side lines. A fter a p re tty p u n t o u t Dow nie m issed goal. C aptain L ane w as replaced by N uckolls in th e second q u a rte r, b u t resum ed play at th e l.eg in n in g of th e th ird q u arte r. C rane in ju red his sh o u ld er and was replaced by G artiez in th e second q u arte r. T h ere w ere no p a rtic u la r sta rs on th e C hem aw a team . T h e team as a w hole show ed possibilities, but w ere slow , b oth in sta rtin g and g e ttin g dow n th e field on kick-offs and p u n ts and w ere decidedly weak on open field tack lin g and in te rfe rin g . L in e-u p : L . E ., H au ser; L . T ., N ix ; L . G ., F ields; C ., H o bucket; R . G ., Sanders; R. T ., P eratrovicli; R . E ., L ane (C a p t.) (N u c k o lls); Q ., D ownie; R. H ., W atts; L- H ., C ham berlin; F ., C rane (G a rtie z ). CLASS ORGANIZATION T h e 6th grad e com pleted class o rg an izatio n last w eek and th e follow ing officers w ere elected to serve d u rin g th e first sem ester: Joseph B ettles, presid en t; D oris H o x ie, vice-presi d en t; Jessie C leveland, secretary -treasu rer; A m y B ern, rep o rter; C harles B razillee, O scar W ilson, C ath erin e M atte and S arah M arlow , m onitors; Joseph G reer and A lex P etellin , orderlies; Joseph John so n , F e o k tist R apin, A n n a P eratrovicli and O ra D uncan, serg ean ts. T h e class m otto, “ O b ed ien ce,” and th e class colors, “ Black and G o ld ,” w ere adopted by th e 1916-17 class. T h e p resent class has adopted a w ell-harm onized class song “ T h e Black and G o ld .” W e are try in g to live u p to th e sentim ent of its in sp irin g w ords.— A m y B ern, C lass R ep o rter.
