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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1902)
8 CHEMAWA AMERICAN. Ths Pacific Coast Institute. The Committee Belected by the Institute, which met at Tacoma last AugUBt, met at Chemawa Jan. 28, 1902, and coucluded to get an expression from the workers in the field before coming to a decision. Accord ingly the following letter was sent to all the employee) of tbe Fourth District. Chemawa, Oregon, Jan. 28, 1902. To- The committee having iu charge the se lection of a location for the Summer Insti tute to be held In the Fourth district includ ing the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, desire an expression ol opinion from the workers in the field, on or before Feb. 18, 1902, before fixing definately the place of meeting. Upon receipt of this letter please notify the Secretary of the committee, Mr. W. P. Campbell, Chemawa, Ore. Your choice of the following locations forthe InRtiiute: Chemawa, Ore , Newport, Ore., Pendleton, Ore., Spokane, Wash, and Seattle, Wash. Special rates can probably be secured to all of these placdn, ami board and lodging will be reasonable. The particular iuducj meuts offered by ear:h of the above named places are: Chemawa, Ore., the location of the largest Indian school on the coast, near Ha I em, the capital of the slate. Newport, Ore., on the sea shore, tine bthing, ban large auditorium, a Bummer sahuoi will be held there by faculty of the Oregon Agricultural College, and other Doted teachers. Spokane, WhsIi., accessi bility to people or Idaho and Montana. Seal He, Wash., the metropolis of the north-west centml of the Puget Bound country. Pendleton, Ore. Convenient to employes of Eastern Oregon, and Wash., and of Idaho. The tiiiit nf mpeiintf will probably W Aug. 18 to 23 inclusive. Tbe place' will be the one of the above mentioned locationi that receives the most number of votes from employes in the Fourth district. Please give the matter careful and im mediate consideration and furnish the secretary of the committee with an early reply. Committee: Edwix L. Chalcbaft, Supervisor of 4th Dist. H. J. Phillips, W, P. Campbbix. One of the ladies of the school happened Into I be hospital kitchen just before dinner was served on Sund&y and this is what eh A speoklessly clean and perfectly well arranged Kitchen. Mrs. Hilb.tbepreBiding genius directing four pretty, clever girl, who were as neat and olean as their kitch en, and that Is saying a great deal. These young cooks wore becoming white caps, and spotless aprons. Everybody was quietly busy, and that is such a com fortable way. to be busy. They all had time to give a courteous and cordial "how do you do?" to the visitor and then Mrs. Hilb In her usual hearty manner explain! to the delighted guest how so much excel lent food was prepared with so Utile labor aud fuss. "It all Ilea in the managing" snid Mrs. Hilband it surely must he so. The dinner which was dished mid served while the visitor was there was mRt ex cel lent. Juicy roast beef with retd nh brown gravy not any of your pasty atufT, but good pretty brown gravy. Potato putts, (one of the girls attended to those while the visitor was In the kitchen). Sweet potatoes browned, just like they do them back In Pennsylvania. Stewed tnmatnes delicioua looking bin, puffy biscuit, and apple pie such apple pie! Then, of course, there was good brad, butter and coffee, and when all this wb arranged on the clean white tablecloth, the visitor's apne tlte became so uncontrollable that she was obliged to say good bye to Mrs, HHbanrt make a bee-line for her own dining-room, The hospital boys and girls will Burvly gain health, strength and happing under its present able management.