The Chemawa American, April 10, 1918, Page 2, Image 2

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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
P u b lish e d W ee k ly a t th e Salem In d ia n T ra in in g School
C hem aw a, O regon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d e n t
A d d ress all co m m u n icatio n s to R u th y n T urney, M an ag er
E n te re d a t th e C hem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice as S econd-
Class M ail M a tte r
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H en ry D arnell, of V ancouver B arracks, w as a w el­
com e visitor last S u n d ay ,
Sophie A nderson and L ena C leveland w ere
cham pion tick et sellers at M cB iide H all.
th e
Joseph D escham p, b ro th er of Rose, who is stationed
at Cam p Lewis, visited w ith her last w eek-end.
P ru n e trees are now bloom ing, w hich betokens a big
crop this season. P rospects for fru it are fine.
T h e rep o rt cards for our high school stu d e n ts em ­
bracing the last sem ester show ed com m endable p ro g ­
ress.
M rs. C odding, head n u rse, is rap id ly g e ttin g hold
of th e w ork in th e hospital and ev ery th in g is m oving
sm oothly.
M rs. D au en h au er, of P o rtlan d , was a visitor at C h e ­
m aw a th e first of th e week. She m et w ith th e girls
on M onday evening.
T h e m asonry detail is c o n stru c tin g 1,200 feet of
cu rb in g along th e fro n t of the cam pus, w hich will add
m uch to th e ap p earan ce thereof.
M r. R atzeb u rg , of M ill• C ity , is actin g as dairy m an
d u rin g th e absence of Mr. M itchell. H e and his fam ­
ily occupy th e fa rm e r’s residence.
M r. M itchell, d airy m an , is ta k in g a m onth leave of
absence w ith o u t p ay , for purpose of su p erv isin g the
p la n tin g of w heat on his M ontana ran ch .
T h e Ju n io r Band led a section in th e L ib erty Bond
parade in Salem last S atu rd ay . T h e boys played
well and elicited m uch favorable com m ent.
S u p erin ten d en t and M rs. H all and M rs. Jaq u in s
w ere d in n er g u ests on M onday evening at th e hom e
of M r. an d M rs. C harles M urphy, of Salem .
M r. and M rs. P en d erg rass left on S u n d ay to take
up th eir p eim an e n t residence in M ontana. M r. P en d er­
grass has lately acquiied a w heat ran ch near G reat
F alls.
M r. Daly is about th ro u g h d rillin g in th e g rain and
h ay . T h e plow s are now o p eratin g on potato land
and also com m encing to break u p th e cleared trac t
across th e slough.
S u p erin ten d e n t H all m ade a visit last week to th e
U m atilla B oarding School in connection w ith his w ork
as su p erv isin g S u p erin ten d e n t. H e will leave soon
for K lam ath A gency.
C hem aw a is a busy place. W ith the active w ork
on th e farm , g arden and all other d ep artm en ts,
to g eth er w ith m any im provem ents in progress, a
visitor is m uch im pressed.
W allace Beebe has a force of boys cleaning out th e
canal w est of th e railroad. T h is is necessary in order
to properly drain the onion land. W allace is a good
boy and is alw ays tru stw o rth y .
May H anniff sold th e greatest num ber of tickets for
the burlesque, w hile M ary A rq u ette and B ertha L ee
were close seconds. M rs. Daly and her g irls deserve
m uch credit for in te re st displayed.
T h e com m ittee on inspection last week w ere very
com plim entary of th e well kept appearance and
cleanliness of all b u ild in g s and cam pus. T h ey re ­
m arked th a t W inona H all never appeared b etter.
M r. M erle S m ith , a sergeant in th e Signal Corp,
stationed at Cam p Lew is, stopped off at C hem aw a on
his re tu rn from his hom e at R iverside, C alifornia, last
week to v isit w ith S u p erin ten d en t H all and fam ily.
Miss S k ip to n , d in in g room m atro n , is q u ite ill
w ith bronchial p neum onia at th e hom e of h er cousin,
M rs. F re d Steusloff, in Salem . D urin g her absence
M rs. B rew er is h an d lin g th e w ork of the d in in g hall.
T h e h ig h school stu d e n ts appreciate very m uch the
d ain ty and varied lunches prepared for them each day
by the dom esitic science d ep artm en t. T he best p a rt
of th is is th a t th e re is no cessation of th e ap p etizin g
lunches.
T he dom estic Science d ep artm en t en tertain ed th e
O regon U niversity baseball squad last S aturday for
din n er and su p p e r. L eona John and Julia Mills did
th e serving, w hile th e th ird year v o c a tio n a l prepared
the m eals.
M r. Jo h n B. P a rk e r, one of the first stu d e n ts at
C hem aw a, died at Y akim a on F rid ay . T h e rem ains
w ere taken to L vle, W ash in g to n , for in te rm en t. H is
d a u g h te r Josephine wdio is a stu d e n t at C hem aw a a t­
tended the funeral.
R obert A lpheus, who is located at G uam , one of the
L adrone Islands, w rites sta tin g th a t he is in perfect
health and is en joying him self very m uch. H e states
th a t he w ill probably be stationed at this Islan d u n til
the end of the w ar.
Y esterday a team from Salem canvassed C hem aw a
for p u rchasers of L ib erty Bonds. In about an h o u r
and a-lialf our em ployees subscribed th ro u g h these
gentlem en for about $2,009 w orth of bonds. T h a t
certain ly is not bad.
C hem aw a had a coal fam ine last w eek, caused by
in ability of th e M endota and O lym pia m ines to su p ­
ply the proper g rad e of coal. H ow ever we have
received th ree cars since S atu rd ay and ev ery th in g is
m oving in good shape again.
T he gross receipts for th e Sigm a Phi mock w edding
was $65.65. A fter p ay in g th e expenses consisting of
ice cream cones, eggs, etc., for the icecream am o u n t­
ing to $4.60, and $8.00 for crepe paper, h at fram es,
etc. .th e net profits am ounted to $53.05. T h is fund is
to be used for Red Cross and war w ork if possible in
some way for th e C hem aw a soldier boys.