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T he CHEMAWA AMERICAN
LOCAL
Miss Earlougher, who was called away on account
of a death in her family, has returned to resume her
duties as librarian.
Mrs. Katie Brewer former girls’ matron at McBride,
is here visiting friends and relatives. Mrs. Brewer
now lives at Puyallup, Washington, in retirement after
rendering a long and useful service here.
Mr. M. D. Henning is Chemawa’s new station agent.
Mr. Henning was previously employed by the Southern
Pacific in Gervais and Woodburn. We hope that Mr.
Henning shall find Chemawa an enjoyable place.
Mr. Ruthyn Turney, retired printer and orchestra
leader, had to be taken to a hospital last week to under
go a serious operation. The latest reports from the
hospital indicate his condition as being favorable. A
legion of friends are anxious about his condition and
pray for his early recovery.
Mr. Merritt S. Fisher recently gathered up his world
ly possessions and moved into the royal suite on the
second floor of Old Winona Hall. After living a life
of semi-seclusion for some years across the track it is
good to see his jovial countenance mingling with those
of the common people again.
During the chapel exercises Sunday, Feb. 5, the
girls’ chorus sang a special number intitled “Sing To
The Lord.” The orchectra played the selection “Trust
In the Lord,” by Gage. Supt. Ryan made a few re
quests in which he asked the students to keep off the
lawns during these rainy days so that they will be kept
attractive.
Mr. Albert P. Westhafer, assistant superintendent
of Sherman Institute, and Mr. Herman G. Snodgrass,
head of vocational training for boys at the same
school, while on a business trip in northern California
decided to journey on up to Chemawa to visit their old
friend and ex-fellow-employee Mr. Gilliam. They ar
rived here on Sunday and for a few days we had the
pleasure of entertaining these gentlemen. They at
tended chapel on Sunday, the vocational meeting on
Monday and during the early part of this week visited
the various departments.
«« Indian Service News
The Indian Leader of Dec. 17 contains a learned desertation
on that mystery to all new-comers to the Haskell campus, the
Haskell “slanguage.’’ If all the Indian school idioms were
compiled they would make a strange and interesting volume.
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David C. King entered the Service as chemistry teacher at
Haskell on Jan. 5. Mr. King was formly principal and teacher
of science at high schools at Montro, Mo., and Nucla, Colo.
He replaces Robert C. Starr who is on an educational leave of
absence.
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W. W. Leighton, known to many in the Service probably
only as “the sewing machine man,’’ died in Green Bay, Wis.,
on Dec. 22 of a heart attack. Mr. Leighton travelled all over
the country for years repairing sewing machines and visited
Chemawa several times. He will be recalled affectionately and
missed by those who knew him.
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A course in Indian Art Craft has been inaugurated at Sher
man. The course will instruct in making imitation pottery,
Indian blankets, blanket weaving etc. The purpose is to prepare
Indian boys for summer camp work, a job at which they are
peculiarly adapted and at which those who have had any special
preparation have invariably proved sucessful.
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When Gets-the-Knife, 100-year-old Crow Indian woman,
died, a life that spanned the entire conquest of the west by the
“pale-face’’ ended. She witnessed thedeatruction of the bison
and saw her “play-ground’’ diminish year by year until only
a little plot remained. Still, until the very end, in the words
of Chief Max-Big-Man, “she smiled to her pale-face friends.’’
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Sylvas Lubo, ex-student and ex-employee of Sherman In
stitute. Mr. Lubo, for 28 years an engineer at the Riverside
school, retired recently from the Indian service. He is truly
one of the “old settlers’’ having helped to move his school
from Perris, Cal., to its present site. G. P. Langdon, a new
appointee from Chin Lee, Arizona, takes his place as assistant
engineer at Sherman.
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Associated press dispatchs of this week carried the news that
Chief Joseph Shunatona, orchestra leader and radio star, had
been invited by the Roosevelt-Garner Inaugural committee to
lead his all-Indian band at the Inaugural Ball in Washington
following the induction of the new administration on March 4.
Shunatona traveled through here a couple of years ago on one
of bis jaunts and paid the school a visit. He played for the
1928 inaugural ceremonies also.
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Supt. O. H. Lipps, of the Sacramento agency (Cal.) has been
receiving many complimentary notices and letters, among them
a lengthy and eulogistic editorial in the San Francisco Call
Bulletin by its president and editor, Fremont Older, on the
context and attractive appearance of his recently published
essay on the California Indians. We take a personal interest
in the fate of the booklet because the Chemawa print shop
had the honor of putting into printed form the sentiments so
nobly expressed by Mr. Lipps..
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Thinner and thinner grow the ranks of the old timers. Miss
Jane R. Hendricks terminated 24 years of teaching a few days ago
at Concho, Oklahoma, where her fellow-workers gave her a
testimonial dinner in farew’ell. She served many years at Phoe
nix, where she entered the service. Then she came to Che
mawa for a time, later being transferred to Chilocco, Okla.
Her last position was at the Cheyenne and Arapaho agency,
Concho, Okla. Her influence has been as far-flung as the ter
ritory of the government she represented. During her career
she has had approximately 8000 pupils, and representatives
from all over the country, some even from Alaska.
GIRLS’ VOCATIONS
Mrs. Kirk’s 10th grade girls at the Wigwam are pre
paring a series of dinners to which different boys will
be invited. This project is for the purpose of helping
the boys become better acquainted with table eti
quette. Each of these dinners will be followed by a
lecture.