CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
There is a smell of spring in the air.
Wednesday was cleaning day at the office.
Some vt the puptlB or the fifth division
have written Interesting papers on basket
weaving.
Mr. Gilman's father visited theschuol for
a few days.
Mr. Becker has Dot yet recovered from a
severe cold.
Miss Wood Id is teaching in No. 2.
School-room.
Dr. Parsons of Salem preached to us on
Sunday afternoon. '
Andrew McKay is doing splendid work
In the wagon shop.
Mrs. Chas. Gray of Salem spent Monday
with friends at the school.
The Success Club has a fine program
posted for Saturday night.
Mrs. French has been suffering from La
Grippe but is getting better.
Addie Baylor and Irene Sortorhave been
promoted to Hoom 5, Class B.
Next week the wagonmakers expect to
start to work on a flue two-seated carriage.
Anthony MoCIuskey enjoys his work in
the blacksmith alio p. He Is working on
the new hack.
Wm. Lovelace has been kept, busy fix
ing and mending the water pipes damaged
by the late cold Bnap,
Miss Bowman baa been sufiVring from
a se vere cold but hs not allowed it to inter"
fere wth her regular duties.
The school rooms will study and tell
whatibry know about plumbing and the en
gineer department tills week.
Although Miss French wa-t not feeling
well on McKiniey D-iy she took part lo
the exercises and sang a very swpet solo,
' 'The prominent yung men of the school
are much interested in the Success Club.
Those who have nnt availed thenwlves t f
th invitation to Join show very little ambition.
The first of the new hacks is ready for the
harness makers, who will now have a
chance to show wfiat they can do in that
line.
Dr. Albright and son of Salem, visited
friends utChemawa, Sunday. Little Otto
was determined to remain and be an In
dian. The other day the office called on Mr.
Brewer to furnish an orderly. Shortly
after the boy appears and remarked, "Mr.
Campbell, Mr. Brewer told me to tell you
that I was acting disorderly this after
All real Oregoniuns are satisfied at
present because the rainy season has ar-
rived again.
Supervisor C hale raft stopped off for a few
days at Cheraawa on his way from Siletz
to Idaho where he had been ordered to go
by the Indian office.
VVeall misB Mr. DePoe's pleasant face
from the school house.
Robert DePoe resigned as Assistant
Teacher in order to go to Haskell to take a ,
post Graduate Course. Miss Wood in t
temporarily filliug the position.
Thesections to repair the school house
boiler have been received and were put in
place yesterday by Mr. Oilman, assisted
by Mr. Scott and a force of boys.
Silas Booth did a nice neat piece of
work in tte liitle boys' sewing room, tie
put up a lot of shelving for lite matron,
The lea 'IlI Vt last lo ig but while it did
llwjCliemnwa boys and girls had lots of
sport. It Is a good and heallhy exercise.
Mr. Oilman, Assistant Engineer, 1ms
been putting in long hours during the last
two or three v.ceks from 4:30 a. m. to 11 p.
ni. Vet bedoesit wlllinglyai.dchferfuily,
which pleases the Old-nian-in-t lie-tower.
It Is pretty hard to keep the school worn
clean during this weather, the teachers
wilh ibe help of their faithful boys, care
fully mop and dust th .rooms, as they
realize that the duet which accumulates in
a echcol room is most unsanitary.