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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1919)
T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N PAG E 2 ■I - ■ III The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P u b lis h e d W e e k ly a t th e S a le m I n d ia n T ra in in g S c h o o l O 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 re ss a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to R u th y n T u rn ey, M an ager E n tered a t th e O hem aw a, O regon. P o s to ffic e a s S eco n d - C lass M a il M a tte r S U B S C R I P T IO N - - - 2 5 C ts P E R A N N U M LOCAL C hem aw a now has fifteen co ttag es for em ployes w ith fam ilies. T h e new stu d en ts are fittin g in th e grooves and g ettin g dow n to business at C hem aw a. T h e roofs of the en tire list of C hem aw a stru ctu re s w ere given an application of asp h altu m paint th is sum m er. Five acres of onions are being pulled and topped th is w eek, p reparatory to being stored in the crates o f the onion dry house. T h e half-dozen or m ore of E n g lish w alnut trees had a splendid crop. It was difficult to keep the small boys away from them . H ave you seen the booklet g otten o u t by the C h e m aw a A m erican? It co n tain s about 80 views of our school and is w orth hav in g . E very d ep artm en t at C hem aw a is w orking full tim e and every endeavor is being m ade to carry out the in ten t of th e course of stu d y consistently. Football is th e chief order of th e day d u rin g recrea tion h o u rs these days am ong th e boys. O u r varsity will play the Pacific U niversity at F o rest G rove n ex t S atu rd ay . T he big school tru ck in addition to h au lin g lum ber, wood and various su p p lies th ro u g h o u t the week days, is used S u n d ay afternoons giving 45 girls to a load an o u tin g . T he larg er values of school tra in in g are estim ated only in the m oral ch aracter and in th e conscientious achievem ents of stu d e n ts and o th ers influenced by stu d e n ts in homes, shops, farm s, business, etc. T h e Cleveland trac to r of a trac k lay in g type w hich w as purchased early in S eptem ber is a splendid a d dition to our farm m ach in ery . It easily does th e w ork of eight horses. Mr. D aly, th e teach er of a g ric u ltu re , appears m uch pleased w ith the w ork accom plished. T h e 30-acre field in th e lake bottom was ploughed and m ade ready for seeding in a very few days. At present it is used to drive the large Blizzard ensilage cu tter. I I I I ■■ B ill ............................ I III ■ II. II ■ "II - m i 1 1« I I II ■ ■■■— ...................................... ...... T h e potato crop of “ la te s” is estim ated at about 2,500 bushels. T his, added to th e earlier varieties, w hich usually is sufficient to provide for th e stu d e n ts u n til D ecember first, will supply our w ants th ro u g h out th e year. A rran g em en ts have been made w ith Dr. Bried, S u p erin ten d en t of the P'ort Lapw ai A gency, to su p ply the school this year w ith flour. Pile flour re ceived is m anufactured from hard w heat and m akes excellent bread. A bout $1,200 was received last year for h a rn e ss m an u factured in our school shop. YVe have an order for a larger q u an tity at better prices the present year. W ith leather at 62 cents per pound and h arness at $65 per set leaves a m argin for a fair profit. School sta rted prom ptly on Septem ber 8th in ac cordance w ith D epartm ental orders. It was a little earlier th a n is custom ary at C hem aw a on account of hop p icking and other work contracted to be done bv p u p ils. H ow ever, every th in g w orked out a lrig h t. A t th e last sale of C hem aw a hogs in the m aket at P o rtlan d 22 cen ts per pound livew eight was secured, the h ig h est price u p to th at date ever received for hogs in this m arket. T h ere were 70 head in th e lot. W e sell tw o bands of hogs each year in lots ra n g in g from 70 to 100 each tim e. Mr. Joseph Iliff is now on high pressure at C he m awa, having been transferred from Chilocco as S u p erin te n d en t of of In d u stries. Mrs. Iliff is acting as teacher. T h e fam ily is now occupying the tw o-storv residence lately vacated bv M r. and M rs. K irk , who have moved into th e "b a c h e lo rs’” q u arte rs near the G irls ’ In d u stria l building. Sw ift & C om pany, C hicago, have our beef co n tra ct th is year at $12.40 per h u n d red . YYre paid $16.50 last year. Coal cost us $2.65 per ton last year w hile th is year we secure it at $1.75. T he price of fuel oil is so high th a t our appropriation w ould not perm it of its use. W hen we last used oil the price was 55 cents a b arrel. T h e low est bid th is year was $1.80. Jo h n B eyer, N ick Orloff, Elwood T o w ner, A ndrew W h ite and G us G artiez, discharged soldier and sailor boys, have retu rn ed to C hem aw a and taken up th eir w ork w here left off before join in g th e " F o r c e s .” John Beyer w as in every engagem ent in F ran ce in w hich the A m erican forces took p art. H e was w o u n d ed at th e battle of the A rgonne, but recovered in tim e to be w ith his battalion in the n ext engagem ent and was w ith the arm y of occupation at C oblentz. M artin C olby, who will soon retu rn to school, was also in the b attalio n . T h e 220 Chem aw a boys who enlisted are w orthy of th e greatest honor and we w ho know them so well are proud of them .
