, Oregon,
2 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN. "
lEe Chemawa American. "How to oare for yonr buggy, carrlape,
x T wagon or other vehicles" furnished tbe tnpio
' for a very interesting as well as instructive
.. .... , , . w 7 7, 777" lecture delivered by Mr. George S.Hilh,
Published Weekly by the Pupils of the Wagonmaker on wettey night. Mr.
Chemawa Indian School. Hiib was closely followed through his talk
by the student body who surely must have
tfubscriptton Price t 26 Cento Per Tear, learned something of value to them in a
Cluba of Ave and over 20 Cent$ pr year. practical way. Mr. Hilb stated briefly that
our forests were being rapidly denuded of
Address all Business Coram oaf cations to the hard woods which furnish us with the
The Chemawa American, material forour buggies, carriages and other
vehicles aud thepn.b'emof what shall take
the place of these hard woods when they
Entered at the Poatoffice at Chemawa, Or., are Kooe i8 0Dt) of near future and serious
. i .. consideration. Picking up a bent and a
as Becond-class mail-matter. . . . , . , , .
sawed felloe he explained the uae of each
NoTB.-If this space.... U marked with a and whv one waB UBed in the waon nd
red cross It means: "that your sub- th8one'' 'he lighter vehicles. He touch
seription has expired."- Please renew. ed on the lmPtanoe of lubricating tbe
. : . wagon or the bugy properly ,and said that
More concentration is what we need in many wheels were ruined by overgreasing;
our school. It is not very easy for a boy or that the aplindles on many vehicles iuBtead
girl to concentrate their whole attention of being of service for several years lasted
upon a lesson, in spite of all they cau do, only a year or two on account of tbe spin-
their minds will run to tbe next foot ball dies not being cleaned, allowing the sand
gnmt, or the uew dress which is to be worn and ditt to accumulate and find its way to
for the first time, Friday night, and the the iuterior of the hub, resulting in cutting '
many other things, which are of interest the spindle so a to be of little value. He
to them outside of tbe school room. Cultl- elated that every well kept stable should
vate the bub, t of concentration boyB and have a box of tools and a supply of burn,
girls, it will pay you.- Without this power, bolts, etc , and that when rigs were sent
the brightest pupil will not arcompliah as out on atrip they should be well examined, .
much as the less fortunateone, who plods a- and where a nut was loose, bolt gone, repair
lnng, hi whole heartand mind absorbed in Immediately and thereby save many ahreak-
bis work. down, runaway, etc. Much more could be
said of this excellent address but we are
Mi. Campbell, while he was up at Lum- airain reminded of our limited Bpace. We
ml, met a young man whs talked Mrongly are 8,'ftrt to state that these eekly lecture
aainst Chemawa, one Lewis Leahl. rr,m the mechanical Depts. are growing
Whenaklnghlm wheu he was at Cbeaia- more intofavoreach week andareprovidiug
wa he said "Oh, six or seven years airo" the employe as well ae pupils with many
and "I waa there five months." "How illustrations rich in praotical and useful
did yon come bom?" His answer, "I knowledge. -
walked," explained It all. The sohool , , . n . , - ' .
tramps who "visits" a school for a few the Indian irirla at Huron ton limriturA-
monibs and then counts ties do an ioeal- "A visitor to the school went up to tlx
culable amount of injury to the cause of In- magoificent red-skinned belle and said:
dian Education. And they do the harm "Are you civilised? The Hioux raised bar
with the very people we would most liketo head slowly from her work she was fash
deal with, the ignorant full blood Indians, toning a breadboard at tbe moment sud
We need a reform school for this class. replied, "No, are you?''