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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1902)
CHEMAWA AMERICAN. 3 alfalfa in tbis Country. Wheu the lime comet that they can be boM and a deed tiansferrtd they will be very valuable. The iimVr in soin of these river bot InmB li as fine as can be found anywhere. '1 he white ash grows on the north fork of the Canadian and the Verdigris rivers very plentiful and is very often four or tlve feel in diameter aod fifty feel to the first limb. The large black walnut have been prelty well culled out; so with cedar. PricoBof land, we think, will range from $5 to 175. Rh mem ler, the land we write about hat beeo the pick of this country, a bout fifteen thousand people taking 160 acres each out of about 3 million. After all have received their 100 acre there will be a surplus of ahout (100,000 acr of land. This hhould give each individual Rood lands. The writer was araongthelaatones Wing on landa and we are vain euouftb to helieve it is bb good as any Creek land there I. Stock water is very good and plentiful. Natural spring are not very plentiful, but hy digging yon find good water from fif teen to sixty lent deep. Building rock is plentiful and good brick are also made bere. Again, the Arkansas furnishes Bonievery line land. The Creeks have some of the Huest farms on ihiB riverwest of the MisB IsNippt. These lands I suppose, will range in price fram $60 to $75 peracre, if they can be bought at all. LotB of land is Bald to be changing hands now on conditions, we are nut able to state, an we have not bargained off any land up to date. These are an wersto about the run of questions asked. We have answered to the beat of our Judg ment Kansas City Star. that h could help the Hwrndatfon s much ir not more if tie did not hold anv officii. Tdl- caused s nie changes which resulted In the following bring finally elected: President, Nimnn Elite; Vm Presideut, John Rouli; Secretary, Johnson Williams; Treasurer, John Harris; Bible Study Leader, Simon mils. Mr. William will act as secretary only temporarily. Mr. Allen encouraged the boys to do their bet in the work before them, The u urn her is sruull but the members are determined, and by the beginning of next school year, a flourishing association is anticipated. The Bible class will he the feature of next year's work. Beginning next Sunday tl.e i:hph will meet at 11:30 a. in. or immedi ately following gunday school. The first course will be the study of the life or ChriNt,. The regular meetings will take plweeat the UMtial time on Sunday e.eu IngH after reuular sendees. The Reliance. The Reliance members had quite an in teresting program Thursday evening. It would have been Vrry good if all had heen prepared. The program consisted of th fdlow:nv member-: Opening Address. Chas. Alexis; Recitation. Simon Kills; Character Sketch, Eugene deffe; Kiddle", Yeppie Nelson. Debaie Resolved: That an admiral Is more useful to a nation in time of war than a general. Aff Prin. ChaB. Cut ter, John Harris, Leo Gtfffe, y. n. C. A. Twelve young men met last Sunday evening, reorganized and elected new offi cers for tne following yeHr. The nominat ing committee pieseLted the following names for officer: President, John Allen; Vice President, Simon Ellis; Secretary, Clias. ( utter; Treasurer, John Hairis. Mr. Allen declined the presidency, stating purified. Neg. Prin. Simon Ellis. Si Ian Moon. Miry Lovelace. A Tornado at Tulalip, The Tulalip Agency Is becoming noted. Since (ho fire, a tornado has struck tbe A geiiov. No lives lost but some necessary changes made, and the atmosphere greatly
