The Chemawa American, October 08, 1919, Page 3, Image 3

T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
LOCAL
Miss B runette, a H askell g rad u ate, is now ste n o g ­
rap h er at Chem aw a.
Mr. G ordon H obucket, w ho had been at C heniaw a
for a long tim e, is now P rincipal at the C ut Bank
B oarding School, M ontana.
D ainty cards an n o u n ce th e b irth on Septem ber 11th,
of G eorge Boles J r ., in Ju n e a u , A laska. Mrs. G eorge
Boles was our M rs. T eabo.
Mr. H . S. B radley, who is su p erv isin g the
structio n of our several new b u ild in g s, drives a
com fortable car, as m any can testify , for he and
Bradley are most generous with th e big back
con­
most
Mrs.
seat.
M rs. Brickell, w ith little d a u g h te r V irginia, came
to take charge of th e dom estic science d ep artm en t
w hen school opened. M rs. V an d ag rift, who was
tem porarily in ch arg e, is now su p erin ten d in g the em ­
p loyes’ club.
Mrs. H all has been absent for some tim e, v isiting
w ith her d a u g h te r, M rs. Ja q u in s, an d other friends in
S outhern C alifornia. W e h ear she is soon to retu rn
and M r. H all and the Sigm a girls are not th e only
ones who are glad .
A dditions to o u r school force th is year are Mrs.
Louise F . B rickell, do m estic science teacher; Miss
Cecelia B ru n ette, ste n o g rap h er; Mr. Joseph Iliff,
T eacher of In d u stries; M rs. F lora Iliff, T eacher; Mr.
O scar B. C hapm an, baker; M rs. K atie M ason, a ssist­
an t cook; Mr. J. F. S cott, tem porary clerk.
A t the first m eetin g of th e N onpareil L iterary So­
ciety, held on O ctober th ird , the follow ing officers
w ere elected: P resid en t, E leanor H auk; vice-presi­
d en t, K ath erin e W ilder; secretary , Effie Davis; trea s­
u rer, M ary M otanic; critic, E lizabeth M ontgom ery;
sergean t-at-arm s, Rose Goff; program com m ittee,
Laura W au n , G e rtru d e T odd and Dorcas M inthorne.
It looked for aw hile as if all school papers in th e
In d ia n Service w ere to be abolished in accordance
w ith an act of C ongress, b u t as th e Joint C om m ittee
on P rin tin g was invested w ith a u th o rity in said act to
g ra n t a co n tin u an ce, notice was received on S atu rd ay
last to co n tin u e the p u blications. C onsequently th e
C hem aw a A m erican will be issued as usual on W ednes­
day of each week.
Chief S upervisor O. H . L ipps visited C hem aw a
officially last week for several days. Mr. L ipps is in
ch arg e of the Chilocco school tem porarily, but at p res­
e n t, in com pany w ith S upervisor M ichael, is looking
up conditions as reg ard s In d ian s in C alifornia. It is
understood th a t he has pu rch ased an autom obile in
order to visit the In d ian s in th e ir rancherias and homes
and el sew here scattered in rem ote places th ro u g h o u t
th e state.
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Scores of A laska p u p ils are being held at A laskan
ports on account of th e lack of accom m odations on the
steam ers. If all of the A laskan In d ian s who have
m ade application for adm ittan ce are enabled to reach
here school will be full to overflow ing.
T h e R eliance L iterary Society m et on F riday ev e­
n in g , O ctober th ird , and elected the follow ing officers:
P resid en t, Roy N uckolls, vice-president, A llan S h ep ­
ard ; secretary, W illiam K ennedy; treasurer, Jam es
C hoate; sergeant-at-arm s, A ndrew F ox; cheer leader,
E dw in L iljegren; assistant cheer leader, E arl P otts.
T h e late order relatin g to ineligibility of pupils who
are not under federal supervision as well as In d ian s
accessible to puplic schools, has made it necessary to
refuse a large num ber th is year. N ever before has
there been such an effort to en ter school on the part
of In d ian s of school age as has been the case at C h e­
m awa th is year.
T he fruit room -a large o n e —is chock full of
can n ed goods for w inter use. A long line of girls are
daily c a rry in g the overflow of canned fruit to the
shelves in th e com m issary. T h o usands of gallons
of delicious preserved fru its and vegetables have been
put u p in th e school k itch en , such as straw berries,
loganberries, blackberries, plum s, prunes in various
shapes, apple sauce, peaches, pears, stringed beans,
corn, tom atoes, p ie p la n t, etc., and the end is not
yet, for h u n d red s of gallons of tom atoes and corn and
pickles are to be added to the store. Indeed, the s u m ­
mer at C hem aw a is alw ays a busy tim e for everybody
connected w ith th e school.
Chemaw’a at present has tinder construction one
large em ployes’ q u arte rs c o n tain in g nine large b ed ­
room s, 16x16 each w ith big closets, two lau n d ry
room s, tw o baths and a fine large sittin g room . T h e
guest cham ber is sixteen and one-half by eighteen
w ith large closet and a door opening on the piazza.
In ad dition there are tw o m odern six-room cottages
constructed on th e bungalow type. T hese b uildings
are alm ost com pleted. W e also have an $8,000 barn
to build, lum ber being on th e g round, as well as an
ad m in istratio n building and library. Tw o four-room
cottages being ju st com pleted by the carp en ter d etail,
one of w hich is occupied by Mr. Jam es and fam ily and
th e o th er by M r. and M rs. T u rn e y .
C hem aw a’s ex h ib it at th e S tate F air was the finest
th in g of its kin d there. T h e e n tire west end of the
big pavillion, w ith a big space in the n orthw est corner
was tak en up show ing off our various d ep artm en ts.
T o say th a t it was good expresses it m ildly. T he
ag ricu ltu ral display, th e hospital dem onstration, the
academ ic w ork, the h u g e lot of canned goods, th e
dom estic science and its daily dem onstrations, as well
as two show cases of delicious pastry and cookery
(ch an g ed every d a y ), th e little baby booth, the fancy
needle-w ork in g reat profusion, d ressm aking, c a rp e n ­
try , tailo ring, and a host of th in g s too num erous to
m ention, drew co ntinuous crow ds. Such p ro p aganda
is rap id ly show ing the O regon and W ashington peo­
ple the w ork being done by our governm ent in th e e d ­
ucation of th e Indians.