CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
5
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
William Heater is makiDg good prog
ress in the bakery.
At present we are baking on an average
of about 500 lbs. of flour per day.
Henry Pond bas returned and entered
the carpenters' department.
All in the sewing room assumed smiling
countenances since Miss Bagnell returned.
Peter Jackson and Joseph Davis the new
ly arrived Yakima boys have entered the
carpenter department.
The sewing room girls are working ener
getically, determined to finish the winter
uniforms for Christmas.
Last Friday we had an Industrial after
noon, and all hands went to work with a
will. '
Why not have the painters scrape and
repaint the back of the kitchen. It
needs it.
The Painters are numbering the doors
oi the Large Boys' Home and then they go
to the Girls' Home to do the same.
Cyril Marsette has made a complete set
of team harness, with Yankee breeching.
As it is Cyril's first set he is proud of his
work.
Owen Howard has finished his first com
plete set of breeching harness, and those
who have seen them say that it is credit
able work.
A little girl came to the sewing room -asking
for a machine needle for Mrs West
fall, on being asked what kind she replied
"gymnastic" domestic
Thomas Otto and Neofit Shabolin are
now working on coats in earnest, and by
the close of the school year they will bs
able to make quite a nice coat.
The next work of importance for the
painters will be the water tank, which
will he tackled as soon as our white lead
arrives.
Georgia Girard" and Elva Hashut have
joined the sewing class. We are glad to
welcome Georgia back after an absence of
eight years.
The printing office has been a busy place
this week. Many thousands of blanks 'he
ing printed for the use of the several de
partments of the school.
w e naa a toucn or winter cms weeK, nav
; ing three heavy frosts and frosty days. This
has kept the carpenters on the jump put--ting
in windows etc.
The Blacksmiths the past wfek have'
been vary busy repanng farm implements
and shoeing horses. Tho cold snap of the
past few days called for sharpening the
shoes.
Be industrious and studious and above
all things stick-to-it without wavering or
allowing yourself to be side tracked for
something that will only apparently be a
help to you. ,
Dollie Wiggins is progressing rapidly in.
ladies' tailoring having finished a cape lor
Maud Stoddard. In fact all the girls are
doing better than Mr. Overman had expected.
The Large Boys' Home was greatly im
proved by painting a 24 inch margin just
above the wainscoting. The Girls' Home
will have the same done as soon as the
painters can finish other work ahead.
During the month of November we
baked 9,418 loaves of bread each loaf weigh
ing If lbs. before baking, after baking
weighing 1 lbs. Each boy has his turn
taking care of baking the bread.
The carpenters are happy in the posses
sion of additional machinery consisting of
a Mortising Machine, a hand Tenoning
Machine and a Footpower Former. All of
which add to the equipment of this impor
tant Industrial Department.
Get a srood. thorough, practical, business.
Industrial Education. Do not be con
tent, with anything short of a good Indus
tkial Education. This is strongly re
commended by all friends of Indian Edu
cation, by our Superintendent of Indian
Schools, by the Honorable Commissioner
of Indian Affairs and lastly by the Presi
dent in his message to Congress.