THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Mr. Bent made a business trip to Portland last Sat
urday.
Cleo Plasteur and sister spent the week-end with
their mother in Portland.
Frances and Lincoln Van Alstine were surprised
recently by a visit of their mother.
Elizabeth Codding was pleased to have her mother,
from Marshfield, Oregon, call on her a few days ago.
Mrs. J. M. Dickson, from her Ashburn farm, near
Shedd, Oregon, passed the week-end with relatives at
Chemawa.
Well, the ground hog was able to see his shadow in
Chemawa on Feb. 2nd, so lookout for six weeks of
bad weather yet to come.
Letters have been received from Mrs. Woods. She
mashed her finger on the way to Oakland and that ac
counted for us not hearing from her sooner.
Mr. Andrew Davis, who is to act as foreman of con
struction on the new unit of Winona Hall arrived in
Chemawa last week and is ready for business.
Mr. Kelly of Spokane, Washington, visited his son
James this week-end. Mr. Kelly was well pleased
with Chemawa and the progress his son is making.
Mr. Turney, in Wednesday’s assembly, with appro
priate remarks, presented Joseph Alexander with the
dollar Joe won in the monthly Chemawa American
“Best Article Test.’’
Mr. Stancil and his mechanical drawing classes are
putting the buildings on paper for practice. The
drawings of Mitchell Hall by Russell Hayward and
John Davis are excellent.
Mr. Klein had charge of the Wednesday assemblies.
Lila, Crofoot and Terrence Booth asked current event
questions and Mr. Klein talked most interestingly on
the topics of the day. Dr. Johnston gave timely re
marks to the students on health. They were good
assemblies.
Miss Skipton and Mrs. Holmes, of Portland, were
guests of the school last Wednesday. They were din
ner guests of Mrs. Brewer and Miss White. Miss
Skipton was retired from the service during the past
year and her many friends at Chemawa are always
glad to see her.
Chemawa should be pretty well covered for news,
as we have a couple of reporters for Salem papers on
the grounds. John Copeland is reporting for the
Oregon Statesman, and Lawrence Bozeroff is doing
the same work for the Capital Journal. The world
should hear from Chemawa henceforth.
Yesterday at the time of “going to press” some of
our people were scheduled to broadcast over K. F. I.F.
at Portland. It was to be an “Indian” program.
Mr. George W. Bent was to deliver an address on
“Indian Boyhood,” and our orchestra was to play the
four numbers of Mr. Turney’s “Second Indian Suite.”
Supt. Lipps being absent on business, our school
principal, Mr. Carroll, was in charge of our chapel
exercises last Sunday evening. «In addition to the
hymn service the orchestra played an overture bv
Schlepegrell, Aaron Isaac gave a vocal solo, the choir
sang a special number, and Mr. Turney related a few
incidents in connection with Skagway, Alaska, during
the Klondyke gold rush of thirty years ago.
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Mr. Omar Bewley has just recently erected a very
fine residence in Salem. It is an up-to-date-home in
every particular and Mr. and Mrs. Bewley are to be
congratulated on their lovely property.
Supt. Lipps departed icr Toppenish, Wash., last
Friday evening to look after business matters in that
section. The particular object of his visit was to in
vestigate matters relative to the construction of a
$60,000 hospital at Toppenish. This is a Yakima
Reservation project, but the hospital is intended to
serve all the Indian people of the State of Washington.
The money for the building is now available and
the hospital is to be completed by the 30th of next
June.
Last Wednesday evening Miss Grace Johnson de
parted from Chemawa for Flandreau, S. D., where she
will have a position under Supt. McGregor. Miss
Gracie is a product of Chemawa and a graduate of our
school and the good wishes of a host of friends and
former schoolmates accompany her to her new field.
She was accompanied as far as Spokane, Wash., by
Mr. Joseph Lambert., who was enroute to Rapid City,
S. D., where he is to be employed. During a resi
dence of about a year here Mr. Lambert made many
friends who wish him success in his new position.
The Reserve Officers of Marion County were the
guests of the school last Thursday evening. Colonel
Carl Abrams presided, at the head of the table, at Capt.
Stacy’s request. Supt. Lipps gave a most interesting
talk on the “Relation of the Indian and Indian Service
to the Army.” The officers were loud in their praise
of Mrs. Davis and her girls. A number of students
provided an excellent program for the visitors during
the evening. After the dinner Lt. Herbert, instructor
at the University of Oregon, gave a wonderful talk on
China. Lt. Herbert is recently from China. He told
how Capt. Woodbridge’s life was saved when there
with Lt. Herbert. Capt. Woodbridge will be remem
bered by an interesting talk he gave the student body
last year on China.
games will cause the teams to bend every effort if
they win. Columbia won over us here by a single
point earlier in the season.
The Chemawa wrestling team, under Coach Sanders, defeated
the much-touted Benson Tech team in Portland Friday after
noon, thereby fulfilling a prophecy made by the writer a week
or two ago in these columns. They showed great improve
ment over their first meet, winning seven out of ten fast
matches.
Tom Anayah, Chemawa; started the fireworks by winning
two straight falls over Henderson in what developed into a
lightning affair. Not that the falls were gained quickly, but
by the speed with which these two boys worked. George
Nicholson, Chemawa, followed close on the heels of Tom and
pinned Kates’ shoulders to the mat twice. Charles Fagerstrom,
Chemawa, emerged with two decisions over Davis. Davis
slipped in and out of holds like a slippery eel. He had to be
slippery to get away from Charles, for he generally gets his
man in the end. Dan Collins, Chemawa, put Francis to the
mat with a sizzling airplane spin and won when Francis
failed to come l>ack for more. Aaron Isaac, Chemawa, won
two straight falls over Powell. Clifford Meachem, Chemawa,
two falls over Leab, and Moses George, Chemawa, won a de
cision and a fall over Patterson.
Though Charles Morgan, Karl Muller and Bill Johnson,
Chemawa, lost to Howell, and Kanniblas and Nuttey of Ben
son, they were chuck full of fire and action and as they say
lost only to the better man.
Next week the boys will meet Corvallis Hi at Corvallis.