THE CHKMAWA AMERICAN
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The prevocational details changed on Monday.
Last week Mr. I. S. Loos made several business
trips to Portland.
The coal-haulers have nearly filled the basement at
the hospital with coal.
The large field west of the laundry is being sowed
to oats. It is nearly seeded now.
The dairymen are engaged at the task of building
a fence about a field near the hog lot.
Leander Parr, an ex-student of Chemawa, was here
last week visiting his sick brother, Robert.
Charles Morris was visiting here of late, but has
returned to his work in a Portland shipyard.
William Johnson secured the evergreens for use of
Miss Skipton in redecorating the large dining hall.
Jack Pete, a carpenter apprentice, has just complet
ed making eight “ nifty” music stands for Bandmaster
Loos.
Mrs. Ida Lambert, M^s. Genevieve Bresee and Mr.
Louis Murray of Montana, are visiting relatives at the
school.
Keep the home warm, but don’t forget that ventila-
tion is essential. Pure air will heat much quicker than
foul air. — -
Each of the employes who reside in cottages have
been issued a cord of wood each as a starter for the
winter.
The blacksmiths have just finished the task of re
pairing and riveting the stovepipes in the academic
building.
The carpenters have been busy of late taking out
the old screens in Winona Hall and replacing them
with new ones.
Mr. Hobucket was extremely busy last week un
loading three carloads of wood for the school, which
was sent from Silverton.
Mrs. Wheeler came up from Portland a few days ago
and enrolled her nephew, Harry. He will become a
member of the Junior class.
The members of the Small Boys’ Home are very
thankful to the carpenters for the good work which
they did on their outside porch.
A numbers of girls at Winona Hall enjoyed a Hallo
ween party last Thursday night. Delicious refresh
ments ended an evening of enjoyment.
Irving Crawford, one of our former students, stopped
over here a few hours last week while enroute to Port
land. His home is in the Klamath section.
Dairyman Joe Bettles made arrangements with a
local farmer last week for nine tons of carrots which
),e intends to feed to the dairy stock this winter.
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One and one-half cords of Douglas fir wood has the
same heating value as one ton of coal. In general,
two pounds of wood equals one pound of coal in
heat units.
Roy Nuckolls and Kelly Shaw, both vocational
boys, have been assisting Mr. Ross during the past
few weeks in keeping the campus in fine shape. They
have both made good.
A detail of three boys in the shoe-repairing depart
ment has been handling about forty paiis of shoes per
week. They just completed the task of putting calks
in the shoes of the football players.
The onion house which is being rapidly filled with
onions is still having more dry bins put in. The onions
are coming in much faster than the bins can be installed.
We will see plenty of onions and more this year.
A detail of boys under the
bucket is employed at intervals
the track in order that it may
for field-meets when the season
direction of Mr. Ho
in putting cinders on
be in good condition
arrives next year.
Miss Skipton is in receipt of one of the Mare Island
papers, a naval journal of recent date, which contains
a picture of the band in which is shown Nick K.
Hatch as a member. Nick is a former Chemawa
student.
Practically all of the work, both of carpenters and
painters, is now done in the way of remodeling the
sewing rooms. There may be a touch or two required
now and then of the painters, but very little remains
to be done yet.
One of our girls received a letter recently from
William Andrews, a former Chemawa boy, who is
now in the navy aboard the United States cruiser
New Orleans. William says that he expects to visit
here next spring.
On account of the epidemic of Spanish Influenza
it has been practically impossible to schedule any foot
ball games. We sincerely hope that conditions will
soon
to change for the better—really we think a change
is already in sight.
Deacon Lawton, who started the football season as
fullback for our school, took down sick some time ago
and was very ill. Deacon has recovered, but will not
be able to return to the gridiron on account of the loss
of weight. It is evident that he will be out for the
season.
Mr. Lipps, Supervisor of Indian Schools, was a wel
come visitor at Chemawa last week. He was especially
welcomed by the Carlisle students of whom he was
formerly in charge. They say that it seemed good to
see one who has been like a father to them. They are
now wishing for him to come often.