Memorial Day.
Supt. Potter and Dr. Clark delivered addresses on the life and
character of Mr. McKinley in his home and in public life. Besides
this the following program was rendered.
Funeral March, Gertrude Brewer.
Solo, One Sweetly Solemn Thought Miss French.
Reading, Brief History of Mr. McKinley Mrs. Cloutier.
Poem, Read by Miss Seamans.
Solo,
Hymn,
Recessional March,
Twenty-third Psalm,
Scripture Reading,
O Rest in the Lord
Nearer My God t'o Thee
Miss Laufman.
School.
Miss Dohse.
School.
Sel. from St. John.
Resolutions Adopted
the Salem Press Club on
Demise of One of Its Active
Members.
ever beeu superior educators. Their
iustinet makes them wondrous wise and
jj10 the maternal love gives omniscience.
They seem to know intuitively what the
child needs and craves.
We give our readers this week a poor
picture of the Honorable Estelle Reel,
superintendent of Indian schools. No pic-
. The Salem Prtss Club has adopted reso
lutions on the death of one of its active
members, the late Elijah Bron, Editor of t" could do her exact justice. Miss Eeel
Chemawa American. The resolutions
were prepared by a committee appointed
at the meeting of the club held on Satur
day evening last, and will be published in
the several papers represented by the
organization. The following were the res
olutions. "Resolved, by the Salem Press Club that
on the death of Elijah Brown, late editor
of the Chernawa American, we have lost a
faithful member who was an honor and an
ornament to the profession. We knew
is a queenly woman, in looks and in char-
actor. She is very handsome very intelli
gent and very charming. Few wompn are
her equals in conversational wit and wis
dom. So bright and apt, so keen, yet so
entirely sympathetic and kind is she, that
an evening spent in her company seems
but an hour.
Miss Reel was born in Illinois somi
well, some few yeara ago. Her boy trieuds
who knew her best. say she was always
jolly, always ready for a romp and a uni
versal favorite. It is their unanimous ver-
him as a devoted champion of the cause
of education among the Indian race of diet that she was a "jolly good fellow."
which he was one of the best products and The verdict was sustaine1 afrer fihe moved
it is the unanimous sentiment of this Club to Wyoming, only there it was changed to
that he was a snlendid rvn of what. ,;m l.n a "royal good fellow."
accomplished for our native races by Chris
tian civilization."
The Oregon Independent.
Honorable Estelle, Reel Superin-
tendent of Indian Schools.
That our Indian schools should be su
pervised by a Woman is not surprising it
is most proper and right. Women have
She has occupied her office a little more
than tjiree years. Being the first woman
to be appointed to snch a position she was
greatly handicapped at the beginning of
her reign by prejudice. Politicans did not
favor her appointment she took a place
that had belonged to them. Many a po
litical debt has been paid in the past by
this very position.
Miss Reel is a product of the West and
is proud of her heritage. She is free