CHEttAWA, OREQON,
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1902.
The Brake man's Story,
Thaukngivio' Day, wbeu I was young,
the schedule was revised;
An' us kids got an order thatwecer
tainly despised.
You Bee, the preacher always come, a a1,
half a dozen more,
An' ho they sidetracked all the kids
behind the bedroom door.
The meal was ruu iq sections, an' us
children had to wait
Until the ol folks finished, 'fore we
got to pull our freight.
But talk to rue! I tell you now, that
each one of us smiled
As soon as mother handeoTus the
orders to run wild; . ,
The turkey an' thedressin' was the horots
cuoked kind, ao' rich,
An' when we wanted any more we
made a runnln', switch.
We got impatient waitin' just like any
other crew
But we was always mighty glad to
takeout "section two."
We never run no sleepers on the section
we took out, j ,
Stie was made up of diners an' you
ought to 'heard us shout
When mother brought the pumpkin
pie an inoh thick, ton, yon bet
An' give uh all the high sign Gee!
tha' Pie' I tusie it yet;
A 1' when we run old "section two" I'm
tellio' voua fac'-
They never calleil the wreokhr crw
)i dp clear uptLe track. Engineers' Ko-
ELKSTsifHEMAWA.
And Present their Minstrel at the
School,
T ib Axtmcrkd Hehd Banqukttkd And
Rnc:mu With A Royal Welcome-A Gen
uine Livi- Koirn-FooritDEi.it Introduced
TolDJtfi JtM CoNTIKGKNT.
The Elks' Minstrels went to Oheuiawa
on the overland yesterday afternoon, gave
their performance before the pupils and
employes of the Indian Training School
mid returned on the , overland last
night.
They were received quite royally at the
institution and escorted to the large dining
IihII where a munificent banquet had
been spread in their honor. Tue dining
room was gorgeously festooned aod dec
orated for the occasion in purple nd
white crepe tissue, over to the table and
the walls, and the hands of the massive
clock in the dining room pointed to the
hour of "tl," the emblematic hour of the
order, when a toast was drank toall absent
members. A great suprise was in store for
the visitors, when all had been Beated,
Superintendent V. W. Patter announced
that there was one prominent Elk who
had uot airived yet, and at that moment
the double door swung open and a teal
live Elk stalked in bedecked wlib the
colors of the lodge, and a tremendous
cheer aroe.
An elaborate bill of fare had been pre
pared and printed in an appropriate dsign
by the force of printers at the school.
. The dt-cortuiou were all very tastefully
arranged under the supervision ofbuperiu
tendeot Potter and Mr.-Calla .Westfall,
the widow of an Elk, Assistant Sup rinten-.
dent Campbell and Dr. Clark. The per
formance, which was witnessed by over .
600 pMiplf, was a pronounced success far
superior to anything of its class ever p-i-duced
by a local cat or amateur troupe, and
quite equal to the majority of the profes.
sional troupes, and the boys ai every turn
were giveu a tremendous ovation signiri
cnt of the appreciation of their auditors.
They will produce their preform nee in
the New Grand Opera Huse this eve ning
tor which occasion almost, all the seat have
been sold, statesman. '