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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
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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.
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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 .