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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1902)
4 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN. taken flmir, calico, tobacco, housekeeping utensils, etc., in exchange Cor deer, and not petting them last year, refused to trade. The natives were unacquainted with the use or value of money. "While but thirty heart were secured on the Biberian coast, the increase in the berdH in Alaska by the birth of 1,591 fawns, shown a very rapid and encouraging gain in number. Com missioner Harris save that there are at present sixty individual holders of do mestic reindeer in Alaska, of whom forty four are Eaklmo, the majority of whom have served a five yeais' apprenticeship and Rained a competent knowledge of the management and care of reindeer. The total number of deer in Alaska at the date of the report was 5,707, of which 4,116 were adults and 1,591 fawns. The com missioner suggest! that arrangements be made with the treasury department by which an inspector could accompany the revenue cutter which goes to Siberia next year and thereafter, for the purpose of in specting. Under the law no reindeer can be imported without first being inspecied atSan Digo, Oal., which would necessitate a trip of 8,000 miles. W, W. JERMANE. Local and Personal Chester Bell has entered the blacksmith Alfred Lane has been placed in the har ness shop. Bay, what's the matter with Mary .Turns' button holes? Mr. Soule of Portland tuned the pianos on Monday.' Those tomato pickles ovide by Mr. Wil liams are delicious. The water tower has received the last coat 'of white paint. Norman Strong has been added to the ham easma Vers force. Blshby Lawsoo ha been added to the carpenter apprentices. Borne of our faculty and students went to Bale m on Thursday night to here El lery's Royal Italian Band. We are glad to have Katherine McDon ald in the sewing room. David Lewis is one of the best and clean est milkers at Chemawa. Some excellent illustrated stories were wrtten by the pupils of the Fifth Grade. Simon Booth lea great help to many of the ladies as he is very handy with tools. We are all glad to see that the school is Improving and new pupilBComingin bo fast. Do you here meadow-larks singing every morning? What a cheerful happy song la theirs. Misses Cora Richardson and StiBie Seilfel can assist MlseO'Here and Miss Bannll in cutting. Alice McDonald and Freeman LtDrout are enrolled in the a. m. division of the sixth grade. . Tommy Potter is one of the mot studi ous pupils in the little folks room. He is learning fast. The A Sewing Class are mukina; capes for the little girls, and the B Class are mak ing winter underwear. Thenchool dining room is heing kalso mined by the painters. The serving room is to he kalsomined also. Miss Sheilds, the traveling Sec. of the Y. W. C. A. fur the North West, was a vlsilor at the school this week. Sebastian LaChester, Thomas HlIen, and John Markishtum arrived from Neah Bay, Wash., ou Wednesday. AH the dining hall girls are getting to he very neat in (heir work, and the dining hall looks much better than It. used to, A letter from Amelia Underville says that she has entered the Fifth grade at Phoe nix aud Lena Smith the graduating class. Respect age.. We were sorry to see some boys making sport of an old mo who was passing the school the other day. Shame boys! You willbeold some day yourselves. The A. M. Division sing agreat deal better at opening exercises than the P. M. Divis ion. In the afternoon a few girls have most of the singing to do the nisei veB, Boys tune up.
